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Essential Cases: Public Law

Essential Cases: Public Law (4th edn)

Thomas E. Webb

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Thomas E. Webb
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date: 03 October 2023

Dimes v Proprietors of the Grand Junction Canal (1852) III House of Lords Cases (Clark’s) 759, 10 ER 301, House of Lordslocked

Dimes v Proprietors of the Grand Junction Canal (1852) III House of Lords Cases (Clark’s) 759, 10 ER 301, House of Lordslocked

  • Thomas E. WebbThomas E. WebbLecturer in Law, Lancaster University

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Essential Cases: Public Law provides a bridge between course textbooks and key case judgments. This case document summarizes the facts and decision in Dimes v Proprietors of the Grand Junction Canal (1852) III House of Lords Cases (Clark’s) 759, 10 ER 301, House of Lords. This case concerns an example of a judge holding a pecuniary interest in a case they were adjudicating upon. There is also wider discussion of the concept of bias. The document also includes supporting commentary from author Thomas Webb.

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