In which earlier house of lords case could the court of appeal in the case of 'Harper v NCB' not identify the ratio decidendi?
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What are two examples of multi judge courts?
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What can there not be if in multi judge courts each judge reaches the same conclusion by different and even conflicting means?
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What is an example of a case where there was no single ratio of the whole court despite a majority decision?
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What does obiter dicta mean?
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Is obiter dicta persuasive or binding precedent?
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What does persuasive precedent mean?
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In which case were the obiter comments made by the house of lords on the defence of suress in attempted murder cases in the case of 'R v Howe' applied as persuasive precedent by the court of appeal?
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What three things allow precedent to operate properly?
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Why does precedent need a system of case reporting and what is this also known as?
