The Calcutta Weekly Notes Law Notes and Notes of Cases of the Calcutta High Court and of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council and the English Law Courts Monday May 28 1923

Baldwin in preference to Lord Curzon in the pretent instance would seem to give rise to a nvw convention that the Prime Minister should from pow be in every cam a member of the House of Commora Since the responsibility of the ministry is joint the King P. skFt the Prime Minigier to choose hid colleagues in the cabinet. [...] Apropos the increase in the scale of fees charged by tinembers of the Bar the Following extract from the Law Journal will be of iterest to our readers :- More than one speaker at fix jubilee meeing of the Barristers' Benevolent ifssoeiation in commenting upon the small amounts which some of the big leaders " contribute to its funds alluded to the Inpre►edentedly large incomes now made by [...] Questions as to the land and the area of a jama in a rent suit are often neglected as unecessary for the determination of the liablity for rent inspite of the tenant's express pleadings: But the land and area as desceib ed in the plaint with all their defects are avertised fur sale in execution of rent decrees to the injury of the tenant and involving the auction-purchaser in a litigati [...] The decision of the question of land and area should be compulsorwhen raised by the tenant and the question should be left open only in cases when the decree will not be excuted by selling the holding and this should be secured by an express order in the judgment that the decree shall not be executed as rent decree by selling the holding. [...] to the validity of a mortgage of joint family 'property and the meaning of the term antecedent (iehf " The Appel In nts e114"VoL THE CALCUTTA WEEE.