... legal interpretation in common law countries, including Australia. It is commonly known that like most doctrine the doctrine of precedent emerged in the United Kingdom. Australia is a common wealth country and still under the queen it also follows the doctrine of precedent. There is nothing more naturally appealing than to unquestionably have similar cases being treated in a related way. Even though it seems that the doctrine of precedent decides cases based upon previous decisions and that one case if similar to another it will be a precedent for that case, it is not always necessary that one case will be a model case for another similar case. There are certain characteristic elements that must exist in the case to be a precedent for another case. These elements are that the material facts in the case being the precedent should be the same as in the case in question ...

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