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With reference to any appropriate examples, consider to what extent judges are bound to follow previous precedent.
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B) With reference to any appropriate examples, consider to what extent judges are bound to follow previous precedent (20) The lower courts are bound by the House of Lords so they have to apply their rules as if they were applying a statute. It was decided after the case 'London street tramways v London county council (1898)' that the House of Lords would be bound by its own previous decisions. This was a case during the nineteenth century, during the Victorian times when it was important to be consistent and certain. However during the twentieth century both society and the law developed and some decisions made in previous cases were now unsuitable, so the House of Lords made a Practice Statement in 1966. As a result of the Practice Statement 1966 the House of Lords does not always need to follow its own past decisions and can depart from a previous...
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