Preliminary issue definition
Preliminary issue means, as regards any complaint, any substantive issue which may determine liability (for example, an issue as to jurisdiction or as to whether an employee was dismissed).
Examples of Preliminary issue in a sentence
The Preliminary issue raised by the Appellant was not pursued with any vigour at the oral hearing, however the Commissioner notes that the jurisdiction of an Appeal Commissioner has been set out in a number of cases decided by the Courts, namely; ▇▇▇ v Revenue Commissioners [IECA] 2021 18 (hereinafter “▇▇▇”), ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ v The Revenue Commissioners [2017] IECA 279, The State (▇▇▇▇▇▇) v Smidic [1938] 1 I.R. 626, Menolly Homes Ltd.