Courts of the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom does not have a single unified judicial
system: England and Wales have one system; Scotland another; and Northern Ireland another.
In the area of immigration law, the jurisdiction of the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal and of the Special Immigration Appeals Commission covers all of the United Kingdom; and in
The Constitutional Reform Act 2005 creates a new Supreme Court of the United Kingdom to take over the judicial functions of the Law
Lords in the House of Lords and some functions from the Judicial committee of the Privy Council.[1] When it starts in 2009 it will serve as the highest
References
- ^ Constitutional reform: A Supreme Court for the United KingdomPDF (252 KiB), Department for Constitutional Affairs; accessed 2006-05-22.
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