Sentences with phrase «highest judicial authority»

Legally, the highest judicial authority in the United Kingdom — in the form of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council — was also the highest court of appeal for Canada.

The highest judicial authority of international law is the International Court of Justice and the administrative authority is the United Nations.

With the early and unexpected departure of yet another top judge, Gov. Cuomo will soon be making his fifth and sixth appointments to the seven - member Court of Appeals, the state's highest judicial authority.

«The proposition of law is one which, I think, has been accepted by the highest judicial authority, and acted upon for a great number of years.

«Should the legislature attempt to comply with these broad directives, even if it were to be given time extensions, by enacting new legislation, then it would have made these broad changes based solely on the views of a single Superior Court judge, without review or consideration by higher judicial authority,» the appeal says.

So there was statutory backing on top of common sense and the high judicial authority all pointing one way: to the conclusion that UK courts should strive to follow the EPO's interpretation of the treaty.

A master's interim order is subject to review by a higher judicial authority, like a Supreme Court judge.

Not exact matches

The Ghana Revenue Authority is a statutory establishment whose actions and decisions are subject to judicial review by the High Court of Ghana.

The decisions of public bodies, such as the Secretary of State (and therefore of RSCs where they assume the powers of the Secretary of State), local authorities and schools can be challenged by way of judicial review and other appropriate proceedings in the High Court.

[Footnote 1] We granted certiorari to determine whether the actions of the Illinois Supreme Court constituted improper judicial interference with decisions of the highest authorities of a hierarchical church in violation of the First and Fourteenth Amendments.

Tom advises household name clients on high - profile disputes and investigations as well as preparing senior management for appearance at Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) hearings, public inquiries and select committee hearings and judicial reviews.

«The authority of the judiciary in any democratic society rests on public confidence and public confidence can not exist in the absence of displaying the highest norms of conduct and ethical principles for judges,» says Norman Sabourin, executive director and senior general counsel for the Canadian Judicial Council.

Also, while most higher level judges have permanent judicial tenure, low level municipal judges often do not and can be removed by the appointing authority.

More, it was made possible that families could choose to work with a Parenting Coordinator (PC) that had judicial authority to make legally binding decisions for the family and / or be ordered to have to work with a PC in order that high conflict families and most importantly the children of high conflict families were not stalemated.

Tamara has vast experience of all forms of Property law representing landlords and tenants as well as Lenders in proceedings ranging from standard possession claims to more complex issues of art 8 and unreasonableness, undue influence in mortgage fraud (Ertridge), Judicial Review and reasonableness of action on the part of social housing authorities, co-habitee and family resulting / constructive Trusts, injunctions and applications under s91 of the LPA 1925 to the High Court for orders for sale in mortgage possession proceedings.

In this class of cases, we think the rule of action which should govern the civil courts, founded in a broad and sound view of the relations of church and state under our system of laws, and supported by a preponderating weight of judicial authority, is that whenever the questions of discipline or of faith or ecclesiastical rule, custom, or law have been decided by the highest of these church judicatories to which the matter has been carried, the legal tribunals must accept such decisions as final and as binding on them in their application to the case before them.

If we defer to political authority, there can be none higher than the three branches of the legislative power; if to judicial authority, the highest is the solemn judgment of the members of the court, in which is vested the supreme judicial power of the state.

Described by Chambers & Partners as «A high - profile team deserving of all its praise», our Actions Against the Police, Civil Liberties and Human Rights team specialises in claims for false imprisonment, assault, malicious prosecution, discrimination, deaths in custody, and the judicial review of decisions taken by public authorities.

Sometimes this involves issuing Judicial Review proceedings, a court process where a High Court Judge considers whether the local authority has acted rationally and reasonably.

It does not invalidate the lawmaking authority of the Congress, the judicial authority of the courts, the executive power of the President, the status of the Constitution as its final and highest source of law, or its nature as a sovereign government.

He was awarded a CBE in the same year and now chairs high - profile inquiries and inquests, as well as acting as the Independent Reviewer of National Security for Northern Ireland, and Judicial Panel Chairman of the British Horseracing Authority.

However, once the reduction had been approved by the highest political authorities, those questioning the wisdom of this decision run the risk of improperly discussing (or distorting (歪曲)-RRB- judicial reform (妄议司改), a variation of «improperly discussing Central policy (妄议中央).

The High Court granted a possession order; in doing so the judge indicated that the appropriate way to challenge the authority would have been by judicial review.

«This year, thanks to a state high court majority's barely contained contempt for the policy - making authority of the legislative and executive branches of government, and a notoriously aggressive and sometimes lawless plaintiffs» bar, Florida earns the ignominious # 1 ranking among eight Judicial Hellholes, even as authorities have begun to crack down on some of the lawsuit industry's most obviously fraudulent rackets.

The American Tort Reform Foundation issued its 2017 - 2018 Judicial Hellholes ® report today, naming courts in Florida, California, Missouri, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Illinois and Louisiana among the nation's «most unfair» in their handling of civil litigation... → Read More: High Court's Contempt for Lawmakers» Authority, Lawsuit Rackets Place Florida atop Latest «Judicial Hellholes» List

Recently, the Insurance Regulatory Authority of India (Irdai) has said that the execution of such vouchers does not foreclose the rights of policy holder to seek higher compensation before any judicial fora or any other fora established by law».

In a recent guideline, the Insurance Regulatory Authority of India (Irdai) said,»... execution of such vouchers does not foreclose the rights of policy holder to seek higher compensation before any judicial fora or any other fora established by law».