William Robinson (law reporter) explained

William Robinson (1801^[1] –1870) was an English lawyer, known as a law reporter.

Life

The second son of Sir Christopher Robinson,^[2] he was born on 22 October 1801.^[3] He entered Charterhouse School in 1812,^[1] matriculated at Balliol College, Oxford, on 25 January 1819. He graduated B.A. on 22 March 1823, M.A. on 2 July 1829, and DCL on 11 July 1829.

Robinson was admitted to Doctors' Commons on 3 November 1830, and reported in the admiralty court.^[2] He died at Stanhope Villa, Charlwood Road, Putney, on 11 July 1870, aged 68.^[2]

Works

Robinson's published volumes of reports commenced "with the judgments of the Right Hon. Stephen Lushington", and covered the years from 1838 to 1850. The first volume appeared in 1844, and the second in 1848. The third, without a title-page, and consisting of two parts only, was issued in 1852. They were also edited by George Minot at Boston in 1853.^[2]

These admiralty reports were a continuation of John Haggard's reports.^[4] For the purpose of citation, the name of WRobinson's admiralty reports may be abbreviated to W Rob Adm^[5] or Wm Rob^[6] or Rob (W).^[7] Sir Robert Phillimore said that a case reported in the first volume of these reports was much more fully and accurately reported in the first volume of the Notes of Cases.^[8]

References

• • Robinson, Sir Christopher (1766-1833). W P. Courtney. Hugh. Mooney. 23833.
• Samuel Austin Allibone. "Robinson, William". A Critical Dictionary of English Literature. Philadelphia. 1870. Volume 2. Page 1842.
• The Times, 12 July 1870, p 1
• "Legal Obituary" (1870) 49 The Law Times 277 (6 August 1870)
• "Obituary" (1870) 14 Solicitors' Journal and Reporter 782 (23 July 1870)
• James Wishaw. A Synopsis of the Members of the English Bar. Stevens and Sons. A Maxwell. London. 1835. Page 255.
• The Probate and other Courts and Registeries Site Act 1859, Schedule
• (1931) 15 London Topographical Record 16

Notes and References

1. W D Parish (ed). "Robinson, William". List of Carthusians, 1800 to 1879. Farncombe and Co. Lewes. 1879. Page 198.
2. Robinson, Christopher. William Prideaux. Courtney. 49. 5.
3. R L Arrowsmith. "Robinson, William". Charterhouse Register 1769-1872. Phillimore & Co Ltd. London and Chichester. 1974. Page 320. Google Books.
4. Law Books published by Henry Butterworth, p 13
5. Joel Prentiss Bishop. The First Book of the Law. Little, Brown and Company. Boston. 1868. Section 596 at page 439.
6. T & J W Johnson & Co's Law Catalogue, 1866, p lxii. Edward, Shipbrokers and the Law, 1957, p xiv.
7. [Sir George Sherston Baker, 4th Baronet|Sherston Baker]
8. The Mary (1879) 5 PD 14 at 17