... statutes can not be applicable to every possible situation, hence the Judges do have a chance to express their own opinion in the final interpretation. Each Judge inevitably will have different views and opinions on matters within the statutes so can be seen where "personal preferences" and "prejudices" is derived from in the public eye yet the term "free rein" is absurd to an extent. Judges have to interpret each individual case whenever it comes before them and obviously there is going to be differences between judgments as every individual judge is entitled to their own set of beliefs and morals in coherence with the statutes and public interest. As Sir Carlton Allen talked about problems regarding statutory interpretation 'we are driven in the end to the unsatisfying conclusion that the whole matter ultimately turns on impalpable and indefinable elements of judicial spirit or attitude.' 1 Broadly speaking there are ...

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