The Weekly Law Reports
[1983] 3 WLR 835
[HOUSE OF LORDS]
REGINA RESPONDENT AND CHARD APPELLANT
1983 Oct. 17;
Nov. 10
Nov. 10
Lord Diplock, Lord Scarman, Lord Roskill, Lord Brandon of Oakbrook and Lord Templeman
Crime
— Court of Appeal
— Reference by Secretary of State
— Power to refer “whole case”
— Whether consideration of court confined to grounds of reference
—
Criminal Appeal Act 1968 (c.19), s. 17 (1) (a)
Judicial Precedent
— Statute
— Construction
— Re-enactment of statutory provision
— Use of interpreted word in subsequent statute
— Proper approach to construction