Examples of The Privy Council in a sentence
The Privy Council shall not be summoned except by the authority of the Governor-General acting in his discretion.
The Privy Council has the duty to render advice to the King on all matters pertaining to His functions as He may consult, and has other duties as provided by the Constitution.
The Privy Council usually hears cases in panels composed of British Law Lords joined by a justice of a participating jurisdiction.
The Privy Council has a duty to render such advice to the King on all matters pertaining to His functions as He may consult, and has other duties as provided in this Constitution.
The Privy Council held that any award of exemplary damages, while requiring outrageous conduct, would not necessarily require proof of intentional wrongdoing or conscious recklessness.
The Privy Council held that the single meaning rule represents a fair and workable method for deciding whether the words under consideration are defamatory, but it was not designed to be applied when considering whether the Reynolds defence is established and it would not be suitable for that purpose.
The Privy Council Office (PCO) provides non-partisan advice to the Prime Minister and ministers whose functions lie within the Prime Minister’s portfolio, supports Cabinet decision-making processes, and acts as the principal link between the Prime Minister and the public service.
The Privy Council Office annually issues information on the range of performance awards available, according to performance achieved and the individual’s classification.
The Privy Council considered that “although near the borderline” ([28]), in circumstances where “the defamatory meaning of the words used was not so glaringly obvious that any responsible journalist would be bound to realise this was how the words would be understood by ordinary, reasonable readers” [27], the failure to make further enquiry and the omission of the claimant’s explanation, although unfortunate, were not sufficient to render the defence inapplicable.
The Privy Council, as noted above, did not articulate any rule for the jurisdiction of the US Bankruptcy Court over Navigator (although it had plainly submitted to its jurisdiction) or over Cambridge Gas (which, the Manx courts had held and the Privy Council accepted, had not submitted) or over Cambridge Gas’ Manx assets.