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but what is a precedent a precedent is a decided case every day cases are brought to our civil courts Criminal Courts and our appeal courts and at the end of each case a decision is reached now that decision can take months years or weeks before it is reached but nevertheless a decision is always reached and once a decision is reached a new precedent is created but not every single precedent that comes from our courts is a source of English law not every single one for not every single president is binding meaning not every single president must be followed in future for some presidents are what we refer to as persuasive so let's recap what is a precedent a precedent is a decided case but remember there are different types of precedents that are coming from our courts some are binding these are case law these must be followed and some are merely persuasive meaning they are not law they don't have to be followed so now our question really is why is it Denise that some pieces of some dec