BANKRUPT SOLICITOR'S ESTATE

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 13299, 7 February 1914, Page 3

BANKRUPT SOLICITOR'S ESTATE

♦ (Per Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, 'this day. Judgment was deiivereu by Mr Justice Denniston m the case of the Oni cud Assignee m the* estate of Waltei Shaw v. the Timaru Property Oompan) and others, an action to set aside ar agreement of sale and purchase betweei the parties on the grounds, that it was inequitable and unconscionable. In t lengthy judgment, his Honor reviewec the facts. Sh-tw,' said the jud~e, had been an active party m. securing the transaction, and there had been frauc and falsehood. It was not merely s Question of concealing facts. Shaw hac deliberately understated defendants liability, and had misstated his own financial position. The Court knew nc reason which suspended or modified tht doctrine that he -who came for reliei from a hard or unconscionable bargain must come with clean hands. Judgment would be for defendants. Mr Hunter, for the Law Society, applied for a rule nisi,, calling on Shaw tc appear before the Court to show reason v?hy he should not be struck off the roll on the grounds of fraudulent cpnduct and a .sentence of imprisonment: The judge granted the application.