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1829 June 11 Seen. Aug. 31.
Brougham's Speech on Law Reform Memorandums from it.
1
Pages 1.2.3.4. Omission
Law/Equity 2. Criminal,
3. Commercial. 4 Real Court-plaisted
Property 1.2.3.4
2. Jury beheaded
See 32.
No exaggeration in attributing
all good to the
bringing 12 men into a
box. §. p. 5.
3. Justices
attributes.
Attributes of Justice defined.
1. fair. 2. prompt
3. cheap. p. 5.
4. Court-Battle.
History of the battle of the
Courts p.5.6.7
5. Length of Sitting
See 15.33.
Hours Length of sitting, in
Exchequer sometimes not
more than 1/2 an hour
p. 9
6. Suits No of.
No of causes set down
for trial after term.
In Exchequer 6 to 12.
In B.R. under Ellenborough 588.
Under Tenterden 850
Under Lord Mansfield 60.
p.9:
13.
7. Abortive
Reforms.
Abortive attempts at
melioration, two
p.10,11.
1. Courts one overloaded:
the other unemployed
2. Publicity tolled.
8. Brougham's
Remedy.
Remedy for Brougham
add two Judges
p. 13-
22.
9. Bail Judges.
Commissions Barrister
of 10 years standing proposed
for Back business
instead of a Judge
Confis. 21 contra 17
p.12, 13
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10. Judges
lauded.
Judge-laud pp 1.8.
9.17.19 22.24.25.27.27
51.
11. Logical Field
divisibility
acknowledged.
Pre-distribution of causes
according to the sorts
assumed practicable.
p. 19.
12. Length of
Sittings.
Proportion of the year
during which the B.R.
Judges sat Ao 1827.
Eleven months. Privy
Council 9 days only in the
year. p. 29.
13. Fees
approved.
Payment by fees, in addition
to Salaries advocated.
Confer 31.
p. 16.
14. Judges
Choose not
from Party.
Judges should not be chosen
from party—wasted
paper. See 25.
p. 16 to 22.
15. Length of
Sittings.
See 5.33
Vacations.</add>
Remedy instead of uninterruptedness
of Sittings
equalisation of matters
of denials of Justice p.22 to
24
25.
16. Peel lauded
Peel lauded. p. 22.
21 17. Welsh
Judges.
Welsh Judges unapt.
p. 21.22.
18. Remunerants.
Double remuneration.
p. 22.
19. Admiralty
Judges.
Interests x Duty.
interest rules</add>
Admiralty Judges interest
opposed to his duty
then disapproved.
p. 25.
20. Spiritual
courts bad.
Churchmen unapt patrons
of judicial situations.
p. 26.
21. Lords
Delegates
bad.
Lords Delegates badly
constituted
p. 26.
22. Privy Council
bad.
Privy Council its inaptitude.
p. 28.
See 26.27.
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23.
&c.
pp. 22.24.
24
Places for Bishops
p. 27.
25. Judges
Relative
ignorance:
no objection.
See 14.
Relative ignorance and
inexperience no actual
objective instance/
1. Delegates
2. Privy Council
p. 26.27
26. Privy Council
bad.
See 22.
Multitudiousness of the
different jurisprudences
of which Privy Council
takes most cogznizance.
p. 28.
27. Privy Council
bad.
In Privy Council Cause
disposed of one per day.
now (1828) undisposed
of, 517. p.30
28.
Disposed of as a free
number property worth
£30,000 a year p. 310
29. Privy Council
Constant attendant at
the Privy Council the Master
of the Rolls: he
sole lawyer.
p. 30.
30. Privy Council.
Since 1814 before Privy
Council Appeal from captive
is executed by
Sheriff's Officers
dominion population
400,000.
31. Litigation
Bad remedies,
acknowledged.
Bad remedies to litigation
sale and denial of
justice. Confis. No 13.
32. Jury Trial
See 2.
Jury trial as per Sir
Al. Johnson lauded.
p. 38.
33. Lengths
Sittings
Vacations.
Effects of Vacations
their commitment is in
terms, with Justice of Peace
fee-paid Judicator, can
needless imprisonment
and corruption in do.
p. 33.
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Brougham
1. Imperfections.
34.
Practitioners—the
oldest thus ignorance.
p. 5 2.
34.
Unpaid corrupt unpunishable
p. 35 to 43.
35.
Real property law
p. 44. 45.
36.
King-serving injustice
p. 46 to 51.
37.
Unnecessary litigation how
preventable. p. 51.52.
38.
Fines and Receivers abolished
p. 53 to 57.
39
Uses. p. 57 t
40
Agreements. p. 58.
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