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to move a stop without: the acceptance of Attorneys, and these exactions certainly appear to be very heavy. On this subject, however, I must refer Your Lordships to my Despatch already quoted, remarking that at Hongkong there are also, as there are no Barristers, only two Attorneys, who are permitted to practise as Advocates. The proceedings of these gentlemen are in that all cases where the amount in dispute did not exceed in value $500 might be disposed of without their assistance; and that in cases where parties saw fit to require their aid, the precise amount of fees that they could legally demand, should be defined and generally known in consequence not subject to that wholesome supervision and control that they would be at home, where they become open to the inspection of an enlightened Bar.
Having had very considerable experience in judicial matters in the Straits of Malacca, I knew that not one half of the cases that came before the Courts there were conducted by Attorneys, and it therefore appeared to me that at all events it would be desirable so to alter the practice here, and be made simple.
From a Return furnished by the Supreme Court, I found that during the six months ending the 31st December last, 48 actions had been commenced, of which 19 (being about 40 per cent) were for amounts under $500; and that 67 per cent of cases where the amount in dispute did not exceed $100 had been disposed of. These latter are decided before the Judge without a Jury, and it appeared to me that if the Summary Jurisdiction was extended to $500, and the actions tried in the same manner,
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to move a stop without : the asprctance of Altermeys, and these the exactions certainly appear to
heavy. On this
On this subject, however
me to be very
I must refer Your Lordships to my
Despatch aber quoted, remarking that at Hongkong there
also, as there
a.s
are
arc no
to practise these gentleman
but two Attorneys, who
· Barristers, are permitted_
Advocates. The proceedings of
are in
h.
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that all cases where the amount in dispute
did not ericced in value. $500
might
in
like manner.
be disposed of without their
assistance; and that in cases where parties
saw
fit to require their aid, the precise - amount of fees that they could. bgally demand, should be defined,
generally known
consequence
not subject
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to that wholesome supervision and control
that they would be at home, where they
become
open-
Bar
5.
to the inspection of an enlightened
Having
had
very
considerable.
experience in judicial matters in the Straits
of Malacca, I knew that not one-
the cases that
care
were
half of
before the Courts there
conducted by Attorneys,
appeared to mo
and it therefore
that at all events it
would be desirable so to alter the practice here,
·
and be made
From a Return furnished by the Supreme Court, I found that during
months ending
the b
December last, 48 actions had
ben commenced, of which 19, (being about 40
ou
per cent $500; and
the whole),
that
67
Avere
for
cases under
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cases where the
amcount in dispute did not. erpeeed. $100, had
and it
been disposed of. These latter are decided. before the Judge without a Jury, appeared to me that if the Summary
Jurisdiction
was extended to $500, and.
the actions tried in the same-
simple.
manner,
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