Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway v Wauchope (1842) 8 ER 279 (HL) In this case Wauchope claimed to have been unlawfully denied his property rights as the result of a statute that had been passed. He claimed that he had not been given proper notice of the impending legislation (in accordance with existing parliamentary standing orders, which were designed to protect affected landowners prior to an enactment). However, the court rejected his argument that the procedural irregularity could render the Act void. Lord Campbell stated:

'… all that a court of justice can look to is the parliamentary roll; they see that an Act has passed both Houses of Parliament, and that it has received the royal assent, and no court of justice can inquire into the manner in which it was introduced into Parliament, what was done previously to its being introduced, or what passed in Parliament during the various stages of its progress through both Houses …'