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R v Whitehouse (1999) The Times December 10.

- meaning of "likely"- a real risk.

undefined: unpaid

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• Re H (Minors)(Sexual Abuse: Standard of Proof) [1996] AC 563.
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• Wallis v Bristol Water Plc [2009] EWHC 3432 (Admin).
  - meaning of “likely”. - whereas ambiguity in a penal provision should generally be construed in favour of D, this was subject to the statutory context and legislative purpose. - “likely” in a law concerned with protecting public health meant “a real possibility” rather than a “probability”.