The 1994 Practice Statement and twenty years on

Publication Type

Journal Article

Publication Date

9-2014

Abstract

The power of the Court ofAppeal to overrule or depart from one of its previous decisions is well knownto lawyers in Singapore. A survey of the jurisprudence shows that this powerhas, in the two decades since the PracticeStatement (Judicial Precedent) was handed down, been exercised both usefullyand appropriately. It confirms what many have suspected for a while now: theCourt of Appeal has truly come into its own as arguably the leading exponent ofthe common law in Asia, with its judges possessing practical and scholarlyexpertise in equal measure.

Discipline

Commercial Law

Research Areas

Asian and Comparative Legal Systems

Publication

Singapore Journal of Legal Studies

First Page

408

Last Page

418

ISSN

0218-2173

Publisher

National University of Singapore

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