Law making Flashcards
(4 cards)
1
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Whiteley v Chappell (statutory interpretation)
A
Charged with a section which made the offence to impersonate ‘any person entitled to vote’. Pretended to be a voter but someone who died. The court held the defendant was not liable due to the literal rule
2
Q
Berriman case (literal rule)
A
he wasn’t ‘repairing or relaying’ so couldn’t claim compensation as took it as the literal rule.
3
Q
Re sigsworth (golden rule)
A
son had murdered his mother. The mother had not bad a will so would normally go to the next kin according to rules. Didn’t want him to benefit from the crime. Golden rule prevented the situation.
4
Q
Iland v Frere
A
Noscitur a sociis –> case needs to be looked at in context.
only meant annual ‘interest’
