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An explanation of the rule was given in the Sussex Peerage Case (1844; 11 Cl&Fin 85). "The only rule for construction of Acts of Parliament is that they should be construed according to the intent of the Parliament which passed the Act. If the words of the Statute are in themselves precise and unambiguous, then no more can be necessary than to ...
Duke of Sussex is a substantive title, one of several royal dukedoms in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It is a hereditary title of a specific rank of nobility in the British royal family . It has been created twice and takes its name from the historic county of Sussex in England.
The Buckhurst Peerage Case established the principle that, once a peer inherits the peerage, he is forever "ennobled in blood" and cannot be deprived of it (except by act of Parliament). In 1864, a barony ( Baroness Buckhurst ) was created for Elizabeth Sackville-West , the wife of George John Sackville-West, 5th Earl De La Warr , with a ...
The highest degree of the British peerage system, a duke or duchess title is traditionally granted to a prince and his spouse upon marriage. Take the Duke and Duchess of Sussex , aka Prince Harry ...
The Royal Marriages Act 1772 (12 Geo. 3.c. 11) was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain which prescribed the conditions under which members of the British royal family could contract a valid marriage, in order to guard against marriages that could diminish the status of the royal house.
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.
The year 2024 marked multiple developments in the legal cases brought by the Duke of Sussex in the UK. Here the PA news agency looks at what has happened with Harry in the courts over the last 12 ...
A judge’s ruling in the Duke of Sussex’s phone hacking claim against the publisher of the Daily Mirror is the latest stage of his multiple High Court legal battles with newspaper publishers.