Does a county court circuit judge’s decision in Birmingham bind a district judge in London?
<p>They are more senior but in a different region of the English “county court.”</p>
<p>So how does this work?</p>

<p>Yes, if it's a binding precedent.</p>
<p>And it could be the other way round, also. The main difference is that district judges hear the higher value, more complex and/or protracted cases.</p>

<h2>Maybe</h2>
<p>Your <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circuit_judge_(England_and_Wales)" rel="nofollow noreferrer">circuit judge</a> could be a member of the Crown Court, the County Court or a specialized sub-division of the High Court of Justice.</p>
<p>The hierarchy of the courts of England and Wales is:</p>
<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courts_of_England_and_Wales#/media/File:Diagram_of_the_court_system_of_England_and_Wales_2014.svg" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Court hierarchy England and Wales</a></p>
<p>The Crown Court and the County Court are the same level so they do not create binding precedent on themselves or each other. If your circuit judge is a member of the High Court then their decisions do bind the County Court.</p>
<p>England and Wales is a unified jurisdiction so it doesn’t matter where the courts are located. There is no such thing as a “circuit split” as can happen in the US Federal system.</p>

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