Statutory interpretation
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- Statutory Interpretation
- Rules of interpretation
- Literal rule
- Whiteley v Chappell
- 'Any person entitled to vote at an election'. Doesn't include dead people.
- Fisher v Bell
- Flick knives in shop window, 'invitation to treat', not to 'sell or offer for sale'.
- LNER v Berriman
- 'Oiling' did not classify as 'relaying or repairing'.
- Whiteley v Chappell
- Golden rule
- R v Allen
- Marriage - To go through a ceremony of marriage, not to become legally married to another person.
- Adler v George
- 'In the vicinity of' included 'in'. = Avoided absurdity.
- Re Sigsworth
- Killed mother = Can't inherit.
- R v Allen
- Mischief rule
- Royal College of Nursing v DHSS
- Nurses carrying out abortions fell under Abortion Act 1967.
- Smith v Hughes
- Offence to 'solicit in the street or public place'.
- Royal College of Nursing v DHSS
- Purposive approach
- Pepper v Hart
- s63 of Finance Act 1976 - 'cash equivalent' = additional cost of providing concession.
- Jones v Tower Boot Co
- Abuse fell under 'the course of employment' in s32 of the Race Relations Act 1976.
- Pepper v Hart
- Literal rule
- Rules of language
- Ejusdem generis
- General words = particular words.
- Powell v Kempton Park Race Course
- Offence to keep a 'house, office or other place' for betting. Open air enclosure not covered.
- Powell v Kempton Park Race Course
- General words = particular words.
- Expressio unius est exclusion atterius
- Expression of one thing implies the exclusion of another.
- Inhabitants of Sedgley
- Rates charged on 'land, titles and coal mines'. No other type of mine included.
- Inhabitants of Sedgley
- Expression of one thing implies the exclusion of another.
- Ejusdem generis
- Aids to interpretation
- Extrinsic aids
- Law commission reports
- Text book
- Dictionaries
- Vaughan v Vaughan
- Molest - To 'cause trouble, vex, annoy or to put to inconvenience'.
- Vaughan v Vaughan
- Hansard
- Previous acts
- Wheatley
- Had to interpret the Explosive Substances Act 1883, looked at Explosives Act 1875 to make sense.
- Wheatley
- Intrinsic aids
- Explanatory notes
- Long title
- Royal College of Nursing v DHSS
- 'An act to amend and clarify the ;aw relating to termination of pregnancy by registered medical practitioners'.
- Royal College of Nursing v DHSS
- Preamble
- Schedules
- Extrinsic aids
- Rules of interpretation
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