Career
Vaisey has a certain level of notoriety for some of his more colourful turns of phrase, for example he is noted as saying:
Vaisey is listed in the 1901 census as a student at Lincoln"s Inn. Vaisey also set a case law precedent that the law of England and Wales does not allow a person to change their given name. In Re Parrott, Cox v Parrott Ch 183, Vaisey stated that he knew of no way short of an Acting of Parliament that a person"s first name could be altered.
The case hinged on a will that stipulated that the inheritor would only inherit if he changed his first name.
Vaisey stated that he did not believe one could change one"s first name by way of a deed of change of name (deed poll). This precedent has been widely ignored, but to register a deed of change of name in the High Court of England and Wales, a caveat must be endorsed on the deed along the lines of "Notwithstanding the decision of Mr Justice Vaisey in Re Parrott, Cox v Parrott, the applicant wishes the enrolment to proceed".
