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    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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    Nadan v R (redirect from Nadan v The King)
    a key ruling of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in determining the competence of the Parliament of Canada with respect to the restrictions...
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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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  • Anglo-Hindu law (category Acts of the Parliament of India)
    needed] The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council served as the highest court of appeals for Anglo-Hindu law and British Indian law. The Privy Council, located...
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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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    Guernsey Court of Appeal to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council is the final court of appeal for both...
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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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  • 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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    Manitoba Schools Question (category Political history of Manitoba)
    in each case going to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, at that time the highest court in the British Empire. The legislation also triggered...
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  • the trial until the United Kingdom's Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC) decided on an additional appeal was rejected. The trial started on...
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  • Harvey v Facey (category Judicial Committee of the Privy Council cases on appeal from Jamaica)
    by the United Kingdom Judicial Committee of the Privy Council on appeal from the Supreme Court of Judicature of Jamaica. In 1893 the Privy Council held...
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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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