Selden Society Australian Chapter cordially invites you to Dr Dominic O’Sullivan QC on Lord Blackburn Thursday 17 September 2015 5.15pm for 5.30pm Banco Court, Level 3, Queen Elizabeth II Courts of Law 415 George Street Brisbane RSVP by 10 September 2015 [email protected] Please join us for drinks after the lecture on the Banco Court terrace Colin Blackburn, Baron Blackburn of Killearn (‘Statesmen. No. 381’) by Sir Leslie Ward Chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 19 November 1881 359 mm x 242 mm paper size National Portrait Gallery (NPG D44040) Lord Blackburn 17 September—5.15pm for 5.30pm Lord Blackburn (1813–1896) was one of the leading figures in the classical era of the law of contract. Image frame is a graphic element only and does not depict the actual work as framed. He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge (1835). He then practised at the Bar for 21 years — mostly in commercial matters (1838-1859). During this period, he wrote a respected text (A Treatise on the Effect of the Contract of Sale) and jointly edited a series of law reports (Ellis & Blackburn). (1876–1886). During this ten year period, the House of Lords reshaped the law extensively. Leading cases from this era include Mackay v Dick (1881), Maddison v Alderson (1883) and Foakes v Beer (1884). With a Scots accent, an ungenial manner and a tendency to interrupt counsel “with deftly delivered posers”, the formidable Lord Blackburn died a bachelor in 1896. Dr Dominic O’Sullivan QC on Lord Blackburn In 1859, Blackburn was appointed a Judge of the Court of Queen’s Bench (1859–1876). During this period, he decided a series of leading cases in the law of contract, including Tweddle v Atkinson (1861) and Taylor v Caldwell (1863). As a consequence of his being personally sued by a self-represented litigant for deciding a case adversely to her, Blackburn also contributed to the law concerning judicial immunity — Fray v Blackburn (1863). Later he delivered the judgment of the Exchequer Chamber in Fletcher v Rylands (1866), prior to it going up to the House of Lords. Dominic O’Sullivan graduated Bachelor of Arts (First Class Honours, English Literature) (1993) and Bachelor of Laws (First Class Honours) (1994) from The University of Queensland. Following admission as a solicitor with the Brisbane firm Feez Ruthning (now Allens), he undertook postgraduate study at Exeter College, Oxford, as a Commonwealth Scholar (D. Phil, 2001). He practised as a member of the Essex Court Chambers in London from 2001 to 2006, where he remains an associate member, and since 2006 at the Queensland Bar. He was appointed Queen’s Counsel in 2014. In 1876, Lord Blackburn was appointed one of the first two Lords of Appeal in Ordinary RSVP by 10 September 2015 [email protected] Please join us for drinks after the lecture on the Banco Court terrace For enquiries call 07 3247 5434 Selden Society
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