The court asked whether the Divisional Court was bound by previous decisions of that court, and answered: ‘we find it difficult to imagine that a single judge exercising this (supervisory) jurisdiction (of the High Court) would ever depart from a decision of a Divisional Court.’
Citations:
[1985] QB 67
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Land and others v the Executive Counsel of the Joint Disciplinary Scheme QBD 15-Oct-2002
The applicants were partners and staff in Ernst and Young. They sought a stay of disciplinary proceedings brought against them by the accountancy regulators pending resolution of the civil claim against them in respect of closely related issues . .
Cited – Hertfordshire County Council v National Grid Gas Plc Admn 2-Nov-2007
The council laid complaints against the defenedant that it had not properly re-instated road surfaces after completing works. It now appealed, by way of case stated, against the court’s acceptance of the defendant’s argument that the large number of . .
Cited – Dyer, Regina (on The Application of) v Watford Magistrates Court Admn 16-Jan-2012
The appellant sought judicial review of the magistrates’ decision to convict him of the two offences of causing racially aggravated fear or provocation of violence, contrary to section 31(1)(a) of the 1998 Act, and of causing fear or provocation of . .
Cited – Karia, Regina (on The Application of) v The Director of Public Prosecutions Admn 10-Oct-2002
The defendant appealed by case stated against a decision of the Crown Court on appeal rejecting his assertion that he had not been proved to have been driving a car on the occasion when the offences occurred. The court had allowed a dock . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.
Litigation Practice
Updated: 24 July 2022; Ref: scu.198154