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counsel for the solicitor. Annexed to it was a form of proposed advertisement and a form of letter to be sent round to correct or remove misapprehensions which had arisen. Whatever else this document was, it was not an undertaking given to the Court. Mr. Schuller was not a party to the motion now before his Lordship. His Lordship did not know in what capacity the solicitor purported to enter into the minute, but it was clear that he did not enter into any obligation with the Court. How could his Lordship commit him and his partner merely on the ground that he happened to be a solicitor and that this minute was signed by counsel for him personally ? One of the distressing parts of this case was that the solicitor's senior partner refused to allow the firm's signature to be put on the notices or letters, and the solicitor was left in the undesirable position of having agreed to do certain things which he found himself unable to do. His Lordship thought that this motion, as it asked for the serious remedy of com mittal to prison, was completely misconceived. The responsibility for any wrong which was done, if there was any, was the wrong of Mr. Schuller, the principal for whom the firm was acting. His Lordship could not see any ground upon which he could make an order forcing the solicitor or his partner to publish the "legal notices" and sign and post the letters. It was a very unfortunate case because the standard of conduct and good faith which was expected of officers of the Court was very high. (Re Smeaton and Egerton, The Times, February 12, LIST OF LIBRARY ACQUISITIONS as at ist March 1959 A.—BOOKS PURCHASED Best— Law of Evidence, 1911 ; Bowen— Law of Easements ^rd Edn. 1925 ; Burke (Sir J.)— The Landed Gentry of Ireland 4th Edn. 1958; Catholic Directory, 1959; Charlesworth— Law of Negligence, Second Cumulative Supplement to $rd Edn. 1958; Cop- inger and Skone-James— Law of Copyright, yth Edn., 1958; Current Law Citator, (1947-1957) ; Current Law Yearbook, 1957 ; Dias and Hughes— Juris prudence, 1957; Dice)'— Conflict of Laws -jth Edn., 1958. English and Empire Digest— Third Cumulative Sup plement, 1958 ; English and Empire Digest— (a) Re placement Volume 2 (Agriculture to Arbitration), (b) Replacement Volume 13 (Copyholds to County Courts), (c) Replacement Volume 18 (Discovery of Distress), (d) Replacement Volume 40 (Sale of Land to Settlements) ; Forms and Precedents for Use of