1) What is meant by statutory interpretation a) the process by which the court looks at a statute and determine what it means b) Law made by some person or another body than parliament but with the same authority of parliament c) the source of law where past decisions of the judges create law for future judges to follow 2) What is the Literal Rule a) Used for absurd decisions b) Taking the words of the statue for the literal meaning c) consider the long title 3) Case first established in a) Heydon’s case 1584 b) R V City of London Court Judge c) Pepper V Hart 4) Case example  a) Elliot V Grey b) Re Sigworth c) London & North Easter Railway Co V Bergman 5) What is the Golden Rule a) used when literal leads to absurdity b) judges look at the approach behind the legislation 6) Case established in a) Heydons Case 1584 b) Grey V Pearson 1857 c) Pepper V Hart 7) Case example a) Re Sigworth b) Jones v tower boot co c) Re Conjoined twins 2000 8) What is Mischief Rule a) Judges look at the meaning behind the wording used and why it was used b) Judges look at the main approach behind the legislation c) The powers given by parliament are abused 9) case established a) Magor & St. Melons district V Newport b) Heydons case 1584 c) R v Cilliers 2017 10) Case example a) Elliot V Grey b) R V Bingham c) R V Woolin 1998 11) What is the Purposive Approach a) Taking into account matter which weren’t relevant b) Judges look at the approach behind the legislation c) Look at why it was approved by parliament 12) Case established a) Magor & St.Melons distort V Newport b) Dangerous Dog Act c) Heydons Case 1585 13) case example a) are Conjoined twins 2000 b) Jones V tower boot co c) Grey V Pearson 14) Positive of Literal Rule a) easy to understand b) Predicable results c) avoids absurdity 15) negative of literal rule a) Leads to absurd decisions b) undermine parliamentary sovereignty c) justice in individual cases 16) Positive of Golden rule a) No clear definition b) Avoids absurdity c) Difficult to discover intent 17) Negative of Golden Rule a) No clear definition of what is absurd b) Bias c) ethical issues 18) Positive of Mischief rule a) easy to do b) more discretion allowed c) predictable 19) Negative of Mischief rule a) Leads to absurdity b) Undermines parliamentary sovereignty c) hard to do 20) Positive of Purposive approach a) Justice in individual cases b) avoids absurdity c) easy to understand 21) Negative of Purposive Approach a) Difficult to discover intent b) no clear definition c) more discretion 22) Which is an Internal Aid a) rules of language b) Dictionary c) Hansard d) The statute itself 23) Which is an External aid a) Presumption b) Hansard c) Law reports d) Expressio Unius 24) What does “Ejusdem Generis” mean a) words of the same kind b) word with a different meaning 25) What is Hansard a) An offical daily report of what was said in parliamentary debates b) when the courts assume that certain points implied in all legislation 26) What case overturned the rule against consulting Hansard a) Pepper V Hart b) R v R 1991

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