Kontvanis v O'Brien (No 3) - [1958] NZLR 1161

Law Practitioners — Solicitor — Ostensible Authority — Compromise of Action — Solicitor authorized to negotiate Settlement — Extent of His Authority to bind His Client — Circumstances in which Compromise binding on Client whether Authority is General or Specific.

Practice — Compromise of Action — Executed Compromise amounting to Valid Contract — Grant of Stay of Compromised Proceedings ex debito justitiae.