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years, several other lawyers joined the firm as tutors and as authors of their teaching materials. These included Gibson's godson Henry Gibson
Rivington (1872–1954), Arthur Clifford Fountaine (1875–1931) and Hermon Joseph Bond Cockshutt (1907–1970). In addition to their taught courses, which normally consisted of three months of intensive teaching, Gibson and Weldon also ran correspondence courses for
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written examinations for barristers were introduced in 1872. The university law schools concentrated on the principles, as opposed to the practice, of the law and found it increasingly difficult to sustain courses which could provide the practical knowledge required to pass the examinations. The
Council of Legal Education, established by the
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For a time Edward Power
Bilbrough was a partner in their practice at 27 Chancery Lane and also co-authored a textbook on the Companies Act of 1900 with Gibson and Weldon. However, he left to form his own practice in 1901, and Gibson, Weldon and Bilbrough once again became Gibson and Weldon. Over the
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The latter part of the 19th century saw the introduction of formal examinations for entry into the legal profession. From 1862 solicitors were required to pass the
Intermediate and Preliminary Examinations set by the Law Society, and later a prestigious Honours Examination was introduced. Compulsory
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139:, was another of Gibson and Weldon's tutors who continued teaching at the newly formed college. Richard Antony Donell (1923–2006), the last of the former partners of Gibson and Weldon on the staff of the College of Law, retired in 1988. Donell had prepared and updated the 21st and final edition of
131:. Hermon Cockshutt, an expert on tax law and the senior partner in Gibson and Weldon after the death of Arthur Weldon in 1943, had been instrumental in the negotiations leading to the firm's acquisition by the Law Society. He became the Deputy Chairman of the Board of the newly formed college.
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Gibson and Weldon began in 1876 when Albert Gibson who had qualified as a solicitor in the Easter 1874 Honours examination began advertising for pupils who needed coaching for the Law
Society examinations. In 1881, he was joined by the newly qualified Arthur Weldon who had been one of his first
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in 1852, had the same problem. This in turn led to the rise of specialist tutorial firms which legal historian
Patricia Leighton has termed "the first professional law teachers." The firms were largely established and run by practicing attorneys in London. The tension arising in the profession
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and a series of legal textbooks from adjacent offices at 25–26 Chancery Lane. The firm's principals were Albert Gibson (1852–1921) and Arthur
William Weldon (1856–1943). After the death of Arthur Weldon the tutorial firm continued until 1962 when it was merged with the
127:, Gibson and Weldon (Law Tutors) Ltd. In 1961 the company was acquired by the Law Society, whose own law school was one of their competitors. The following year, the society merged the two schools into the College of Law with branches in London and
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I was in my time a pupil of Gibson and Weldon and I received better training from Mr. Weldon than I ever had in
Cambridge, and by that I do not mean just the know-how to pass examinations but a real insight into the ways of lawyers and the
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pupils. By the end of the 19th century, Gibson and Weldon, along with
Indermaur and Thwaites, dominated the law tutorial market in the UK. The two firms also dominated the law publishing market. January 1882 saw the first edition of
606:(1981). "Lord Widgery". Vol. 100, No. 9, p. 226. Quote: "Lord Widgery never lost touch with his legal roots: he maintained contact with his former colleagues at Gibson's and subsequently with the College of Law."
92:, a monthly magazine for law students which originally published model answers and study advice for the Law Society examinations and other articles of interest to the legal profession. In 1885 it became simply
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and remained in publication until the mid-1990s, long after Gibson and Weldon had ceased existence as a tutorial firm. Gibson and Weldon also published guides to the profession such as
804:, Vol. 22, Issue 1, pp. 87–102 (a detailed critique of the texts and study materials developed by Gibson and Weldon and other tutorial firms, subscription required)
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290:, applied to Gibson and Weldon to prepare him for the barrister examination in six weeks. The firm refused, writing to him "we do not work miracles."
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