The main task when interpreting statutes in the English legal system is to ascertain the intention of Parliament. Parliament is the ultimate legislator in the English legal system. In our constitutional theory Parliament is sovereign, this means that all legislative power is invested in Parliament, it has no rival in the legislative process. It is the role of Parliament to pass English law in the form of statutes and the judges role in the legal process is to apply these statutes to cases and in order to do this they need to interpret the statute. Previously there have been three recognised r...

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