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any person in the permanent and exclusive employment of the company or corporation :

(g.) By any officer or member of any society or other body of persons of which such party is a member or with which he is connected; or (h.) Under special circumstances, by any other person.

(2.) Conf. County Courts Act, 1888, sect. 72.] No person other than a solicitor who appears or acts on behalf of any party in any arbitration under the Act shall be entitled to have or recover any fee or reward for so appearing or acting, other than such travelling expenses and (in the case of a workman or a member of his family) allowance for time (if any) as shall be allowed by the judge or arbitrator: provided that nothing in these rules contained shall affect the right of counsel to appear or act in any arbitration, or the right of any solicitor to recover costs in respect of his employment of counsel to appear or act as aforesaid.

Costs.

33. Costs.] (1.) Any costs of and incident to an arbitration and the proceedings connected therewith directed by the judge or by an arbitrator (whether agreed on by the parties or appointed by the judge) to be paid by one party to another shali, in default of agreement between the parties as to the amount of such costs, be taxed according to such one of the scales of costs applicable to actions in the County Court as the judge or arbitrator shall direct; and in default of such direction shall be taxed according to the scale which would be applicable if the proceeding had been an action in the County Court; and the statutory provisions and rules for the time being in force as to the allowance and taxation of costs in such actions shall apply accordingly.

(2.) Where the subject-matter of the arbitration is not a capital sum, the judge or arbitrator shall determine what, for the purpose of the allowance and taxation of costs, shall be considered to be the amount of the subject-matter of the arbitration.

(3.) The judge or arbitrator, in dealing with the question of costs, may take into consideration any offer of compensation proved to have been made on behalf of the employer.

(4.) Where any workman submits himself for examination to a medical referee under paragraph 11 of the first schedule to the Act, and the certificate of the referee is used in any subsequent arbitration, any reasonable travelling and other expenses incurred by the workman in obtaining such certificate (if not otherwise provided for) may, by order of the judge or arbitrator, be allowed as costs in the arbitration.

(5.) Where a workman is ordered to submit himself for examination by a medical referee appointed to report under paragraph 13 of the second schedule to the Act, any reasonable expenses incurred by such workman in travelling to attend on such referee for examination may, by order of the judge or arbitrator, be allowed as costs in the arbitration.

34. Taxation of costs awarded by arbitrator agreed on by parties.] Where any costs are awarded by an arbitrator agreed on by the parties, it shall be the duty of the registrar of the court in which a memorandum of the decision of the arbitrator is recorded pursuant to paragraph 8 of the second schedule to the Act, on application made to him, to tax such costs, and to enter in the register the amount of such costs allowed on taxation; and such entry shall be deemed to be part of such memorandum, and shall be enforceable accordingly.

Duty of Judge as to taking Notes.

35. Note to be taken, on request, of question of law raised, &c., and copy furnished. (Conf. County Courts Act, 1888, ss. 120, 121.)] At the hearing of any arbitration or special case the judge, at the request of any party, shall make a note of any question of law raised, and of the facts in evidence in relation thereto, and of his decision thereon, and of his decision in the arbitration or cn the hearing of the case; and he shall, at the expense of any party to such arbitration or case, furnish a copy of the note so taken to or allow a copy of the same to be taken by or on behalf of such party, and shall sign such copy, whether a notice of motion by way of appeal has been served or not.

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37. Deposit of order of Court of Appeal with registrar, and procedure thereon. (Order XXXII., Rules 2, 4.)] (1.) When the Court of Appeal has given judgment on any appeal, any party may deposit the order of the Court of Appeal, or an office copy thereof, with the registrar: and the registrar shall file such order or copy, and shall transmit a copy thereof to the judge and such order shall have the same effect as if it had been a decision of the judge.

(2.) If such order has the effect of an award or decision in the matter in favour of any party, such order shall be served and recorded, and may be proceeded on, in the same manner as if it had been an award or decision of the judge.

(3.) If such order be to the effect that an award be made or a decision given in favour of any party, the judge shall make such award or give such decision accordingly.

(4.) If such order directs or involves a re-hearing or further hearing of the arbitration or special case, the judge shall as soon as conveniently may be appoint a day and hour for such re-hearing or further hearing, and shall instruct the registrar to give notice thereof forthwith to the parties.

(5.) Generally the judge shall make such award or give such decision, and give such directions and take or direct to be taken such proceedings in the matter, as may be necessary to give effect to the order of the Court of Appeal.

Memorandum under Schedule II. Paragraph 8. (1.) The memorandum as to any matter decided by a committee or by an 38. Memorandum to be sent to registrar. Act, Sched. 2 par. 8. Form 16.] arbitrator or by agreement, which is by paragraph 8 of the second sche lule to the Act required to be sent to the registrar, shall be intituled in the matter of the Act, and shall be left at the office of the registrar, or £ent by post by registered letter addressed to the registrar at his office, as soon

as may be after the matter has been decided,

(2.) Where the matter is decided after a medical referee has been appointed to report on any matter under paragraph 13 of the said second schedule, a copy of the report of such referee shall be annexed to the memorandum and recorded therewith; and if such referee attended any proceeding in the arbitration, it shall be so stated in the memorandum. 39. Authentication and record of memorandum of decision of committeee or arbitrator.] If the memorandum purports to be a memorandum of a decision of a committee or an arbitrator, and to be signed by the chairman and secretary of the committee, or by the arbitrator, the registrar shall shall be the duty of the committee or abitrator, as soon as may be after record the memorandum without further proof of its genuineness; and it the decision, to draw up such memorandum and to sign the same or cause it to be signed as aforesaid, and to leave or send the same as aforesaid, or to deliver the same to some party interested, to be by him so left or

sent.

40. Authentication and record of memorandum of decision arrived at by agreement.] If the memorandum purports to be a memorandum of a decision arrived at by agreement, then if such memorandum purports to be signed by or on behalf of all parties to such decision, the registrar shall record it without further proof.

41. Inquiry as to genuineness if such memorandum signed by one party only. Form 17. If the memorandum purports to be signed by or on behalf of one or some only of the parties, the registrar may record the same; or he may, before recording the same, send a copy thereof to the other parties affected, and request them to inform him whether the memorandum is genuine.

42. Proceedings thereon.] If all the parties admit the genuineness of the memorandum, or do not dispute it within a reasonable time, the registrar shall record it without further proof. 43. Notice if genuineness disputed. Forms 18, 19.] If any party disputes the genuineness of the memorandum, the registrar shall inform the party by whom it was left with or sent to him of such dispute, and that the memorandum will not be recorded except with the consent in writing of the party disputing the same, or by order of the judge.

44. Application to judge to order memorandum to be recorded.] If the consent mentioned in the last preceding rule cannot be obtained, the party by whom the memorandum was left or sent may apply to the judge to order the same to be recorded.

Proceedings for Record of Memorandum or Rectification of Register. 45. Proceedings on application for record of memorandum or rectification of

register. Form 20. (See Order XII., Rule 11a.).] The following provisions shall apply to an application for an order that a memorandum be recorded, or an application to the judge to rectify the register pursuant to paragraph 8 of the second schedule of the Act.

(a.) The application shall be made in court on notice in writing, stating the relief or order which the applicant claims.

(b.) Such notice shall be filed with the registrar, and copies thereof shall be served

(i.) in the case of an application for an order that a memorandum be recorded, on the party disputing such memorandum; (ii) in the case of an application to rectify the register, on every party who would be affected by such rectification, subject to the provisions of these Rules as to the parties to an arbitration; or on the solicitor of such party, ten clear days at least before the hearing of the application, unless the judge or registrar shall give leave for shorter notice.

(c.) On the hearing of the application, witnesses may be orally examined in the same manner as on the hearing of an action.

(d.) On the hearing of the application the judge may make such order or give such directions as may be just.

(e.) The provisions of the Act and these Rules as to the costs of an arbitration before the judge shall apply to any such application.

Costs of Solicitor or Agent under Schedule II., Paragraph 12. 46. Application to determine costs payable to solicitor or agent. Act, Sched. 2, par. 12. Form 21]. The following provisions shall apply to an application under paragraph 12 of the second schedule to the Act for the determination of the amount of costs to be paid to a solicitor or agent:(a.) Such application may be made to the judge or arbitrator at or immediately after the hearing of the arbitration.

(b.) If not so made, such application may be made at a subsequent date, but in that case it shall, if the arbitration was before the judge or before an arbitrator appointed by him, be in every case made to the judge.

(c.) The application, if made to the judge under the last preceding paragraph, shall be made in court on notice in writing in accordance with Rule 45.

(d.) Such notice shall be served on the opposite party or his solicitor in accordance with the said rule, and the provisions of the said rule shall apply to the proceedings on such application.

47. Provisions as to order declaring lien, &c.] Where an order is made by the judge or an arbitrator determining the amount of costs to be paid to a solicitor or agent, and declaring such solicitor or agent to be entitled to a lieu for costs on any sum awarded as compensation, or to be entitled to

deduct any amount for costs from any such sum, the following provisions shall apply:

(a.) The registrar shall, on application made to him, tax such costs. (b) A copy of the order, and, when the amount to which such solicitor or agent is entitled has been ascertained by taxation, a memorandum of such amount shall, at the request and cost of the solicitor or agent, be issued by the registrar for service on the party liable to pay the sum awarded as compensation; and service thereof may be effected on such party in accordance with Rule 15. (c.) A memorandum of such order, and when such amount has been accertained a memorandum of such amount, shall be recorded in the register in which the memorandum or award under which the sum awarded as compensation is payable is recorded, and such last mentioned memorandum or award shall have effect subject to such order and memorandum.

(d.) The party liable to pay such compensation shall on demand pay to the solicitor or agent the amount to which he is entitled, but so that such party shall not be liable to pay any amount in excess of that which he is liable to pay for compensation, or to pay such amount by any other instalments than those by which he is liable to pay such compensation. (e.) If the party liable to pay such compensation fails on demand to pay any amount which he is liable to pay to such solicitor or agent, the judge may, on application made to him on notice to such party in accordance with Rule 45, and on proof of the order having been served on and demand for payment made to such party, order such party to pay such sum; and in default of payment the judge may order execution to issue to levy such amount. (f.) Payment made by or execution levied on the party liable to pay such compensation shall be a valid discharge to him as against the party entitled to such compensation, to the amount paid or levied. Certificate under Section 1, Sub-section 4.

48. Certificate under Act, sect. 1, sub-sect. 4. Form 22.] (1) Where an action is brought in the County Court to recover damages independently of the Act for injury caused by any accident, and the court proceeds under sub-section 4 of section 1 of the Act, the certificate given by the court sbali be according to the form in the Appendix.

(2.) The registrar shall, on receiving a certificate given by any other court under the said sub-section, record the same in like manner as if such certificate were a memorandum as to a matter decided by an arbitrator sent to the registrar pursuant to paragraph 8 of the second schedule to

the Act.

Execution.

49. Execution. Form 23. (Conf. Order XXV., Rule 7.)] (1.) When a party liable to pay compensation or costs under any award, memorandum, or certificate, has made default in payment of the amount awarded, or where payment is to be made by instalments, of any instalment, execution may issue against his goods without leave for the amount in payment of (2.) Where such sum is not payable into court, the party applying for execution shall satisfy the registrar, by affidavit or otherwise, as to the

which he has made default.

amount in payment of which default has been made. Suspension of Proceedings or Weekly Payments on Refusal to Submit to Examination under Paragraph 3 or Paragraph 11 of Schedule 1.

(50.) Application to stay proceedings before or after award on refusal of workman to submit to examination under Act. Sched. 1, par. 3 or par. 11. Form 24.] In any case in which an arbitration is pending, or an award has been made or a memorandum recorded or a certificate given, and the employer or any person by whom the employer is entitled to be indemnified alleges that the workman who claims or has been awarded compensation refuses to submit himself for examination in accordance with paragraph 3 or paragraph 11 of the first schedule to the Act, or obstructs such examination, such employer or other person may apply to the judge or arbitrator to stay proceedings in the arbitration or to suspend the weekly payments awarded until such examination has taken place. (2.) Such application shall be made in or out of court in accordance with Rule 45, and the provisions of the said rule shall apply to the proceedings on such application, with the following modifications: (a.) The notice shall be served five clear days at least before the hearing of the application, unless the judge or registrar shall give leave for shorter notice; and

(b.) Where the application is made after award, it shall in every case be made to the judge.

Applications against Insurers under Section 5. 51. Application against insurers under sect. 5. (Conf. Order XXIIA., Rule 1) Form 25. Where a workman claims to be entitled under section 5 of the Act to a charge on any sum to which any employer is entitled from insurers such workman may, upon lodging with the registrar of the court in which the memorandum or award or certificate under which the employer is liable to pay compensation is recorded an affidavit made by the applicant or his solicitor, setting forth the circumstances in which the applicant claims to be entitled to such charge, enter a plaint to obtain payment of such sum, or so much thereof as may be sufficient to satisfy the compensation which the employer is liable to pay to the workman.

52. Summons thereon. Form 26. (Conf. Order XXIIa., Rule 1).] There. upon a summons calling upon the insurers to show cause why they should not pay into court the sum to which the employer is entitled from them, or so much thereof as may be sufficient to satisfy the compensation which the employer is liable to pay to the workman, shall be issued by the registrar for service on the insurers.

53. Service of summons, and procedure thereon. (Conf. Order XXVIa.) Forms 28, 29.] Such summons shall be served in accordance with the provisions of Rule 15, and when so served shall bind in the hands of the insurers all sums due, owing, or accruing from them to the employer in respect of the compensation which he is liable to pay to the workman under the memorandum or award or certificate; and, subject to these Rules, the procedure on such summons shall be the same as if the applicant had obtained a judg. ment or order for the payment of money against the employer, and the sum to which the employer is entitled from the insurers were a debt due, owing, or accruing from the insurers to the employer, and the applicant had issued a garnishee summons against the insurers: and the provisions of Rules 5 to 9 and 11 to 13 of Order XXVIA. shall, with the necessary modifications, apply to such summons and the procedure thereon.

54. Provisions for notice to employer, or assignee, &c. Form 27.] It shall not be necessary in the first instance to give notice of the issue of the summons to the employer or his assignee (or, in case of bankruptcy, to the official receiver or other trustee, or, in case of liquidation of a company, to the provisional or other liquidator), but the judge or registrar may at any time direct such notice to be given; and thereupon the registrar shall issue for service on the person to whom such notice is directed to be given a copy of the summons, together with a notice signed by the registrar himself and under the seal of the court, giving notice to such person as to the day on which he is to attend at the court, and that if he does not attend, either in person or by his solicitor, at the place and time mentioned in the notice, such order will be made and proceedings taken as the judge may think fit; and such summons and notice shall be served in accordance with the provisions of Rule 15.

55. Provisions as to weekly payments payable by insurers.] Where the amount which the employer is liable to pay to a workman as compensation is a weekly payment, and such employer is entitled to a weekly payment of the same or any less amount from insurers in respect of such amount, the judge may order the insurers to pay such weekly payment direct to the workman. In any such case the insurers shall have the same rights as the employer with respect to the review or redemption of such weekly payment.

56. Application against two or more sels of insurers.] Where an employer is entitled to separate sums from separate insurers in respect of the amount due to a workman, all or any two or more of such insurers may be made parties to one application.

57. (1.) Apportionment of sum payable by insurers, where more persons than one are entitled to compensation.] Where it appears on any application under section 5 of the Act that the employer is liable to pay compensation in respect of more accidents than one, or to more workmen than one, either under one award or memorandum or certificate, or under two or more separate awards or memorandums or certificates, and that such employer is entitled to any sum from insurers in respect of the amounts due under such liability, but such sum is not sufficient to satisfy the whole of the amounts due under such liability, and has not, as between the employer and the insurers, been appor tioned between such amounts or appropriated exclusively to some only of such amounts, the judge may order the insurers to pay such sum into court, and may, after notice given to the persons entitled to compensation in such manner as the judge shall direct, apportion such sum between the several persons entitled to compensation in such manner as may be just. For the purpose of any such apportionment, the judge inay order any weekly payment to be redeemed, and may appoint any one or more proper person or persons to represent any other persons having the same interest, and may direct any necessary inquiries or accounts to be made or taken, and generally may give such directions and make such orders, as to costs or otherwise, as may be just.

(2) Transfer and consolidation of proceedings for this purpose.] Where the employer is liable to pay compensation as aforesaid under two or more the judge may for the purposes of this rule order the proceedings under such separate awards or memorandums or certificates recorded in the same court, awards or menorandums or certificates to be consolidated; and where the employer is liable under separate awards or memorandums or certificates recorded in different courts, the judge of the court in which the summons to the insurers is issued may either request the judge of the other court to transfer the proceedings in such other court to the first-mentioned court, or may himself transfer the proceedings in the first mentioned court to such other court; and such orders for transfer and consolidation of proceedings the matter in the manner most convenient to the several persons entitled to may be made as may be just and expedient for the purpose of dealing with

compensation.

In any case in which the circumstances are such that an application may be 58. Discovery in aid of application under sect. 5. Order XXV., Rule 52.] made under section 5 of the Act, the provisions of Order XXV. Rule 52, as to discovery in aid of execution shall apply in the same manner as if the employer were a debtor liable under a judgment or order; and such provi sions may be resorted to either before or after an application is made.

Payment and Application of Money directed to be Invested.

59. Payment into court and application of money directed to be invested. Act, sect. 5, and Sched. 1, pars. 6, 1, 13. (Order IX., Rules 21, 22).] Where pursuant to paragraphs 6 and 7'or paragraph 13 of the first schedule to the Act, or pursuant to section 5 of the Act, any sum is agreed or is ordered by a committee or an arbitrator, or by the judge, to be invested in the Post Office Savings Bank by the registrar in his name as registrar, or to be paid into the Post Office Savings Bank in the name of the registrar, the following provisions shall apply :

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(a.) The registrar of the court in which the memorandum of the agree ment or of the order of the committee or arbitrator under which such sum is to be invested is recorded, or, in the case of an award made by the judge or an arbitrator appointed by him, or of an order made by

the judge under section 5 of the Act, the registrar of the court in which the award or order was made, shall, on the memorandum or award or order being recorded, receive the sum to be invested from the party by whom the same is payable.

(b.) Immediately on such sum being paid, or on payment thereof being enforced, the registrar shall invest the same in accordance with the agreement, award, or order, and shall record such payment and investment in the special register hereinafter mentioned."

(c.) Any sum so paid and invested shall be paid out of court or otherwise disposed of in accordance with the agreement, award, or order under which the same is paid and invested, and, subject to the terms of such agreement, award, or order, in such manner as the judge from time to time shall direct, on application made to him in accordance with Rules 21 and 22 of Order IX.

Proceedings in one Court as to subject-matter of Award or Memorandum recorded in another Court.

60. Filing of certified copy of Memorandum, &c., recorded in one court under Act, sched. 2, par 8, before taking subsequent proceedings in another court under par. 9.] Where an award, or a memorandum under paragraph 8 of the second schedule to the Act, or a certificate under sub-section 4 of section 1 of the Act, has been recorded in any court, and any party desires to take any subsequent proceedings with reference to the subject-matter of such award, memorandum, or certificate in any other court under paragraph 9 of the said schedule, he shall before taking such proceedings obtain from the registrar of the first-mentioned court a certified copy of such award, memorandum, or certificate, and shall file the same in the court in which he desires to take proceedings, and the registrar of such last-mentioned court shall record the same as if it had been an award made in or a memorandum or certificate sent to the court.

Transfer of Froceedings.

61. Transfer. Conf. County Courts Act, 1888, s. 85. (Order VIII., Rule 9).] If the judge shall be satisfied by any party to any matter under the Act pending in his court that such matter can be more conveniently proceeded with in any other court, he may order such matter to be transferred to such other court; and thereupon the registrar shall forthwith transmit by registered post to the registrar of the court to which such matter is transferred all original documents filed in such matter, and a certified copy of all records made with reference to such matter, and shall transfer to such last mentioned court any money invested in his name as registrar; and thenceforth such matter shall be proceeded with in the court to which it is transferred in the same manner as if it had originally been commenced therein. The provisions of Order VIII., Rule 9, shall apply to any such transfer or application for a transfer.

Filing and Service of Documents and Notices.

62. (1) Where any document is to be filed with the registrar under these Rules, that document may be so filed by delivering it at the office of the registrar, or by sending it by post addressed to the registrar at his office. (2) Where any document is to be so filed, there shall be filed with the original document as many copies of the document as there are persons to whom copies of the document or any part thereof are to be sent by the registrar, and in addition a copy for the use of the judge or arbitrator. (3) Where any document is under these Rules to be sent to any person by the registrar, that document may be sent by post. (4) Act, sect. 2, sub-secs. 2 to 5.] Any proceeding, document, or notice which is under these Rules to be served on any party may be served on such party by the opposite party or his solicitor; and where no special provision as to the mode of service is made by these Rules, any such proceeding, document, or notice may be served on such party, or where he acts by a solicitor, on his solicitor, in manner provided by sub-sections 2 to 5 of section 2 of the Act with reference to service of notice in respect of an injury.

Procedure Generally.

63. Provisions as to parties acting by solicitors, and as to substituted service and notice in lieu of service. (Order XXIII., Rule 4; Order LI., Rules 1 to 6).] The provisions of Order XXIII., Rule 4, and Order LI., Rules 1 to 6, as to parties acting by solicitors, and as to substituted service and notice of lieu of service, shall apply to proceedings under the Act.

64. Procedure where not otherwise provided for. See Tithe Rules 57.] Where any matter or thing is not specially provided for under these Rules, the same procedure shall be followed and the same provisions shall apply, as far as practicable, as in a similar matter or thing under the County Courts Act, 1888, and the rules made in pursuance of that Act.

Record of Proceedings.—Special Register.

65. Record of proceedings before judge or arbitrator. Special register. Form 30.] Proceedings under the Act before the judge or an arbitrator appointed by him shall be recorded in the books of the Court in the manner in which other proceedings in the Court are recorded; and the registrar shall also keep a special register for the purposes of the Act, in which he shall record

(a.) A memorandum of every application made to the judge for the settlement of any matter by arbitration; (6.) A memorandum of every appointment of an arbitrator made by the judge or by a judge of the High Court;

(e.) A memorandum of every proceeding taken in any arbitration before the judge or an arbitrator prior to the award; (d.) A memorandum of every appointment of a medical referee by the judge or arbitrator, and of his report, and if he is requested to attend any proceeding in the arbitration, of such request and attendance; (.) A memorandum of every award made by the judge, or by an arbitrator appointed by him;

(f.) A copy of every certificate under sub-section 4 of section 1 of the Act given by the court, or sent to the registrar from any other court: (9.) A memorandum of every special case submitted to the judge, and of the proceedings and order thereon;

(h.) A memorandum of every judgment given by the Court of Appeal on any appeal;

(i.) A copy of every memorandum sent to the registrar pursuant to paragraph 8 of the second schedule to the Act, and of the report (if any) of the medical referee annexed thereto, with a note stating whether such memorandum was recorded without further proof, or after inquiry, or by order of the judge;

(J.) If such memorandum is recorded after inquiry, a memorandum of the inquiries made and of the result thereof;

(.) If such memorandum is recorded by order of the judge, a memorandum of the application to the judge, and of the order made thereon;

(7.) A memorandum of the result of every taxation of costs under any such memorandum, or under any award or order;

(m.) A memorandum of every application to rectify the register in respect of any memorandum, and of the proceedings and order thereon;

(n.) A memorandum of every application to the judge or arbitrator, under paragraph 12 of the second schedule to the Act, to determine the amount of costs to be paid to a solicitor or agent, and of the proceedings and order thereon, and of the result of any taxation under such order;

(o.) A copy of every certified copy filed pursuant to Rule 60; (p.) A memorandum of every proceeding taken in the Court for the stay of any proceedings or the enforcement of any award, order, memorandum, or certificate, and of the result of such proceeding; (q.) A memorandum of every application to the judge for an order against insurers under section five of the Act, and of the proceedings under such application, and the order made thereon;

(r.) A memorandum of every sum paid into court and invested by the registrar; (.) A memorandum of every application made to the court with reference to any such sum, and of every order made on such application, and of the manner in which such sum is applied or disposed of;

(t.) A memorandum of every application for transfer, and of the order thereon, and the proceedings under such order;

(u.) The like memorandum as to every matter transferred to the Court as would have been recorded as to such matter if it had been originally commenced and prosecuted in the Court;

(v.) A memorandum of any other matter which the judge shall order to be recorded with reference to any matter brought into or proceeding taken in the Court under the Act.

Matters, how distinguished.

66. Matters, how distinguished. (Conf. Order II., Rule 3).] Every matter brought into the Court under the Act shall be intituled in the matter of the Act, and shall be distinguished by a separate number in addition to the number of the plaint (if any); and all documents filed and subsequent intituled in like manner, and shall be distinguished by the same number; proceedings taken in the Court with reference to such matter shall be and the entries made in the special register with respect to each such matter shall be entered together, and shall be kept separate from the entries with respect to any other matter.

Forms.

67. Forms in Appendix or like forms may be used. See Tithe Rules, 58.] The forms in the Appendix, where applicable, and where they are not applicable forms of the like character, with such variations as the circumstances, may require, may be used in proceedings under the Act. [There is a long appendix of forms.].

TRANSFER OF ACTION,

ORDER OF COURT.

Monday, the 27th day of June, 1898. I, Hardinge Stanley, Earl of Halsbury, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, do hereby order that the action mentioned in the Schedule hereto shall be transferred to the Honourable Mr. Justice Wright,

SCHEDULE.

Mr. Justice ROMER (1898-G.-No. 1,232).

In re Godfrey Giles & Co, Limited Armstrong & Co v Godfrey Giles & Co, Limited

There are to-day, says the St. James's Gazette, 5,526 more certified lunatics in this country than there were two years ago. That is the startling statement contained in the annual report of the Commissioners in Lunacy which was presented to Parliament on Wednesday. We do not forget that it has been officially pointed out that the recent apparent increase in the number of lunatics is accounted for by greater strictness of regulation leading to larger numbers of patients being drawn into the Commissioners' net. But we find it very difficult to believe that these swarms of lunatics are anything like entirely accounted for by the sweep of the net. The meaning of the figures will be more clearly realized when we point out that, as there are 102,000 persons (in England and Wales only) who are officially certified to be insane, more than 5 per cent. has been added to their number in the last two years. There is now one lunatic to every 308 sane people.

LAW SOCIETIES.

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28, Lincoln's-inn-fields, W.C.
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LIST OF QUALIFIED MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY PROPOSED AS PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE SOCIETY, TO BE ELECTED AT THE

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LIST OF QUALIFIED PERSONS PROPOSED AS AUDITORS OF THE SOCIETY, TO BE ELECTED AT THE SAME MEETING.

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LEGAL NEWS.

OBITUARY.

His Honour Judge BEDWELL died on Monday at 11, Waldegrave-gardens, Strawberry-hill, the residence of his son-in-law, at the age of seventy years. Mr. Bedwell was the eldest son of Mr. Francis Robert Bedwell, Registrar of the Court of Chancery. He was educated at Cambridge and was called to the bar in 1855, and was appointed Judge of County Court Circuit No. 16 (Hull, Malton, &c.) in 1874.

The death is announced of Mr. JOHN HUMPHRIES HODSON, Town Clerk and Clerk of the Peace for the City of Lichfield, on the 24th ult., from heart disease. Mr. Hodson was admitted in 1861, and was a member of the firm of Messrs. Hinckley, Hodson, & Brown. He served in the capacity of Mayor of Lichfield in 1884. He was elected town clerk in 1887, and subsequently succeeded to the clerkship of the peace. He was steward and clerk to many charities at Lichfield.

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The death is announced of the Honourable WILLIAM ANTHONY Mus-
GRAVE SHERIFF, for many years a judge of the Supreme Court at
Demerara, at the age of fifty-four years. Mr. Sheriff was educated in
France and at Balliol College, Oxford, and was called to the bar at the
Middle Temple. He was appointed Attorney-General of Grenada, West
Indies, in 1872, and was subsequently Attorney-General at the Bahamas
and Chief Justice of British Honduras. He subsequently went to the Straits Saturday.
Settlements, and afterwards to Demerara, being appointed Puisne Judge
in 1890.

Mr. Justice STIRLING.

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APPOINTMENTS.

Mr. CHARLES CLARE SCOTT, barrister, of the South-Eastern Circuit, has been elected a Bencher of the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple in succession to Sir Francis Villeneuve Smith, resigned.

Mr. W. RUSSELL GRIFFITHS, barrister, has been appointed Recorder of Bedford, in the place of Mr. John Thomas Abdy, resigned.

CHANGES IN PARTNERSHIPS.
DISSOLUTION.

HUBERT STANLEY LUSH and JOHN ROBINSON, Solicitors (Lush & Robinson), Portsmouth. June 11. [Gazette, June 24.

GENERAL.

Mr. T. R. Hughes, Q.C., one of the new Queen's Counsel called within the bar, will practice in Mr. Justice Byrne's court.

The following gentlemen have been co-opted additional members of the General Council of the Bar in order that every branch of the bar and every circuit may be adequately represented thereon - namely, Mr. Cripps, Q.C., Mr. Aspinall, Q.C., Mr. E. P. Wolstenholme, Mr. P. S. Gregory, Mr. J. Eldon Bankes, and Mr. H. L. Stephen.

Judge Woodfall, who has been recently appointed to the Devon County Court, was entertained at dinner on Monday by the members of the South Wales Circuit. Mr. Bowen Rowlands, Q C., the leader of the circuit, presided, and among the former members of the circuit who attended was the Lord Chancellor.

On the 23rd ult., at the Old Bailey, Mr. Justice Grantham said that the Testaments on which witnesses were sworn had been in use in the court

for a great number of years, and he thought it was time that the City of London or the authorities, whoever they were, provided the court with new ones. After consulting with Mr. Read, Deputy-Clerk of Arraigns. Mr. Justice Grantham said the Testaments had been in use for so many years that it was not known what their origin was or who was responsible for providing new ones.

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On the question of flogging sentences by the judges, says the Daily West Ham Kinnaird v Cory News, a recent return to the House of Commons contains some curious information. The records are as follow:

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The Manx Sun says that the members of the Manx bar have decided to adopt the barristers' wig, and it is their intention to make their first appearance in public in their wigs on Tynwald Day. If it happens to be a very hot day the stout members may regret the decision, and there may be some difficulty in acting up to the due dignity of the adornment, but once the lawyers make up their minds to a thing it is hard to shake them off, so we may prepare ourselves to accept the new situation as a matter of fact. The new wigs are described as follows: "The wig is made of horse hair, the curls are fixed at both ends so as not to unravel, the top is looped, every hair being fastened at both ends, so that there is nothing to come undone or get disordered, and, consequently, does not require re-dressing, which was a very troublesome feature in the old-time wig, when they were besprinkled plentifully with powder, and required continuous atten

CROWN PAPer.

For Judgment.

For Argument.

Pembrokeshire The Queen v Mayor, &c, of Pembroke (expte Local Government Board) nisi for mandamus to obey order of Local Government Board

Yorkshire, WR W Riding of Yorkshire Rivers Board & anr v Goldthorpe & anr quarter sessions, sec 14, sub-sec 2, of the West Riding of Yorkshire Rivers Act, 1894. appellants' appeal Dorsetshire Brown v Patch magistrate's case

Lancashire, Liverpool Welsby v Mayor, &c. of Liverpool county court plt's app

Lancashire, Ashton-under-Lyne London & North-Western Ry Co v Evans county court plts' app

Met Pol Dist The Queen v Sheil, Esq. Met Pol Mag & Collins (expte
Medical Council) nisi to hear and determine application

Met. Pol Dist. Allen & ors. v Vestry of Fulham magistrate's case
County of London The Queen ▾ Vestry of St. Mary, Islington (expte
Williams) nisi for mandamus to prepare scheme of sewers
Middlesex, Westminister Howcroft v Laycock county court dft's app
Hampshire, Bournemouth Driscoll v Kemp & anr. county court plt's
Lancashire, Liverpool Smith & ors. v Ray county court dft's app
Staffordshire, Lichfield Altree v Altree (Staffordshire Financial Co.
clmts.) county court clmts' app
Hertfordshire, Watford Wyand Wealdstone Urban District Council
county court plt's app

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