Lord Denning considered the strict interpretation rule: ‘We do not sit here to pull the language of Parliament to pieces and make nonsense of it. 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’
Judges:
Lord Denning
Citations:
[1950] 2 All ER 1226
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Appeal from – Magor and St Mellons Rural District Council v Newport Corporaion HL 1951
The Court of Appeal had tried to fill in the gaps in a statute where parliament had intended an effect.
Held: Rights to compensation are well capable of falling within the definition of ‘property of a company’ in the relevant provisions of the . .
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Litigation Practice
Updated: 13 May 2022; Ref: scu.200612