plumiJudicial precedent: OCR A‑Level Law questions
Every OCR A-Level Law exam question on Judicial precedent, 2022–2025, with its mark scheme and examiner’s report.
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All 6 questions on Judicial precedent, as a list
- June 2025, Paper 2, Q1 (8 marks): Describe overruling and reversing.
- June 2025, AS Paper 2, Q3 (8 marks): Describe the circumstances in which the Court of Appeal can depart from its own previous decisions.
- June 2024, Paper 2, Q2 (8 marks): Explain original and persuasive precedents using cases to illustrate each of them.
- June 2024, AS Paper 2, Q3 (8 marks): Describe how distinguishing works within the doctrine of precedent using cases to illustrate your answer.
- June 2024, AS Paper 2, Q4 (8 marks): Discuss the advantages of binding precedent.
- June 2022, AS Paper 2, Q2 (8 marks): Explain and illustrate how persuasive precedent works in relation to cases from the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, courts in foreign jurisdictions and
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