The Weekly Law Reports
[1966] 2 WLR 91
[COURT OF APPEAL]
REGINA v. INDUSTRIAL INJURIES COMMISSIONER, Ex parte AMALGAMATED ENGINEERING UNION
1965 Nov. 17
LORD DENNING M.R., DAVIES and SALMON L.JJ.
Court of Appeal
— Jurisdiction
— Crown practice
— Prerogative orders
— Original jurisdiction
— Leave to apply for certiorari refused by Divisional Court
— Leave granted by Court of Appeal
— Whether jurisdiction in Court of Appeal to hear original application
— Longstanding practice of court granting leave to hear application
— No special provision in Rules of Supreme Court covering practice
— Advantage of practice in simplifying procedure
— Jurisdiction assumed under statute based on former practice
—
R.S.C., Ord. 59, r. 5
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Supreme Court of Judicature (Consolidation) Act, 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5, c. 49), s. 32.
Judicial Precedent
— Practice of court
— Jurisdiction affecting
— Binding effect
— Crown practice
— Ex parte application to Court of Appeal.