The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC) is the highest court of appeal for the Crown Dependencies, the British Overseas Territories, some Commonwealth...
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of the Privy Council. The Judicial Committee consists of senior judges appointed as privy counsellors: predominantly justices of the Supreme Court of the...
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This is a list of major cases decided by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. These include appeals from the following countries: Canada (criminal...
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Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in London is the model upon which the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council of Tonga is based upon. The King in...
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Mohori Bibee v Dharmodas Ghose (category Judicial Committee of the Privy Council cases)
12, is a major Indian contract law case decided by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. The case held that a contract entered into by a minor is...
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Australia Act 1986 (redirect from Australia Acts of 1986)
appeal from the High Court to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in any matter involving the interpretation of the Constitution or of the constitution...
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Canadian federalism (redirect from Constitution of Canada/1867 VI Distribution of Legislative Powers)
Statutes, which was upheld by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. World War II's broader scope required passage of the National Resources Mobilization...
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Section 4 of the Judicial Committee Act 1833, the Sovereign may refer any matter whatsoever to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council to provide...
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within the Monarchy of the United Kingdom. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council is the court of final appeal. Three of the BOT are uninhabited...
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of cases originating in Canada decided by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, in Britain. From 1867 to 1949, the Judicial Committee of the Privy...
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to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, at that time the highest court of appeal in the British Empire. On October 18, 1929, the Judicial Committee...
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Mount Erebus disaster (redirect from Orchestrated litany of lies)
Zealand of presenting "an orchestrated litany of lies", and this led to changes in senior management at the airline. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council...
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Court of Mauritius directly to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in London. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC) is the court of final...
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nations rejecting the switch of final court of appeals from the Judicial Committee of the British Privy Council to the CCJ. A previous referendum undertaken...
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following the passage of the Judicial Committee Act 1833, appeals have been heard directly by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. Prior to that...
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January 2004 and sat for the first time on 1 July 2004. It replaced the right of appeal to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, based in London. It...
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Orders in Council and also had judicial functions. In 1708, the Privy Council of England was abolished and replaced by the Privy Council of Great Britain...
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appeals to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council from the Canadian courts, decided in the years 1880 to 1889. From 1867 to 1949, the JCPC was the highest...
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Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC) in London. This was a requirement of the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921, which underpinned the creation of the Irish...
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Kenneth Diplock, Baron Diplock (redirect from The Lord Diplock)
judge for the last time, in a special sitting of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council during the Long Vacation for an urgent civil case from Trinidad...
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Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (category Judicial Committee of the Privy Council)
of the United Kingdom to take over the previous appellate jurisdiction of the Law Lords as well as some powers of the Judicial Committee of the Privy...
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Houses of Parliament. They were, by custom, appointed to the Privy Council if not already members. They served on the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council...
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Anglo-Hindu law (category Acts of the Parliament of India)
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appeals to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council from the Canadian courts, decided in the years 1870 to 1879. From 1867 to 1949, the JCPC was the highest...
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cases of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council originating in Canada, and decided in the years 1950 to 1959. From 1867 to 1949, the JCPC was the highest...
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appeals to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council from the Canadian courts, decided in the years 1900 to 1909. From 1867 to 1949, the JCPC was the highest...
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judgment of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in an appeal originating from the Isle of Man. It made clear that postnuptial agreements in the Isle...
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court in Jersey (or Guernsey). Appeals could be heard by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, but this was only possible if special leave was given...
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after the Partition of India. There was a right of appeal to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in London from the Federal Court of India. The Federal...
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cases of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council originating in Canada, and decided in the years 1920 to 1929. From 1867 to 1949, the JCPC was the highest...
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