The Seven Lamps of Advocacy

by Edward Abbott Parry

Overview

Mr E. A. Parry one of the most eminent of County Court Judges dedicates this book on "The Seven Lamps of Advocacy" to "The Northern Circuit where I learned these things." The lamps are the lamps of Honesty Courage Industry Art Eloquence Judgment and Fellowship Certainly the plea for honesty is less necessary to day than it has sometimes been The great Cockburn declared that an advocate must uphold the interests of his client per fas and not per nefas and Mr Parry rightly says that the best advocates of all generations have been devotees of honesty. Yet some great advocates have been dishonest and that fact kept them out of the front rank Judges soon get to know men in large practice who are not scrupulous and such men will never attain the first rank Courage is necessary as well as honesty great courage endless industry intuition cannot take the place of work to say it can is as Lord Russell said all nonsense some wit or humour of a courteous type eloquence f the appropriate kind The advocate needs perhaps next to honesty the power of judgment of knowing the right line the right argument the strong points and the virtues of silence, ad the need to "watch the case." Last but not east, there must be a fellowship, for the law is happy company, as Mr. Parry's many stories show. --The Contemporary Review - Volume 124 - Page 677

Product Details

BN ID:	2940162524915
Publisher:	Anthony Bly
Publication date:	09/16/2021
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	260 KB

About the Author

Edward Abbott Parry (2 October 1863 – 1 December 1943) was a British judge and dramatist. Parry himself studied at the Middle Temple and was called to the Bar in 1885. He was Judge of Manchester County Court 1894-1911 and became Judge of Lambeth County Court in 1911. He wrote several plays and books for children. He was appointed to sit on a Pensions Appeal Tribunal in the summer of 1917, which dealt with appeals against governmental decisions on military pensions, and later published a book on "War Pensions: Past and Present," co-authored with Sir Alfred Codriton, another member of the Tribuna.