"For us to reverse the judgment of a Lord Chancellor would require a tremendous case—a case of a clear error."
— Court of Chancery

January 1, 1970

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James, L.J., Wheeldon v. Burrows (1879), 12 Ch. D. 47; per Thesiger, L.J., 48 L. J. Ch. 859. Also per Cotton, L.J., in In re Watts, Cornford v. Elliott (1885), 29 Ch. D. 953; 55 L. J. Ch. 334.