Charles Beavan
Charles Beavan (1805-1884) was a British barrister and law reporter.
He was born in March 1805, the son of Hugh Beavan of
He died at 91 St. George's Road, Pimlico, London on 18 June 1884.[1] On 21 June 1884, the Solicitors Journal said that Beavan 'might probably claim the distinction of being in legal circles and publications the "most mentioned" man of his day'.[2]
Beavan's Reports are reprinted in volumes 48 to 55 of the English Reports.[3] They have also been reproduced in microform.[4] The Law Times published a digest of these reports.[5] Beavan's report are often abbreviated as Beav when cases are cited in later rulings.[6][7]
The National Portrait Gallery has a photograph of Beavan taken in the 1860s by Leonida Caldesi.[8] Beavan had one son, Charles Albert Beavan.[9]
References
- ^ a b Frederic Boase. Modern English Biography. Volume 1. Page 213. Google Books
- ^ (1884) 28 Solicitors Journal 592 (21 June 1884) Google Books
- ^ Index Chart issued for the English Reports, 1930, Stevens & Sons Ltd. (London), W. Green & Son, Ltd. (Edinburgh), p 5
- ^ Guide to Microforms in Print 1996. K G Saur. Vols 1 and 2. Page 175. Google Books
- ^ "Digest of Beavan's Reports" (1843) 1 Law Times 35
- ^ Beav, Legal Abbreviations and Acronyms, accessed 25 November 2021
- ^ House of Lords, Judgments - Ofulue and another (FC) (Appellant) v Bossert (FC) (Respondent), [2009] UKHL 16, paragraphs 2, 22 and 57, published 11 March 2009, accessed 25 November 2021
- ^ NPG Ax39755 Charles Beavan. National Portrait Gallery.
- ^ Foster. "Beavan, Charles Albert". Men at the Bar. 2nd Ed. 1885. p 30.
Further information
- Charles Shaw. "Beavan, Charles" The Inns of Court Calendar: A Record of the Members of the English Bar. Butterworths. Fleet Street, London. 1877. Page 65.
- The Middle Temple Bench Book
- The Records of the Honorable Society of Lincoln's Inn. 1896. Volume 2. Page 223. Google Books.
- John Venn and J A Venn (eds). "Beavan, Charles". Alumni Cantabrigienses. Cambridge University Press. 1940. Reprinted 2011. Volume 2 (1752-1900). Part 1. Page 208.
- John Venn. "Beavan, Charles". Biographical History of Gonville and Caius College 1349-1897. Volume 2 (1713–1897). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. C J Clay and Sons, London. Glasgow. 1898. Page 191
- "Legal Obituary of the Quarter" (1884) 9 Law Magazine and Review (Fourth Series) 478 Google Books
- "Obituary" (1884) 19 The Law Journal 396 (21 June) Google Books
- Edward Walford, "Legal Obituary" (1884) 77 The Law Times 170 (28 June) Google Books
- "Obituary" (1884) 28 Solicitors Journal 601, see also page 173 Google Books: [1] [2]
- (1984) 128 Solicitors Journal 428 (reprint of article of 21 June 1884) Google Books
- "Will of Mr Beavan" (1884) 19 The Law Journal 578 (27 September)
- "Wills and Bequests" (1884) 85 Illustrated London News 262 Google Books
- "Charles Beavan and His Reports" in "Our Literary Column" (1927) 163 Law Times 496 Google Books
- (1922) 57 The Law Journal 411 Google Books
- (1938) 185 The Law Times 232 Google Books
- (1903) 37 The Law Journal 357 Google Books
- Owen Hood Phillips. A First Book of English Law. Fourth Edition. Sweet & Maxwell. 1960. Pages 159, 162 and 165.
- "Appointments & Promotions" (1866) 1 The Law Journal 312 (8 June)
- "Appointments" (1866) 41 The Law Times 545 (9 June)
- John Charles Fox. "Beavan". Handbook of English Law Reports. Butterworth & Co. London. 1913. Pages 58 to 60. Internet Archive.
- Van Vechten Veeder, "The English Reports 1292-1865. II." (1901) 15 Harvard Law Review 109 at 116; reprinted at 2 Select Essays in Anglo American Legal History 123
- Julius J Marke (ed), A Catalogue of the Law Collection at New York University with Selected Annotations, Law Center of New York University, 1953, Library of Congress Catalog card 58-6489, Reprinted by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd (Union, New Jersey) 1999, p 31.
- "Law Reports" 1 Law Chronicle 35
- "The Law and the Lawyers" (1872) 54 The Law Times 107 (14 December)
- "Beavan's Reports and the Council of Law Reporting" (1865) 10 Solicitors' Journal & Reporter 161 (23 December)
- Samuel Austin Allibone. "Beavan, Charles". Critical Dictionary of English Literature. J B Lippincott & Co. Philadelphia. 1871. Volume 1. Page 151.
- Marvin's Legal Bibliography 104
- Beavan, Charles 1805-1884. WorldCat Identities.
- Charles Beavan. Ordines Cancellariae. 1842. Google Books. Supplement. 1845.
- William George Thorpe. The Still Life of the Middle Temple: With Some of Its Table Talk. Richard Bentley and Son. 1892. Page 356. Google Books
- Arthur Robert Ingpen (ed). Master Worsley's Book on the History and Constitution of the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple. Chiswick Press. 1910. Page 329. Google Books