Legal Disputes
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Mr Hooks, 1862
From the Oxford Journal, 15 February 1862: “An amusing breach of promise case came before the Dublin Court of Exchequer on Friday. The plaintiff is Miss Agnes Harrison, a lady of thirty-five summers, who resides with her brother in Armagh…… Continue reading
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Female Lay Litigant Insists on Being Described as a Lady, 1836
Female advocacy did not begin in 1919. Throughout the previous century, there run accounts of skirted lay litigants occasionally creating consternation in the manly precincts of the Four Courts. As this story from Saunders’ Newsletter of 6 December 1836 shows,… Continue reading
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Female Lay Litigant Accorded Precedence Over Attorney-General, 1853
Another ‘lady’ advocate story from the Evening Freeman, 12 January 1853: “The Hon. Justice Crampton entered court shortly after twelve o’clock, and took his seat on the bench, costumed in his full dress peruke and state robes…. Mrs Winter, who… Continue reading
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Groom Obtains Habeas Corpus in respect of Bride, 1824
From the Dublin Evening Post, 22 June 1824, a story of young love’s struggle against parental opposition: “Mr Sheil… moved for a Habeas Corpus against William Ormsby, the Marshal of the Four Courts Marshalsea, commanding him to bring up the… Continue reading