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Legal system, courts and statutory interpretation
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- Which court hears the great majority of civil money claims below £100,000 in England and Wales?
- The Court of Appeal (Civil Division) is generally bound by which earlier decisions?
- What is the position of the Supreme Court regarding its own earlier decisions?
- In the doctrine of precedent, what is the ratio decidendi of a case?
- Under the literal rule of statutory interpretation, how does a court read words in a statute?
- A statute seems ambiguous. Counsel wants to refer to a minister's statement to Parliament. Under Pepper v Hart, when may the court consult it?
- The mischief rule asks which question?
- Which of the following describes the Court of Appeal's Criminal Division?
- A claim is of high value and complex and concerns a company dispute. In which court division might it begin?
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