Sexton v Horton
| Jurisdiction | Australia Federal only |
| Neutral Citation | 1926-0827 HCA C,[1926] HCA 25 |
| Date | 1926 |
| Year | 1926 |
| Court | High Court |
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2 books & journal articles
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The Development of the High Court's Willingness to Overrule Common Law Precedent
...Foster and Co Ltd (1943) 68 CLR 313, 320 (Latham CJ). In relation to following En glish Court of Appeal decisions, see Sexton v Horton (1926) 38 CLR 240, 244–5 (Knox CJ and Starke J). Court of Appeal decisions were followed where they were regarded as having settled the common law. In Wrigh......
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The Citation Practices of the High Court of Australia, 1905–2015
...and Co Ltd (1943) 68 CLR 313, 320 (Latham CJ). On the policy of following decisionsof the English Court of Appeal, see Sexton v Horton (1926) 38 CLR 240, 244–5 (Knox CJ, Starke J). AsWalpola discuses, the High Court followed the English Court of Appeal when the law was settled. In onecase (......