MONDAY, AUGUST 14, 1978
REGISTRATION FOR LEGAL AID
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THE LEGAL AID DEPARTMENT TODAY REGISTERED 45 APPLICATIONS FOR LEGAL ASSISTANCE IN CONNECTION WITH A WALL COLLAPSE INCIDENT IN WESTERN ON JULY 18.
UNDER AN ARRANGEMENT BETWEEN THE LEGAL AID DEPARTMENT AND THE HOME AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT, A TEAM OF LEGAL AID OFFICERS WENT TO THE CITY DISTRICT OFFICE (CENTRAL AND WESTERN) TO CARRY OUT THE REGISTRATION. THE DIRECTOR OF LEGAL AID, MR. D. O'R. MAYNE WAS ALSO PRESENT,
MR. MAYNE SAID THE LEGAL AID DEPARTMENT WOULD DO ALL IT COULD TO OBTAIN COMPENSATION FOR DEPENDENTS OF THE DECEASED, THOSE INJURED AND THOSE HAVING SUFFERED PROPERTY LOSS AS A RESULT OF THE INCIDENT.
HE SAID HIS DEPARTMENT WAS GATHERING EVIDENCE FROM ALL SIDES TO DECIDE IF LEGAL ACTION WAS NECESSARY.
+OUR DEPARTMENT HAS GIVEN TOP PRIORITY TO THIS CASE TO HELP THE VICTIMS OBTAIN THE COMPENSATION THEY DESERVE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE,+ MR. MAYNE SAID.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE CITY DISTRICT OFFICE (CENTRAL AND WESTERN) SAID THE VICTIMS WHO COULD NOT COME TODAY SHOULD GO TO THE LEGAL AID DEPARTMENT'S OFFICE FOR REGISTRATION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
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