OHS 208 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Mischief Rule, Plain Meaning Rule, Statutory Interpretation

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Occupational Health
• Course: OHS 208
• Professor: Dwight Barratt

Document Summary

In module 2, we identified the three branches of government, namely the executive, legislature and judiciary. The roles of each of the three organs of government were briefly discussed. As you will recall, we described the judiciary branch to include the courts, judges and other officers of the court. The judiciary branch also provides guidance to the general public, ensuring there are no ambiguities in what the provision of a statute or legislation means. Statutory interpretation is the process by which courts interpret and apply legislation. A (cid:396)ead of the la(cid:449) (cid:373)a(cid:455) (cid:374)ot a(cid:374)s(cid:449)e(cid:396) e(cid:373)plo(cid:455)e(cid:396)"s o(cid:396) e(cid:373)plo(cid:455)ee"s (cid:395)uestio(cid:374)s. the (cid:272)ou(cid:396)ts th(cid:396)ough their statutory or legislative interpretive role are looked upon to answer questions like the ones mentioned above. Factors that have been used by the courts in answering this question include: the level of control the employer maintains over the worker, (cid:449)hethe(cid:396) o(cid:396) (cid:374)ot the (cid:449)o(cid:396)ke(cid:396) p(cid:396)o(cid:448)ides e(cid:395)uip(cid:373)e(cid:374)t a(cid:374)d the (cid:449)o(cid:396)ke(cid:396)"s oppo(cid:396)tu(cid:374)it(cid:455) fo(cid:396) p(cid:396)ofit.