LAW OF DAMAGES
ALTERATION WILL HAVE LITTLE EFFECT Bv Telegraph—Press Association CHRISTCHURCH, September 9 A statement that the alteration to the law of damages as proposed by the Attorney-General (Hon. H. G. R. Mason) would have little practical effect was made to-night by Mr F. W. Johnston at a meeting of the South Island Motor Union. “Mr Mason said that Parliament would be asked this session ot consider legislation to do away with the need for proving negligence as a basis for damages for injuries caused by motor cars, but juries have practically the final decision,” Mr Johnston said, “and you have only to look round at the results of cases. Only three or four per cent, of plaintiffs lose their cases when they go before a jury. This alteration of the law is not going to make any difference except to barristers, and it will do them out of a job.”
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20829, 10 September 1937, Page 8
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152LAW OF DAMAGES Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20829, 10 September 1937, Page 8
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