 Justice was right in saying that a retrospective operation ought not to be given to the statute, "unless the intention of the Legislature that it should be so construed is expressed in clear, plain, and unambiguous language, because it manifestly shocks...  The New South Wales Law Reports, 1880-1900 - Page 38by New South Wales. Supreme Court - 1898Full view - About this book
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1866
..."administer the law very properly guard against giving to an Act "of Parliament a retrospective operation, unless the intention of "the Legislature that it should be so construed is expressed in "plain, clear, and unambiguous language; because it manifestly "strikes our sense of justice that an... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1866
...administer the law very properly guard against giving to an Act "of Parliament a retrospective operation, unless the intention of "the Legislature that it should be so construed is expressed in " plain, clear, and unambiguous language ; because it manifestly "strikes our sense of justice that... | |
 | Jabez Gridley Sutherland - History - 1891 - 696 pages
...administer the law very properly guard against giving to an act of parliament a retrospective operation, unless the intention of the legislature that it should...construed is expressed in clear, plain and unambiguous iBuhl v. Kenyon, 11 Mich. 249. See Westinghausen v. People, 44 id. See Westervelt v. People, 20 Wend.... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1900
...administer the law, very properly guard against giving to an act of Parliament a retrospective operation, unless the intention of the legislature that it should...expressed in clear, plain, and unambiguous language.' Such laws are looked upon with general disfavor. In Dash \. Van Kli-cck, 7 Johns. 500, Kent, Ch. J.,... | |
 | Jabez Gridley Sutherland - Law - 1904 - 1416 pages
...administer the law very properly guard against giving to an act of parliament a retrospective operation, unless the intention of the legislature that it should...expressed in clear, plain and unambiguous language."'" Such laws are looked upon with general disfavor. In Dash v. Van Kleeck,82 Kent, CJ, said: "There has... | |
 | Elihu Lauterpacht - Law - 1945 - 688 pages
...Interpretation of Statutes : ' As a general principle retrospective operation ought not to be given to a statute unless the intention of the Legislature that it should be so construed is expressed in plain and unambiguous language ' (8th edition, 1937, p. 5). The same rule is expressed in a number... | |
 | H. Lauterpacht - Business & Economics - 1986 - 651 pages
...Interpretation of Statutes : ' As a general principle retrospective operation ought not to be given to a statute unless the intention of the Legislature that it should be so construed is expressed in plain and unambiguous language ' (8th edition, 1937, p. 5). The same rule is expressed in a number... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1898
...24)— Public Service Act, 1895 (59 Viet. No. 25). A retrospective operation ought not to be given to a statute unless the intention of the Legislature that it should be so construed is expressed in plain and unambiguous language, where the effect of such construction would be to convert an act wrongfully... | |
 | Victoria. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1902
...opinion that the rule laid down by Erie, CJ, in Midland Railmy Co. v. Pye (6) ought to apply. They think that, in a case like the present, the learned Chief...Legislature that it should be so construed is expressed in plain and unambiguous language, because it manifestly shocks one's sense of justice that an act legal... | |
 | Victoria. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc
...administer the law very properly guard against giving to an act of Parliament a retrospective operation unless the intention of the Legislature that it should...expressed in clear, plain, and unambiguous language." (Per Erie, CJ, Mid A'. Co. v. Pt/e, 10 CB (NS), 191.) It is to ascertain whether such is the case that... | |
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