James Reid, Baron Reid

James Scott Reid Cumberland, Baron Reid CH PC KC (* the thirtieth July 1890 ; † 29. March 1975 ) was a Scottish - British politician of the Conservative Party and a lawyer , 15-year deputy in the House of Commons , and most recently as a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary based on the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 when Life Peer was also a member of the House of Lords .

Life

Lawyer and Member of the House of Commons

Reid, the son of a solicitor , graduated after attending the Edinburgh Academy to study law at Jesus College of the University of Cambridge and received his legal approval to the Scottish Bar Association (1914 Scots Bar ). He then took up an activity as a lawyer ( advocate ), but interrupted it during the First World War and served as a major in the machine gun corps of the Royal Scots .

After the end of the war he took up his legal practice and was elected as a member of the House of Commons in the general election of October 27, 1931 for the Conservative Party ( Unionist ) in the constituency of Stirling and Falkirk District of Burghs and belonged to it until November 14, 1935 on. In 1936, Reid, for his lawyer's services for 1932 Attorney ( King's Counsel was appointed), Solicitor General of Scotland and held this post until the 1,941th

Meanwhile, he was on June 10, 1937 at a by-election ( by-election ) as successor to Robert Horne was previously 1st Viscount Horne of Slamannan, re-elected as an MP in the House of Commons and represented in this up to its mandate resignation on 24th November 1948 the constituency of Glasgow Hillhead .

Lord Advocate, Lord Judge and Member of the House of Lords

As the successor to Thomas Cooper, 1st Baron Cooper of Culross , he was appointed Lord Advocate Attorney General of Scotland in 1941 and held this office until his replacement by George Thomson in October 1945. At the same time, he was also Privy Councilor in 1941 . After leaving the government office, he initially resumed his legal practice and in 1945 was head of the Scottish Bar for some time ( Dean of the Faculty of Advocates ).

Last Reid was a Letters Patent of 6 October 1948 because of the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 as a life peer with the title Baron Reid , of Drem in the County of East Lothian, the member of the House of Lords in the nobility called and worked until his resignation on January 10, 1975 a few weeks before his death as Lord Judge ( Lord of Appeal in Ordinary ). He was one of the few people who were appointed lord judge without prior activity as a judge.

In 1967 he was given the rare honor of becoming a member of the Order of the Companions of Honor , which was limited to 65 members .

Significant judgments as Lord Judge

During his tenure as Lord Justice, he participated in important decisions such as:

• Beswick v Beswick (1967): This procedure from the Contract Law dealt with contractual relationships and the arrangement of reparations ( Injunction ).
• Dorset Yacht Co Ltd v Home Office (1970): This Tort Law case resulted in a landmark ruling on negligence through the extension of UK law under which circumstances a court would review due diligence .
• McGhee v National Coal Board (1972): In these proceedings from the Tort Law, the Lord Judges decided that in the event of a breach of duty having a significant influence on a damaging event, subsequent breaches of duty also have their cause in this essential breach of duty and must therefore also be remedied or compensated .
• Norwich Pharmacal Co. v Customs and Excise Commissioners (1974): In these proceedings, the lord judges dealt with the case of an importer and sole licensee of a patent on a chemical product imported into Great Britain by unknown importers, who thus became the sole licensee injured. Norwich Pharmacal Co. sued the Customs and Excise Commission for the naming of this unknown importer to assert claims for damages due to this license violation. The Lord Judges ruled that an innocent third party such as the Customs and Excise Commission, which has obtained information about illegal behavior, can be compelled by court order to give the injured person such as Norwich Pharmacal Co. the information about the injured party so that the injured party can counteract this perpetrator can take legal action. The decision ultimately led to the creation of the so-called “Norwich Pharmacal Order” for making documents and information accessible.

Publications

• The law and the reasonable man , 1968

Web links

• James Reid at Hansard (English)
• Entry in Cracroft's Peerage
• Entry in Leigh Rayment Peerage
• Lords of Appeal in Ordinary 1876-2009 in Peerages
• Proof of publication in the Open Library