Hardinge Stanley Giffard, 1st Earl of Halsbury was a British barrister and Conservative politician. He served three times as Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, for a total of seventeen years, a re
The 1st Earl of Halsbury (1883)
Image of Hardinge Giffard, 1st Earl of Halsbury from Halsbury's Laws of England, 1st ed, Vol 1.
Robert Gascoyne Cecil 3rd Marquess of Salisbury
Salomon v A Salomon & Co Ltd UKHL 1, AC 22 is a landmark UK company law case. The effect of the House of Lords' unanimous ruling was to uphold firmly the doctrine of corporate personality, as set out
Hardinge Giffard, 1st Earl of Halsbury
…Among cases in which Halsbury delivered judgment are: Salomon v Salomon Mogul Steamship Co Ltd v McGregor, Gow & Co [1892] AC 25…
Lindley LJ was the leading expert on partnerships and company law.
Lord Halsbury LC, a conservative peer and author of Halsbury's Laws took a strict literalist approach to legislative interpretation.