Colquhoun v Brooks
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Year | 1888 |
| Date | 1888 |
| Court | Court of Appeal |
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44 cases
4 books & journal articles
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Table of cases
...81, 84, 139, 146, 168 using international law in canadian courts 386 Colquhoun v. Brooks (1888) 21 QBD 52 ................................................... 138, 168 Corocraft v. Pan American Airways [1968] 3 WLR 1273 (CA) ......... 133, 138, 176 Council of Civil Service Unions v. Minister......
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Interpretation Of Statutes
...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......
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Nigerian Legal System
...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......
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From Foreign Circumstances to First Instance Considerations: Extrinsic Material and the Law of Statutory Interpretation
...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......