The Literal Rule - Statutory Interpretation
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- Created on: 02-12-13 18:46
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- LITERAL RULE
- Facts and Cases
- Plain, ordinary, literal, dictionary meaning
- Do not consider external factors
- words given same meaning - different contexts
- parliamentary supremacy
- prevents judicial law making
- manifest absurdity
- do not consider intentions of parliament
- Lord Esher
- Whiteley v Chappell
- LNER v Berrimen
- Fisher v Bell
- Advantages
- Respects parliamentary supremacy
- Prevent judicial law making
- Creates certainty
- Application can highlight problems
- Effective decision making
- Disadvantages
- Absurd results
- Unjust results
- Inflexable
- Wrongly assumes it is perfect
- Wrongly assumes words only have one meaning
- Facts and Cases
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