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Table of Cases

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AuthorPatricia Pearl/Tim Parker
Pages35-37

Table of Cases

Note

English law is a mixture of legislation and ‘case law’ – that is, the reported decisions of higher courts establishing rules and principles which lower courts have to follow. The highest court is the Supreme Court (previously the House of Lords); below that is the Court of Appeal; below that is the High Court. You can access many case reports free of charge at www.bailii.org.

Modern cases are given a standard citation reference, which tells you what level of court made the decision and in which year. For example, the reference for Akhtar v Boland is [2014] EWCA Civ 943. This indicates that it was decided in 2014 by the Court of Appeal (EWCA means England & Wales Court of Appeal), and that it was a civil case (as opposed to one about criminal law). The final number shows that it was the 943rd Court of Appeal decision to be reported in 2014. Supreme Court cases have the reference UKSC; the High Court has EWHC.

Judgments given in the County Court by circuit judges and district judges are not often referred to, as they do not create binding precedents – the next judge who has to decide the point is not obliged to follow the reasoning of a previous...

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