The repeal of a statutory exemption which had allowed the company to trade in competition with a government established board providing the same services, was ‘a device for diverting a definite part of the business of furniture removers and storage from the respondents and others to the appellant’ and was intended ‘to enable the appellants to capture the . . business’.
However, a provision in an Act that caused someone to lose property, without compensation, offended against the principle that no one’s goods may be taken without compensation
Judges:
Lord MacDermott CJ
Citations:
[1953] NI 79
Jurisdiction:
Northern Ireland
Cited by:
Cited – Regina v Z (Attorney General for Northern Ireland’s Reference) HL 19-May-2005
The defendants appealed their convictions for being members of proscribed organisations. They were members of the ‘Real IRA’, but only the IRA was actually proscribed.
Held: The appeals failed. In construing an Act of Parliament it may be of . .
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Administrative, Human Rights
Updated: 30 June 2022; Ref: scu.225199
