Now ready, in 8vo., 1876, price 7s. 6d., cloth, ON THE COMPULSORY PURCHASE of the UNDERTAKINGS OF COMPANIES BY CORPORATIONS, And the practice in Relation to the Passage of Bills for Compulsory Purchase through Parliament. By J. H. BALFOUR BROWNE, of the Middle Temple, Barrister-at-Law; Author of "The Law of Rating," "The Law of Usages and Customs," &c., &c. "This is a work of considerable importance to all Municipal Corporations, and it is hardly too much to say that every member of these bodies should have a copy by him for constant reference. Probably at no very distant date the property of all the existing gas and water companies will pass under municipal control, and therefore it is exceedingly desirable that the principles and conditions under which such transfers ought to be made should be clearly understood. This task is made easy by the present volume. The stimulus for the publication of such a work was given by the action of the Parliamentary Committee which last Session passed the preamble of the "Stockton and Middlesborough Corporations Water Bill, 1876." The volume accordingly contains a full report of the case as it was presented both by the promoters and opponents, and as this was the first time in which the principle of compulsory purchase was definitely recognised, there can be no doubt that it will long be regarded as a leading case. As a matter of course, many incidental points of interest arose during the progress of the case. Thus, besides the main question of compulsory purchase, and the question as to whether there was or was not any precedent for the Bill, the questions of water compensations, of appeals from one Committee to another, and other kindred subjects were discussed. These are all treated at length by the Author in the body of the work, which is thus a complete legal compendium on the large subject with which it so ably deals." In one volume, 8vo., 1875, price 18s., cloth, THE PRACTICE BEFORE THE RAILWAY COMMISSIONERS UNDER THE REGULATION OF RAILWAYS ACTS, 1873 and 1874; With the Amended General Orders of the Commissioners, Schedule of Forms, and Table of Fees together with the Law of Undue Preference, the Law of the Jurisdiction of the Railway Commissioners, Notes of their Decisions and Orders, Precedents of Forms of Applications, Answers and Replies; and Appendices of Statutes and Cases. By J. H. BALFOUR BROWNE, Of the Middle Temple, Barrister-at-Law, and Registrar to the Railway Commissioners. Mr. Browne's book is handy and convenient in form, and well arranged for the purposes of reference; its treatment of the subject is fully and carefully worked out: it is, so far as we have been able to test it, accurate and trustworthy. It is the work of a man of capable legal attainments, and by official position intimate with his subject; and we therefore think that it cannot fail to meet a real want and to prove of service to the legal profession and the public.-Law Magazine. In one thick volume, 8vo., 1875, price 25s., cloth, THE PRINCIPLES OF THE LAW OF RATING OF HEREDITAMENTS in the OCCUPATION of COMPANIES. BY J. H. BALFOUR BROWNE, Of the Middle Temple, Barrister-at-Law; Registrar to the Railway Commissioners. "The tables and specimen valuations which are printed in an appendix to this volume, will be of great service to the parish authorities, and to the legal practitioners who may have to deal with the rating of those properties which are in the occupation of Companies, and we congratulate Mr. Browne on the production of a clear and concise book of the system of Company Rating. There is no doubt that such a work is much needed, and we are sure that all those who are interested in, or have to do with public rating, will find it of great service. Much credit is therefore due to Mr. Browne for his able treatise-a work which his experience as Registrar of the Railway Commission peculiarly qualified him to undertake."-Law Magazine. In 8vo., 1875, price 7s. 6d., cloth, THE LAW OF USAGES and CUSTOMS: A Practical Law Tract. BY J. H. BALFOUR BROWNE, Of the Middle Temple, Barrister-at-Law; Registrar to the Railway Commissioners. "We look upon this treatise as a valuable addition to works written on the Science of Law."-Canada Law Journal. "As a tract upon a very troublesome department of Law it is admirable-the principles laid down are sound, the illustrations are well chosen, and the decisions and dicta are harmonised so far as possible, and distinguished when necessary."-Irish Law Times. "As a book of reference we know of none so comprehensive dealing with this particular branch of Common Law.. In this way the book is invaluable to the practitioner."-Law Magazine. Now ready, Third Edition, in 8vo., price 25s., cloth, THE ACTS RELATING TO PROBATE, LEGACY, AND SUCCESSION DUTIES. COMPRISING THE 36 GEO. III., Cap. 52; 45 GEO. III., CAP. 28; 55 GEO. III., CAP. 184; AND 16 & 17 VICT., CAP. 51; WITH AN INTRODUCTION, COPIOUS NOTES, AND REFERENCES To all the Decided Cases in England, Scotland, and Ireland; AN APPENDIX OF STATUTES, TABLES, AND A FULL INDEX. BY ALFRED HANSON, OF THE MIDDLE TEMPLE, ESQ., BARRISTER-AT-LAW; Third Edition, INCORPORATING THE CASES TO MICHAELMAS SITTINGS, 1876. Reviews of Second Edition. "It is the only complete book upon a subject of great importance, but which does not come within the regular course of professional study, and therefore requires to be read up when a case having reference to it comes into the solicitor's office. "Mr. Hanson is peculiarly qualified to be the adviser at such a time. Hence a volume without a rival."-Law Times. "Since Mr. Hanson produced his first edition he has been appointed Comptroller of Legacy and Succession Duties. His book is in itself a most useful one; its author knows every in and out of the subject, and has presented the whole in a form easily and readily handled, and with good arrangement and clear exposition."-Solicitors Journal. In royal 8vo., price 10s., cloth. LES HOSPICES DE PARIS ET DE LONDRES. THE CASE OF LORD HENRY SEYMOUR'S WILL (WALLACE v. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL). Reported by FREDERICK WAYMOUTH GIBBS, C.B., Barrister-at-Law, late Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. In One Volume, Octavo, 1875, price 28s., cloth, THE LAW RELATING TO PUBLIC WORSHIP; WITH SPECIAL REEERENCE TO Matters of Ritual and Ornamentation, AND THE MEANS OF SECURING THE DUE OBSERVANCE THEREOF WITH NOTES AND REFERENCES, THE VARIOUS ACTS OF UNIFORMITY; THE CANONS; THE ARTICLES; AND THE INJUNCTIONS, ADVERTISEMENTS, AND OTHER ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS OF LEGAL AUTHORITY. BY SEWARD BRICE, LL.D., OF THE INNER TEMPLE, BARRISTER-AT-LAW. "To the vast number of people who in various ways are interested in the working of the Act, Mr. Brice's volume cannot fail to be welcome. It is well conceived and carefully executed."-THE TIMES. "This excellent compilation of the law relating to a subject of very great interest and importance it is well arranged; the practitioner will find all the material ready to his hand, Mr. Brice having spared no pains in describing the procedure as elucidated by the decisions of the Privy Council. In Mr. Brice's work the ecclesiastical practitioner and the church authorities will be provided with a reliable guide to Church Law under the Act of 1874."-Law Times. "Dr. Brice's book upon the law relating to public worship has been, as may be supposed, specially framed for the use of clergymen, churchwardens and others, interested in the regulation of our Church services. Here there is condensed in one volume all the material for the guidance and control of public worship, and both ecclesiastics and laymen can, by aid of the index, find out at a glance the exact state of the law as interpreted by the highest authorities upon any given point; and churchwardens and others can ascertain the exact steps which should be followed by those who desire to put a stop to breaches of the law. The work deserves, and will no doubt have, a very extensive sale."-Standard. "To law students the very clear exposition of the various statutes relating to rites and sacraments, ceremonials, vestments, ornamentation, ecclesiastical remedies and punishments, the jurisdiction of the ordinary, &c., will be of the greatest value, as well for the methodical arrangement which characterises it, as for the erudition displayed in the comments, and the clearness and lucility of the style in which they are couched. Several authoritative enactments relating to public worship, and the various editions of the articles, are given in extenso; and the numerous cases incidentally alluded to throughout the volume are alphabetically arranged and tabulated."-Morning Post. "Dr. Brice's large and learned work is a very complete manual for its purpose." "-Guardian. "Dr. Brice's book contains a great mass of information on ecclesiastical matters, which must at all times be valuable for reference."-THE RECORD. "We can confidently recommend the treatise to all those who are concerned in the subject. To students it will be useful as a compendium of ecclesiastical law. To lawyers it will be a handy book of reference. To clergymen and parishioners it will be a valuable guide, and may perhaps prevent some useless litigation. An index of twenty-two pages, and a table of upwards of 300 cases, testify to the labour bestowed upon this treatise; but it is not a mere compilation, and only an author who has thoroughly mastered the subject could have written the book."-Law Journal. "The purpose of Mr. Seward Brice's treatise on 'The Law Relating to Public Worship' is, as stated in the preface, to give a full exposition of the Law of Public Worship, in so far as it concerns the external forms and cultus enforced or merely permissible by the rules of the Church of England,' special prominence being assigned to the subjects of ornaments, ceremonial, and vestments. work is very carefully and thoroughly done, and includes not only a clear account both of the substantive law and of the means of enforcing it, but the text of the pertinent statutes and of other documents bearing upon the matters discussed."-Daily News. The In one thick volume, 8vo., 1873, price 30s., cloth, THE LAW AND PRACTICE IN BANKRUPTCY; Comprising the Bankruptcy Act, 1869; the Debtors Act, 1869; the Insolvent Debtors and Bankruptcy Repeal Act, 1869; together with the General Rules and Orders in Bankruptcy, at Common Law and in the County Courts; With the Practice on Procedure to Adjudication, Procedure to Liquidation, Procedure to Composition, and Procedure under Debtors' Summons, Scales of Costs and of Allowance to Witnesses. Copious Notes, References, and a very full Index. Second Edition. By HENRY PHILIP ROCHE and WILLIAM HAZLITT, Barristers-at-Law, and Registrars of the Court of Bankruptcy. From THE LAW. "The aim of the authors in writing this book has been to make it useful to the profession, and in this they have eminently succeeded. Bringing to their task a long and varied experience of Bankruptcy laws, they have been able, from their position as Registrars of the Court, also to acquire more knowledge of the practical working of the new Act than could well have been obtained by any other writer, however gifted and industrious. The last statute, which by itself looked so simple, has, from the number and complexity of the rules framed thereunder, probably surpassed all its predecessors in accumulating a mass of forms and ceremonies. Therefore it is that a book like the above becomes absolutely necessary, more especially to solicitors who have but a small practice in Bankruptcy. The portion of the work which to such will be found most useful, is that on the practical procedure; where they will find plain and minute directions as to setting about the commencement of a Bankruptcy or Liquidation, and also as to its continuance and conclusion. There is also a special and carefully written chapter on Costs. There are included in the work all the statutes, rules, forms, and scales of costs, which can be wanted in a Bankruptcy case; while the Index is a book of itself, and seems unusually complete. The type and binding could not well be better. Altogether we can say of this book that it is the product of hard work, by men who know of what they write, and that it is worthy to stand beside our best text-books on the shelves of every lawyer." From the LAW TIMES. "This work is one which has naturally carried with it more weight than any other text-book, having been written by two registrars of the Court of Bankruptcy. In practice it has been found to realise the anticipations formed concerning it, in proof of which we have now in our hands a second edition. Perhaps the most valuable feature of the work is the fulness of the practical details which enable tyro to transact his business with tolerable security. The first half of the work comprises the Bankruptcy Act and the Debtors Act, which have been carefully and ably noted with all the decisions and the latter half is devoted mainly to practice and procedure. The Bills of Sale Act and one or two other enactments are incorporated which are frequently consulted by the bankruptcy practitioner. A very elaborate index ends the volume." From the LAW JOURNAL. "The work before us also contains the Debtors Act of 1869, the Bankruptcy Repeal Act of 1869, the Absconding Debtors Act, 1869, with several other Acts and all the General Rules in Bankruptcy, printed and annotated in the same manner as the principal Act. There is also a very full collection of forms and bills of costs; but the portion of the work which is decidedly the most novel, and we imagine will prove extremely useful, is that comprised in pages 355-474, which contain an exposition by the authors on the practice on procedure to adjudication, liquidation, and composition with creditors, and on procedure under a debtors' summons. It is not often that a practising lawyer is able to turn to a book on Practice written by the judges of the particular Court to which it relates, and, as it were, stamped with the seal of authority. In con clusion, we have only to say that Messrs. Roche and Hazlitt have appended to their work a very full and copious index, and that we can cordially and conscientiously recommend it to the notice of the legal profession." From the SOLICITORS' JOURNAL. "In the book before us, a reader is enabled by means of large consecutive figures at the head of each margin to reach the section and cases he requires without the trouble of referring to the index. In the hurry of daily practice this will probably be found no small advantage. In the subsequent chapters on adjudication, liquidation, composition, and debtors' summons, the arrangement adopted is the convenient one for practical purposes of tracing each consecutive step of the procedure, and welding together the provisions of the Acts, Rules, and Forms, with the substance of the cases. This appears to us to be successfully accomplished, and the book, as a whole, constitutes a useful digest of the statutory and case law. As regards the former, the work appears to contain every provision relating to or connected with the subject, including even the orders made in December, 1869, transferring business then pending. The cases are taken from a wide range of reports and include a considerable number cited from MSS. notes. The index is unusually full, combining both an analysis and index; and, lastly, the type and paper are all that can be desired." с In preparation, and to be published immediately new Rules are issued, CORNER'S CROWN PRACTICE: Being the Practice of the Crown Side of the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice; with an Appendix of Rules, Forms, Scale of Costs and Allowances, &c. SECOND EDITION. By FREDERICK H. SHORT, of the Crown Office, and R. L. LOVELAND, Of the Inner Temple, Barrister-at-Law, Editor of “Kelyng's Crown Cases,” and "Hall's Essay on the Rights of the Crown in the Sea Shore." In one volume, 8vo., 1870, price 18s., cloth, THE LAW OF COPYRIGHT, In Works of Literature and Art; including that of the Drama, Music, Engraving, Sculpture, Painting, Photography, and Ornamental and Useful Designs; together with International and Foreign Copyright, with the Statutes relating thereto, and References to the English and American Decisions. By WALTER ARTHUR COPINGER, of the Middle Temple, Barrister-at-Law. "A book that is certainly the most complete treatise upon the complex subject of copyright which has ever been published in England."-Athenæum. "A work much needed, and which he has done exccedingly well."-American Law Review. "The book is a thoroughly good one."-The Bookseller. "We refer our readers to this capital book on Copyright."-The Publishers' Circular. In 8vo., 1873, price 10s. 6d., cloth, THE BOVILL PATENT. A Collection of the Summings-up and Judgments in the Litigation under the Patent of 5th June, 1849, granted to the late G. H. BOVILL for Improvements in the Manufacture of Flour. With an Introduction and some Observations by W. W. WYNNE, Attorney-at-Law. In 8vo., 1872, price 12s., cloth, AN EXPOSITION OF THE LAWS OF MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE. As administered in the Court for Divorce and Matrimonial Causes, with the Method of Procedure in each kind of Suit; Illustrated by Copious Notes of Cases. By ERNST BROWNING, of the Inner Temple, Barrister-at-Law. In 8vo., 1867, price 16s., cloth, THE CHARITABLE TRUSTS ACTS, 1853, 1855, 1860; THE CHARITY COMMISSIONERS JURISDICTION ACT, 1862; THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHARITIES ACTS: Together with a Collection of Statutes relating to or affecting Charities, including the Mortmain Acts, Notes of Cases from 1853 to the present time, Forms of Declarations of Trust, Conditions of Sale, and Conveyance of Charity Land, and a very copious Index. Second Edition. By HUGH COOKE and R. G. HARWOOD, of the Charity Commission. "Charities are so numerous, so many persons are directly or indirectly interested in them, they are so much abused, and there is such a growing desire to rectify those abuses and to call in the aid of the commissioners for a more beneficial application of their funds, that we are not surprised to receive a second edition of a collection of all the statutes that regulate them, admirably annotated by two such competent editors as Messrs. Cooke and Harwood, whose official experience peculiarly qualifies them for the task."-Law Times. |