Letter: Lewis Carroll’s words best suited to marriage ruling
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Dear Editor,
Reading Ms Welsby’s interesting analysis of the Standish case prompted me to read the full report. How one party to a marriage can give with one hand and take back with the other is puzzling, certainly to me.
It is reminiscent of Lord Atkins’ dissenting judgement in Liversidge v Anderson [1942] AC 206:
“I know of only one authority which might justify the suggested method of construction: ‘When I use a word,’ Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, ‘it means just what I choose it to mean, neither more nor less.’”
Branislav Sudjic
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