“Parties cannot by consent give to the Court a power which it would not have without it.”
William Brett, 1st Viscount Esher (1815–1899) British lawyer, judge and politician
In re Ayhner; Ex parte Bischofishiem (1887), L. J. 57 Q. B. 168.
“You cannot give an official power to do right without at the same time giving him power to do wrong.”
Source: Introduction to the Study of Public Administration, 1926, p. 144
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