Richard Arden, 1st Baron Alvanley: Court

Richard Arden, 1st Baron Alvanley was British judge and politician. Explore interesting quotes on court.

Richard Arden, 1st Baron Alvanley: 16 quotes0 likes

“It is true that Courts of equity, in administering justice, sometimes go further than the Courts of law.”

Richard Arden, 1st Baron Alvanley

Houghton v. Matthews (1803), 3 Bos. & Pull. 497.

“No man can come into a British Court of justice to seek the assistance of the law who founds his claim upon a contravention of the British laws.”

Richard Arden, 1st Baron Alvanley

Morck v. Abel (1802), 3 Bos. and Pull. 38.

“Inconvenience arising from the operation of an Act of Parliament can be no ground of argument in a Court of law.”

Richard Arden, 1st Baron Alvanley

Grigby v. Oakes (1801), 1 Bos. & Pull. 528.

“When Courts adopt a fiction they must necessarily support it.”

Richard Arden, 1st Baron Alvanley

Gray v. Sidneff (1803), 3 Bos. & Pull. 399.

“The act of a single Judge, unless adopted by the Court to which he belongs, is of no validity. As the Courts do not sit in vacation, many things are done by the Judges individually; but their acts, when recognised, become the acts of the Court.”

Richard Arden, 1st Baron Alvanley

Turner v. Eyles (1803), 3 Bos..& Pull. 460, 461.