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Meaning of a retroactive legislation
The principle that every statute is prospective not retrospective in its operation, unless the statute is specifically or by necessary implication made retrospective.
The principle that retrospectivity is a rebuttable presumption and may be displaced when conditions are satisfied
When a legislation will be deemed retrospective
Whether a statute can be construed as having retrospective effect
Whether a statute can be prospective in some respects but retrospective in some respects
Whether legislation which governs procedure and practice of the Courts is presumed to be retrospective
Whether the courts can question a retrospective legislation
Whether the provisions of section 13(2)(a) of the Commission for Human Rights and Administrative Justice Act 1993 (Act 456) and of the Limitation Decree, 1973 (NRCD 54) can open the door to retrospectivity
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