time, he spent every summer there with his family. At Aberdovey, Atkin enjoyed tennis, golf and bridge. He was an enthusiast for the literary works of Edgar Wallace. Atkin was President of the London Welsh Trust, which runs the London Welsh Centre, Gray's Inn Road, from 1938 until 1944. Atkin was popular with the community in Aberdovey and was paraded into the village on a hand-drawn cab on his appointment to the High Court. When possible, he sat as a Justice of the Peace in Towyn and Machynlleth, and eventually chaired Merionethshire Quarter Sessions. He died of bronchitis in Aberdyfi where he was buried. Honours Honorary fellowship of Magdalen College, Oxford (1924); Fellow of the British Academy (1938); Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1939); Honorary degrees: University of Oxford (1931); University of Cambridge (1936); University of Reading (1938); and University of London (1939). A plaque was erected in 2012 at the Harry Gibbs Commonwealth Law Courts Building – built upon the land where Ellandale cottage once stood – commemorating the birthplace of Lord Atkin, placed on the 145th anniversary of his birth and the 80th anniversary of his judgement Donoghue v Stevenson. It was arranged by the TC Beirne School of Law, University of Queensland and the Federal Court of Australia. Cases High Court Barron v Potter [1915] 3 KB 593, small company deadlock Court of Appeal Balfour v Balfour [1919] 2 KB 571 Meering v Graham-White Aviation Co Ltd (1920) 122 LT 44 Everett v Griffiths [1920] 3 KB 163 Rose & Frank Co v JR Crompton & Bros Ltd [1923] 2 KB 261, intention to create legal relations in commerce R v Secretary of State for Home Affairs ex parte O'Brien [1923] 2 KB 361, internment of Irish Russian Commercial and Industrial Bank v Comptoir d'Estcompte de Mulhouse [1923] 2 KB 630, compensation for nationalisation by Russia of banks Rowland v Divall [1923] 2 KB 500, failure of consideration National Provincial Bank v Charnley [1924] 1 KB 431, meaning of a security interest Glassbrook Bros v Glamorgan County Council [1925] AC 270, dissenting in the Court of Appeal, liability of employer to pay for police protection Tournier v National Provincial and Union Bank of England [1924] 1 KB 461 House of Lords and Privy Council France v James Coombes & Co [1929] AC 496, definition of employee and inequality of bargaining power