Higher Courts definition

Higher Courts means, for purposes of the Project, the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals, the Court of Tax Appeals and the Sandiganbayan;

Examples of Higher Courts in a sentence

  • CESU implements all the Order of GRF & Ombudsman, except few cases where it has appealed in Higher Courts.

  • Meanwhile, Basic and Higher Courts should analyze the backlog of non-enforcement cases using comprehensive Ageing Lists and prioritize the resolution of those cases.

  • The time to case disposition is short in Higher Courts (98 days) but long in Basic Courts (736 days).

  • I have been on a number of committees overseeing various major projects involving external agencies such as the Queensland Courts sentencing data base project and the Higher Courts wireless internet project, as well as numerous interagency committees such as the Serious Sexual Offenders review committee.

  • Any bill for proceedings concluding in the County or Higher Courts, or before a District Judge, Circuit Judge or Judge of High Court level in the family court, where the total amount of the claim for assessable costs does not exceed £2,500, must be assessed by the Lord Chancellor.

  • For example, the Higher Courts currently produce fewer dispositions per judge than the SCC, and judges in the busier Basic Courts dispose of three times the number of cases than their colleagues in the least busy Basic Courts.performance in EU11 countries.

  • All other claims for cases concluding in the County or Higher Courts, or before a District Judge, Circuit Judge or Judge of the High Court level in the family court where proceedings have been commenced and the total of the costs exceeds £2,500 should be submitted to the relevant court for detailed assessment (although see 14.11 below for exceptional circumstances).

  • As noted above, District Courts act as the first instance Court, while the Higher Courts have the jurisdiction to decide on any potential appeals.

  • It is clear from the above that assigning the final authority to ratify judgements by the State Security Higher Courts to the Head of the State constitutes a major guarantee for the defendants and is equal to the guarantee provided by the right to appeal these judgements.

  • Appeals from Basic Courts to Higher Courts (known as small appellation) are not well monitored in the system and, upon analysis, are particularly alarming.

Related to Higher Courts

  • Issuing court means the court that makes a child custody determination for which enforcement is sought under this chapter.

  • Tribal Court means a court with jurisdiction over child custody proceedings and that is either a Court of Indian Offenses, a court established and operated under the code of custom of an Indian tribe or any other administrative body of a tribe that is vested with authority over child custody proceedings.