“Legality and oppression are not unknown to run hand in hand.”

— Henry Hawkins, 1st Baron Brampton

Roberts v. Jones; Willey v. Great Northern Railway Co. (1891), L. R. 2 Q. B. [1891], p. 203.

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British judge 1817–1907

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