Colquhoun v Brooks

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
CourtCourt of Appeal
Date1888
Year1888

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  • Interpretation Of Statutes
    • Nigeria
    • DSC Publications Online Sasegbon's Laws of Nigeria. Volume 12 Interpretation Of Statutes
    • 3 July 2016
    ...it was held that the maxim might not always provide the answer to problems of construction. In the case of Colqulroun v. Brooks, (1888) 21 Q.B.D. 52 at 65, Lopez L.J. said: - “The maxim ‘ Expressio unius, exclusio alterius’ has been pressed upon us. I agree with what is said in the Court be......
  • Nigerian Legal System
    • Nigeria
    • DSC Publications Online Sasegbon's Laws of Nigeria. Volume 16 Nigerian Legal System
    • 11 July 2016
    ...of the legislature in regard thereto and this in spite of the maxim expressio unius exclusio alterius. In Colquhonu v. Brooks (1888), 21 Q.B.D. 52 Wills, J., expressed the view that this maxim “is one which requires to be watched. The failure to make the ‘expressio’ complete very often aris......
  • From Foreign Circumstances to First Instance Considerations: Extrinsic Material and the Law of Statutory Interpretation
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Federal Law Review No. 34-1, March 2006
    • 1 March 2006
    ...in Brazil, above n 8, 505. 56 Ibid 503–4. 57 The maxim is, of course, 'a valuable servant, but a dangerous master': Colquhoun v Brooks (1888) 21 QBD 52, 65; see also, Houssein v Under Secretary of Industrial Relations (1982) 148 CLR 88, 94 (Stephen, Mason, Aickin, Wilson and Brennan JJ). 58......