Case Law

Abstract

Decisions of courts or appeals instances have different levels of importance in different legal systems. In some, a decision from a certain level of court is more or less binding on lower instances and can only be truly overturned by an even higher instance issuing a decision in a different direction. Of course, when that happens you can end up with a situation which becomes problematic later even if it does provide a solution in the short term; you just never know what is round the next corner. Here we simply list some decisions which may or may not have been mentioned within this book. As they are a matter of public record there is little point in repeating their content, and anything other than the briefest summary may lead the reader astray. Rather, we would encourage you to look up the decisions and read them in full. Better still, bearing in mind that such decisions are taken on files which have some history, if you can, look up the original decision which went before the referral to the board or court.