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  High Court of Justice - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Her Majesty's High Court of Justice (usually known more simply as the High Court) is, together with the Crown Court and the Court of Appeal, part of the Supreme Court of Judicature of England and Wales (which under the Constitutional Reform Act 2005, is to be known as the Senior Courts of England and Wales).
Appeal from the High Court in civil matters lies to the Court of Appeal and thence to the House of Lords, except when the High Court is sitting as a Prize Court when appeal lies to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.
The judges in the High Court are known formally as Justices of Her Majesty's High Court of Justice and informally as High Court judges, and are styled formally and in judicial matters The Hon.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/High_Court_of_Justice_of_England_and_Wales   (1125 words)

  
 High Court judge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A High Court judge, is a judge of the High Court of Justice and is the third highest level of Judge in the courts of England and Wales.
Upon appointment all High Court judges are Knighted (usually as a Knight Bachelor), or in the case of case of female judges made Dame Commanders of the Order of the British Empire.
High Court judges, as with the other Senior Judiciary are appointed by The Queen on the advice of the Prime Minister and Lord Chancellor.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/High_Court_judge   (392 words)

  
 Department for Constitutional Affairs Website
A court is a serious place of work where the outcomes of the matters under consideration by legal professionals and lay jurors alike often have a massive impact on the lives of court users and, at times, society as a whole.
Court Clerks - In the Crown Court, which sits in 91 centres in England and Wales, a court clerk sitting with a High Court judge wears normal dark clothing with a wing collar and bands or, in the case of women, a collarette, together with a wig and gown.
The judges of the Court of Appeal are the Lord Chief Justice, the Master of the Rolls and 36 Lords Justices.
www.dca.gov.uk /consult/courtdress   (5141 words)

  
 High Court of Gujarat - Articles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
In the matters listed on daily boards, as also in urgent matters which are moved at the instance of the counsel, the court is often faced with an adjournment motion on one ground or the other that may be put up by the counsel.
The decisions of the High Courts bind the Courts subordinate to it and therefore, when a judgement of the High Court is reported, it is expected to provide a proper guidance on the question of law that it decides which is the ratio decidendi of the case.
An inexperienced judge may not be sufficiently skilled to control the course of a complex trial and may not have the knowledge and experience to limit cross-examination, limit the number of witnesses, determine the form of evidence and submissions while still ensuring procedural fairness.
gujarathighcourt.nic.in /Articles/mgtcourtcases.htm   (4978 words)

  
 Copyright - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Court decisions have set vastly different standards for the eligibility of works of applied art on the one hand and other types of work on the other, especially fine art.
Ashcroft (2003), in which the Supreme Court agreed that the length of the copyright term (ie, during which the copyright holder has a monopoly on its exploitation) could be extended by Congress after the original act of creation and beginning of the copyright term, as long as the extension itself was limited instead of perpetual.
Courts in the United States and the United Kingdom have rejected the doctrine of a common law copyright.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Copyright   (9358 words)

  
 Dictionary of Australian Biography Sa-Sp
He visited England in 1880, and was appointed a delegate by the Victorian government to represent the colony before the imperial commission for the protection of British possessions abroad.
She was an advocate for the testator's family maintenance act (1916), the woman's legal status act (1918), and was active in the establishmerit of children's courts.
He was president of the Royal Society of New South Wales in 1913, of the New South Wales branch of the Australian Chemical Institute in 1922-3, and of the chemistry section of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science at the meeting held in Wellington in 1923.
www.gutenberg.net.au /dictbiog/0-dict-biogSa-Sp.html   (21317 words)

  
 Law.com - Measuring High Court's Momentum
Texas, the high court reflected the thinking of a majority of states by overturning sodomy laws in a handful that still were repressing gays, he added.
But the Court, led by Rehnquist, said, "yes." The Court found a clear statement of intent to abrogate state immunity in the FMLA and a long history of sex discrimination in the administration of leave benefits to justify the FMLA under § 5 of the 14th Amendment.
The Court is expediting the case because of the pressure of another election cycle and the need for guidance on the constitutionality of new restrictions on soft-money contributions and issue advertising.
www.law.com /jsp/article.jsp?id=1059980425358   (3263 words)

  
 The World Factbook 2004 -- Field Listing - Judicial branch
High Court of Justice (justices are appointed by the Lord Chancellor of England on the nomination of the lieutenant governor)
Court of Appeal (judges are appointed by the president and approved by the legislature); High Court (judges are appointed by the president)
House of Lords (highest court of appeal; several Lords of Appeal in Ordinary are appointed by the monarch for life); Supreme Courts of England, Wales, and Northern Ireland (comprising the Courts of Appeal, the High Courts of Justice, and the Crown Courts); Scotland's Court of Session and Court of the Justiciary
www.brainyatlas.com /fields/2094.html   (3611 words)

  
 High Court of Gujarat - Judgement/Orders   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
The Supreme Court observed that, in dealing with the matter of professional propriety, we cannot ignore the fact that the profession of law is an honourable profession and it occupies a place of pride in the liberal professions of the country.
The Supreme court held that an advocate abusing the process of court is guilty of the misconduct.
The Court held; "if he wants to stand as a candidate for election, then it is but proper that he should divest himself of his paid brief on behalf of the municipality or the brief against the municipality in which event there will be certainly no bar to his candidature.
gujarathighcourt.nic.in /Judgement/IN-THE-HIGHCOURT-OF-GUJARAT.htm   (9935 words)

  
 Law.com - Supreme Court Short List: If Bush Wins ...
Both judges are highly respected conservatives whose decisions have made a mark on the Supreme Court.
Judge Luttig, fairly or not, is seen by capital punishment opponents as implacable on the issue.
But given the vagaries of Supreme Court appointments, it is just as likely that all five could be busily pursuing opportunities in the private sector four years from now.
www.law.com /jsp/article.jsp?id=1097686263688   (1295 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | England | Wiltshire | Cannings joins list of high-profile cases
Michael Mansfield QC argued that, were the trial to take place now, "it is unlikely the Crown would call Professor Meadow as a witness, or, if they did, it would have to be done with a health warning attached to it".
He recalled that the Court of Appeal had made strong observations about Professor Meadow's evidence in the case of Sally Clark.
When Ms Cannings was convicted, the jury was told that the deaths of her children could not have been caused by a genetic defect because there was no evidence of other infant deaths in her close relatives.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/england/wiltshire/3306049.stm   (452 words)

  
 3. november 2000
Mwenya [1960] 1 QB 241, in which the Court of Appeal held that a writ of habeas corpus might issue to Northern Rhodesia; Mr Pannick was at pains to point out that the court in that case proceeded on the assumption that there was no court in Northern Rhodesia competent to give equivalent relief.
As a municipal court of England and Wales, we are in this case treading in the field of colonial law.
That is the context in which the submission that the interpretation of the Ordinance is an internal matter for the courts of BIOT to the exclusion of the Queen's Bench Division falls to be considered.
www.dikepublishers.com /dansk/diego_garcia/RCJ031100.html   (13613 words)

  
 The Rules of the Supreme Court (Amendment) 1996
The seat of the arbitration is or will be in England and Wales or the conditions in section 2(4) of the Arbitration Act are satisfied.
(3) Where the court allows another party to call and cross-examine the person who made the statement, it may give such directions as it thinks fit to secure the attendance of that person and as to the procedure to be followed.
Generally, where the financial substance of the dispute exceeds £200,000, the proceedings are to be taken in the High Court unless they do not raise questions of general importance to persons who are not parties.
www.opsi.gov.uk /si/si1996/Uksi_19963219_en_1.htm   (6987 words)

  
 England Small Claims Court Resources   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
This is where the small claims track of the county court in England and Wales could help.
The Small Claims Court in England and Wales is designed to resolve disputes where the sum involved is and#163;5,000 or less.
Small claims in England and Wales: A study of recent changes in the county courts and the development of voluntary arbitration schemes...
small-guide.info /england-small-claims-court   (1114 words)

  
 History News Network
The World Heritage Convention legally requires all countries to pass sites listed under the convention intact to future generations but there is concern that unless the threat of climate change is properly addressed and preventative measures enforced, precious Heritage sites will be allowed to degenerate and their impact lost forever.
The list is a working tool by which the degree of degeneration of a building can be assessed and the necessary resources required to bring it back into good repair and beneficial use, established.
In 2001 they won a judgment against Iran in federal court in Chicago; in 2003 a United States District judge in Washington awarded them about $71 million in compensatory damages and $180 million in punitive damages, to be paid by the Iranian government, according to the plaintiffs’ lawyer.
www.historynewsnetwork.com /roundup/41.html   (10465 words)

  
 Sources of Law in England and Wales
Virtually all the decisions of the House of Lords and a significant number of Court of Appeal cases are fully reported compared with very few at Crown Court and County level.
There are currently three separate volumes of reports for each division of the High Court (Q.B., Ch., Fam.) and a separate volume for House of Lords and Privy Council cases (A.C.).
They are listed on Star under their title and in a printed listing known as What's where in the Crookesmoor Library.
www.shef.ac.uk /library/libdocs/crmr1.html   (2273 words)

  
 Important Links :: Patna High Court   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Judgments of the Supreme Court and High Courts
Case Status of the Supreme Court and High Courts
Cause Lists of Supreme Court and High Courts
patnahighcourt.bih.nic.in /links.htm   (462 words)

  
 WWW Virtual Library: Museums around the UK
Explore the natural and human history of part of the West Midlands of England and adjacent parts of Wales (broadly centered on Shrewsbury, the County Town of Shropshire) during the 18th and 19th Centuries.
Part of the Rural History Centre - "A national centre in England for the study of the history of farming, food and the countryside".
The repository of the national archives for England, Wales and the United Kingdom.
icom.museum /vlmp/uk.html   (8217 words)

  
 Law Society of England and Wales - Links
Information on the work of the association, its bye-laws and code of conduct, includes a membership list.
The ALC is a membership organisation which promotes justice for children and young people within the legal system in England and Wales
Regulatory and representative body for barristers in England and Wales.
www.lawsociety.org.uk /links.law?SEARCH=LETTER&letter=I   (531 words)

  
 Department for Constitutional Affairs - Judges - Judges lists
Department for Constitutional Affairs - Judges - Judges lists
You will be redirected to the the Directorate of Judicial Offices for England and Wales website
On 3 April 2006, the Directorate of Judicial Offices for England and Wales came into force and is responsible for the following:
www.dca.gov.uk /judicial/senjudfr.htm   (69 words)

  
 (Text-only) JUDGES LIST
This list consists of people who the N.E.B.C.C would support and who have been
This list consists of people who have fulfilled all the requirements for the "A3" List and who have been
This list consists of people who the N.E.B.C.C would support to start judging the breed.
text.nebcol.com /JUDGES-LIST   (1204 words)

  
 New on the Legal Internet
Similarly, EURid verifies that all accredited registrars are acting in the best interest of the end user in accordance with their contract with EURid.
The outcome of the suspended domain names now awaits a court decision.
The Law Society have set up a special site as a centre for the development of their online HIP solution to enable conveyancing solicitors in England and Wales to successfully compete in the market.
www.venables.co.uk /new.htm   (2419 words)

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