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    Court Structure in Srilanka

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    consists of a Supreme Court, a Court of Appeal, High Courts, Municipal Courts, and Primary Courts. Additionally, there are numerous tribunals, etc. In cases involving criminal law, a Magistrate’s Court or a High Court is the only court with primary jurisdiction; the respective legal domains of each are provided in the Code of Criminal Procedure.    The preponderant majority of criminal law cases are initiated at a Magistrate’s Court. These cases may be initiated by any police officer, or public servant

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    holds a Two-fold Jurisdiction [2]: 1. Jurisdiction in Contentious Cases: The Court in its legal nature has authority to settle disputes submitted to it by the states be it on unilateral application (when one states files against the other state and is represented by v.) or on special agreement (represented by stroke / and is when both the parties agree to move to the court for the settlement) basis, they being decided in accordance with international law. 2. Advisory Jurisdiction: When the U.N.,

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    Judicial Review

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    two branches of government. Jurisdiction: The power to speak the law. In Rem Jurisdiction: Court can exercise jurisdiction over property that is located within its boundaries. Bankruptcy Court: Only handles bankruptcy proceedings. Probate Courts: State courts that handle only matters relating to the transfer of a person’s assets and obligations after that person’s death. Federal Courts: Federal government is a government of limited power, the jurisdiction is limited. Federal Courts

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    The first tier of the American federal court system is the U.S. District Court. The U.S. District Court acts as a trial court, norm enforcement, and makes policies. Everyone is entitled to a trial via the Sixth and Seventh Amendment for criminal and civil cases. Therefore, the U.S. District Court sees numerous cases. This court hears criminal and civil cases per the trial courts where attorneys are able to examine and cross-examine witness before a jury of their peers. All federal cases go before

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    of jurisdictions pose when combating cybercrime. Discuss why I believe law enforcement in different states should work with one another in when fight cyber-crime. There are a number of challenges that law enforcement agencies are facing like investigating internet exploitation, cyber stalking, and obscenity. Other challenges are overlapping of agencies, the lack of funding, and investigating exploitation, cyber stalking, obscenity, and the specific challenges with overlapping of jurisdictions. I

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    6) Jurisdiction of civil procedure code: The CLB hasn’t expressly mentioned its exclusion from the jurisdiction of civil procedure code but the companies Act 2013 expressly mentioned the exclusion of the jurisdiction of civil procedure code under Sec 430. 7). Amicus curiae: The Draft National Company Law Tribunal Rules, 2013 enable the NCLT to appoint Amicus Curiae for opinion on various specialised legal issues which was lacking in CLB. 8) Jurisdiction: Provisions relating to

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    A Civil Action Term Paper

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    A court can exercise personal jurisdiction over any person or business that abides within a certain geographic area, or any out of area defendant as long as there was minimum contact with the area to justify jurisdiction. Each state has its own long arm statue in place that defines minimum contact. Personal jurisdiction for federal courts is broad, extending to any persons within the United States, whereas personal jurisdiction for state courts is much more narrow. Different courts

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    practice and procedure. JURISDICTION OF COURTS In the English case of Bremer Vulkan Schiffbau und Maschinenfabrik v. South India Shipping Corporation Ltd, Lord Diplock defined the court 's inherent jurisdiction as a general power to control its own procedure so as to prevent its being used to achieve injustice. Lord Denning finely affirmed, “Whenever a tribunal goes wrong in law, it goes outside the jurisdiction conferred on it and its decision is void. ” Jurisdiction is fundamental in every proceeding

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    where stipulates the exclusive jurisdiction for the designated court in the choice-of-court agreement . III. MUTUAL TRUST AND RELATED CASES IN RESPECT OF THE BRUSSELS I RECAST The notion of mutual trust has been used by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) for explaining the important role of mutual recognition in the Brussels I Regulation in order to require the courts of Member States to comply jurisdiction rules on staying proceedings and declining jurisdiction . This part will critical analyse

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    himself of the privileges and benefit of forum state” which existed in this case when the defendant was benefiting itself of conducting some activities in forum state. Finally, the court took into consideration 5 factors to decide whether having jurisdiction over this case would prevent the idea of traditional notions of fair play and substantial justice. The burden on defendant was the first factor court examined and it shows it would be burdensome for the defendant to have the case heard in East

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