What is meant by 'Distiguishing' and what is the court case?
Method used by a judge to avoid having to follow past decisions-Balfour v Balfour, Merrit v Merrit
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Overulling is where a later case decides to 'overrule' the earlier decision and this becomes law?
True
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Give an example of where a case was overruled
Pepper v Hart overruled Davis v Johnson
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What is meant by 'Reversing'?
Where a court higher up changes an earlier decision in the same case
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What happened in the case of Balfour v Balfour?
Balfour-Wife sued husband for breach of contract. Did not succeed. the court said there was no intetion to create a legally binding contract and they were still married
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Overulling is where a later case decides to 'overrule' the earlier decision and this becomes law?
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