AGRIS APPU v. DAVID APPU.

AGRIS APPU v. DAVID APPU.

D.C., Kalutara, 2,262.

Appeal petition-Petition signed by Mr. Proctor A for Mr. Proctor B- Delegation of proctor's authority to conduct client's case.

A proctor is not entitled to appear for a client unless he has a proxy signed by such client, and a proctor cannot delegate his authority to appear in a Court and conduct his client's case to another proctor.

A petition of appeal signed by Mr. Proctor A for Mr. Proctor B is inadmissible.

THE appeal petition of the defendants in this case was signed by " M. Dharmaratne for Mr. B. O. Dias, proctor, for first to ninth defendants, appellants ".

Schneider, for plaintiffs, respondents-The appeal cannot be entertained, as the petition of appeal is irregularly signed. Mr. Dharmaratne is not the appellant's proctor, and has no authority to do so. Assauw v. Billimoria (22 C. L. R. 86); Perera v. Molligoda (9 S. C. C. 65). This is not a purely technical objection, for the Court cannot hold any person responsible in the case of such a petition. The suitor may disavow the acts of a proctor who was never authorized by him to act for him, and a proctor cannot delegate his author

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