Lecture 6

Question 1

extrinsic aids

Answer 1

work out the meaning of the statute using historical context, other statutes, reports, international treaties and conventions an also dictionaries

Question 2

presumptions

Answer 2

operate in respect of the construction of statutory material
an inference or assumption that a court must make based on certain facts or circumstances
are rebuttable - we can point to why they shouldn’t apply in a particular case

Question 3

what are the presumptions

Answer 3

give ordinary words their ordinary meaning
give technical terms their technical meaning
against deprivation of property
against deprivation of liberty
against retrospective effect

Question 4

Noscitur a sociis

Answer 4

words are known by the company they keep

Question 5

Ejusdem Generis

Answer 5

use the specific words to give meaning to the general words

Question 6

expressio unius est Exclusio Alterius

Answer 6

words expressly included, exclude others