Workers' Compensation — Injury to worker — Loss of "joint" of thumb — Meaning of "joint" — Workers' Compensation Act 1928 (No. 3806), Fourth Schedule — Workers' Compensation Act 1935 (No. 4360), First Schedule.

Workers' Compensation — Injury by accident — Payments during period of incapacity — Fourth Schedule injury — Deduction of incapacity payments from Fourth Schedule payment — Workers' Compensation Act 1928 (No. 3806), secs. 5, 8, Fourth Schedule — Workers' Compensation Act 1935 (No. 4360), sec. 6, First Schedule — Workers' Compensation Act 1936 (No. 4456), sec. 7.

Local Government — Breach of by-law — Wilful — Whether liability for penalty depends on knowledge of by-law — Local Government Act 1928 (No. 3720), secs. 197 (6) (c), 222.

Will — Devise of property by way of remainder if devisee capable of properly using same, otherwise gift over — Devisee predeceasing life tenant — Whether gift over takes effect on death of life tenant.

Administration and probate — Will — Admission to probate — Duplicate copies of will — Testator signing both copies — Witnesses each signing separate copies — Both copies admitted to probate — Wills Act 1928 (No. 3803), secs. 7, 8.

National security — Landlord and tenant — Ejectment — Order for costs — Jurisdiction of Supreme Court to make — National Security Act 1939-1940 (No. 15 of 1939 No. 44 of 1940) — National Security (Landlord and Tenant) Regulations.

Administration and probate — Probate of will — Signature at foot or end of will — Printed form — Dispositive provisions contained on first page which was duly executed — Further provisions on unsigned second page — Whether whole document should be admitted to probate — Wills Act 1928 (No. 3803), sec. 7.

Divorce — Petitioner instituting suit whilst undergoing imprisonment for felony — Right to institute proceedings — Crimes Act 1928 (No. 3664), Part IV. — Marriage Act 1928 (No. 3726), sec. 75.

Divorce — Domicil — Acquisition of domicil of choice — Member of Air Force — Change of residence not voluntary — Intention to remain within jurisdiction.

Workers' Compensation — Injuries to infant worker — Agreement to accept compensation — Acceptance by Board — Action by infant for negligence — Breach of statutory provision — Effect of agreement on right of action — Workers' Compensation Act 1928 (No. 3806), sec. 5 (2) (b) — Workers' Compensation Act 1937 (No. 4524), sec. 10 (1) (b).

Divorce — Alimony — Variation of alimony order — Power of Court — Factors for consideration — Former husband's re-marriage — Existing means of former wife — Marriage (Divorce) Act 1933 (No. 4210), sec. 5.

County Court — Application to transfer action to Supreme Court — Plaintiff's injuries severer than originally supposed — County Court unable apart from consent to award adequate damages — Consent to amend claim for damages unobtainable — Impossibility of commencing afresh in Supreme Court — Delay — Order for transfer — County Court Act 1928 (No. 3663), sec. 61.

Insurance — Motor vehicle policy in name of individual and company — Personal accident benefits — Non-application when "assured consists of a firm company or more than one person" — Meaning of "person" — Whether corporation included — Property Law Act 1928 (No. 3754), sec. 61.

Land — Resumption of land for public purposes — Meaning of "public purposes" — Land Act 1928 (No. 3709), sec. 286 (1).

Landlord and tenant — Recovery of possession of premises — Premises reasonably required by lessor for personal occupation — Particulars — National Security Act 1939-1940 — National Security (Landlord and Tenant) Regulations, reg. 15.

Justices — Special complaint — Counterclaim beyond jurisdiction — Proceedings transferred to Supreme Court — Order for trial by jury — Justices Act 1928 (No. 3708), sec. 65 (4) — Rules of Supreme Court 1938, Order XXXVI., rr. 6, 7 (a).

Justices — Illegal detention of goods — Order that defendant deliver goods to complainant — No alternative of paying value thereof — Jurisdiction to make order — Enforcement of order — Justices Act 1928 (No. 3708), sec. 64 (3) — Justices (Enforcement of Orders) Act 1937 (No. 4472), sec. 2.

National security — Orders for arrest and detention of seamen — Habeas corpus — Order nisi for issue of writ of — Return to order nisi by respondent — Power of Court to go behind — Contents of orders made under regulation — "Actually proceeds to serve" — Meaning of — National Security Act 1939-1940 — Commonwealth National Security (General) Regulations, cl. 51A (i) — Rules of Supreme Court 1938, Order LIII., rule 46.

Solicitor — Partnership — Charge on profits in favour of widow of deceased partner — Surviving partner forming new partnership — Whether charge still operative — Benefit of charge — Creation of trust — Right of widow to enforce charge.

Water — Drainage — Easement — Drain constructed on land of adjoining owner — Pursuant to magistrate's order — Limitations on right of user — Variance between order and map of drainage scheme — Drainage of more land than order authorises — Drainage of Land Act 1928 (No. 3669), secs. 3, 4, 8-13.

Charity — Patriotic fund — Failure of particular purpose for which fund subscribed — General overriding charitable intent — Application of cy-prs doctrine — Patriotic Funds Act 1939 (No. 4717), secs. 12, 15.

Divorce — Practice — Soldier service order — Letter forwarding documents pursuant to order — Contents of letter.

Criminal law — Evidence — Statement by way of confession — Accused's state of health at time — Whether confession voluntary — Evidence Act 1928 (No. 3674), sec. 141.

Will — Trust — Contingent gift — Beneficiary not entitled to vested interest on attaining twenty-one — Direction to accumulate income — Whether expression of intention to negative trustee's power of maintenance — Trustee Act 1928 (No. 3792), secs. 3, 31 (1) (b).

Will — Construction — Direction to hold income on trust for certain charities — Gift of income void for perpetuity — Creation of trust fund — Gift over in event of death of devisee — Gift to devisee void — Whether gift over takes effect — Estoppel by judgment.

Police offences — Information as to probable result of horse race — Sporting paper giving information as to past performances of horses — Forecasting results of races — Whether a "newspaper" — Police Offences Act 1928 (No. 3749), secs. 86, 121 (b).

Barrister and Solicitor — Articles of clerkship — Dispensation with service of articles for one year — Undue hardship — Legal Profession Practice Act 1928 (No. 3715), sec. 14 — Rules of the Council of Legal Education 1941.

National security — Landlord and tenant — Recovery of possession of premises — Notice to quit — Notice of owner's intention to apply for possession — Agent signing notices and taking proceedings — Validity — Landlord and Tenant Act 1928 (No. 3710), Part V. — National Security Act 1939-1943 — National Security (Landlord and Tenant) Regulations, cl. 15.

National security — Landlord and tenant — Recovery of possession of premises — Premises reasonably required by lessor for personal occupation — Particulars — Hardship — National Security Act 1939-1943 — National Security (Landlord and Tenant) Regulations, reg. 15.

Divorce — Desertion — Constructive desertion — Parties living under same roof — Deserted party leaving the home before statutory period expires — Continuity of desertion.

National Security — Landlord and tenant — Licence to use premises — Whether a "lease" — National Security (Landlord and Tenant) Regulations — National Security Act 1939-1943.

Stamps — Establishment of trust fund — Fund held void — Duty of trustees of fund to vest securities in settlor — Transfers assessed with duty — Whether transfers should have been so assessed — Stamps Act 1928 (No. 3775), Third Schedule — Stamps Act 1937 (No. 4509), sec. 5.

Divorce — Nullity of marriage — Incapacity to consummate marriage — Psychological reasons — Whether decree should be granted.

Justices — National security — Money had and received — Balance of account — Jurisdiction of justices — Whether Director-General of Allied Works an instrumentality of Crown — Whether contractual relationship between Crown and employees of Allied Works Council — Justices Act 1928 (No. 3708), sec. 64 (4) — National Security Act 1939-1943 (No. 15 of 1939 — No. 38 of 1943) — National Security (Allied Works) Regulations, regs. 6, 9.

Milk Board — Inquiry by — For purpose of assessing compensation — Duty of Board — Sources of information available to Board — Use of — Claimant for compensation entitled to opportunity to rebut information in Board's possession — Basis of assessment of compensation — Milk Board Act 1933 (No. 4183), sec. 24 — Milk Board Act 1936 (No. 4463), sec. 11.

Local Government — Rates — Rateable property — Exemption from rateability — Land used exclusively for "public worship" — Hall or building used in connection with church — Residence of practising minister of religion — Local Government Act 1928 (No. 3720), sec. 249 — Local Government Act 1941 (No. 4869), sec. 21.

Will — Joint tenants — Gift to beneficiaries as — "Equally" — Whether tenancy in common created.

Practice — Costs — Taxation of — Counsel's fees — Two counsel on appeal from County Court — Allowance of one counsel only — Discretion of Taxing Master — Principles to be applied on review.

Administration and probate — Administration of assets — Alimony charged on "estate" — Whether life policy moneys subject to charge — Whether charge enforceable — Mode and priority of payment where estate insolvent — Administration and Probate Act 1928 (No. 3632), sec. 34(1); Second Schedule — Companies Act 1938 (No. 4602), sec. 554.

Local government — Rates — Exemption from rateability — Buildings of a religious order — Buildings used with chapel exclusively for the purposes of the religious order — Whether additional area of land with other buildings and within same boundaries exempt from rates — Rate covering buildings and additional area — Right to recover — Local Government Act 1928 (No. 3720), sec. 249 — Local Government Act 1941 (No. 4869), sec. 21.

National security — Landlord and tenant — Ejectment — Order for costs — Jurisdiction of justices to make — Costs of order to review — National Security Act 1939-1943 — National Security (Landlord and Tenant) Regulations, cl. 24.

Insurance — Motor car (third party insurance) — Action against nominal defendant where identity of car unascertainable — Practice — Pleading — Statutory notice of action — Whether necessary when facts within knowledge of defendant — Motor Car (Third Party Insurance) Act 1939 (No. 4688), sec. 13.

Negligence — Direction to jury — Two defendants — Absence of contributory negligence — Application of last opportunity rule.

Will — Soldier's will — Document executed prior to enlistment — Not valid as will — Certificate as to being a valid will — Executed while in actual military service — Whether intended to have testamentary effect — Wills Act 1928 (No. 3803), secs. 6, 10.

Divorce — Desertion — Parties living in the same house — Conduct of respondent — Whether terminating state of cohabitation.

Divorce — Collusion — Agreement for payment of maintenance and institution of divorce proceedings — Matrimonial offence complete prior to agreement — Agreement not collusive.

National Security — Landlord and tenant — Recovery of possession of premises — Hardship — Tenant's hardship not greater than landlord's hardship — Ordering of possession — National Security Act 1939-1943 — National Security (Landlord and Tenant) Regulations, cl. 15.