IMMUNE FROM POLITICS.
JUDGES AND COMMISSIONS. CHIEF JUSTICE’S VIEW. WELLINGTON, Jan. 23.—0 n December 30 the Attorney-General wrote to the Chief Justice requesting consideration of the proposal that a Supremo Court Judge should sit on the two proposed Commissions, the matters involved being the Woolston Tanneries’ complaint that it suffered injury by the unfair acts of the Government, and the charges by Mr W. D. Lysnar, M.P., against the Government, and especially against the Hon. W. Nosworthy, for giving consent to the sale of the Poverty Bay meat works to Vesteys’. The Chief Justice, having consulted his fellow judges, replied that if the disputants have a legal claim the courts .are open to them; if not, the disputes bear a political aspect and the conduct of Ministers and members of Parliament may be involved. Hence, it would be exceedingly inconvenient for such disputes to be dealt with by judicial officers. Tho Attorney-General yesterday informed the Chief Justice that the Government will act in accordance with the judges’ view.—(P.A.)
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Wairarapa Age, 24 January 1925, Page 5
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168IMMUNE FROM POLITICS. Wairarapa Age, 24 January 1925, Page 5
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