Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The District Court (Irish: An Chúirt Dúiche) is the lowest court in the Irish court system [1] and the main court of summary jurisdiction in Ireland. [2] It has responsibility for hearing minor criminal matters, small civil claims, liquor licensing, and certain family law applications. [3]
Judge sitting Baker J Kowaliw v Kowaliw [ 1 ] is a decision of the Family Court of Australia concerning the distribution of property under the Family Law Act 1975 that discussed the principles for making property orders that deal with assets lost or disposed of prior to hearing.
The court must have regard to both its sentencing powers and also any legal, procedural and factual complexity which may make the case unsuitable for summary trial. If the court finds the case suitable for summary trial then the defendant is asked whether he consents to trial or whether he will elect for trial in the Crown Court.
The family proceedings court played a key role in what are called: a. Public law cases (e.g. applications for care or supervision orders in respect of children who are at risk, usually brought by local authorities) b. Private law cases (e.g., disputes between parents concerning the upbringing of children)
A recorder sitting in the Crown, County or Family Court is addressed as "Your Honour" (save in the Central Criminal Court (or Old Bailey) where all judges are addressed as "My Lord (or Lady)"). If appointed to do so under section 9(1) of the Senior Courts Act 1981, a recorder may sit as a part-time High Court judge.
The majority of the High Court rejected the proposition that a decision on custody was an inference to be drawn from the facts found by the trial judge, which an appellate court was in as good a position as the trial judge to draw and that Warren v Coombes, [9] had not changed the "settled principles of law" that applied to an appeal from a ...
The Supreme Court has held that the mere fact of ownership of property within a state is not sufficient to provide minimum contacts for a court to hear cases unrelated to that property. [15] However, the property alone provides a sufficient contact for a court having jurisdiction over that geographic area to adjudicate claims relating to the ...
The Family Court was created by Part 2 of the Crime and Courts Act 2013, merging the family law functions of the county courts and magistrates' courts into one. Two scenarios are covered by the Children Act of 1989: private law cases, where the applicant and respondent are usually the child's parents ; and public law cases, where the applicant ...