The paper is designed to explore the development of the Australian court system. The paper will cover a number of aspects such as the Doctrine of Precedent and how this doctrine fits with the hierarchy of the Australian court structure. The paper will also explore the relationship of Common Law and the Statute Law. Under the doctrine of precedent, it is argued that no matter how many opinions are binding on the decision of the court, all of them must be subjected to a give ratio whereby previous court decisions are given some attention.