PAPER 1 COURT HIERARCHY (JP)

Question 1

What does judicial precedent operate within?

Answer 1

The hierarchy of the courts

Question 2

What are lower courts bound by?

Answer 2

Decisions of higher courts

Question 3

What is the Supreme Court?

Answer 3

The highest court in UK structure which binds all other courts and also binds itself unless it uses the 1966 practice statement

Question 4

What court does the court of appeal have to follow decisions of?

Answer 4

Supreme Court

Question 5

What is each division bound by?

Answer 5

Its own decision unless one of the rules in Young v Bristol Aeroplanes apply

Question 6

What does the high court bind and not bound by?

Answer 6

Binds the inferior courts
Not bound by its own decisions