LAW OF NEGLIGENCE.
GOVERNOR-GENERAL NOT IMMUNE. AUCKLAND, March G. How a writ was served on Lord Jellicoe and Lady Jellicoe following a motor accident when they were in New Zealand was told by Mr H. P. Leary at the dinner of the New Zealand Accountants and Auditors’ Association in the Pacific Club to-night. Mr Leary was speaking on “ the law of negligence relating to business,” and he referred to the law in respect of a husband being liable for his wif wrongful acts. Lady Jellicoe, be said, ran into a taxi driver, or perhaps he ran into her. AVlien the writ was served it was against Lord Jellicoe and Lady Jellicoe, but there was legal argument whether the position of GovernorGeneral was a form of employment, and the writ was thrown out on the ground that the 'position of Governor General was not an employment. However, the writ was taken to court with “ Admiral-of-thc-Fleet ” added to it, and again served on the Governor-General. The case was eventually settled out of court, and nothing was heard about it; but it served to show, concluded Mr Leary, that even a Governor-General could be sued for what his wife had done.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3861, 13 March 1928, Page 7
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198LAW OF NEGLIGENCE. Otago Witness, Issue 3861, 13 March 1928, Page 7
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