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A strict application of the plain meaning rule can sometimes result in "absurd" outcomes. Examples of the plain meaning rule producing absurd outcomes can be seen in the following cases: In Whitely v Chappel (1868), a statute made it an offence "to impersonate any person entitled to vote". The defendant used the vote of a dead man.
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 ...
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.
R v Whiteley (1991) 93 Cr App R 25 was an important case in the criminal law of England & Wales in relation to criminal damage.It established that for the purposes of the Criminal Damage Act 1971, [1] the property in question must be tangible but the damage done may be intangible. [2]
Ocampo v. United States: 234 U.S. 91 (1914) sometimes considered one of the Insular Cases: Shreveport Rate Case: 234 U.S. 342 (1914) Commerce clause, regulation of intrastate railroad rates Coppage v. Kansas: 236 U.S. 1 (1915) Economic due process and yellow-dog contracts: Burdick v. United States: 236 U.S. 79 (1915) Legal effect of a pardon ...
Rosie Huntington-Whiteley and Sienna Miller Rosie Huntington-Whiteley and Sienna Miller are all smiles at a Tiffany & Co. event in London on Oct. 3. Taking in the City
Carslogie Steamship Co v Royal Norwegian Government; Carson & Another v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions; Carson and Others v The United Kingdom (2008) Carson and Others v The United Kingdom (2010) Catnic Components Ltd v Hill & Smith Ltd; Cavanagh v Ulster Weaving Co Ltd; Chappell & Co Ltd v Nestle Co Ltd; Chartbrook Ltd v Persimmon ...
Alumni accused UNCSA of allowing faculty to sexually abuse students from the 1960s through 2018 with nearly 60 former students suing the esteemed conservatory. Here’s a look at how we got here.