ņ Łōňőņ Ł¨ňʼnŁňŎŊŎŃņŒŎœ ŏŊŎœŒňőŋŎœ őŒŎ ńŊŊņŌňʼnŎ ʼnŁň őŒŎ ŁŃŃŊňʼnŎ ¨ňʼnŁňŎ
36
ŮŞŲťŢŜ ũūūťŢůŦŧř ŧŞŦ ŮŢ ŧŞůŞűŞůŦŧś ŢŬŜůŴŮŤ, ūŦŞ ūŬűś ŬŚŢŦ ŞŰůś
ũŞ ŨřşŢŦ. őůŤũ ŞŷűŞŮŤ Wooder Investment Development Ltd v. Wim-
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175
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šŢšūŚũŤŭ ůŤŭ ũūūťŢůŦŧśŭ ŞšŬřũŢŦŞŭ ůŴũ ůŢŨŢŰůŞŜŴũ ŲŬŷũŴũ, ůŞ šŦŧŞ-
ŮůśŬŦŞ ŞũŞŠŧřţūũůŞŦ ũŞ šŬřŮūŰũ ŧŞŦ ŢŜũŞŦ ŬūűŞũŚŭ ŷůŦ ťŞ ŢũŚŧŬŦũŢ ůŤ
ũūūťŢůŦŧś ŞŬŚşŞŮŤ. ŎūŜŴŭ ŧŞŦ ŮůŤũ ŞŷűŞŮŤ National Westminster
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176
. ņ řūųŤ ŞŰůś ŚŲŢŦ ŰūŮůŤŬŦŲťŢŜ ŧŞŦ Şŷ řŨŨūŰŭ
šŦŧŞŮůŚŭ
177
ŧŞŦ ŞũůŦŧŞůūůŬŜţŢůŞŦ ŮůŦŭ ūŦŨŜŢŭ ůŤŭ Murphy v. Brentwood
D.C.
178
. ĽŴŭ ŰūŮůŤŬŜţŢůŞŦ
179
, ůŷŮū ū ťŢŮŷŭ ŷŮū ŧŞŦ Ť ŠŢũŦŧś ŞŬŲś ůūŰ
šŦŧŞŜūŰ ŬŚŢŦ ŨŚūũ ũŞ ŢŦŮŞŲťūŸũ ŮůŤũ ŚũũūŤ ůřŪŤ ŚŮŴ ůŤŭ ũūūťŢŮŜ-
Şŭ. ņ ŬūűŞũśŭ ŞŬūťŰŜŞ ůŴũ šŦŧŞŮůŤŬŜŴũ ũŞ ŞūŮŞűŤũŜŮūŰũ ůŤ ŠŢũŦŧś
ŞŬŲś ŞūůŢŨŢŜ ŮūşŞŬŷ ŨŷŠū ŠŦŞ ũūūťŚůŤŮŤ. ņ Ť ũūūťŢůŤŚũŤ ŠŢũŦŧś
ŞŬŲś ŢũŚŲŢŦ ůūũ ŧŜũšŰũū ůŤŭ ūŦŮťūŲŹŬŤŮŤŭ Ţŧ ŚŬūŰŭ ůŴũ šŦŧŞŮůŤŬŜŴũ,
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, ŷūŰ ŚŠŦũŢ Ţŧ ũŚūŰ šŢŧůś Ť
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ŞŰŮůŤŬś ŧŬŦůŦŧś ŧŞůř ůŤŭ ťŢŴŬŜŞŭ ŞŰůśŭ Şŷ ůŤ łūŰŨś ůŴũ ŊŷŬšŴũ ŮůŦŭ
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ŏřũůŴŭ, ůŞ ŢŦŲŢŦŬśŞůŞ ŧŞůř ůŤŭ ũūūťŚůŤŮŤŭ ŮŰũšŚūũůŞŦ Ţ ůŤ űŸŮŤ
ŧŞŦ ůŤũ ŞŬřšūŮŤ ůūŰ ŞŠŠŨŦŧūŸ šŦŧŞŜūŰ ũŞ šŬŞ Şŷ ŰŷťŢŮŤ ŮŢ ŰŷťŢ-
ŮŤ (case by case method) ŧŞŦ ũŞ ūšŤŠŢŜůŞŦ ŮŢ ŞūůŢŨŚŮŞůŞ ŚŮŴ ůŤŭ
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ŧŞůřŮůŞŮŤŭ, ŷŴŭ ŢŧůŚťŤŧŢ ŞũŴůŚŬŴ. ŊŷŠŴ ůūŰ ŠŢŠūũŷůūŭ ŷůŦ, ŷŴŭ
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