CO129-603-7 Legal Department- reorganisation 18-2-1948 - 19-10-1949 — Page 2

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I assume that the Chief Justice has seen these proposals and has raised no objection. Cle arly the Attorney-General is largely responsible for the despatch (see the first paragraph of (3)).

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To a very large extent my comments are contained in (2) on this file, and in general I entirely agree with the scheme which has been put up.

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CIt should be noted that the extra expense will be largely offset by the proposed reduction by óñe in the number of Crown Counsel.

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I am not to sure why in sub-paragraph (Y) The 9 Legal Officers are divided as if 4 are to work to the Solicitor-General, 1 to the Crown Solicitor, and 4 apparently direct to the Attorney-General. I suppose this is the intention.

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Assistant Crown Solicitors are to be transferred to the Legal Department. Those duties in so far as they are specifically referred to in paragraph 2, are to go to the Registrar-General's department (see para. 11) with the exception of Estate Duty office work, and that it is proposed to transfer to the Inland Revenue Department (see para. 14).

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It is only necessary to add to my previous comments, that I have seen for myself in Nigeria the way in which the work of the judges is hampered by their having to perform the functions which are discharged in this country by Masters of the Supreme

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