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Overruling - declaring the precedent to be wrong, making it bad law. [12] [13] Disapproval - showing disapproval of the earlier case, without necessarily overruling it. [14] [15] Per incuriam - declaring the precedent to be mistaken, because the earlier court failed to take note of a crucial precedent or statute. [16] [17] [18]
The case summaries below are not official or authoritative. Unless otherwise noted, cases were heard by a panel of 5 judges. Cases involving Scots law are highlighted in orange. Cases involving Northern Irish law are highlighted in green. List of judgments of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom delivered in 2009
1 April Tort Law, medical negligence: Damages payable by Whittington Hospital NHS Trust to a woman who could not bear children following earlier medical negligence could include the costs of surrogacy through commercial agreements abroad. [15] Zipvit Ltd v Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs [2020] UKSC 15: 1 April Tax Law ...
Both the majority and dissenting judgments in the case have been cited as persuasive precedent by various countries of the Commonwealth of Nations. However, in England itself, the courts have gradually retreated from the decision in Liversidge. It has been described as "an example of extreme judicial deference to executive decision-making, best ...
Precedent is a judicial decision that serves as an authority for courts when deciding subsequent identical or similar cases. [1] [2] [3] Fundamental to common law legal systems, precedent operates under the principle of stare decisis ("to stand by things decided"), where past judicial decisions serve as case law to guide future rulings, thus promoting consistency and predictability.
This list has no precise inclusion criteria as described in the Manual of Style for standalone lists. Please improve this article by adding inclusion criteria, or discuss this issue on the talk page. (December 2013) This is a chronological list of notable cases decided by the Senior Courts of England and Wales – that is, cases from the High Court of Justice of England and Wales, Court of ...
Legal aid: R v Mackle (Nos. 1, 2 and 3), and R v McLaughlin [2014] UKSC 5 29 January 2014 Evasion of customs duty: I.A. v The Secretary of State for the Home Department [2014] UKSC 6 29 January 2014 Immigration law: Adamson v Paddico (267) Ltd [2014] UKSC 7 5 February 2014 Village greens: Richardson v DPP [2014] UKSC 8 5 February 2014 Criminal law
Landmark court decisions, in present-day common law legal systems, establish precedents that determine a significant new legal principle or concept, or otherwise substantially affect the interpretation of existing law. "Leading case" is commonly used in the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth jurisdictions instead of "landmark case", as used ...