These obiter remarks were made without any reference to the relevant jurisprudence and it remains to be seen whether or not they are acted on.
In what were
obiter remarks, Lord Scott opined that «there may be respects in which ss 319 and 321 are incompatible with Art 10».
Equally worrying for Uber will have been some of
the obiter remarks made surrounding the employment status of Uber workers, which may prove influential in upcoming hearings, and the competition law point made, but not expanded.
In what were
obiter remarks, Brooke LJ drew attention to the fact that the premises which had been searched were owned and occupied by the father of the arrested man, who had not visited them for two months prior to the search.
The EAT expressly disagreed with
an obiter remark by Lord Justice Sedley in Dacas (relied upon by the claimant) that after a year's exclusive service for that client there might be strong arguments for an implied employment contract.
Not exact matches
We know them as judicial dicta; when they are wholly off the point at issue we call them
obiter dicta — words dropped along the road, wayside
remarks.
The court's
remarks were necessarily
obiter dicta.
(The court's
remarks may be
obiter dicta, since on the evidence at trial counsel resisted pursuing the question or relying on testimony that had been spontaneously volunteered by one parent on the point).