In this episode Holly and Alannah discuss the main principles and importance of common law.  

Alannah's discussion of her coincidentally named cases [State (Quinn) v Ryan [1965] IR 70 and Attorney General v Ryan's Car Hire [1965] IR 642] explains precedent, Irish judicial activism in the 1960s and the elastic nature of case law.  

Holly's consideration of the seminal Donoghue v Stevenson  [1932] AC 562 provides an attempted  delineation of Ratio Decidendi & Obiter Dictum and the profound exclamation "Rot is rot!".   Also featured is discussion of the innate fear associated with car hire, ingenious legal themed pet names and the particularities of consuming an ice cream float.

Editing note: Alannah calls this episode 3 when in fact, it's episode 4.

You can find our full list of sources here: https://www.legallyblandpodcast.com/2020/03/episode-4-common-law-people-why-case.html

Season 1 Episode 4 of our Irish law student podcast!