Practice Statement

• When did the Supreme Court replace the House of Lords?

  2009
• When was the Practice Statement published?

  1966
• What Act transferred the House of Lords' powers to the Supreme Court?

  Constitutional Reform Act 2005
• What case confirms that the power to use the Practice Statement had been transferred from the House of Lords to the Supreme Court?

  Austin v London Borough of Southwark
• What is the Practice Statement as stated by the Lord Chancellor?

  To promote certainty the Supreme Court should always follow it's previous decisions unless it appears right to not do so but they must provide their judgement (reason) for doing so