Sources of Law

Lecture outlines

The interpretation of statutes

Literal rule   

Golden rule 

Mischief rule 

Purposive approach 

Aids to statutory interpretation  

Judicial precedent 

Theories (Parliamentary Sovereignty, Separation of Powers, Rule of Law)

Statutes

Cases

 

A

Addie v Dumbreck [1929] AC 358

Adler v George [1964] 2 QB 7

B

Balfour v Balfour [1919] 2 KB 571   

British Railways Board v Herrington [1972] AC 877 

C

Corkery v Carpenter [1951] 1 KB 102

D

Davis v Johnson [1978] 2 WLR 553

Donoghue v Stevenson [1932] AC 562

DPP v Bull [1995] QB 88

E

Elliot v Grey [1960] 1 QB 367

F

Fisher v Bell [1961] 1 QB 394

G

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Heydon's Case [1584] EWHC Exch J36

I

Inland Revenue v Frere [1964] 3 All ER 796

J

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K

Knuller v DPP [1973] AC 435

L

London and North Eastern Railway v Berriman [1946] AC 278   

London Street Tramways Co Ltd v London County Council [1898] AC 375

M

Maunsell v Olins [1975] AC 373

Merritt v Merritt [1970] 1 WLR 1211

N

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O

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P

Partridge v Crittenden (1968) 2 All ER 421

Pickstone v Freemans Plc [1989] AC 66

Pepper v Hart [1992] 3 WLR 1032   

Powell v Kempton Park [1897] 2 QB 242

Q

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R

R v Allen (1872) LR 1 CCR 367     

R v Cunningham [1982] AC 566

R v G & R [2003] 3 WLR

R v Gould [1968] 2 QB 65

R v Gotts [1992] 2 AC 412

R v Harris (1836) 7 C & P 446

R v Howe & Bannister [1987] 2 WLR 568

R v Inhabitants of Sedgely (1831) 2 B & Ad 65

R v James & Karimi [2006] 2 WLR 887

R v Maginnis [1987] AC 303

R v Mohammed [2005] EWCA Crim 1880

R v R [1991] 3 WLR 767

R v Vickers [1957] 2 QB 664

R v Secretary of State for Health, Ex parte Quintavalle [2003] 2 WLR 692

Re Sigsworth  [1935] 1 Ch 98   

Royal College of Nursing v DHSS [1981] 2 WLR 279

S

Shaw v DPP [1962] AC 220

Smith v Hughes [1960] 1 WLR 830    

Sweet v Parsley [1970] AC 132

T

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U

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V

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W

Whitely v Chappel (1868) LR 4 QB 147

X,Y,Z

Young v. Bristol Aeroplane Co Ltd [1944] KB 718