First Principles of Business Law
Quiz: Sources of law - case law

Question 5

 

 

Which one of the following statements is incorrect? 

(a)  The ‘material facts’ of a case are those that are not in dispute between the parties to the case: they are the agreed facts.

(b)  Case law is only binding on a later court if the material facts of the earlier and later cases are not able to be distinguished.

(c)   The material facts of a case form an essential part of the precedent set by that case.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

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