Not exact matches
It is, at least, apparent that the debates about humanitarian intervention by military force in the last decade, about the creation
of international criminal
tribunals in a number
of cases, about the idea
of a state's «universal
jurisdiction» in cases
of violations
of the Genocide Convention or other «crimes against humanity,» about how far the global war on terror may proceed without violating the rights
of states, and most recently, about the United - States - led use
of force against the Saddam Hussein regime in Iraq, have all raised important points
of positive and customary international law, and that in every one
of these cases the outcome remains unsettled.
The arbitral
tribunal has no power to consider the enforceability
of this class arbitration waiver and any challenge to the class arbitration waiver may only be raised in a court
of competent
jurisdiction.
[41][42] In May 2012, the
tribunal again under a purported exercise
of universal
jurisdiction took testimony from victims
of torture at Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo, and convicted in absentia former President Bush, former Vice President Dick Cheney, former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, former Deputy Assistant Attorneys General John Yoo and Jay Bybee, former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, and former counselors David Addington and William Haynes II for conspiracy to commit war crimes.
He said he and his party (ACN) were challenging the
jurisdiction of the
tribunal based on the fact that6 the constitutional 180 days had lapsed.
A similar application was filed by S.O Ibrahim, Chief Legal Officer
of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the case
of Ogene vs Onyema, in which he insisted that the
tribunal had no
jurisdiction to entertain the matter any more.
Ngige's counsel, Chief Emeka Ngige (SAN) is challenging the
jurisdiction of the
tribunal to handle the case, based on the fact that the 180 days within which the constitution requires that the case be heard had lapsed.
The court held that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) could continue with the conduct
of its supplementary election in the state slated for tomorrow owing to its submission that only the election petition
tribunal had the
jurisdiction to hear the cases before it.
He argued that the CCT in its trial
of the Senate President was not properly constituted, and that the
tribunal was not a court
of competent criminal
jurisdiction maintaining that the CCT is just a disciplinary panel for public officers.
Saraki is challenging the decision
of the Code
of Conduct
tribunal (CCT) to assume
jurisdiction over the false asset declaration charges brought against him by the Code St
of Conduct Bureau (CCB).
«The proper procedure was for a suit to be filed at a court or
tribunal which had
jurisdiction over the claims
of the parties, and if that court in the course
of determining the case took the view that the said issue was one
of interpretation, that court will refer the issue to the Supreme Court according to article 130 (2)
of the 1992 constitution», he added.
The Danadi Umar - led CCT had dismissed Saraki's protest against the competence
of the charges and
jurisdiction of the
tribunal.
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The publisher also stated that the
tribunal does not have any
jurisdiction to lower the prices
of e-books.
If any provision
of this Agreement is held invalid by a court or other
tribunal with
jurisdiction over the parties to this Agreement, that provision will be deemed to be restated to reflect as nearly as possible the original intentions
of the parties in accordance with applicable law, and the remainder
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Fine adds: «It's one
of the major limitations
of the LTB — once a tenant vacates the property the
tribunal has no
jurisdiction.»
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[3] Fasken applied to have the claim dismissed on the grounds that the complaint was not within the
jurisdiction of the
tribunal and that there was no reasonable prospect that the complaint would succeed.
The opinion
of Lord Nicholls was that Farley was able to appeal against the
jurisdiction point to an appeal
tribunal (now First - tier
Tribunal).
In a nutshell, the Court argued that if a court or
tribunal potentially rules on a matter «covered by EU law» (para. 55), and if that court or
tribunal is situated outside the EU judicial system, the autonomy
of EU law is under threat, even if EU law is only occasionally relevant to the disputes over which arbitral
tribunals exercise
jurisdiction.
Nor does it just say the council may consider a ruling, issued by a
tribunal constituted under the Human Rights Act or a court
of competent
jurisdiction under the Charter, that the university has violated the Human Rights Act or Charter,» the court
of appeal also said.
First, the member state could argue that its obligations under EU law take priority over its BIT obligations, in which case the priority
of one obligation over the other can only be established by applying conflict rules, but such arguments have not been raised in intra-EU arbitrations (apart from conflict arguments challenging the
jurisdiction of the
tribunals which is a different matter).
Salter said the new area
of jurisdiction will mean increasing the number
of staff and
tribunal members, revising rules, creating new processes and online forms and developing new free legal information content for the Solution Explorer software used to aid individuals resolving claims.
The ICS will include an appeal mechanism, giving the
tribunal appellate
jurisdiction over (a) errors in the application or interpretation
of applicable law; (b) manifest errors in the appreciation
of the facts, including the appreciation
of relevant domestic law; and (c) the grounds set out in Article 52 (1)
of the ICSID Convention, such as the presence
of corruption or a serious departure from the fundamental rules
of procedure.
Contrary to the Stockholm District Court, the Svea Court
of Appeal found that the arbitral
tribunal lacked
jurisdiction to adjudicate the claim made by Spanish investors against the Russian Federation originating from the alleged expropriation
of the Spanish investor's investments in Yukos Oil Company.
The Svea Court
of Appeal however dismissed the arguments since the investors failed to convincingly show that an interpretation
of the object and purpose
of either the BIT as a whole, or the dispute - resolution clause in particular, meant that the arbitral
tribunal's
jurisdiction included an examination
of whether expropriation had occurred.
In 2009 the arbitral
tribunal found that it had
jurisdiction over the dispute and in 2012 the arbitral
tribunal delivered a final award on the merits, unanimously stating that the Russian Federation was guilty
of expropriation and ordered Russia to pay compensation in accordance with the BIT.
Courts and commentators have consistently considered that «matters» refers to the subject matter that is encompassed by the arbitration agreement and thus subject to the
jurisdiction of the arbitral
tribunal that issued the award in question.812
Indeed, some commentators consider that only the subject matter
jurisdiction of the arbitral
tribunal is a «matter» within the meaning
of article V (1)(c), as opposed to the arbitral
tribunal's
jurisdiction over a particular party.821
The Svea Court
of Appeal also dismissed the investors» arguments that a MFN - clause in the BIT meant that the dispute resolution clauses in Russia's other BIT's gave the arbitral
tribunal jurisdiction over the dispute.
Since the disagreement
of the parties concerned the interpretation
of the provisions in the BIT regarding the
jurisdiction of the arbitral
tribunal, the Svea Court
of Appeal made its own interpretation applying the Vienna Convention.
Jurisdiction: Mr. Justice Hall, writing for the Court, found that the
tribunal could have considered the charge
of institutional bias:
«Notwithstanding section (1), the parties may agree to exclude the
jurisdiction of the Court under this section and an agreement to dispense with reasons for the arbitral
tribunal's award shall be treated as an agreement to exclude the
jurisdiction of the Court under this section.»
«Matters» has broadly been defined in two ways: first, as the subject matter over which the arbitral
tribunal has
jurisdiction pursuant to the arbitration agreement; and second, in some
jurisdictions, as the personal
jurisdiction over one
of the parties addressed in the award.
An investor - State
tribunal, chaired by Neil Kaplan QC, has ruled that it has no
jurisdiction to hear Turkcell's claims against the Islamic Republic
of Iran under the Turkey - Iran bilateral investment treaty.
The issue was within the
jurisdiction of an administrative
tribunal.
Summary: The respondent in an ongoing arbitration challenged the arbitral
tribunal's
jurisdiction based on Section 2
of the Swedish Arbitration Act.
decided in a copyright case that one had to look at a real and substantial connection between the defendants and the
jurisdiction of the court — or administrative
tribunal — but not at where the server happened to be.
In relation to an award by an employment
tribunal or sum due under an ACAS settlement, the High Court and County Courts
Jurisdiction (Amendment) Order 2009 (SI 2009/577) will allow beneficiaries to enforce by way
of execution against goods in either the High Court or county court where the sum involved is less than # 5,000.
Courts must review an arbitral
tribunal's assumption
of jurisdiction on a correctness standard.
Arguably, deference arose squarely in those cases because
of the niche expertise
of both
tribunals, and the largely regulatory flavour
of their
jurisdiction.
Summary: The appellant challenged a Swedish arbitral award under Section 34
of the Swedish Arbitration Act, alleging that the arbitral
tribunal either exceeded its
jurisdiction or committed a...
Interestingly, the section
of EqA 2010 that grants employment
tribunals jurisdiction to hear complaints concerning the breach
of EqA 2010 has different wording than that contained in SDA 1975, and may be wider: s 120 (1) gives the employment
tribunal jurisdiction to «determine a complaint relating to — a contravention
of Pt 5 (work)».
The Attorney General
of Canada applied for judicial review at the Federal Court regarding the
tribunal's
jurisdiction to award legal costs.
Tribunal jurisdiction to hear claims under SDA 1975 (now
of course superseded) is contained within s 63 which states: «A complaint by any person («the complainant») that another person («the respondent»)-- has committed an act
of discrimination or harassment... may be presented to an employment
tribunal.»
The EAT asked itself two questions: firstly, does CLIA 1978 confer a right
of contribution in the case
of liability for discrimination in the employment field; and, if so, did the employment
tribunal have
jurisdiction to determine such claims?
The monetary
jurisdiction of the
tribunal is limited to that
of small claims court, and with the increase in the ceiling
of that venue in recent years it has allowed larger claims to proceed before the
tribunal.
engage in activities intended unfairly to obstruct the arbitration or to jeopardise the finality
of any award, including repeated challenges to an arbitrator's appointment or to the
tribunal's
jurisdiction or authority known to be unfounded by that legal representative (Annex, para 2);
Some
of the allegations relate to the broadcast
of the offensive logo and team name, which is a federal issue, while hosting the game in Ontario sees the matter also fall under provincial
jurisdiction, which is why applications were filed with both federal and provincial human rights
tribunals.