Anisminic Ltd v Foreign Compensation Commission

Subject Matter

CROWN PRACTICE — Certiorari — Inferior tribunal — Statutory — Foreign Compensation Commission — Determination — Construction of Order in Council — Whether error going to jurisdiction — “No certiorari clause” — Whether certiorari lies — Foreign Compensation Act, 1950, s 4 (4)

[1969] 2 AC 223, QBD

[1968] 2 QB 862; [1967] 3 WLR 382; [1967] 2 All ER 986, CA

[1969] 2 AC 147; [1969] 2 WLR 163; [1969] 1 All ER 208, HL(E)

JURISDICTION — Ouster of jurisdiction of court — Statute — Determination by statutory commission — Not to “be called in question in any court of law” — Effect — Foreign Compensation Act, 1950, s 4 (4)

[1969] 2 AC 223, QBD

[1968] 2 QB 862; [1967] 3 WLR 382; [1967] 2 All ER 986, CA

[1969] 2 AC 147; [1969] 2 WLR 163; [1969] 1 All ER 208, HL(E)

PRACTICE — Decimalisation — Certiorari, relation to — Inferior tribunal — Foreign Compensation Commission — Determination — “No certiorari clause” — Construction of Order in Council — Whether error within jurisdiction — Tribunal's power to determine but not to enforce the liability — Whether tribunal party to action for declaration that determination a nullity — Foreign Compensation Act, 1950, s 4 (4)

[1969] 2 AC 223, QBD

[1968] 2 QB 862; [1967] 3 WLR 382; [1967] 2 All ER 986, CA

[1969] 2 AC 147; [1969] 2 WLR 163; [1969] 1 All ER 208, HL(E)

TRIBUNAL — Statutory — Control by courts — Declaration — Foreign Compensation Commission — Determination — Construction of Order in Council — Whether error within jurisdiction — Tribunal's power to determine but not to enforce — Whether party to action for declaration — Whether jurisdiction in court to entertain proceedings — Foreign Compensation Act, 1950, s 4 (4)

[1969] 2 AC 223, QBD

[1968] 2 QB 862; [1967] 3 WLR 382; [1967] 2 All ER 986, CA

[1969] 2 AC 147; [1969] 2 WLR 163; [1969] 1 All ER 208, HL(E)

Commentary

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