DEFINITION
1. What was the common law before the act was passed?
2. What was the mischief that the act was designed to remedy?
3. What was the remedy that Parliament was trying to provide?
4. What was the reason for the remedy?
- these were set out in Heydon's Case in 1584
- judges must look for the 'mischief' that the Act was designed to remedy
- they then must interpret the words in a way that means the remedy is achieved
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