R v Industrial Injuries Comr, Ex parte Amalgamated Engineering Union

Subject Matter

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 — Long-standing practice of court granting leave to hear application — No special provision in Rules of Supreme Court covering practice — Advantage of practice in simplifying procedure — Juridiction assumed under statute based on former practice — RSC, Ord 59, r 5 — Supreme Court of Judicature (Consolidation) Act, 1925, s 32

[1966] 2 QB 21; [1966] 2 WLR 91

JUDICIAL PRECEDENT — Statute — Construction — Prior enactment — Similar words — House of Lords decision — Whether binding — Workmen's Compensation Acts — National Insurance (Industrial Injuries) Act, 1946

[1966] 2 QB 21; [1966] 2 WLR 91