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Introduction to Law Types of law Assignment 3 Problems of Statutory Interpretations Graham was killed while carrying out maintenance work... The literal rule This rule is the statutory construction which dictates that statutes are to be interpreted using the ordinary meaning of the language of the statute. The court will take the words 'relaying' and 'repairing' in the literal meaning and therefore, it didn't consider the oiling points along the railway as relaying or repairing but as maintaining and repairing. Case in R v judge of the city of London where lord Esher says that even if the results lead to absurdity, it should still be followed even if its plain, ordinary or literal meaning. The golden rule This rule is a modification of the literal rule. This rule is known as the British rule, means that the words of the statute should be understood in their ordinary sense. To avoid an absurd result, the phrase 'for the purpose of...

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