Selden Society Australian Chapter
cordially invites you to
Dr Andrew Stumer
on Lord Eldon
Thursday 23 July 2015
5.15pm for 5.30pm
Banco Court, Level 3, Queen Elizabeth II Courts of Law
415 George Street Brisbane
RSVP by 16 July 2015 [email protected]
Please join us for drinks after the lecture on the Banco Court terrace
John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon
studio of Sir Thomas Lawrence
Oil on canvas, (1826)
921 mm x 721 mm
Given by Society of Judges and Serjeants-at-Law, 1877
National Portrait Gallery (NPG 464)
Lord Eldon
23 July—5.15pm for 5.30pm
Image frame is a graphic element only and does not depict the actual work as framed.
Lord Eldon (1751–1838) served as Lord
Chancellor for 25 years during a key
period in which equitable principles were
systematised.
equitable principle into settled doctrines “as
uniform almost as those of the common law”.
Unfortunately, his exhaustive approach to the
performance of his judicial duties
contributed to scandalous delays
in the resolution of Chancery
matters — prompting the need
for the substantial reforms in
Chancery procedure, which were
to follow.
He was educated at University
College, Oxford (1770), then
practised at the Bar for 23
years (1776–1799). During this
period, he held the offices of
Solicitor-General (1788–1793)
and Attorney-General
Andrew Stumer was admitted
Dr Andrew Stumer
(1793–1799). As Attorneyto the Bar in 2010. He is a
on Lord Eldon
General during the period
graduate of The University of
following the French
Queensland, holding the degrees
Revolution, he prosecuted treason charges
of Bachelor of Arts (1999) and Bachelor of
against British sympathisers with the French
Laws (with First Class Honours) (2002).
republicans, including John Horne Tooke.
After serving as an Associate to the Hon
According to Holdsworth, he was “the most
Justice Atkinson AO of the Supreme Court
learned and capable lawyer of his day”.
of Queensland, and undertaking articles
of clerkship with Allens, he commenced
Lord Eldon’s first judicial appointment was
postgraduate study at Magdalen College,
as Chief Justice of the Court of Common
Oxford pursuant to a Rhodes Scholarship.
Pleas (1799–1801). He then served two terms
He obtained a Bachelor of Civil Law (2005)
as Lord Chancellor (1801–1806, 1807–1827).
and was admitted to the Degree of Doctor
During this long and influential period, Lord
of Philosophy (2008). He then worked as
Eldon was the principal judge presiding in
a Senior Associate in litigation at Allens,
the Court of Chancery. This provided him
prior to commencing practice at the Bar.
with a unique opportunity to seek to reduce
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