Summer Evening 2024#Event 6: 05 Sept 2024

The curious case of the man on the Clapham omnibus

Speaker: Ian Mason

Who was he? Where did he come from? Where has he gone? Why does he matter?

“He has not the courage of Achilles, the wisdom of Ulysses or the strength of Hercules, though … occasionally attributed with … the agility of an acrobat and the foresight of a Hebrew Prophet.”  (Per Romer LJ in Hawkins v Coulsdon and Purley UDC 1954)

Fact, fiction, and philosophy: how case law shaped a nation and a world.

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Ian Mason

Ian Mason is a former barrister and current student and tutor of philosophy and economics in the School. He is the President and former Principal of the School.