Barristers
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A Barrister’s Privilege Against Physical Retribution for Hurt Feelings, 1821
From Saunders’s News-Letter, 27 November 1821: “COURT OF COMMON PLEAS On Saturday a conditional order was obtained by Counsellor Blackburne, the plaintiff, against Mr Hines, an attorney, for sending a Gentleman to him in the Hall of the Four Courts,… Continue reading
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Leonard McNally, Barrister Lyricist, 1787-9
Irish barristers often have many unexpected talents – and Leonard McNally BL was no exception. Not only did ‘McNally the Incorruptible’ purport to act as defence counsel for Irish barrister revolutionaries Robert Emmet (above) and the Sheares Brothers while simultaneously… Continue reading
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Take Off That Ugly Mask: The Problem of Barristers’ Hirsute Appendages, 1866-1896
From the Irish Times, 12 and 17 November 1863: “SIR – The press has ever been the resort of those who have a grievance to complain of. I trust therefore, you will give me an opportunity of saying a few… Continue reading
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The Mythical Miss Staveley and the Bamboozled Bar Benevolent Fund, 1927
From the Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer, 17 March 1927: “A remarkable story of the perpetration of frauds on many prominent people both in this country and in Ireland was told at Highgate yesterday, when John LM Reddington, alias Edward… Continue reading
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Marry a Former Chief Justice of Tobago in Haste, Repent at Leisure, 1840-55
There were many Irish barristers who took on the task of administering justice on foreign and often inclement shores in such a way as to do credit to their country of origin. Barristers such as John Jefcott, first Judge of… Continue reading