F J Fawcett Ltd (in Liquidation) v Levien - [1931] NZLR 481

Wages Protection and Contractors' Liens Act, 1908 — Claim for a Charge stating Work done "on or before" a certain Date — Whether Compliance with Statute requiring Claim to state Period within which Work done — Statute mandatory — Non-compliance with Statute — Defectus triationis — Filing Notice of Intention to defend — Whether Defect waived — Notice of Intention to defend unnecessary — Prohibition — Certiorari — Wages Protection and Contractors' Liens Act, 1908, ss 67, 68 — Inferior Courts Procedure Act, 1909, s 3 — Magistrates' Courts Amendment Act, 1928, s 75.