Capper v Baldwin

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Date1965
CourtDivisional Court
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  • RETROACTIVE OR RETROSPECTIVE LAW
    • Nigeria
    • DSC Publications Online Sasegbon’s Judicial Dictionary of Nigerian Law. First edition R
    • February 6, 2019
    ...make retrospective legislation he quoted with approval the Supreme Court case of Ahmed v. Kassim (1958) 1 N.S.C.C. 11; Capper v. Baldwn (1965) 2 Q.B. 53 at 61 etc. to hold that a certain amount of common sense must be applied in construing statutes and that the object of the statute must be......

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