In our system, Parliament makes the law, and judges interpret it.
More head shaking, the judge interpreting for the record.
In most countries judges may only interpret the constitution and all other laws.
We believed that judges should interpret the law, not legislate.
Who knows how some judge might interpret the language twenty or thirty years from now?
This will allow judges to interpret the offence as they best determine.
But the presiding judge interpreted it that way and responded sharply.
In the past, judges have generally interpreted the rule differently.
Nevertheless, judges should interpret the common law in the light of the Charter.
Then in 1989, a judge interpreted the law as requiring the removal of all lead paint.