From: Ronald Raygun 
Subject: Re: Ask the FT: Citibank apologises for cheque shambles
Newsgroups: uk.finance
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 21:31:49 GMT

john boyle wrote:

> In message , Ronald
> Raygun  writes
>>john boyle wrote:
>>
>>> You are confusing a 'law' (which defines legality) with the precedents
>>> in equity in which an argument is decided by a judge. Judges decisions
>>> (subject to the circumstances and the status of the court) are often
>>> regarded as a precedent, but a persons actions which contravene a
>>> previous precedent are not *illegal*.
>>
>>I think you're confusing law with statute.
>>
> I take your point, but perhaps you could define 'illegal'?

Elementary.  Anything which gets you in trouble with "the law".  :-)