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A great deal of difficulty has been caused in the administration of the law, and particularly of the common law, by decisions in which technical rules have been formulated which were not true—that is, were not in accordance with the facts of the case.

— William Brett, 1st Viscount Esher

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I for one will not re-open the floodgates of Admiralty jurisdiction upon the people of this country.

The Queen v. Judge of City of London Court (1891)

Parties cannot by consent give to the Court a power which it would not have without it.

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As to proceedings in Courts of justice, it is for the interest of all the public to hear what takes place in Court.

Pittard v. Oliver (1891)

Where a man calls himself by a name which is not his name, he is telling a falsehood.

Reddaway v. Banham (1895)

I agree that is the law, though I think it is a hard law; but we have nothing to do with the question of hardship.

In re Perkins (1890)

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