583:"At some distant date, when the court has unearthed the unearthable, traced the untraceable and calculated the incalculable, there will emerge the sum, which it is said belongs to the plaintiffs in equity. This sum, which is immune from the claims of Crown and mortgagee, debenture holder and creditor, a sum secured to the plaintiffs by a simple retention of title clause, which referred only to resin but was pregnant with all the consequences alleged in the statement of claim and hidden from the gaze of all other persons who dealt with the defendants."
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with the consent of all parties was legal, he said: "Society is entitled and bound to protect itself against a cult of violence. Pleasure derived from the infliction of pain is an evil thing. Cruelty is uncivilised." Templeman was also one of the dissenting judges in the famous case of
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Yorkshire police force had been more efficient. That belief is entitled to respect and understanding. Damages cannot compensate for the brutal extinction of a young life."
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by a physician (thus necessitating parental consent to obtain prescription contraceptives).
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Templeman was also renowned for his colourful language. In
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920:Attorney General v Guardian Newspapers Ltd (No 2)
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756:Miles v Wakefield Metropolitan District Council
492:Black Nominees Ltd v Nicol (Inspector of Taxes)
325:, and saw action on the Northwest Frontier, at
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71:30 September 1982 â 30 September 1994
333:, and Burma. For his wartime service, he was
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708:Anisminic v Foreign Compensation Commission
427:On 30 September 1982, Templeman was made a
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380:Attorney-General of the Duchy of Lancaster
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989:"Power of the Masons - Myth of Menace?".
287:Sydney William Templeman, Baron Templeman
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645:Lord Templeman died on 4 June 2014.
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109:In office
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962:Archived
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