James Atkin, Baron Atkin

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James Richard Atkin, Baron Atkin PC KC (* 28. November 1867 , † 25 June 1944 in Aberdyfi , Wales ) was a British lawyer who most recently as Lord of Appeal in Ordinary , due to the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 as a Life Peer and Member of the House of Lords was.

Life

Studies, Lord Judge and Member of the House of Lords

After visiting the Friars School, Bangor and the Christ College in Brecon graduated Atkin one Studied classical studies and law at Magdalen College of the University of Oxford and received the lawyer's approval by following its expiration in 1891 Bar Association ( Inns of Court ) from Gray's Inn . He then worked as a barrister and was treasurer of the Bar Association of Gray's Inn in 1903 and in 1906 both Crown Attorney ("King's Counsel") and so-called "Bencher" of his bar association for his legal services .

In 1913 he became a judge at the High Court of Justice responsible for England and Wales and held this judicial office until 1919. At the same time, he was beaten to a Knight Bachelor degree in 1913 and since then has had the suffix "Sir". After completing this judicial activity, he was appointed judge ( Lord Justice of Appeal ) in 1919 at the Court of Appeal , the court of appeal responsible for England and Wales, where he worked until 1928. In addition, he was also appointed Privy Councilor in 1919. He also served as Chairman of the Council of Legal Education between 1919 and 1934 .

Last Atkin was a Letters Patent from 6 February 1928 due to the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 as a life peer with the title Baron Atkin , of Aberdovey in the County of Merioneth for the House of Lords member in the nobility called and worked until his Death in 1944 as Lord Judge ( Lord of Appeal in Ordinary ). In addition, he was to succeed Rhys Hopkin Morris between 1938 and his death and the subsequent replacement by Clement Davies also president of the London Welsh Trust, inter alia, the London Center for Wales ( London Welsh Center operates) at the Gray's Inn Road.

In 1938 Atkin was elected a member ( Fellow ) of the British Academy and in 1939 the American Academy of Arts and Sciences .

Significant judgments as Lord Judge

During his tenure as Lord Judge, he participated in a number of decisions such as:

  • Bell v Lever Brothers Ltd (1931): In these Contract Law proceedings , it was decided that a general contractual error does not lead to the nullity of a contract, except in cases where it is an error of fundamental importance to the identity of the contract .
  • Donoghue v Stevenson (1932): This Tort Law case resulted in a landmark decision regarding the creation of the modern concept of negligence as well as establishing the general principles that one person owes another person due diligence .
  • Liversidge v Anderson (1942): In this case a decision of principle was made regarding the relations between the judiciary and the executive branch in general and especially regarding the support of the executive branch by the judiciary in times of social emergency.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Deceased Fellows. British Academy, accessed April 30, 2020 .