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“center>Sacred to the Memory
of the Honorable
Sir Joseph Yates, Knight,
of Peel Hall in Lancashire,
successively a Judge of the Courts
of King's Bench and Common Pleas;
whose merit advanced him to the
feat of Justice, which he filled with the most
distinguished abilities and invincible integrity.
He died the 7th day of June 1770,
in the 48th year of his age,
leaving the world to lament the loss
of an honest Man and able Judge,
firm to assert
and strenuous to support
the laws and constitution
of his Country.

Joseph Yates (judge)

Monument inscription, British History Online: Cheam http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=45375. <br class="br">About

“The Court must have ministers : the attornies are its ministers.”

Joseph Yates (judge)

Mayor of Norwich v. Berry (1766), 4 Burr. Part IV., p. 2115.

“Great attention and respect is undoubtedly due to the decisions of a Lord Chancellor: but they are not conclusive upon a Court of common law.”

Joseph Yates (judge)

Source: Dissenting in Millar v Taylor (1769) 4 Burr, Part IV., 2377.

“The Courts can take no notice of anything but what comes judicially before them.”

Joseph Yates (judge)

Rex v. Wilkes (1769), 4 Burr. Part IV., 2533.

“The common law of England must direct the determination of a common law question. By common-law determinations we are bound; and to them we must always adhere: for, these are the proper constitutional declarations of the law of the land. They are so considered, even by the Court of Chancery itself. When any doubt arises in a cause of equity concerning a point of common law, it is usually referred to the determination of a Court of Common Law.”

Joseph Yates (judge)

4 Burr. Part IV., 2377.
Dissenting in Millar v Taylor (1769)