Summary:
Provides notes to revise from for law essays on judicial precedent. Also involves remedies such as Promissory Estoppel. References the case of Aderton v Ryan and the House of Lords.
Judicial Precedent.
Introduction.
§Judicial precedent means the use of decisions made by judges in the past as a source of law, where a similar case arises the past decision is used as a guideline.
§It is also known as case law.
§It is a major source of law both today and historically.
§If law on a particular source of law is not found in legislation - law will be found through common law reasoning.
§That is to say that if no Act of parliament or Dl to follow then judges look at the past decision of a similar case to find a solution to the case before them
§The hierarchy of the courts is also important to know as the lower courts must follow the past decisions of the higher courts- also known as biding precedent.
Stare decisis.
§Jp is known as.....
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