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2. Overview
Separation of powers – Parliament
makes the laws; judges apply them.
But words can be blunt – more than
one meaning, old fashioned
language, absurd results.
By what method(s) do the judges
interpret the meaning of an Act of
Parliament?
Do they make law or just apply it?
3. Objectives
By the end of the session, all learners
will:
1. Be able to explain the main
approaches to interpretation, from
literal to purposive.
2. Be able to apply these approaches
to an Act of Parliament.
4. The nature of language
Dr. Richard Carrier (philosopher):
◦ Words are code signals that humans use
to share experiences with other humans.
◦ “As long as our codebook is the
same...we will be successful in our
communications. Of course, this is an
ideal dream. In reality, no two
codebooks are the same, and most
code-words are ambiguous...and most
have many different meanings which can
only be determined from context.”
5. The nature of language
“The proper definition of a word, as
opposed to its lexical definition found
in dictionaries...is fixed by how that
word is actually used in practice.”
6. Example
Serious Organised Crime and Police
Act 2005, section 132:
◦ It is an offence to hold an unauthorised
demonstration in the vicinity of
Parliament.
7. The need for statutory
interpretation
Broad terms.
Ambiguity (more than one meaning).
A drafting error.
Changes in the use of language.
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8. Literal Approach
Interpreting the literal meaning of the
words in the Act.
R v Judge of the City of London Court
(1892)
◦ Lord Esher: “If the words of the Act are
clear then you must follow them even
though they lead to a manifest absurdity.
The court has nothing to do with the
question whether the legislature has
committed an absurdity.”
9. Literal Approach
London & North Eastern Railway Co v
Berriman (1946)
◦ Widow tries to claim compensation after
husband killed while oiling railway tracks.
◦ Fatal Accidents Act gave compensation to
those killed while „relaying‟ or „repairing‟
the track.
◦ Her husband was actually „maintaining‟
it.
◦ So she got nothing.
10. Literal Approach
Magor and St Mellons v Newport
Corporation (1950)
◦ Lord Scarman: “We are to be governed
not by Parliament‟s intentions, but by
Parliament‟s enactments.”
11. Literal Approach
Cheeseman v DPP (1990)
◦ Police officers witnessed a man
masturbating in a public toilet.
◦ Town Police Clauses Act 1847 made it an
offence to do so in front of “passengers”
on the street (the Act defined “street” as
any public place.)
12. Literal Approach
Cheeseman v DPP (1990)
◦ Lord Bingham: referred to an 1847
dictionary and decided that “passengers”
meant “anyone using the street for
ordinary purposes”.
◦ The police were using it for a special
purpose and thus were not passengers.
13. Golden Rule
Two forms: narrow and broad.
Narrow golden rule:
◦ Jones v DPP (1962) per Lord Reid: “If
[words] are capable of more than one
meaning, then you can choose between
those meanings, but beyond this you
cannot go.”
14. Broad Golden Rule
Where words have a clear
meaning, but following them would
lead to a repugnant situation.
The court will modify the words of the
statute to avoid this horrible situation.
Judicial law making?
15. Broad Golden Rule
Re Sigsworth (1935)
◦ Administration of Estates Act 1925 entitled
the son to inherit the benefit of his
deceased mother‟s estate.
◦ Son murdered his mother and wanted the
money.
◦ So the court altered the law to prevent
him from inheriting.
◦ J. Martin: “Where there is a problem with
using the literal rule, the golden rule
provides an escape route.”
16. Broad Golden Rule
Re Sigsworth (1935)
◦ Lord Denning: If Parliament overlooks a
possibility like this, “we fill in the gaps”.
17. Mischief Rule
Heydon’s Case (1584)
1. What was the common law before the
making of the Act?
2. What was the mischief (problem) for
which the common law did not provide?
3. What was the remedy for this problem
proposed by Parliament?
Essentially, what was the original
problem and how was Parliament
trying to plug it?
18. Mischief Rule
Smith v Hughes (1960)
◦ Street Offences Act 1959, section 1(1): “It
shall be an offence for a common
prostitute to loiter or solicit in a street or
public place for the purpose of
prostitution.”
◦ House of Lords heard appeals from six
women who has been on private
balconies and behind private windows
touting for business.
19. Mischief Rule
Smith v Hughes (1960)
◦ Lord Parker: “What is the mischief aimed
at by this Act? Everybody knows that this
was an Act to clean up the streets, to
enable people to walk along the streets
without being molested...by common
prostitutes. Viewed in this way it can
matter little whether the prostitute is
soliciting while in the street or is standing
in the doorway or on a balcony, or at a
window.”
20. Mischief Rule
Royal College of Nursing v DHSS
◦ Abortion Act 1967 – pregnancy must be
terminated by a “registered medical
practitioner”.
◦ Could a nurse carry out the procedure?
◦ Three judges said yes, two said no.
21. Mischief Rule
Majority view:
◦ The mischief Parliament had been trying
to remedy was the practice of dangerous
abortions.
◦ New techniques meant it was now safe
for a nurse to carry out the procedure.
◦ So even though the Act limits it to
Drs, they created a new permission for
nurses to do it too.
22. Mischief Rule
Minority view:
◦ The words of the Act are clear: abortions
are limited to trained Drs.
◦ The other three judges are not
interpreting the Act but “redrafting it with
a vengeance”.
23. Purposive Approach
What is the purpose of the Act? What
was Parliament hoping to achieve?
Magor and St Mellons v Newport
Corporation (1950)
◦ Lord Denning: “We sit here to find out the
intention of Parliament and carry it
out, and we do this better by filling in the
gaps and making sense of the
enactment than by opening it up to
destructive analysis.”
24. Purposive Approach
Magor and St Mellons v Newport
Corporation (1950)
◦ Lord Scarman: “If Parliament says one
thing but means another, it is not...for the
courts to correct it. We are to be
governed not by Parliament‟s intentions
but by Parliament‟s enactments.”
25. Human Rights Act 1998
Section 3: “So far as it is possible to
do so, primary legislation and
subordinate legislation must be read
and given effect in a way which is
compatible with the Convention
rights.”
26. Human Rights Act 1998
Mendoza v Ghaidan (2004)
◦ Gay partners were living together.
◦ Rent Act 1977 only allowed one partner to
inherit the other‟s tenancy if they were
“living together as man and wife”.
◦ He was going to be kicked out after his
partner‟s death simply because he was
gay.
27. Human Rights Act 1998
Mendoza v Ghaidan (2004)
◦ The words “living together as man and
wife” were re-read as if they said “living
together as if they were man or wife”.
◦ To make the Rent Act compatible with
human rights.
◦ He got to inherent the tenancy.
28. Human Rights Act 1998
Bellinger v Bellinger (2003)
◦ Matrimonial Clauses Act 1971 limited
marriage to a “man and a woman”.
◦ House of Lords said it was not possible
to read this so as to include those who
have undergone gender reassignment.
29. Relevance to the Constitution
Debate
If we had a written constitution, the
judges would have to interpret it.
What happens in 300 years when the
constitution is aged and worn?
Judges will have to fit the modern world
around it by using their own
interpretations.
But judges are not elected or
accountable to the people.
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UhMDShs
31. Aids to Interpretation
Intrinsic: Long title, short
title, schedules, individual sections.
Extrinsic:
Dictionary, Hansard, international
treaties.
32. Rules of Language
Ejusdem generis:
◦ Latin for “of the same kind”.
◦ Where a list of words is followed by
general words, the general words are
limited by the specific words in the list.
33. Rules of Language
Powell v Kempton Park Racecourse
(1899)
◦ D charged with keeping a
“house, office, room or other place for
betting”.
◦ He had been operating an outdoor
betting stall.
◦ HELD: Since the list is restricted to
indoor places, so was the general phrase
“other places”.
34. Rules of Language
Expressio unius exclusio alterius:
◦ Latin: “The expression of one thing is the
exclusion of another.”
◦ Where there is a list of words not followed
by general words, the Act only applies to
the items in the list.
35. Rules of Language
Tempest v Kilner (1846)
◦ Statute of Frauds 1677 required a
contract for the sale of goods, wares and
merchandise of more than £10 to be
evidenced in writing.
◦ Court held that this did not apply to a
contract for the sale of stocks and
shares.
36. Rules of Language
Noscitur a sociis:
◦ Latin for “A word is known by the
company it keeps.”
◦ The word must be looked at in context.
◦ Look at other words in the section and
other sections in the Act.
37. Rules of Language
Inland Revenue Commissioners v
Frere (1965)
◦ Section set out rules for
“interest, annuities, or other annual
interest”.
◦ Because of the words “other annual
interest”, the court decided that “interest”
only meant annual interest.
38. Finding Parliament‟s Intention
The historical setting.
Earlier case law.
Dictionaries of the time.
Previous Acts on the same topic.
International treaties.
Law reform reports (identifying the
“mischief” to be remedied).
Hansard.
39. Finding Parliament‟s Intention
Until 1992 there was a firm rule that
Hansard could not be used.
Davis v Johnson (1979)
◦ Lord Denning: “Some may say...that
judges should not pay any attention to
what was said in Parliament. They should
grope about in the dark for the meaning
of an Act without switching on the light. I
do not accede to this view.
40. Finding Parliament‟s Intention
Same case reached the House of
Lords
◦ Lord Scarman: “Such material is an
unreliable guide to the meaning of what
is enacted. It promotes confusion not
clarity. The cut and thrust of debate and
the pressures of executive
responsibility...are not always conducive
to a clear and unbiased explanation of the
meaning of statutory language.”
41. Finding Parliament‟s Intention
Pepper v Hart (1993)
◦ Lord Browne-Wilkinson: “The exclusionary
rule should be relaxed so as to permit
reference to parliamentary materials where a)
legislation is ambiguous or obscure, or
leads to absurdity; b) the material relied on
consists of one or more statements by a
minister or other promoter of the Bill
together if necessary with such other
parliamentary material as is necessary to
understand such statements and their effect;
c) the statements relied on are clear. Further
than this I would not at present go.
42. Summary
There is a variety of approaches judges use
when interpreting an Act of Parliament.
The method chosen often depends on
individual preference and the type of law
being interpreted.
There is a balance to be struck between the
separation of powers and the need to
promote fairness.
The Human Rights Act gives judges authority
to stretch Parliament‟s words.
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