Interpretation of "purposive approach"

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..... use of Lords has increasingly moved away from the purely literal approach to statutory interpretation towards the purposive approach '. Indeed, in the case of Nothman v. Barnet London Borough Council [1978] 1 WLR 220 (CA), Lord Denning makes the claim that the literal approach has been superseded by the purposive approach . Lord Denning said (at p. 228) : The literal method is now completely o .....

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