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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.

— William Brett, 1st Viscount Esher In re Perkins (1890)

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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.

In re Ayhner; Ex parte Bischofishiem (1887)

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)

Public policy requires that some hardship should be suffered by individuals rather than that judicial proceedings should be held in secret.

Kimber v. The Press Association (1892)

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