The claimant wanted to argue that proceedings before the respondent’s licensing sub-committee were an abuse of process. The committee had said it had no jurisdiction to admit such a clam.
Held: Any such power in an administrative tribunal must be given explicitly by whatever statute created it. A power could not be implied by law and were not inherent. Admission of such a power would allow proceedings to be waylaid by what might be a collateral attack.
Judges:
Charles J
Citations:
Times 14-Aug-2009
Statutes:
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Licensing, Natural Justice
Updated: 26 May 2022; Ref: scu.372845
