Statutory interpretation Flashcards
1
Q
LNER v Berriman (1946)
A
The court took the words ‘relaying’ and ‘repairing’ in their literal meaning and said that oiling points was maintaining the line and not relaying or repairing, so that Mrs Berriman’s claim failed.
2
Q
Fisher v Bell (1961)
A
Lord Justice Parker applied the literal rule
of statutory interpretation and found that the shopkeeper had committed no offence.
3
Q
R v Allen (1872)
A
Narrow application of the golden rule applied to find the defendant guilty of bigamy (being married to more than one person at the same time) - choosing between more than one meaning of ‘shall marry’ (under the Offences Against the Person Act 1861) to avoid an absurd outcome.
4
Q
Re sigsworth [1935]
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