CO129-514-6 Question of legality of sale of water to Tai Koo Sugar Refining Co. Ltd.- from... 6-12-1928 - 23-12-1929 — Page 31

BURCHELLS.

C.T.D. BURCHELL.

A.W.BURCHELL.

TELEPHONE - VICTORIA 6431.

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H.G. Bushe Esq., C.M.G.

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Westminster, S.W.1.

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The Officer Administering the Government of Hong Kong

and

The Tai Koo Sugar Refining Company Limited.

I have had a file of papers sent to me from the Colonial

Office this morning with instructions to obtain Counsel's opinion

and to confer with you as to the Counsel to be retained with

a recommendation that he should be a Chancery man.

If you want a Chancery junior I would suggest Mr. Swords

and if you want to give him a leader then I should recommend Mr.

Gavin Simonds.

Personally from a hasty perusal of the papers I am

inclined to agree with the opinion of Eldon Potter K.C. but it

occurs to me, however, that before going to Counsel at all we

ought to see a copy of the Memorandum and Articles of Association

of the Tai Koo Company as unless they have power to sell water

the Government's best remedy would appear to be an injunction to

restrain them. I will have a search made at Somerset House

tomorrow to see if the Company is registered here, and if so,

will look up the provisions of their Memorandum and Articles.

Yours sincerely,

Charles J. D. Durchell