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Public policy does not admit of definition and is not easily explained. It is a variable quantity; it must vary and does vary with the habits, capacities, and opportunities of the public.

— Arthur Kekewich Davies v. Davies (1887)

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It is the right of her Majesty's subjects to make claims and to have them tried in the constitutional way.

Birmingham and District Land Co. v. London and North-Western Railway Co (1888)

Any man who spends his income, whether large or small, benefits the community by putting money in circulation.

In re Nottage (1895)

I must look at the decision with reference to all the circumstances which led to it.

In re England (1895)

Motives do not concern me; they are a dangerous subject with which to deal.

Whelan v. Palmer (1888)

Born and bred, so to say, in Chancery, I have a strong leaning towards the rule of the Court of Chancery, of requiring full discovery.

Ashworth v. Roberts (1890)

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