This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1838 Excerpt: ...not being open to all barristers, prevents many suitors from resorting to a court where no one can be employed for them, at least in term time, except he be a sergeant; and great as the learning of that body is known to be, well founded as their reputation is for skill and for zeal, as well as for legal knowledge, yet ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1838 Excerpt: ...not being open to all barristers, prevents many suitors from resorting to a court where no one can be employed for them, at least in term time, except he be a sergeant; and great as the learning of that body is known to be, well founded as their reputation is for skill and for zeal, as well as for legal knowledge, yet the exclusive right which they exercise operates to keep away business from the Court; and thus it has happened both that other advocates seldom practise there at Nisi Prius where the Court is open, and that much fewer suits are carried to the Common Pleas than to the King's Bench. The causes which thus operate to shut the doors of that Court must be removed, before it can hope to have its fair share of practice. The Exchequer, in like manner, has its drawbacks, though they operate in another way. There is one reason why, as at present constituted, it cannot do much business, or have the high reputation which it ought to enjoy; I mean the mixture of various suits which are cognizable in it. It is in fact, a court of all sorts--of equity and of law--of revenue law and of ordinary law--of law between subject and subject, This monopoly was abolished in 1832, when the Common Pleas was thrown open. as well as of law between the subject and the Crown. This makes suitors, seeing the business done in so many different ways, come to the conclusion that it is not well done in any. I do not by any means assert that this is a correct opinion, at the present time; because the Judges and the barristers employed in that court do not, I am convinced, yield to any body of professional men in their knowledge of equity and law. There are to be found on its bench highly distinguished equity and common lawyers; men of known legal talents, and the greatest experien...
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