Vodafone Cellular Ltd & Others v Shaw [1997] 69TC376
Citation:Vodafone Cellular Ltd & Others v Shaw [1997] 69TC376
Rule of thumb 1: What happens if none of the case-law is quite in point but lots of cases are very similar? If there are lots of similar cases to the current case, though none quite in point, the Court should generally follow the general thrust of the case law via inductive reasoning.
Rule of thumb 2: How do you argue your case if there is no in-point case-law but lots of similar cases? Use the phrase, the ‘principles derived from those cases are sufficient to satisfy that…’.
Judgment:
'The principles derived from the foregoing survey of the authorities are sufficient to satisfy me that...’, Millett LJ
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