"Public policy does not admit of definition and is not easily explained. It is a variable quantity; it must vary and d…"

"It is to my mind much to be regretted, and it is a regret which I believe every Judge on the bench shares, that text-…"

"This seems to me to be one of those cases in which the Court is bound to arrive at a conclusion without having any sa…"

"I think that the proper and safe course is to follow a decision of a Court of co-ordinate jurisdiction, unless some c…"

"It is the right of her Majesty's subjects to make claims and to have them tried in the constitutional way."

"Motives do not concern me; they are a dangerous subject with which to deal."

"The difficulty which I feel as a Judge, and always felt at the Bar, is this: a defendant is entitled to put his back …"

"I am always afraid of quoting my own decisions; I do not think it is the right thing for a judge to do, but I often d…"

"A decision of the House of Lords requires no sanction."

"Masterly inactivity may be prudence to one man, desperate rashness to another."