Tribute to Mr. Samuel-Gibbon
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For his public-spiritedness in agreeing to serve on the Transport Tribunal if needed, Mr. 3. B. C. Samuel-Gibbon was congratulated in London last week by the Tribunal president, Sir Hubert Hull.
"I say public spirit advisedly," said Sir Hubert, " because one knows that a member of the Bar who allows his name to be published in that way does run a risk that uninstructed persons may think he has given up his profession as a member of the Bar. That of course is wholly incorrect.
"Ali that inclusion of your name on the Special Panel means is that in a matter in which you have nothing whatever to do as counsel I can, in an emergency, ask you to act as a member of the Tribunal.
"It is desirable in a case of illness that there should be some lawyer of experience available who can act as a temporary member of this Tribunal.
"That's why we congratulate you on your public spirit in running that risk and putting yourself in a position of being available in an emergency," concluded Sir Hubert.