Purposive Approach

Purposive Approach

1. The courts look to see what the purpose of the law passed is

2. R v Registrar-General, ex parte Smith

3. R (on the application of Quintavalle) v Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority

4. Leads to justice in individual cases

5. Allows for new developments in technology

6. Avoids absurd decisions

7. Difficult to find Parliaments intention

8. Allows judges to make law

9. Leads to uncertainty in the law