A provincial appellate court is not obliged, as a matter either of law or of practice, to follow a decision of the appellate court of another province unless it is persuaded that it should do so on its merits or for other independent reasons... The only required uniformity among provincial appellate courts is that which is the result of the decisions of this Court. (slaw.ca)
This ocean acidification hypothesis, as it has come to be known, has gained great momentum in recent years, because it offers a second independent reason to regulate fossil fuel emissions in addition to that provided by concerns over traditional global warming. (carlineconomics.com)
The EAT held that this only meant that the discrimination must be because of part - time status and not because of some other wholly independent reason. (newlawjournal.co.uk)