1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
154
155
156
157
158
159
160
161
162
163
164
165
166
167
168 
Rail Hinders "Transfer" Case
Page 76
If you've noticed an error in this article please click here to report it so we can fix it.
ADVICE as to his liability under the Stamp Acts, in respect of agreements presented to him in the course of his duties, is being sought by Mr. W. Chamberlain, North-Western Licensing Authority. Is a licensing inquiry, which is generally conceded not to be a legal court in the sense of conferring privilege under the libel legislation, to be regarded as a judicial tribunal for matters requiring strict legal proof?
The question was raised in an acute form by Mr. P. Kershaw, counsel for the L.M.S. Railway Co., with reference to an agreement to purchase a business put in by Mr. F. Shuffiebottom, of Hilton Street, Manchester, as evidence for an extra vehicle: It had little to do with the case, because the application was not under Section 11 (3) (b), although -the business purchased had
required two vehicles. By merging the two, Mr. Shuffiebottom found that be could manage with one extra vehicle of 2 tons. An annual increase of business was shown at £247.
Mr. Kershaw suggested that the court could not recognize even a stamped agreement to purchase as evidence that the business had been bought and that the actual transfer must be shown by a legal document.
Mr. Howard Robinson, who represented the applicant, urged the point that the application was not for transfer, but for a renewal.
Replying to a further submission by Mr. Kershaw, the Licensing Authority said he would have means for knowing that the other business was not to be continued, but be Would take .legal advice and defer his decision as to the additional vehicle.