Crown proceedings definition

Crown proceedings means proceedings which, by virtue of section 23 of the Crown Proceedings Act 1947, are treated for the purposes of Part II of that Act as civil proceedings by or against the Crown;

Examples of Crown proceedings in a sentence

  • I t h i n k we will a s k S e n- a t o r NICK LES t o h a n dle t h a t .

  • All the recommendations made in the SSI report were incorporated in the Bloomfield report (such as the establishment of the Trauma Advisory Panels) emphasising their importance and the requirement for them to be implemented.

  • Section 40(1) of the Crown proceedings Act 1947, sharply underlines the distinction between sovereign as an individual and the corporation sole.

  • Although the Act specifically excludes Crown proceedings to recover “any tax or duty or interest on any tax or duty” HMRC accepts that NIC is not a tax or duty.

  • In Crown proceedings, the Secretary of State (whether or not a party) can require the tribunal to hold a case (or part of it) in private, exclude someone, or take steps to conceal witness identity.

  • Alberta (1996, ABQB)€ Applicant filed for a stay to prevent the gov’t from implementing a decision to fill ten new eement positions.Decision: Happy to literally interpret s.17 of Crown proceedings act.

  • The Court Service may need to make some changes, but these are thought to be marginal.This Department does not currently collect information about the number and cost of Crown proceedings.

Related to Crown proceedings

  • CCAA Proceedings means the proceedings commenced by the Applicant under the CCAA as contemplated by the Initial Order;

  • criminal proceedings means criminal proceedings in relation to which the strict rules of evidence apply;

  • Bond proceedings means, collectively, this Resolution, the Certificate of Award, the Continuing Disclosure Agreement, the Registrar Agreement, the Purchase Agreement, and such other proceedings of the Board, including the Bonds, that provide collectively for, among other things, the rights of holders and beneficial owners of the Bonds.

  • Formal proceedings means proceedings conducted before a judge with notice to interested persons.

  • Environmental Proceedings means any judicial or administrative proceedings arising from or in any way associated with any Environmental Requirement.

  • civil proceedings means any proceedings in or before any court or tribunal that are not criminal proceedings;

  • Proceedings means any action, suit, proceeding (whether administrative, judicial or otherwise), governmental investigation or arbitration.

  • Informal proceedings means proceedings for probate of a will or appointment of a personal representative conducted by the probate register without notice to interested persons.

  • winding-up proceedings means collective proceedings involving realisation of the assets and distribution of the proceeds among the creditors, shareholders or members as appropriate, which involve any intervention by administrative or judicial authorities, including where the collective proceedings are terminated by a composition or other analogous measure, whether or not they are founded on insolvency or are voluntary or compulsory;

  • relevant proceedings means proceedings for contempt of court or proceedings under Schedule 2 to the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014;

  • Bankruptcy Proceedings has the meaning set forth in clause (b) of paragraph 9 hereof.

  • Legal Proceedings means any actions, suits, investigations, proceedings, judgments, rulings or orders by or before any Authorized Authority;

  • Insolvency Proceedings means, with respect to any Person, any case or proceeding with respect to such Person under U.S. federal bankruptcy laws or any other state, federal or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, liquidation, receivership or other similar laws, or the appointment, whether at common law, in equity or otherwise, of any trustee, custodian, receiver, liquidator or the like for all or any material portion of the property of such Person.

  • foreign proceeding means a collective judicial or administrative proceeding in a foreign State, including an interim proceeding, pursuant to a law relating to insolvency in which proceeding the assets and affairs of the debtor are subject to control or supervision by a foreign court, for the purpose of reorganization or liquidation;

  • Criminal proceeding means a proceeding instituted by means of the swearing of an information, the laying of a charge or the return of an indictment, before a Court of competent jurisdiction in Canada with jurisdiction to hear and determine the charges referred to therein, alleging or charging that the "Insured" has contravened the provisions of any Provincial or Federal statute, including the Criminal Code, R.S.C. 1985 ch. C-46 as amended, which creates an offence or crime and which provides for conviction thereunder, whether by way of summary conviction or indictment, and as a result of which the "Insured" is liable to be convicted, fined or sentenced to some form of imprisonment or other punishment.

  • Litigation means any lawsuit, action, arbitration, administrative or other proceeding, criminal prosecution or governmental investigation or inquiry.

  • Legal Action means and includes any claim, counterclaim, demand, action, suit, counterclaim, arbitration, inquiry, proceeding or investigation before any

  • Current Proceeding means any proceeding conducted under any provisions of this subsection that

  • Environmental Claims means all claims, however asserted, by any Governmental Authority or other Person alleging potential liability or responsibility for violation of any Environmental Law, or for release or injury to the environment.

  • Adjudicative proceeding means the procedure to be followed in contested cases, as set forth in RSA 541-A:31 through RSA 541-A:36.

  • Bankruptcy Case has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.05(b).

  • Bankruptcy Cases has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

  • Pending Claims shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.1(e).

  • Litigation Claims means the claims, rights of action, suits or proceedings, whether in law or in equity, whether known or unknown, that any Debtor or any Estate may hold against any Person or Entity, including, without limitation, the Causes of Action of the Debtors or their Estates, in each case solely to the extent of the Debtors’ or their Estates’ interest therein. A non-exclusive list of the Litigation Claims held by the Debtors as of the Effective Date will be Filed with the Plan Supplement, which will be deemed to include any derivative actions filed against any Debtor as of the Effective Date.

  • Actions or Proceedings means any action, suit, proceeding, arbitration or Governmental or Regulatory Authority investigation or audit.

  • Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding means, with respect to any Person, any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of such Person, or any bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, receivership or similar proceeding with respect to such Person, whether voluntary or involuntary.