The court considered conflicting interpretations of Acts: It would be wrong for the court to introduce into a matter already in all conscience complicated enough, and made complicated by imperfections of drafting, refinements and narrow distinctions between cases which might fall under one section rather than another of the same legislation.
Judges:
Lord Evershed MR
Citations:
[1957] 2 QB 535
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Simpson v Regina CACD 23-May-2003
The appellant challenged a confiscation order made on his conviction of VAT fraud. It was argued that one could not be made unless a proper notice had been given, and none of the offences occurred before 1995. On the assumption that section 1 of the . .
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Criminal Practice
Updated: 23 March 2022; Ref: scu.182385