The wide experience to be gained at the Scots Bar has its advantages. It does not enable one to become such an expert in any single department as the… - Hugh Macmillan, Baron Macmillan

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The wide experience to be gained at the Scots Bar has its advantages. It does not enable one to become such an expert in any single department as the English specialist... but it tends to a sound knowledge of the legal principles common to all branches of the law. The Scottish Judges have always been more interested in principle than in precedent and the Bar have conformed to this lead. In the House of Lords this feature of Scottish advocacy has been often remarked and admired.

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About Hugh Macmillan, Baron Macmillan

Hugh Pattison Macmillan, Baron Macmillan (20 February 1873 – 5 September 1952) was a Scottish advocate and judge

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Alternative Names: Hugh Pattison Macmillan

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