"I may say I do not consider the decision of a Lord Chancellor is absolutely binding upon us, because every Lord Chancellor's decision was liable to be reheard not only by himself but by his successor, and there are known instances of it. When I was sitting with Lord Justice Mellish we did rehear decisions of Lord Chancellor Selborne. There is always this to be considered, that it is the decision, no doubt, of a superior Court of Appeal; but it is always qualified by this, that according to the old practice of the Court of Chancery it was liable to be reheard."
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James, L.J., Ashworth v. Munn (1880), L. R. 15 C. D. 377. See also per Jessel, M.R., in Henty v. Wrey (1882), L. R. 21 C. D. 346.
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