Treść książki
Przejdź do opcji czytnikaPrzejdź do nawigacjiPrzejdź do informacjiPrzejdź do stopki
containingthesamematerialfactsiItisimportanttoseparatetheratiodecidendifrom
theobiterdictaiTheobiterdictaisthingsstatedinthecourseofajudgmentwhicharenot
necessaryforthedecisioni
Inadditiontobindingprecedents,thereexistspersuasiveprecedentsiTheseconsistofjudicial
statementswhicharenotbindingbutmaybetakentoaccountiAformofpersuasiveprecedent
isobiterdictai
Hierarchyofthecourts
ThereexistsahierarchyofthecourtsiThebasicruleisthatcourtsmustfollowtheprecedents
fromahighercourt,buttheyarenotbindingtofollowdecisionsfromcourtslowerinthe
hierarchyiThisisthebasicoutlineofthehierarchy:
*
EuropeanCourtofJustice
**
SupremeCourt(formerlyHouseofLords)
***
CourtofAppeal
****
DivisionalCourts
*****
Allothercourts(County,Crown,Magistrates,tribunals)have
nopowertocreateprecedentsi
Wheretheprecedentwassetbyacourtofthesamelevel,thecourtisgenerallyboundbythe
previousdecision,butthisissubjecttoexceptionsiDifferentconsiderationsapplydepending
onthelevelofcourtasforwhetherthecourtmaydepartfromapreviousdecisionofacourt
ofthesameleveli
