Original precedent: No previous principle and the judge must decide the law, Hunter v Canary Wharf, Re S (Adult Refusal of Medical Treatment), Reasoning by analogy, Binding precedent: A decision of a higher court that must be followed, A decision of the same court that must be followed, Persuasive precedent: A decision that should be considered but is not binding, Dissenting judgments , The ratio of a decision in a lower court, The obiter dicta of a decision in a higher court, Privy Council decisions, Methods of avoiding precedent: Overruling, Distinguishing, Reversing , The exceptions set out in Young v Bristol Aeroplane, Sweet v Parsley, Balfour v Balfour and Merritt v Merritt, Shivpuri and Anderton v Ryan,

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