You are a well-known attorney who specialises in assisting your clients with insurance claims. One of your clients, Mbeko, comes to consult with you. He instituted an insurance claim for damage to his car which he sustained in a motor vehicle collision but, because Mbeko is not a legal practitioner, he is struggling to understand what is required of him to lodge his insurance claim because the relevant section in the Insurance Claims Act 4 of 1988 does not make sense to him. Mbeko feels that this Act is outdated and makes no sense to the layperson.

1)Discuss the rule that you would use to understand the historical context of this legislation,

2)what the aim of the rule is and what questions need to be asked in terms of this rule to establish the meaning of the legislation in question?