The SS Daisy Legal History Committee is a committee of the Law Society of Newfoundland and Labrador whose mandate is the preservation of Newfoundland and Labrador’s legal heritage, including the history of law, the courts, the lawyers and the Law Society. The name of the committee is taken from the government boat SS Daisy that carried lawyers, judges, sheriffs and clerks to the courts in smaller communities in pre-1949 Newfoundland.
The SS Daisy Legal History Committee works to date include taping and transcribing oral histories of senior members of the Bench and Bar, preserving the Barrister’s Roll which dates from 1826, and publishing the last volume of the Newfoundland Law Reports.
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The SS Daisy Legal History Committee works to date include taping and transcribing oral histories of senior members of the Bench and Bar, preserving the Barrister’s Roll which dates from 1826, and publishing the last volume of the Newfoundland Law Reports which contains previously unreported decisions of the Supreme Court for the two years immediately before Newfoundland and Labrador joined confederation.The frontispiece to the volume, honi soit qui mal y pense, was prepared by George Horan, Q.C., depicts the three judges whose decisions are reported in the volume sitting en banc and is available for separate purchase.
Add to cartThe SS Daisy Legal History Committee works to date include taping and transcribing oral histories of senior members of the Bench and Bar, preserving the Barrister’s Roll which dates from 1826, and publishing the last volume of the Newfoundland Law Reports which contains previously unreported decisions of the Supreme Court for the two years immediately before Newfoundland and Labrador joined confederation.The frontispiece to the volume, honi soit qui mal y pense, was prepared by George Horan, Q.C., depicts the three judges whose decisions are reported in the volume sitting en banc and is available for separate purchase.
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These volumes trace the development of the rule of law in Newfoundland in the 17th and 18th century from the Western Charter and its antecedents through to the emergence of a Supreme Court of appellate and original inherent jurisdiction in 1792. They explain the evolution of the legal environment in which Newfoundland’s early Chief Justices worked and carried out their duties in interpreting and applying the law to the issues which litigants, high and low, brought before them. They also highlight the role played by the Law Officers of the Crown in advancing legal institutions in Newfoundland, a role previously either undervalued or overlooked.
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These volumes trace the development of the rule of law in Newfoundland in the 17th and 18th century from the Western Charter and its antecedents through to the emergence of a Supreme Court of appellate and original inherent jurisdiction in 1792. They explain the evolution of the legal environment in which Newfoundland’s early Chief Justices worked and carried out their duties in interpreting and applying the law to the issues which litigants, high and low, brought before them. They also highlight the role played by the Law Officers of the Crown in advancing legal institutions in Newfoundland, a role previously either undervalued or overlooked.
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