Precendent
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- Precedent
- Stare Decisis
- To stand by previous decison
- To follow
- Court Hierachy
- Higher courts bind lower courts
- Avoiding Precedent
- Reverse
- One case on appeal, higher court reversing lower court
- Distinguish
- Any judge
- Any court
- If cases are different, they are treated different
- Overulling
- There are 2 cases, new case will overule old case
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- Supreme court overules themselves
- Reverse
- Judgement
- Ratio Decidendi
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- Obiter Dicta
- Other things said - Donoghue V Stevenson neighbour test
- Ratio Decidendi
- Types of Precedent
- Persuasive
- Don't have to follow
- Decisions from lower court
- Obiter Dicta statements
- Decisions from foreign courts
- Binding
- Have to follow
- Persuasive
- Case law, Judge made, Treat like cases alike.
- Stare Decisis
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