Tuesday, 27 April 2010

Partridge v Critenden (1968) 2 All ER 425

Partridge v Critenden (1968) 2 All ER 425
The defendant placed an advert in a classified section of a magazine offering some bramble finches for sale. S.6 of the Protection of Birds Act 1954 made it an offence to offer such birds for sale.
Held:The defendant's conviction was quashed. The advert was an invitation to treat not an offer. The literal rule of statutory interpretation was applied.

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