LAW STUDENTS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21647, 18 May 1932, Page 3

LAW STUDENTS

AN INTERESTING DEBATE. On Monday evening the Law Students’ Debating Society discussed the proposition “That the Final Court of Appeal should be "a New Zealand Court.” Mr E. J. Anderson acted as judge for the evening and the principal speakers were: For the affirmative, Messrs Kcmnitz and Macdonald; for the negative, Messrs Mowat and More. The discussion centred almost exclusively round the work of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, the affirmative laying stress on every instance where dissatisfaction had been caused by its decisions, and urging the distance and expense involved in every suit. The feeling of the meeting, however, was very definitely that New Zealand would suffer from any attempt to work out its own judicial salvation, and that it would bo very much to bo regretted if we lost touch with the trend of legal thought and development in Great Britain. In summing up, Mr Anderson delivered a very valuable criticism of the various speakers, stressing the importance of effective pausation, easy gesture, and speaking without notes. He placed the following speakers:—Mr J. C. Mowat 1, Mr J. H. Kemnitz 2, Mr J. S. D. More 3, Mr E. S. Tuckwell 4. The meeting terminated with a hearty vote of thanks to Mr Anderson.