The English Legal System is based on the age-old system of precedent, which can be strict and inflexible.

English Legal System The English Legal System has slowly been evolving over time and can be traced back as far as 1066. Certain characteristics help to distinguish this law system from any other, such as the law of precedent. Throughout time, a specific court structure has matured and a form of hierarchy is held between the different courts. Through the doctrine of binding precedent, the decisions of the superior courts are binding on the courts, which …

…the same way can lead to the law being inflexible and rigidity and a lack of freedom is formed. This to a certain extent is true but I feel that if two cases are very alike with just material facts being different i.e. one case was at night whereas the other was in the day, and then they should be treated in the same way. This leads to fairness and certainty as mentioned previously.