precedent (1 Viewer)

[haloeshorns]

in a Supreme/High Court, would the rulings of lower courts be irrelevent as precedent?​

 

[melsc]

They are not binding but can be persuasive as would be precedents from other common-law jurisdictions, and courts at the same level, this means they can follow them if they choose but they dont have to.

 

[haloeshorns]

thanks heaps