Sentences with phrase «general public importance»

If an individual claimant is seeking to litigate an issue of general public importance there is scope for the court to dispense with the undertaking (see Arden LJ in R (Goldsmith) v Servite Housing and another (2000) 3 CCLR 354).

«In light of constitutional principles of access to the courts, and thus access to justice, the Court considers that the applicants have raised issues which are of general public importance... As the application may involve the issue of access to justice, and access to the courts, it is a matter of significant importance».

Buxton LJ was concerned about the interpretation of the requirement that a claim be of «general public importance».

Second, there are degrees to which the requirement may be satisfied; some issues may be of the first rank of general public importance, others of lesser rank although still of general public importance.

Waller LJ found that the two stage tests of general public importance and the public interest in the issue being resolved are difficult to separate (Compton, para 21).

She remarked that the case might have presented an opportunity for the court to consider two points of law of general public importance, had it been presented differently:

The Court of Appeal granted leave to hear the appeal in this case, because the issue — the proper interpretation of a release containing language standard to many documents — is an issue of general public importance.

Likewise, where the question is one of general public importance, the mere fact that the court might have reached a different conclusion is unlikely to render an award «open to serious doubt».

In recent years the House has frequently been assisted by the submissions of statutory bodies and non-governmental organisations on questions of general public importance.