The corect approach to interpretation of a court order was, broadly, to apply the principles of statutory interpretation. In a court order, one was concerned with the intention of the court in making the order, and this was closer to the exercise involved in construing the intention of the legislature when enacting a statute than it was to construing the intention of parties to a contract.
Judges:
Edward Murray sitting as a deputy judge of the Chancery Division
Citations:
[2014] EWHC 1383 (Ch), [2014] WLR(D) 201, [2014] 1 WLR 3396
Links:
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Litigation Practice
Updated: 28 July 2022; Ref: scu.525576