The Privy Council definition
Examples of The Privy Council in a sentence
The Privy Council rejected the plaintiffs’ claim and held that the defendant’s telegram was merely an indication of the price that they would be prepared to accept should they decide to sell the pen in the future; at no point did the defendants say that Bumper Hall Pen was actually for sale.
The Privy Council held that both the appellant and the respondents were liable to make monthly contributions to the EPF Board in respect of the service charge paid to the appellant by virtue of his employment with the company; it was further held that the service charge was payable to the employee under the contract of service.
The Privy Council found that there was no support of the Court of Appeal’s statement that the expert’s evidence (▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇) was materially discredited in cross examination and also that the other expert’s evidence (▇▇.
The Privy Council has ruled in Zuliana and others v ▇▇▇▇▇ (1994) 45 WLR 188 on appeal from this Court, that the statutory right to appeal to appeal under the equivalent provision of section 108 (1) of the Saint Lucia Constitution must be strictly construed and an application for leave to appeal against an award of unliquidated damages does not meet the monetary threshold in the section”.
The Privy Council has however held, obiter, that a stay of proceedings is merely an order which puts a stop to the further conduct of proceedings in court or before a tribunal at the stage which they have reached, the object being to avoid the hearing or trial taking place, and that it could have no possible application to an executive decision which has already been made.
The Privy Council confirmed that the actual presentment of a cheque for payment (i.e. for cash and not delivery for deposit), payable to the customer himself, is an essential precondition to trigger a bank’s debtor-creditor liability to its customer.67 This case establishes that for there to be a demand for payment, presentment of the cheque for payment (i.e. cash) must be made to give rise to a liability to pay.
The Privy Council considered that the Claimant would be able to work partially and applied a multiplicand of 50% of the Claimant’s pre-accident earnings, and a multiplier of 16 years.
The Privy Council approved the title Liverpool Hope University in July 2005.
The Privy Council, in an appeal from New Zealand in the case next cited, stated categorically that New Bullaswas wrongly decided and so it must be taken as having been to all intents and purposes overruled.
The Privy Council also observed that " the material facts showed that the two Governments made with all care a sincere effort to represent as closely as was possible the theoretical boundary assigned by the Letters Patent by a practical line of demarcation on the earth’s surface.