“…. Indeed, even greater violence can be done to statutory language where it is plain that there has been a drafting mistake: R v Federal Steam Navigation Co Ltd [1974] 1 WLR 505, 509 (Lord Reid), and Inco Europe Ltd v First Choice Distribution [2000] 1 WLR…”
“… that Parliament intended to perform its international treaty obligations (see, for example, Federal Steam Navigation Co Ltd v Department of Trade and Industry [1974] 1 WLR 505 at 523, HL, per Lord Wilberforce). There is no dispute about that proposition of statutory interpretation. However, the judge did not go down that path.…”