Administrative Tribunal in United Kingdom

Definition of Administrative Tribunal

In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Administrative Tribunal : A body established by or under Act of Parliament to decide claims and disputes arising in connection with the administration of legislative schemes, normally of a welfare or regulatory nature. Examples are *employment tribunals and *rent assessment committees. They exist outside the ordinary courts of law, but their decisions are subject to judicial control by means of the doctrine of *ultra vires and in cases of *error of law on the face of the record.

Compare domestic tribunal.

See also Council on Tribunals.