england-and-wales civil-procedure court rules-of-court court-records
Why do we have a written and reasoned judgment of Bower v Brewdog?
<p>I thought that in general, cases at the county court level are decided summarily, unless and until they get appealed to, e.g., the circuit judge.</p>
<p>Yet, <a href="https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/Misc/2019/16.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Bower v Brewdog</a> appears to have been judged by a district judge, in the county court, and I'm left wondering why.</p>

<p>There's nothing special, per se, about County Court cases being published. It's the content that matters, not the venue.</p>
<p>Bower v Brewdog has attracted some heightened media attention and public interest so, as a &quot;notable&quot; judgment, it was published presumably in line with <a href="https://www.iclr.co.uk/history/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Incorporated Council of Law Reporting</a>'s selection criteria:</p>
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<li><p>All cases which introduce, or appear to introduce, a new principle or a new rule.</p>
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<li><p>All cases which materially modify an existing principle or rule.</p>
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<li><p>All cases which settle, or materially tend to settle, a question upon which the law is doubtful.</p>
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<li><p>All cases which for any reason are peculiarly instructive.</p>
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</ul>
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