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Minister of Home Affairs v Fisher

[1979] UKPC 21; [1980] AC 319; [1979] 2 WLR 889 (PC, on appeal from Bermuda)

JurisdictionUnited Kingdom

CourtJudicial Committee of the Privy Council (on appeal from Bermuda)

Year1979

StatusPersuasive authority

Key Principle

A constitution safeguarding fundamental rights is sui generis and must be given a generous, purposive interpretation suited to its character, not construed like an ordinary statute.

Area of Law

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