17 FEBRUARY 1923, Page 3

Judge Parry in a letter to the Spectator suggests that

we should empower County Court Judges to act as conciliators, or juges de paint, in respect of quarrels over increases of rent or notices to quit. Often, he tells us, all that is wanted is not a legal battle, but a few simple explanations and interpretations of the law. We agree. Let the scheme be tried in the rent controversy, and if it succeeds let it be made a regular part of. our system of judicial administration.