Selden Society Australian Chapter
cordially invites you to
The Hon Justice Peter Applegarth
on Lord Atkin
Thursday 15 October 2015
5.15pm for 5.30pm
Banco Court, Level 3, Queen Elizabeth II Courts of Law
415 George Street Brisbane
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Please join us for drinks after the lecture on the Banco Court terrace
Lord Atkin of Aberdovey
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Lord Atkin
15 October—5.15pm for 5.30pm
Lord Atkin (1867–1944) is most famous
for his speech in Donoghue v Stevenson
(1932) and his powerful dissent in the
wartime case of Liversidge v Anderson
(1942).
to its ultimate consumer. Liversidge v
Anderson (1942) involved a challenge to a
wartime administrative decision to intern
Mr Liversidge, without reasons, purportedly
made pursuant to a power to
intern for “reasonable cause”. In a
controversial dissent, with ironic
references to the literary work of
Lewis Carroll, Lord Atkin drew
upon the principles underlying the
rule of law to reject the view that
the reasonableness of this decision
was immune from scrutiny.
The Hon Justice
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Atkin was born in Tank
Street, Brisbane. His
father was a journalist and
reformist Member of the
Queensland Parliament,
who died aged 30. After
his death, the Atkin family
returned to Wales. Atkin
Peter Applegarth
was educated at Magdalen
Peter Applegarth graduated from
on Lord Atkin
College, Oxford. He then
The University of Queensland
practised at the Bar for
with Bachelor of Arts (1978) and
decades — mostly in commercial matters
Bachelor of Laws (First Class Honours)
(1881–1913).
(1980). While at University he commenced
Atkin served as a Judge in the King’s Bench
Division (1913–1919) before being elevated
to the Court of Appeal (1919–1928), to
produce a formidable bench with colleagues
such as Scrutton and Bankes LJJ. He was
appointed a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary
(1928–1944).
In Donoghue v Stevenson (1932), Lord
Atkin’s speech famously articulated the
“neighbour” principle to recognise a duty of
care owed by a manufacturer of a product
a long period of service as an Executive
Member of the Queensland Council for
Civil Liberties (1978–2008). In 1983 he
was awarded a University of Queensland
Travelling Scholarship and undertook two
years’ of postgraduate study at Magdalen
College Oxford, graduating Bachelor of
Civil Law (1985). He was admitted to the
Bar in 1986 and took silk in 2000. He was
appointed a Judge of the Supreme Court of
Queensland in 2008.
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