Understanding the Need for 'Case by Case': The Role of Common Law in the UK
The majority of countries have a civil law legal system, where laws are primarily created by the legislature and are codified to cover all potential cases, providing a comprehensive legal framework.
However, some countries are governed by common law.
Within common law, the law is developed and interpreted through judicial decisions made by courts.
Common law operates on the principle of stare decisis, meaning “to stand by things decided.” This means that courts follow the legal principles established by precedent when ruling on new cases with similar facts. This theoretically creates consistency and predictability in the law.
It is due to this principle of stare decisis that ‘Case by Case’ was born. We aim to provide weekly updates concerning the latest case news in the UK, and whether any new precedents have been established, or contrastingly, any existing ones have been overturned.