R V Dudley & Stevens - two shipwrecked defendants killed and ate cabin boy , refused the defence of necessity because of the impassibility of choosing between the value of one person's life and another
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Jp : Obiter Dicta case
Hill V Baxter : Fell asleep and drove into some people , Judge gave a hypothetical example of someone being stung by a bee which is an example of a driver not being at fault
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JP : Original Precedent
Donoghue V Stevenson
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JP: Persuasive precedent , courts lower in the heirarchy
R V R - House Of Lords agreed with and followed the same reasoning as a court below , in deciding a man can be convicted of ****** his wife.
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JP: Dissenting judgement
Hedley Byrne V Heller - Supreme Court approved Lord Dennings dissenting judgement from the Court of Appeal in Candler V Crane
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JP : First use of the Practice Statement
Conway V Rimmer - Ex police man sued for wrongful prosecution
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Jp : Supreme Court reluctant to use Practice statement
Jones V SSSS (should have followed Re Dowling) Involved the interpretation of the National Insurance Act 1946
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JP: 1st Major use of the Practice Statement in Civil (1972)
Herrington V British Railways Board 1972 (should have followed earlier precedent in Addie V dumbreck) - duty of care to a child trespasser.
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JP: Hansard
Pepper V Hart - changed the rule in relation to the use of Hansard
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JP: First criminal case to use Practice Statement
R V Shivpuri#
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
Hill V Baxter : Fell asleep and drove into some people , Judge gave a hypothetical example of someone being stung by a bee which is an example of a driver not being at fault
Back
Jp : Obiter Dicta case
Card 3
Front
Donoghue V Stevenson
Back
Card 4
Front
R V R - House Of Lords agreed with and followed the same reasoning as a court below , in deciding a man can be convicted of ****** his wife.
Back
Card 5
Front
Hedley Byrne V Heller - Supreme Court approved Lord Dennings dissenting judgement from the Court of Appeal in Candler V Crane
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