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Hi Mike,
Can I check some information with you regarding the binding of Supreme court.
In BPP f4 Studying Material (the latest version 18-19), they listed the Supreme court is bound by itself on page 21. Is this correct? The only reason I am asking is that the info in the book is different from the info in the chapter 2 notes (open tuition studying notes). Please correct me, if I misunderstand anything here. Also, could you please also confirm which courts can be bound by themselves? Thank you.
Regards,
Qilian
Until 1966 it USED TO BE the case that even the Supreme Court (at the time it was still known as the House of Lords – and that’s NOT the same as the House of Lords upper chamber in the UK parliament) was bound by its own previous decisions but then, in 1966 the Lord Chancellor at the time introduced the Practice Statement that stated that the House of Lords would no longer regard itself as absolutely bound by its own precedents
Which Courts DO bind themselves? All of them except the Supreme Court
As an aside, it is exceedingly rare that the Supreme Court will deviate from its own previous decisions
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