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    The Senior Courts Act 2016 (Public Act 2016 No 48) is an Act of the Parliament of New Zealand which governs the High Court, the Court of Appeal and the...
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    The Senior Courts Act 1981 (c. 54), originally named the Supreme Court Act 1981, is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The Act prescribes...
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    Zealand. The Supreme Court Act 2003 was repealed on 1 March 2017 and superseded by the Senior Courts Act 2016. The current Supreme Court should not be confused...
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    the Senior Courts Act 2016. Section 3 of the Act states its purpose: 1) The purpose of this Act is— (a) to establish within New Zealand a new court of...
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    received royal assent on 4 August 1908. The act was largely repealed as of 1 March 2017 by the Senior Courts Act 2016 and other acts as part of a judicature...
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    the Senior Courts Act 2016, as well as the High Court Rules 2016, for the administration of justice throughout New Zealand. There are 18 High Court locations...
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    Court of New Zealand, and was also ex officio a member of the Court of Appeal of New Zealand. The office is established by the Senior Courts Act 2016...
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  • are officers of the Superior Courts and function as the executive arm of these courts. They are responsible for serving court processes like summonses and...
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  • for example, the Judiciary Act 1903, section 19, in relation to the High Court of Australia. See the Senior Courts Act 2016, sections 47, 50. Recent (rare)...
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    of Justice. 30 June 2016. "Senior Courts Act", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1981 c. 54 "Magistrates' Court". Courts and Tribunals Judiciary...
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    presides over the Supreme Court and is described in the Senior Courts Act 2016 as "senior to all other judges". Before the Supreme Court first met in 2004, the...
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    Constitution Act 1986 has a central role, alongside a collection of other statutes, orders in Council, letters patent, decisions of the courts, principles...
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    Superior Courts of British African Territories: II. Journal of African Law, 5(1), 36-47. doi:10.1017/S0021855300002941) "section 16, Senior Courts Act 2016 No...
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    Markey National Courts Building in Washington, DC. The Federal Circuit was created in 1982 with passage of the Federal Courts Improvement Act, which merged...
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  • The Courts of England and Wales, supported administratively by His Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service, are the civil and criminal courts responsible...
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    the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1971. These are generally incorporated into the Rules of Court, which are published by the Scottish Courts and Tribunals...
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    Landow. "Lee Kuan Yew's Opposition to Trial by Jury". "section 16, Senior Courts Act 2016 No 48". Parliamentary Counsel Office. the words of Lord Devlin in...
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    Wales—different types of courts have different styles of judges. They also form a strict hierarchy of importance, in line with the order of the courts in which they...
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    Superior Courts of British African Territories: II. Journal of African Law, 5(1), 36-47. doi:10.1017/S0021855300002941) "section 16, Senior Courts Act 2016 No...
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    The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (in case citations, 2d Cir.) is one of the thirteen United States Courts of Appeals. Its territory...
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    Sheriff Appeal Court, and from summary proceedings in the sheriff courts and justice of the peace courts. Cases can be remitted to the High Court by the sheriff...
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    federal courts were divided into six circuits in 1801, but a circuit court of appeals was not established until the passage of the Judiciary Act of 1891...
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    active judges and four active senior judges, the First Circuit has the fewest judges of any of the thirteen United States courts of appeals. It covers most...
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    Jury trial (redirect from Jury court)
    Parliamentary Counsel Office. "section 16, Senior Courts Act 2016 No 48". Parliamentary Counsel Office. "s46C Juries Act 1981". "Stortinget fjerner juryen fra...
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    in which members of the Permanent Court either sit in Divisional Courts or else write judgments. Divisional Courts are conducted on circuit – in the regions...
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    district courts in Alabama, Georgia, and Florida. In 1981, the district courts for those states were transferred to the newly created U.S. Court of Appeals...
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  • section 170 of the Senior Courts Act 2016, the Chief Justice of New Zealand, the President of the Court of Appeal and the Chief High Court Judge publish information...
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  • states have declared a court as a 'special court'. The hitch is that they are designated courts (as opposed to exclusive special courts) and so have to hear...
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  • Crown Court is a superior court according to the Senior Courts Act 1981, and Crown Courts have the power to punish contempt. The Divisional Court as part...
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    coming-into-force of the Senior Courts Act 1981), which was created in the 1870s under the Judicature Acts, and the Supreme Court of Judicature of Northern...
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