“A very ingenious attempt to drive a coach-and-four through this Act of Parliament.”

— Nathaniel Lindley, Baron Lindley

Queen v. Registrar of Joint Stock Companies (1891), 61 L. J. Rep. Q. B. 6.

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English judge 1828–1921

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