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ivoma.................................. 0 OProceedings in Parliament.In the Assembly on Tuesday, the chief business wan discussion of a motion by Mr. Reid, expressing the opinion that mnny method* of legal procedure in We»r South Wales, especially in the civil juiis-dictfon of the superior courts, were antiquated in form, complicated and uncertain in their operation, and ■nnecessarily erpenaive to all person* seeking justice, whether at law or in eq»ity. It was received with loud hear, hear*. But the motion went farther. The need for consolidation was pointed out, and there was also impressed upon the Government the immediate necessity for snob inquiry and report by competent persons as would ensure the framing of measures, conferring npon the people the advantages of a speedy and economical administration of justice. Mr. Reid made a long speech, in which he entered fully into the necessity for the proposed reform. Our law procedure, he stated, came down from the middle ages, and was incapable of being adapted to present day requirements. Our Statute Books were in such a state as to be incomprehensible by ordinary people, and even accomplished lawyer* often led their client* astray, The question whether a law applied to thia Klony was shown to be a delicate one; and it was explained, to the ammu-ment of the House, that it was often only at the end of a case that the
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Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser
Maitland, New South Wales, AU
Thu, Dec 04, 1890
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