The omniscient draftsman - the answer to Virgin Media?

Paul Newman KC has written an article on the principles of statutory construction, which might be relevant to the interpretation of a term of art used in a statutory instrument - such as "accrued rights" in the contracting-out legislation recently considered by the court in Virgin Media Ltd v NTL Pension Trustees II Ltd.

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InFocus PNKC7.pdf

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