Sentences with phrase «by a higher court»

Appeal: The request for a review by a higher court of a verdict or decision made by a lower court.

After a judgment is rendered by a trial judge or jury, the losing party has the right to have the decision reviewed by a higher court.

Would a similar case brought to the first level have to follow the precedent set by the higher court, or is there judicial discretion available when it comes to case precedent?

The government's decision to refuse compensation for thousands of workers who lost all or part of their pensions will come under review by the high court today.

Unless and until the court is reversed by a higher court, then the law will be considered unconstitutional and invalid.

I am of the opinion that there is no material before us to show any want of jurisdiction by the high court.

Of course judges make mistakes, and they're not always corrected by higher courts.

If you are convicted of a felony and sentenced to prison, you should consider an appeal to have your case reviewed by a higher court.

Suspended First Vice Chairman of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Sammy Crabbe, has served notice he will appeal the dismissal of his suit by a High Court Judge in a case in which he prayed the court to nullify the suspension, which he insists was unconstitutional.

This week's hearing at the highest court in the land comes after Northern Ireland's three most senior judges overturned a ruling by the High Court in Belfast that the country's abortion laws were illegal.

Hearings at the Royal Courts of Justice are usually heard by a High Court judge.

Jeremy Corbyn will be on the ballot paper for the Labour leadership contest after a legal challenge to force him to collect the backing of MPs was rejected by a High Court judge.

The Judge noted his decision was «entirely consistent» with the Queensland appeal court's decision in Yanner - v - Eaton; a decision that has since been overturned by the High Court on appeal.

He escaped prison for the second time in a year after the court, in a unanimous decision, declined to grant the state's prayer for the overturn of his acquittal and discharge granted by the High Court on March 12, 2015.

The Attorney General has filed a writ at the Supreme Court seeking to quash a decision by the High Court in a case involving mining company Exton Cubic and the state.

The commission stated similarly that the case against Akpabio was referred to it on May 10, 2016, but had been stalled due to an injunction granted by a High Court of Akwa Ibom State stopping the probe.

Your claim will be decided by a High Court Judge or the Admiralty Registrar (a judicial officer who can manage the case).

The First Circuit panel also accepted Hughes Hubbard's argument that his request to have his claim considered by the highest court of Massachusetts was untimely because he chose to file his case in federal court and go to trial without requesting that the state court consider his novel legal theory.

Fast track was branded unlawful by the high court last month but inmates set for a deportation under the system are still being processed despite the ruling.

The Court of Appeal has upheld the calculation and judgement made by The High Court in July 2015 that Mr Carder was entitled to compensation.

A Home Office policy to deport rough sleepers from countries in the European Economic Area (EEA) has been ruled unlawful by the high court after a challenge brought on behalf of two Polish men and a Latvian.

Its claim was dismissed by the High Court as being «premature» because there was a lack of evidence on the impact of ET fees on claims.

After threatening to sue for libel over Deer's revelations, Andrew Wakefield was ordered by the High Court in London to put up or shut up.

Question 4 asks directly: «Given the facts found by the High Court in relation to US law, if personal data is transferred from the EU to the US under the SCC Decision does this violate the rights of individuals under Articles 7 and / or 8 of the Charter?»

In Chapter 4 I contrast the position adopted by the High Court in Australia in relation to Indigenous sovereignty with that taken by the Courts in Canada and the USA.

The court of appeal backed a judgement by the high court which found the detained fast - track system was so unfair as to be unlawful.

The court backed a judgement by the high court which found the detained fast - track system unlawful.

It has also been accepted by the high court as the interpretation of the expression «Aboriginal race» in the Constitution.

Brady's application for permission to bring judicial review proceedings was refused by the High Court.

The High Court's approach also confines native title rights and interests to those that were exercised prior to the acquisition of sovereignty and requires that native title be understood as «a bundle of rights», as explained by the High Court in Miriuwung Gajerrong.

His claim to diplomatic immunity was rejected by the High Court who described it «an entirely artificial construct.»

A looming difficulty with this alternative approach to recognition is the monitoring role that the Commonwealth Government is increasingly assuming in consent determination proceedings with a view to ensuring that the orders made by a court are not inconsistent with the legal standards proposed in the NTA as interpreted by the High Court.

This was pending consideration by the High Court in England on some core issues around the enforceability of English governed payment obligations.

A firm of conveyancers has been held liable by the High Court for a # 500,000 property fraud perpetrated by their client, in a landmark decision defining obligations owed by a seller's solicitor to a purchaser.

A decision by a coroner to introduce a «cab rank» rule for burials has been held by the High Court to be unlawful and discriminatory against Muslim and Jewish families, in R (Adath Yisroel Burial Society) v Senior Coroner for Inner North London [2018] EWHC 969 (Admin).

Land rights of Quilombolas, former slave communities, protected by high court ruling that rejects ruralist - backed lawsuit.

Meanwhile, in order to expedite investigations into the alleged stated misconduct by the High Court Judges, the Chief Justice in accordance with a decision of the Judicial Council has constituted a second Committee to investigate the matter against three of the Judges in line with article 146 (4).

Woyome was set free by a High Court after battling various charges and counts of financial misappropriation.

Meanwhile, the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) said that its application to search Cambridge Analytica's offices had been adjourned by a High Court judge until Friday.

She also was bound by the high court's 1992 decision in Mitchell v. Los Angeles Unified School District, which «rejected the notion that the only funds from nonunion members that a union constitutionally could use for political or ideological causes were those funds that the nonunion members affirmatively consented to pay.»