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It is clear from judicial decisions, that the courts have only ever taken a literal approach to statutory interpretation.” With reference to decided cases, critically discuss the validity or otherwise of this statement.
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It is clear from judicial decisions, that the courts have only ever taken a literal approach to statutory interpretation." With reference to decided cases, critically discuss the validity or otherwise of this statement. I think that the validity of the above statement can be questioned on its validity because I think that there are two sides to the statement. The courts have most definitely used the literal approach to statutory interpretation, however not all statues do they use the literal approach. Other rules can be seen that have shown that the courts have used other approaches such as the golden rule and mischief rule. Below I will gather the evidence that supports the statement and also gather information that I have found on the other approaches used as statutory interpretation. And finally, a conclusion would be summed up. Firstly, the validity of the above statement is incorrect to the extent that there has...
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