ADMJ 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Nsw Law Reports, Clayton Utz, Jet Bridge
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No longer binding on any state court: R v judge bland; ex parte director of public prosecutions [1987] vr 225. At trial in 1985, judge bland (county court) had two authorities that conflicted: an earlier vsc (full ct) decision, and a later pc decision (originally from trinidad). He decided in favour of the pc decision (as he was then bound to do). It was appealed to the supreme court (single judge) in 1986, after the. There, the justice decided that since the removal of the pc, its decisions (whenever given) were no longer binding on any court. Hawkins v clayton (t/a clayton utz & co) (1986) 5 nswlr 109, by mchugh ja (as he then was) however, this was a dissenting judgment: Now that appeals from the state courts to the privy council have been not think that australian courts are bound by any previous decisions of that body.
