 Unlike many of his colleagues, he does not seem to have had a "place in the country".Both Ball in "The Judges in Ireland 1221-1921"  and Delaney in his biography of Pigot's successor Christopher Palles praise Pigot highly as a judge of great intelligence, high principles and integrity.Both agree that he had one serious fault - his habit of inquiring into the most minute details of litigation, which tended to greatly prolong the length of hearings.