...could be in the remotest degree influenced by the interest that he had in this concern ; but, my Lords, it is of the last importance that the maxim that no...be held sacred. And that is not to be confined to a cause in which he is a party ; but applies to a cause in which he has an interest. Since I have had...

...is a maxim, which I take for granted is part of the law of Scotland, as it is the law of England — that no man is to be a Judge in his own cause ; and his interference in the decision of a case in which he has an interest, is unquestionably evidence...

...of men breaking forth into open outrage and crime. The maxim of law which governs our jurisprudence, that no man is to be a judge in his own cause, would but for this, be unnecessary and absurd. The selfishness of man is so strong and steady a principle,...

...v. The Proprietors of the Grand Junction Canal (a) : — " It is of the last importance," he says, " that the maxim that no man is to be a judge in his...be held sacred ; and that is not to be confined to " a cause in which he is a party, but applies to a cause in which he " has an interest. Since I have...

...be, in the remotest degree, influenced by the interest that he had in this concern ; but, my Lords, it is of the last importance that the maxim that no...be held sacred. And that is not to be confined to a cause in which he is a party, but applies to a cause in which he has an interest. Since I have had...

...everso great ; but, my lords, it is of the last importance that that rnaxim should be held sacred, that no man is to be a judge in his own cause; and that is not to be confined to a cause in which he is a party, but a cause in which he has an interest....

...Lord Cottenham could be in the remotest degree influenced by the interest he had in this concern ; but it is of the last importance that the maxim that no...be a judge in his own cause, should be held sacred. . . . This will be a lesson to all inferior tribunals to take care not only that in their decrees they...

...affirmed this decree, the House of Lords reversed the decree on this ground, Lord Campbell observing : " It is of the last importance that the maxim that '...be held sacred. And that is not to be confined to a cause in which he is a party, but applies to a cause in which he has an interest." " We have again...

...Canal (a), Lord CampM observes (p. 793) " it is of the last importance that the maxim, no man is to be judge in his own cause, should be held sacred. And that is not to be confined to a cause in which he is a party, but applies to a cause in which h? has an interest." [Byles, J., referred...

...affirmed this decree, the House of Lords reversed the decree on this ground, Lord Campbell observing : " It is of the last importance that the maxim that ' no man is to he a judge in his own cause ' should be held sacred. And that is not to be confined to a cause in which...