National Assistance Board v Wilkinson: 1952

It is a fundamental principle of statutory construction that Parliament should not be taken as effecting a fundamental alteration in the general law, by (say) abolishing a long established defence, unless it made this expressly clear in the statutory wording.

Judges:

Devlin J

Citations:

[1952] 2 QB 648

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Cited by:

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Updated: 15 May 2022; Ref: scu.349047