[1] The Ordinance affirmed that Gibraltar would follow English Common Law and defined in schedules which specific statutes of English law would apply in Gibraltar.
[4] It was also done to confirm in statute, rather than implied common automatic supersession, that Gibraltar would continue with English law.
[5] Though the Ordinance did not clarify whether Gibraltar would follow English case law precedents, it was later interpreted by Gibraltarian legal practitioners as meaning that they were not binding but were useful starting points for the consideration of judgments, due to the low amount of case law that originated in Gibraltar.
In British Hong Kong, it was used as the basis for the Application of English Law Ordinance 1966.
And at civil law, adultery and seduction were no longer to be causes of action.