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    authority, is intra vires ('within the powers'). Acts that are intra vires may equivalently be termed "valid", and those that are ultra vires termed "invalid"...
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    A treaty is a formal, legally binding written contract between actors in international law. It is usually made by and between sovereign states, but can...
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  • theory of judicial review has long been dominated by the doctrine of ultra vires, under which a decision of a public authority can only be set aside if...
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    under judicial review, the court can only intervene on the grounds of ultra vires,: 401  hence making the judgment void. Lord Esher said in Allison v General...
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  • dealings being found to be ultra vires: the legal position was that any contract entered into beyond the power, or ultra vires, would be deemed void ab...
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    "within power" (or, in Latin, intra vires); if they do not, they are termed "beyond power" (or, in Latin, ultra vires). For example, a students' union may...
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    powers simply by making ultra vires representations. Secondly, allowing public authorities to be bound by their ultra vires representations may potentially...
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  • loan to build railways in Belgium, any such contracts were said to be ultra vires and consequently void. This is what happened in the early case of Ashbury...
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    carrying out judicial review a court may ensure that the principle of ultra vires are followed, that a public body's actions do not exceed the powers given...
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  • activities listed in their constitution documents, and so the concept of ultra vires continues to apply to them. Notable DACs include Ryanair and Ulster Bank...
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  • 41(3) and 49-O of the Conduct of Elections Rules, 1961, were held to be ultra vires Section 128 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 and Article...
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  • maint: location (link) Hamish R. Gray (Sep 1960). "Cotman v. Brougham and the Ultra Vires Rule". The Modern Law Review. 23 (5): 561–563. JSTOR 1092095....
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    purpose statement requires some specialized knowledge, as Japan follows an ultra vires doctrine and does not allow a K.K. to act beyond its purposes. Judicial...
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    the agreement. Riche sued, and the company pleaded that the action was ultra vires. The judges of the exchequer chamber being equally divided, the decision...
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    organizada "Ultra vires". Spiked. 9 February 2007. Archived from the original on 24 February 2011. Retrieved 18 January 2011. "What is a football ultra? Serie...
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  • rule of law. Unison claimed that fees for employment tribunals were ultra vires. The UK government introduced £1,200 fees to bring a typical case to...
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  • elected to that office or is wrongfully exercising powers beyond (or ultra vires) those authorized by statute or by the corporation's charter. In New...
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  • questions of fairness, or whether the administrative action is ultra vires. In terms of ultra vires actions in the broad sense, a reviewing court may set aside...
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    company can, and a partnership will not be bound by the doctrine of ultra vires but will have unlimited legal capacity like any other natural person...
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    tax demands that were later held in judicial review proceedings to be ultra vires, and therefore void. The Inland Revenue repaid the tax, but disputed...
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    Lords, a few years earlier in Hazell v Hammersmith and Fulham LBC, to be ultra vires and void because they exceeded councils' borrowing powers under the Local...
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  • apply to secondary legislation or devolved legislation, which may be ultra vires if incompatible. Four provinces and one territory have passed laws invoking...
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    right Drag-along right Piercing the corporate veil Rochdale Principles Ultra vires Related areas Beneficial ownership Civil procedure Contract Corporate...
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    society under contracts of deposit which were beyond the powers of (ultra vires) the building society. The Birkbeck Permanent Benefit Society was formed...
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    against a company. The case was one of the last significant cases on ultra vires under English company law before the provisions abrogating that doctrine...
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  • provincial authority if it was ruled ultra vires. The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal ruled a federal and provincial Act ultra vires, voiding both as an attempt by...
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  • Supreme Court ruled that the amendment to Article 31C was not valid and ultra vires. The Constitution originally provided for the right to property under...
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    which are necessary to protect regardless of the majority's vote. 1. Ultra vires and illegality The directors or controlling shareholders of a company...
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    encyclopaedia". If companies acted outside their objects then this would be an ultra vires act, and until 1989, this used to make the action wholly void. The first...
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  • alteram partem (Hearing rule) Illegality Ultra vires Simple ultra vires Extended ultra vires Procedural ultra vires Fettering Irrationality Wednesbury irrationality...
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