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Frank Douglas MacKinnon

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Smirke, Cottingham, Willement, and the rest of the gang â€Ļ To have got rid of their awful stained glass windows, their ghastly pulpit, their hideous encaustic tiles, their abominable pews and seats (on which alone they spent over ÂŖ10,000) will be almost a blessing in disguise.
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should be extended to promises rather than solely statements of fact. MacKinnon rejected the argument but Denning had his way once he was a High Court judge in
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had never formed a material part of his practice but he adapted well though his reputation as a judge never matched his standing as a lawyer.
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c. 49) had been effective and recommended only some miscellaneous amendments. The recommendations were only partly implemented in the
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He was one of those judges who, on occasion, causes amusement through their unfamiliarity with popular culture. In a notorious
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MacKinnon was an enthusiast for the writing and culture of the eighteenth century and, in particular, the work of
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was not made "in the last agony of the government's existence". The appointment was made in some haste.
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In October 1924, the minority Labour government was suffering the repercussions of the
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MacKinnon married Frances Massey in 1906 and the couple had two children. He became a
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In the Highest Degree Odious: Detention without Trial in Wartime Britain
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in 1901, MacKinnon benefited from Scrutton's former junior practice in
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trial in 1943, the court was viewing a photograph from the magazine
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Never interested in party politics, MacKinnon was president of the
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Rubin, G. R. (2004) "MacKinnon, Sir Frank Douglas (1871–1946)",
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showing a well-known male fashion designer juxtaposed next to a
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on two consecutive days in February 1931 when aged almost 60.
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He also gained some notoriety for doubting the grounds of the
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Central London Property Trust Ltd v. High Trees House Ltd
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In 1926, he chaired a committee to review the law on
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High Court judge
First Labour Government
Highgate
Lloyd's
underwriter
Highgate School
Trinity College, Oxford
classics
literae humaniores
called to the bar
Inner Temple
pupil
Thomas Edward Scrutton
James Richard Atkin
Lord Atkin
QC
commercial law
Percy Graham MacKinnon
KC
World War I
prize law
frustration of contract
jurist
mercantile law
Campbell case
Clement Bailhache
Lord Chancellor
Richard Haldane, 1st Viscount Haldane
High Court judge

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