Obiter Dicta in UK Law
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Williams v Central Bank of Nigeria
... ... decision in Soar v Ashwell , most judges were content to follow the dicta in that case: see In re Gallard [1897] 2 QB 8 ; Heynes v Dixon ... ) [1999] 1 All ER 400 , which is notable mainly for an extended obiter dictum of Millett LJ on the distinction, for limitation purposes, between ... ...
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Saif Ali v Sydney Mitchell & Company
... ... concerned with such matters, these observations have the status of obiter dicta. However, not all obiter dicta have the same weight, or lack of ... ...
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Director of Public Prosecutions v Gomez
... ... , which had stood for twelve years when doubt was thrown upon it by obiter dicta in Morris. Lawrence must be regarded as authoritative and correct, ... ...
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FSHC Group Holdings Ltd v Glas Trust Corporation Ltd
... ... case were recognised by the House of Lords itself to be obiter dicta , which therefore did not create a binding precedent. That was ... ...
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DPP for Northern Ireland v Lynch
... ... In some of the cases obiter dicta are to be found as to the exceptions to the general rule. Treason ... ...
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Jefford v Gee
... ... guide lines, even though in some respects our observations may be obiter dicta. In this task we sought the assistance of the Official Solicitor, ... ...
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R (Walumba Lumba and another) v Secretary of State for the Home Department
... ... 73 Mr Husain relies on dicta of Lord Diplock in Holgate-Mohamed v Duke [1984] AC 437 ... Lord Diplock ... It follows that his comments about false imprisonment were obiter dicta. Nevertheless, it is clear that, if he had concluded that the ... ...
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Joscelyne v Nissen
... ... the law as contended for by the daughter were firmly made, albeit obiter, and made in the face of the argument that is now put forward by the ... 14 Next to be considered are obiter dicta at first instance of Mr Justice Younger and Mr Justice Romer. In Faraday ... ...
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Charter Plc v City Index Ltd (Gawler and Others, Part 20 defendants)
... ... is twofold: (1) the relevant part of the speech of Lord Steyn is obiter dicta and ineffective to overrule the decision of the Court of Appeal, (2) ... ...
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Four Seasons Holdings Incorporated v Brownlie
... ... )(a) does not arise, and anything that may be said on the subject is obiter. If there had been sufficient reason for treating Holdings as the owner ... defendant, everything which we say about jurisdiction is obiter dicta and should be treated with appropriate caution. For what it is worth, I ... ...
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