Simplify the challenge of interpretation
Legislation can be difficult to interpret and understand. The text of legislation can be ambiguous and technical in nature – the rules of statutory interpretation must be applied in order to assess the effect and impact of new law.
Before you can begin to apply the law, you need to understand what it means. Annotated Statutes will help you deconstruct the law, comply with its regulations and challenge it if necessary.
Easy to use, effective in practice
Guidance notes are provided at section level and help you use legislation correctly. Linguistic anomalies and structural difficulties are discussed, so you can see how to apply the law in practice.
By looking at the intention of Parliament, the Westlaw UK Annotated Statutes team focus on how the courts are likely to interpret the law.
They cover:
- Effect and purpose
- Terms defined
- Judicial consideration
- Possible ambiguity
- Human Rights application
- Derivation or origin of an enactment
- Pepper v Hart notes
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Where appropriate the annotations also refer to a library of General Notes, which deal with issues arising routinely in legislation. These notes provide a regularly updated research tool on the meaning of terms that are of key interest to you. General Notes signpost issues found in the text of legislation.
To view more General Notes click here.
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