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Exercise on Judicial Precedent a) The doctrine of judicial precedent says that if a judge finds that there has been a previous decision made on a point of law in a similar case he must follow it. This follows the principle of stare decisis - to stand by decisions. A binding precedent is made from the ratio decidendi of the judgement in the case. These precedents are binding to all courts below the one that has set the precedent; this means that they must follow the decision made in the previous case. Until 1966 The House of Lords was bound by its own precedents unless the decision had been made per incuriam - in error. This meant that the law could not change with social conditions and opinions. In 1966 the Lord Chancellor issued a Practice Statement announcing a change to the rule in London Street Tramways v London County Council...

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