‘As I see it, that balance is this: Parliament enacts statute law and the judges interpret it. Statute law is necessarily expressed in words, Parliament decides upon these words. The judges say what...

‘As I see it, that balance is this: Parliament enacts statute law and the judges interpret it. Statute law is necessarily expressed in words, Parliament decides upon these words. The judges say what those words mean.’ Lord Denning,
The Closing Chapters
(1983).

Discuss critically the role of judges in the interpretation of statutes.