THE SUPREME COURT CONSIDERS THE CONSTRUCTION OF STATUTES AND PRE-LEGISLATIVE MATERIAL
In O (a minor), R (on the application of v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2022] UKSC 3 the Supreme Court considered the issue of statutory interpretation and the use of external material, in particular official material. There…
RULES OF STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION: PARLIAMENT CANNOT LEGISLATE IN HASTE AND REPENT AT LEISURE
It is interesting to look at a short extract from the judgment of the Administrative Court in Hertfordshire County Council & Ors v Secretary of State for Housing, Communities And Local Government [2021] EWHC 1093 (Admin). Parliament cannot legislate in…
A DUMPER TRUCK IS COVERED BY THE MIB AGREEMENT: STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION AND DIRECTIVES
In Lewington v The Motor Insurance Bureau [2017] EWHC 2848 (Comm) Mr Justice Bryan considered whether a stolen dumper truck being driven on a public road was covered by the MIB agreement. There was a clear, and unequivocal finding that it…
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