LIEN UPON MONEYS
QUESTION FOR FULL COURT. (Peb United Press Association.; WELLINGTON, September 21. Whether a barrister who acted for a litigant in forma pauperis is entitled to a lien upon moneys secured by the litigant by way of damages in preference to the creditors of the litigant as desired by the litigant is a point to be decided by the Full Court. The barrister concerned is Mr C. Evaus-Scott, who appeared on behalf of his firm, Messrs Menteath, Ward, Macasscy and Evans-Scott. The issue arises out of a claim by Reginald Charles Boddio, of Island Bay, judgment debtor, against James Dickson Sievwright, for slander. Boddic, theri a pauper, sued Sievwright fbr damages and was awarded about £l6O. Messrs Armstrong and Springhalt, Ltd., sought an attachment order against the proceeds of Puddle’s judgment, ami the solicitors for Boddie claimed a lien for costs and disbursements. In th Full Court hearing to-day the question was shown ft concern rule 43 of the rules of the Court of Appeal which, in effect, prevents in certain circumstances barristers from accepting fees for their services on behalf of paupers. It is made contempt of court in certain circumstances to infringe this rule. Decision was reserved.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22374, 22 September 1934, Page 14
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