Adams, Ernest Claude Biography 1971

ADAMS, Ernest Claude
ISO [Companion of the Imperial Service Order] (1954)
Barrister and solicitor
Born: Thames, 1894, son of MK Adams, married 1933 Kathleen, daughter of HL Coles; 2 sons, 1 daughter
Education: Parawai, Thames High School; Auckland University
Barrister & solicitor 1920; LLM [Master of Laws], equal 2^nd class honours 1930; assistant land registrar, Auckland 1920; registrar, Western Samoa 1921; District land registrar etc, Westland 1922; Nelson 1930; Napier 1937; Wellington 1944; member Co-op Dairy Companies Tribunal (research 1967); registrar companies 1950-54; registrar-general land 1948-54; retired public service 1954, since practising law
Published: Law of  Estate and Gift Duties in NZ; Law of Stamp Duties in NZ; Land Transfer Act; editor 2^nd edition Goodall’s Conveyancing in NZ; editor 5^th edition Garrow’s Law of Real Property in NZ; editor 4^th edition Ferguson’s Conveyancing Charges; editor Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents in NZ; articles law journals
Recreation: bowls
Private address: 96 Northland Rd, Wellington