Court System in UK Law

  • Investors Compensation Scheme Ltd v West Bromwich Building Society
    • House of Lords
    • 19 June 1997
    ....... . 14 This is not the first time the court has had to consider the meaning of section 3(b). The same question arose ... circumstances, and in particular by the need for an "efficient system" to enable I.C.S. to recover its outlay. However, the learned judge went ......
  • Broome v Cassell & Company Ltd
    • House of Lords
    • 23 February 1972
    ...... set forth in the Schedule thereto, namely, an Order of Her Majesty's Court of Appeal of the 4th of March 1971, so far as therein stated to be ... of Justice Act, 1969, and thus avoid one stage in our three-tier system of appeals. But to impose on these litigants, to whom the question was, on ......
  • Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung v Rayner & Keeler Ltd and Others (Original Appeal) and Rayner & Keeler Ltd and Others v Courts and Others (Cross Appeal)
    • House of Lords
    • 18 May 1966
    ...... set forth in the Schedule thereto, namely, an Order of Her Majesty's Court of Appeal of the 17th of December 1964, might be reviewed before Her .... . 95 True that the judicial system is an organ of the sovereign power, but the explanatory footnote to the ......
  • Denton and Others v Th White Ltd and Another; Decadent Vapours Ltd v Bevan and Others; Utilise Tds Ltd v Cranstoun Davies and Others
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 04 July 2014
    ......: A2/2014/0126; A3/2014/0767; and A3/2014/0870 IN THE COURT OF APPEAL (CIVIL DIVISION) ON APPEAL FROM THE QUEEN'S BENCH DIVISION ... of delay and non-compliance is inflicting upon the civil justice system. The balance therefore needs to be redressed." . The paragraph then ......
  • Allen v Sir Alfred McAlpine & Sons Ltd
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 11 January 1968
    ...... Lord Justice Salmon . In The Supreme Court of Judicature Court of Appeal Civil Division . Mr F. B. ... 38 The procedure of the English Courts is based upon the adversary system. The underlying principle of civil litigation is that the Court takes no ......
  • Norwich Pharmacal Company v Commissioners of Customs and Excise
    • House of Lords
    • 26 June 1973
    ...... set forth in the Schedule thereto, namely an Order of Her Majesty's Court of Appeal of the 25th of July 1972, might be reviewed before Her Majesty ... be defeated without such a disclosure." And in another Civil Law System, though the example is rather on the margin of relevance, Erskine, in his ......
  • Arnold v National Westminster Bank Plc
    • House of Lords
    • 25 April 1991
    ...... which for some other special reason ought to be considered by the Court of Appeal, but both were refused. The lessees then sought to appeal to the ......
  • Siskina (Owners of cargo lately laden on board) v Distos Compania Naviera S.A.
    • House of Lords
    • 26 October 1977
    ...... set forth in the Schedule thereto, namely, an Order of Her Majesty's Court of Appeal of the 1st of June 1977, might be reviewed before Her Majesty ......
  • The Abidin Daver
    • House of Lords
    • 26 January 1984
    ...... The Turkish shipowners accordingly took prompt steps in the District Court of Sariyer, the Turkish court which exercises admiralty jurisdiction in ... codes in use in those European countries which follow the system of the civil law. Consequently, it is one in which the court itself plays ......
  • Mitchell v News Group Newspapers Ltd
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 27 November 2013
    ...... Case No: A2/2013/2462 IN THE COURT OF APPEAL (CIVIL DIVISION) ON APPEAL FROM THE HIGH COURT, QUEEN'S ... of delay and non-compliance is inflicting upon the civil justice system. The balance therefore needs to be redressed. However, I do not advocate ......
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