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6. In what approach is Re Sigsworth

  • Broad
  • Purposive
  • Narrow

7. In Wood v Commissioner of Metro Police, what was the broken glass no EG with?

  • 'house office room or other place'
  • 'gun, pistol, cutlass, bludgeon or any other weapon'
  • 'lands titles and coal mines'

8. What happened in R v Inhabitants of Sedgley?

  • Rates could be charged on 'land, titles and coal mines', so they couldnt be charged on any mine apart from coal mines
  • He killed his mother to inherit her estate
  • He parked his taxi on private land, but he still got customers from the street- guilty

9. What was held in Foster v Diphwys Casson, and what rule of language is it?

  • Broken glass wasnt included in list of 'gun, pistol, cutlass, bludgeon or any other weapon. Ejusdem Generis
  • Cloth bag wasnt in statutory definition. Must be same strength as case or canister. Noscitur a sociis
  • He wasnt reparing or relaying the lines, only cleaning them, Ejusdem Generis

10. What was the ratio of Cheeseman?

  • not guilty- the policemen were not 'passengers' because they went looking for him
  • Guilty- he was exposing himself
  • No compensation granted- he was maintaning lines, not 'relaying or reparing' them

11. What was held in Fitzpatrick v Sterling Housing Assoc.?

  • Nurses could be considered as 'registered medical practitioners'
  • 'spouse' doesnt apply, but 'family' can include a longstanding, close, loving relationship.
  • He wasnt 'spouse' or 'family'

12. What were the words interpreted in RCN v DHSS?

  • 'street'
  • 'registered medical pracitioner'
  • 'plying for hire'

13. Ratio of Re Sigsworth

  • No ambiguity but judges decided it would be 'repugnant to public policy' so Parliament couldnt have intended it
  • 'vicinity of' should be near/on the place- guilty
  • Actions were included in the Act's intention

14. What does Ejusdem Generis mean?

  • 'you are wrong'
  • 'Of the same kind'
  • 'dont be mean'
  • 'the mention of one thing excludes another'

15. Which rule of language is a closed list?

  • Ejusdem Generis
  • Expressio unius est exclusio alterius
  • Noscitur a sociis

16. Facts of Eastbourne Borough Coucil v Stirling

  • Used the vote of a dead person
  • It was illegal to ply for hire in the street without a licence, so Stirling parked his taxi on privat land.
  • He exposed himself to people in public toilets

17. What does Noscitur a sociis mean?

  • 'of the same kind'
  • 'closed list'
  • 'a word is known by the company it keeps'
  • 'mention of thing excludes another'

18. What happened in Jones v Tower Boot Co.?

  • Employee suffered racial harrassment, it was illegal to suffer harrassment during the course of employment
  • A man was killed whilst cleaning the railways, his wife tried to claim for it
  • A man tried to marry two people, this was illegal

19. Which case explains the literal rule- 'natural and ordinary meaning'?

  • Cheeseman
  • Pinner v Everett
  • Magor and St Mellons v Newport Corporation
  • Re Sigsworth

20. In which case does a prostitute knock on the window because it is illegal to 'solicit in a street or public place'?

  • Smith v Hughes
  • Berriman
  • Re Sigsworth
  • Bulmer Ltd