AO3 - Mischief Rule

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  P - Flexible

  DP - Corrects errors

  WDP - Apply common sense
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  P - Law Commissions' view

  DP - 'More satisfactory approach'

  WDP - Blackstone
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  P - Achieves Parliament's intent

  DP - Discovers the intent

  WDP - Parliamentary sovereignty
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  P - Law can develop

  DP - No gaps

  WDP - Royal College of Nursing
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  P - Extrinsic aids

  DP - Rely too much

  WDP - Takes time
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  P - Judicial creativity

  DP - Increases judge's power

  WDP - Conflicts legal system
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  P - Reluctant to use

  DP - Prefer other rules

  WDP - Don't always agree
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  P - Uncertainty

  DP - Don't know outcome

  WDP - Lessens predictability