A week in which MPs were given less time to decide the future of 65 million people than they devoted to the Wild Animals in Circuses Act which affected 19 animals, while…
…non-lawyers were reminded that “‘reading’ is not the same as legislative oversight and scrutiny”. Scott Wortley observed “It is presumed that every word in a statute must be given effective meaning – McMonagle v Westminster City Council [1990] 2 AC 71 – as “Legislature is deemed not to write in words or to say anything in vain”: Quebec Railway, Light, Heat and Power Company v Vandry (1920) AC 662 (per Lord Sumner); Continue reading