Alfred Emden

Alfred Charles Richard Emden, lawyer and judge of the circuit court who is best remembered as the author of the text of the construction law, which was first published by Stevens and Haines in London in 1882. The first publications appeared in the 1980s. , This text gave rise to Emden's formula for measuring head office costs for construction delay claims, an alternative to the more famous Hudson formula. Emden was born in 1849, the third son of William S. Emden. He was educated at the Royal School of Canterbury and in Paris under the guidance of Professor Meliot. He entered the Inner Temple as a Barrister in 1880. His publications included the Law on Construction, The Practice of Liquidating Companies, The Complete Collection of Regulations, Various Collections of Cases, and several articles on legal reform. Judge Emden was noted for the speed with which he dealt with cases in his court. He often came into disagreement with his fellow judges over congestion. In the last years of his life, disagreements with the junior council caused serious comments about his behavior, which would be made by the Lord Supreme Judge of England. He was a member of the Savage Club, and his entertainment included cars and golf. He lived in Crowborough, Sussex and Bromley, Kent. Emden's son was Alfred Bratston Emden, the well-known leader of St. Edmund Hall at Oxford. Judge Emden died on February 18, 1911.