William Brett, 1st Viscount Esher (1815–1899) British lawyer, judge and politician
Roberts v. Plant (1895), L. R. 1 Q. B. D. [1895], p. 603.
“Amendments ought not to be made, except in cases where the alteration is of such a nature as that no one can be misled by it.”
Ex parte Motley et uxor (1801), 1 Bos. & Pull. 456.
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