English Law Basics · glossary
The label a court gives a modern judgment, the same wherever it is read: the year, the court and the number. [2009] EWCA Civ 1209 is Tekdata: 2009, the Court of Appeal in a civil case, judgment 1209. Cases from before about 2001 carry the law report’s citation instead. Case note, Tekdata v Amphenol · Chapter 2 · see Case law
Explained in Chapter 2, Doctrine of Precedent: Ratio Decidendi and Obiter Dicta, of English Law Basics.
Each modern judgment carries a neutral citation: a label the court gives it, the same wherever you read it. It has three parts. Take the judgment you will cite on whose terms apply: [2009] EWCA Civ 1209.Read Chapter 2, Doctrine of Precedent: Ratio Decidendi and Obiter Dicta →
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