no mensrea
f
usedto avoid
an absurd result
I
, the
within act
challenges the legality of abortion
1
The 1966 Practice Statement allows the Supremecourt House of
Lords to depart from its previous decisions and therefore
depart from the precedent theyset avoiding a binding
precedent as a result The 1966 Practice Statement was used
in Railways Herrington 1972 In thiscase a 6 year old
boy was electrocuted on a railway line There was a hole
in the fence and it was often used as a shortcut to
the park Under the existing authority of Addie V Dumbueck
no duty of care was owed to trespassers However the
House of Lords departed from their previous decision
f
usedto avoid
an absurd result
I
, the
within act
challenges the legality of abortion
1
The 1966 Practice Statement allows the Supremecourt House of
Lords to depart from its previous decisions and therefore
depart from the precedent theyset avoiding a binding
precedent as a result The 1966 Practice Statement was used
in Railways Herrington 1972 In thiscase a 6 year old
boy was electrocuted on a railway line There was a hole
in the fence and it was often used as a shortcut to
the park Under the existing authority of Addie V Dumbueck
no duty of care was owed to trespassers However the
House of Lords departed from their previous decision
