Sentences with phrase «if by a superior court»

That means, as far as I can see, the only consequences that Julian Assange could suffer would be committal for contempt of court, which is punishable by up to one month's detention (if tried by an inferior court like the Magistrates») or two years (if by a superior court).

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Such privative or ouster clauses have often been treated with a degree of contempt by the courts particularly if they are seen as an attempt to exclude the supervisory powers by way of judicial review of the superior courts over administrative action.

For example, in Harper & Row Publishers, Inc. v. Decker, the court stated that a communication can be privileged if «the subject matter upon which the attorney's advice is sought by the corporation and dealt with in the communication is the performance by the employee of the duties of his employment» and «the employee makes the communication at the direction of his superiors in the corporation.»

All judgments for the payment of a sum of money obtained from the «superior» courts of Commonwealth countries covered by the AJA can be registered in England if, in all the circumstances of the case, the English court in its discretion finds it just and convenient that the judgment should be enforced in England.

That Uniform Act provides for a right of appeal if leave is granted by the provincial superior court from a decision of an arbitral tribunal.