Contract — Contract of service — Employment as manager of department of branch business — Remuneration by commission on "net profits" of department — Meaning and ascertainment of net profits — Deduction of interest on capital — Deduction of amount of commission.

Contract — Transmissibility — Employment of agent to collect rents, assist in investment and generally to manage, etc. — Contract of personal nature — Termination by death of party.

Trustees — Remuneration — Commission on corpus allowed by will — Conversion and distribution postponed for ten years — When commission payable — Value of corpus, as at what time.

Company — Liquidation — Contributory — Contract to take shares induced by misrepresentation — Effective disaffirmance of contract — Subsequent liquidation — Contributory's name not on register of members, but included in return of allotments — Removal of name from list of contributories.

Justices — Order to review — Application for, made within one month and adjourned by Judge — After expiry of the month application heard and order nisi granted by another Judge — Justices Act 1915 (No. 2675), sec. 150.

Health — Deposit of refuse where it may be a nuisance or dangerous to health — Health Act 1919 (No. 3041), sec. 42 (2).

Contract — Construction — Contract of service — Employment as managing director of company — Remuneration by commission on "net profits" of company — Meaning and ascertainment of net profits — Deduction of income tax and of commission.

Maintenance — Refusal of order by justices — Application to Court of General Sessions to hear complaint — Notice of intention to apply — Time prescribed by rules — Whether rules retrospective — Marriage Act 1928 (No. 3620), sec. 8 (3), (4) — Rules of 1st May, 1929.

Practice — Jury, trial by — "Cause or matter within the cognizance of the Court in its Equitable Jurisdiction" — Meaning of "cause or matter" — Claim for money due under contract — Fraud, defence of — Rescission, counterclaim for — Whether right to jury — Rules of the Supreme Court 1916, Order XXXVI., rr. 3, 6.

Police offences — Betting house — Using house for purpose of betting — Person left in charge of house by occupier for the purpose of conducting a lawful business — Police Offences Act 1915 (No. 2708), secs. 97, 98.

Insurance — Life assurance policy — Assignment — Validity — Document not in statutory form — Agreement to assign — Marshalling of assets — Marshalling by apportionment — Companies Act 1915 (No. 2631), secs. 476, 478-480.

Police — Power to seize and detain goods — Person in possession not arrested — Seizure without warrant.

Local Government — Drains — Formation by municipal council — Recovery of cost from adjacent owners — Local Government Act 1915 (No. 2686), secs. 527, 529-535, Part XXXVI — Local Government Act 1921 (No. 3167), sec. 35 — Alternative schemes — Council's option — Resolution of council — "Omnia prsumuntur rite esse acta."

Solicitor and client — Retainer — Evidence of — Authority to commence legal proceedings.

Will — Power of appointment — Power to appoint generally to children — Appointment to daughter with power to appoint to her children — Validity.

Wrongs — Negligence — Master and servant — Negligence of fellow-servant — Defence of common employment — Person having "charge or control" of points upon railway — Employers and Employs Act 1915 (No. 2646), sec. 35 (5).

County Court — Appeal to Full Court from refusal to grant new trial — Appeal allowed — New trial in County Court — County Court Act 1915 (No. 2636), sec. 133.

Administration — Intestacy — Real estate — Nature of right of next of kin to estate — Act No. 230 (1864), sec. 4.

Vendor and purchaser — Contract — Sale of land — Land under Transfer of Land Act — Illusory encumbrance noted on register — Bight of purchaser to insist on "clean" certificate of title — Rescission — Transfer of Land Act 1915 (No. 2740), secs. 4, 72; 25th Schedule, Table A, Condition 5.

Transfer of land — Instrument of transfer — Transfer intended as security for loan — Assignment of right to redeem — Transfer on redemption — Refusal of registration — "Conveyance" — Stamps Act 1915 (No. 2728), sec. 68 (6).

Practice — Trial by jury — "Cause or matter within the cognizance of the Court in its Equitable Jurisdiction" — Claim by Crown — Money due under Statute — Claim for equitable relief — Rules of the Supreme Court 1916, Order XXXVI., r. 3.

Administration and Probate — Administration — Power of administrator to concur in a partition — Trustee Act 1928 (No. 3792), sec. 57.

Conciliation and arbitration — Powers of registered organization — Publication of newspaper — Advertisements, claims in respect of — Right of organization to sue as legal entity — Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Act 1904-1928, secs. 55, 58, 66, Schedule B.

Practice — Procedure — Originating summons — Mortgage — Default by mortgagor — Claim by mortgagee for delivery of possession — No claim for sale or foreclosure — Procedure by originating summons not available — Rules of the Supreme Court 1916, Order LV., r. 5A.

Health — Food, sale of — Package not marked with name of manufacturer or packer — "Prosecution or proceeding relating to food" — Return date of summons — Health Act 1919 (No. 3041), secs. 231, 262 (d).

Evidence — Solicitor and client — Proof of retainer.

Practice — Jury — Trial by — Action begun in County Court — Claim for money due under contract — Defence of fraud — Counterclaim for rescission — Notice by defendant requiring jury — Subsequent transfer of proceeding to Supreme Court — Right of defendant to jury — Rules of Supreme Court 1916, Order XXXVI., rr. 3, 6, 7.

Local Government — Health — By-law — Validity — Subsequent repeal of statutory authority — By-law "deemed to be made" under repealing Act — No power to make such by-law under repealing Act — Local Government Act 1915 (No. 2686), secs. 197 (33), 232 — Supreme Court Act 1915 (No. 2733), sec. 203 — Health Act 1919 (No. 3041), secs. 3 (2) (b), 74 (a), 75 (b).

Costs — Taxation — Instructions for brief — Review by Court — Reasonableness of incurring costs — Rules of the Supreme Court 1916, Order LXV., rules 27 (41), 28.

By-law — Validity — Country Roads Board — Power to regulate or prohibit erection of hoardings — Power to regulate, restrict, prevent or control exhibition of advertisements — Prohibition of such erection and exhibition without consent of Board — Discretion to order removal of hoardings — Country Roads Act 1927 (No. 3568), sec. 3 — Local Government Act 1915 (No. 2686), sec. 198 (1) (2).

Licensing — Bar door to be kept locked during prohibited hours — Absolute duty — Licensing Act 1928 (No. 3717), sec. 206.

Insurance — Motor car — Policy — Interpretation — Exception of loss whilst used in "reliability, speed or other trial," or if used for purpose other than "business and pleasure" — Non-disclosure of intention to race — Loss of car whilst being prepared for a race.

Criminal law — Evidence — Identification of prisoner — Use of photograph in discovery of offender.

Divorce — Alimony, order for — Subsequent marriage of wife — Discharge, variation or suspension of order — Marriage Act 1928 (No. 3726), sec. 96.

Income Tax — State — Assessment — Deductions — Gift to "public benevolent asylum" — Freemasons' Homes — Income Tax Act 1915 (No. 2668), sec. 29 — Income Tax Act 1928 (No. 3701), sec. 36.

Practice — Pleading — Particulars — Negligence — Particulars of contributory negligence — Plaintiff riding a motor cycle without being licensed.

Husband and wife — Necessaries — Wife's costs of suit for judicial separation — Suit terminated by agreement — No order as to costs — Right of wife's solicitor to recover costs from husband — Marriage Act 1915 (No. 2691), sec. 159.

Income Tax — State — Assessment — Company — "Profits" — Company carrying on business of buying and selling land — Sales on extended terms — Profits earned or derived during year — Income Tax Act 1915 (No. 2668), sec. 35 — Income Tax Act 1928 (No. 3701), sec. 42.

Company — Scheme of arrangement — Sanction by Court — Altering rights of preference shareholders — Opposition by substantial minority — No sufficient reason for scheme — Companies Act 1928 (No. 3659), secs. 52, 129.

Patent — Extension, application for — Loss or damage by reason of hostilities — Loss by patentee as such — Trade depression after cessation of hostilities — Patents Act 1903-1921, sec. 84 (6) and (7).

Will — Accumulation of income — Accumulation beyond period of twenty-one years from death of testator — Trust for payment of annuities — Bequest of "my property" to named persons after death of annuitants — Thellusson Act — Property Law Act 1928 (No. 3754), sec. 164.

Local Government — Evidence — Crossings over footpaths and channels — Crossing made by municipal council at owner's request — Work not done under any statutory requirement — Claim by council for work and labour done — Effect of certificate under Local Government Act 1928 (No. 3720), sec. 385.

Company — Shares — Insolvency of member — Claim by assignee in insolvency to be registered as member — No relevant transmission clause in articles — Table A excluded — Right of assignee to registration — Insolvency Act 1915 (No. 2671), secs. 4, 154, 166.

Will — Substitutionary provision in event of death of beneficiaries — Additional gift by codicil to a beneficiary under the will — Death of that beneficiary before testator — Application of substitutionary provision to gift by codicil.

Administration and probate — Will — Foreign company appointed executor — Grant of administration c.t.a. to syndic — Syndic not in Victoria — Administration and Probate Act 1928 (No. 3632), ss. 5, 51.

Practice — Trial by jury — Cause requiring scientific investigation — Construction, etc., of engine — Rules of the Supreme Court 1916, Order XXXVI., r. 5.

Practice — Pleading — Indorsement on writ in lieu of statement of claim — Signature of solicitor or counsel — Rules of the Supreme Court, 1916, Order XVIIIA, r. 7, Order XIX., r. 4.

Administration and probate — Sealing of foreign probate — Revocation of foreign grant — Revocation of sealing — Administration and Probate Act 1928 (No. 3632), sec. 81.

Landlord and tenant — Distress for rent — Exemption of goods not the property of the tenant — Goods comprised in a hire purchase agreement made by the tenant — Landlord and Tenant Act 1928 (No. 3710), sec. 64.

Administration and probate — Will — Execution — Acknowledgment — Wills Act 1928 (No. 3808), sec. 7.

Practice — Appeal — New trial — Miscarriage of justice — Power to remedy — Miscarriage caused solely by defeated party.

Charity — Improvement of a city — Bequest to be expended in — Validity.

Contract — Evidence — Statute of Frauds — Landlord and tenant — Lease — Option to purchase — Parol agreement — Purported exercise of option — Retention of possession by tenant after expiration of term — Option as defence and as counterclaim — Instruments Act 1915 (No. 2672), sec. 228; Instruments Act 1928 (No. 3706), sec. 128.

Imprisonment of fraudulent debtors — Warrant of commitment — Cancellation — Substitution of new warrant — Issue of more than one warrant — Imprisonment of Fraudulent Debtors Act 1928 (No. 3700), sec. 23 — Justices Act 1928 (No. 3708), sec. 26.

Melbourne Harbor Trust — Obstruction to navigation — Sunken vessel — Removal by Commissioners — Recovery of cost — Melbourne Harbor Trust Act 1928 (No. 3733), secs. 89, 90.

Land Tax (Commonwealth) — Exemption — Land used primarily and principally for purposes of athletic sports and exercises — Land owned by fox-hunting club — Land used for maintaining hounds — Land Tax Assessment Act 1910-1928 (No. 22 of 1910 — No. 34 of 1928), sec. 13 (h).

Evidence — Scientific instrument — Weighing machine — Presumption of accuracy — "Loadometer" — Weights and Measures Act 1928 (No. 3802), sec. 68.

Copyright — Registration — Proof of title — Functions of Registrar — Performing right — Musical play — Separate registration of libretto and music — Copyright Act 1912 (No. 20 of 1912), sec. 28.

Practice — Vexatious legal proceedings — Order that no legal proceedings be instituted without leave of Supreme Court — Supreme Court Act 1928 (No. 3783), sec. 33.

Compulsory acquisition of land — Compensation — Amount as consideration for compulsory taking — Water Act 1928 (No. 3801), sec. 256.

Justices of the peace — Jurisdiction — Territorial limits — Summons on a civil complaint — Default summons returnable in one bailiwick issued by a justice appointed only for another bailiwick — Justices Act 1928 (No. 3708), secs. 6, 20, 22, 29, 32, 99, Second Schedule: Forms 3, 64.

Divorce — Practice — Adultery — Damages — Trial by jury — Want of prosecution — Divorce Rules, r. 48.

Solicitor — Costs — Bill containing details of services rendered — Lump sum charge — Supreme Court Act 1928 (No. 3783), sec. 92.