Charles Bowen: Likeness

Charles Bowen was English judge. Explore interesting quotes on likeness.

Charles Bowen: 40 quotes0 likes

“Judges, like Caesar's wife, should be above suspicion.”

Leeson v. General Council of Medical Education and Registration (1889), L. R. 43 C. D. 385.

“The only case in which I can conceive a person having breakfast over night is that he is not likely to have it next morning.”

Borthwick v. The Evening Post, Ltd. (1888), 58 L. T. Rep. (N. S.) 258.

“Like my brothers who sit with me, I am extremely reluctant to decide anything except what is necessary for the special case, because I believe by long experience that judgments come with far more weight and gravity when they come upon points which the Judges are bound to decide, and I believe that obiter dicta, like the proverbial chickens of destiny, come home to roost sooner or later in a very uncomfortable way to the Judges who have uttered them, and are a great source of embarrassment in future cases. Therefore I abstain from putting a construction on more than it is necessary to do for this particular case.”

Cooke v. New River Co. (1888), L. R. 38 C. D. 70.