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  2. Plain meaning rule - Wikipedia

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    However, use of the literal rule may defeat the intention of Parliament. For instance, in the case of Whiteley v. Chappel, [10] the court came to the reluctant conclusion that Whiteley could not be convicted of impersonating "any person entitled to vote" at an election, because the person he impersonated was dead. Using a literal construction ...

  3. Purposive approach - Wikipedia

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    The purposive approach (sometimes referred to as purposivism, [1] purposive construction, [2] purposive interpretation, [3] or the modern principle in construction) [4] is an approach to statutory and constitutional interpretation under which common law courts interpret an enactment (a statute, part of a statute, or a clause of a constitution) within the context of the law's purpose.

  4. Social Security Fairness Act could restore benefits, but ...

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    The benefits formula includes "bend points," which are adjusted annually based on wage inflation. These adjustments are crucial because the actual amount of the WEP reduction is determined the ...

  5. Impersonator - Wikipedia

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    In England and Wales, the Poor Law Amendment Act 1851, section 3, made it an offence to impersonate a "person entitled to vote" at an election.In the case of Whiteley v Chappell (1868), the literal rule of statutory interpretation was employed to find that a dead person was not a "person entitled to vote" and consequently a person accused of this offence was acquitted.

  6. US appeals court won't revisit Ghislaine Maxwell's sex ... - AOL

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    A U.S. appeals court has rejected British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell's request to revisit its decision upholding her conviction for helping the late financier Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse ...

  7. Re Londonderry's Settlement - Wikipedia

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    Hawkesley v May [1955] 3 WLR 569, obligation to inform beneficiaries of their status as beneficiaries when they turn 18. Re Manisty’s Settlement [1971] Ch 17, no necessary duty to inform objects of a power of their status, only the primary objects, who are identifiable only as a question of fact

  8. ‘No one should have to be fighting cancer and insurance at ...

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    Instead of being able to calmly focus on her chemotherapy treatment, Arete Tsoukalas had to spend hours on the phone arguing with her insurer while receiving infusions in the hospital.

  9. Kyles v. Whitley - Wikipedia

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    The Court held that Kyles should be granted a new trial. The Court noted Brady v.Maryland (1963), which held that the suppression by the prosecution of evidence favorable to an accused upon request violates due process where the evidence is material either to guilt or to punishment, irrespective of the good faith or bad faith of the prosecution.