The Slip Rule and Judicial Finality: Correcting Errors in Court Orders in the UK and Sierra Leone
When a court can correct or vary its own orders: functus officio, the slip rule and clerical errors, compared in the UK and Sierra Leone.
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Summary
A comparative analysis of the court's power to correct or vary its own orders once made.
It covers the principle of finality, the slip rule for clerical errors and the limits on variation, with UK and Sierra Leone case law.
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