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Show THE COURTS ARE LOSING BUSINESS Marked Decline In Number of Legal Actions at London Settle Out of Court. London. Lawyers In London recently re-cently have come to tbe conclusion thnt nowadays people are slio vlng a tendency to arrnr.ee their differences out of conrt rather than Invoke tbe costly help of the legal fraternity. The Hilary sessions of the luvv courts, uhlcli opened recently, slo.w n total of 2,i)l can.-1, or 8.11 fewer than last year. King's bench Khown the blgKest decline, front 1,370 cases to 'C, There are no defamation of character cases to be held this year, only four libel suits, nnd no breach of promise actions. TI.ere Is a decline de-cline of "1X1 In divorce courls. Two years ngo the divorce cn-te totaled J.Wk); to'biy there are only k"7. |