UK Law

Category: Procedures

  • Procedure

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  • Special Procedure Order

    Special Procedure Order Meaning, as used in the UK Parliament A Special Procedure Order is a form of delegated legislation to which special parliamentary procedure applies. Part of this procedure gives those people or bodies who are especially affected by the order, to petition against it to […]

  • Bar

    The Bar Definition of Bar In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Bar : 1. A legal impediment. 2. An imaginary barrier in a court of law. Only Queen’s Counsel, officers of the court, and litigants in person are allowed between the bar and the *bench […]

  • Parliamentary Procedure

    Resources See Also Further Reading Parliamentary Procedure in the Encyclopedia of Britain Parliamentary Procedure in the Osborn's Concise Law Dictionary Parliamentary Procedure in the Halsbury's Laws of England Parliamentary Procedure in the Stroud's Judicial Dictionary of Words […]

  • Negative Procedure

    Negative procedure Meaning, as used in the UK Parliament Negative procedure is a type of procedure that a statutory instrument can go through. A statutory instrument under the negative procedure will automatically become law without debate unless there is an objection from either House. […]

  • Procedure Committee

    Procedure Committee Meaning, as used in the UK Parliament The Procedure Committee considers the practice and procedure of the House in the conduct of public business. Mr Charles Walker Member of Parliament is the Chair of the Committee.

  • Legislative Procedure

    Definition of Ordinary Legislative Procedure This is the main legislative procedure used to adopt directives & regulations in the european union.

  • History of Legal Procedure

    Legal Procedure The procedure adopted in litigation in Anglo–Saxon and Norman times was similar in essentials in all three classes of tribunals, and differed materially from the practice of courts of law at the present day. Some knowledge of the more glaring contrasts between ancient and […]

  • Dismissal Procedures Agreement

    Definition of Dismissal Procedures Agreement In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Dismissal Procedures Agreement : A collective agreement containing provisions relating to the dismissal of employees and intended to replace the statutory provisions […]

  • Adversary Procedure

    Definition of Adversary Procedure In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Adversary Procedure : (accusatorial procedure, adversary procedure) A system of criminal justice in which conclusions as to liability are reached by the process of prosecution and […]

  • List of English Courts

    List of English Courts in the early XX Century and Before Superior Common-law Courts The superior common-law courts were anciently as follows: Witenagemote This court or assembly existed in Anglo-Saxon times, and was an assembly of the wise men of the nation, who met to make laws for the […]

  • Criminal Justice under Henry II

    Assizes of Clarendon and Northampton By his Assizes of Clarendon and Northampton, Henry II reserved important crimes for the exclusive consideration of his own judges either on circuit or at his court; and he demanded entry for these judges into all franchises for that purpose. In […]

  • Fairclough Homes Ltd v Summers (2012)

    Fairclough Homes Ltd v Summers (2012) In Fairclough Homes Ltd v Summers (2012) the Supreme Court ruled that a striking out order should only be made as a last resort in exceptional cases. The claimant had been injured in a workplace accident. The employer admitted liability and the only […]

  • Television in courts

    Provisions are contained in the Crime and Courts Bill that is currently being considered by Parliament which would allow the Lord Chancellor to make regulations permitting television cameras into court rooms. It is expected that these regulations will permit broadcasting of the opening and […]

  • List of Commonwealth Case Law Reports

    Commonwealth Case Law Case Law Reports series from other Commonwealth jurisdictions. In addition to the indexed series detailed below, is widely used the unreported cases from AustLII. AustLII includes decisions from: Federal Court-1977 onwards Family Court-1982 onwards […]