You are a judge in the County Court of Victoria and are deciding a court case decision made previously by another judge in the Supreme Court of Victoria. You reach a section of the judgment that states: 'In the previous section (section A) of this judgment, I provided my reasons for the decision based on my analysis of the law. In this section (section B), I will now give advice as to how parties could avoid similar disputes in the future'. Are you bound to follow what the judge said in section B?

Select one:

a.

Yes, it will beratio decidendi.

b.

No, because it will beobiter dicta.

c.

Yes, because it will beobiter dicta.