Judges look at the positive reasons Parliament created the legislation
and interpret the words to bring about that purpose
Forward looking, Used in EU Court of Justice and
when considering Human Rights issues
Allows judges to look at the aims of the Act in
current social context
R v Registrar General Ex parte Smith - Refused right to birth
records - Adoption Act 1976 denied on ground of public policy as
he may have been a danger to his birth mother
Jones v Tower Boot Co - Race Relations Act 1976 - Employer held liable
Pickstone v Freemans plc -
RCN v DHSS - Positive aims of the Act were safe abortions
R v Sec of State for Health Ex parte Quintaville - Human Fertilisation
and Embryology Act 1990 - Because of new technology the Act didnt
include Embryos which were cloned