Many of us owe a lot to our dads, and Joseph Chitty Jr was no exception. This year, Chitty’s most famous work, now known as Chitty on Contracts, celebrated its 200th anniversary. But without Chitty’s father, Joseph Chitty Sr, this venerable contract law treatise might never have come into existence. Born in 1775, Chitty Sr worked as a barrister and special pleader: a lawyer who drafted the complex ‘pleadings’ that set out a party’s case. He was also a prolific legal writer. Between 1799 and 1834, Chitty Sr published legal treatises on wide range of topics, including pleading, apprenticeships, crime, medicine, and even hunting and fishing … (more)
[Joanna McCunn, University of Bristol Law School Blog, 28 September 2026]
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