Crown proceedings

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Crown proceedings are legal actions in which the state, represented by the Crown, is a party in civil or criminal matters within common law jurisdictions.

All labels observed (5)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf common law doctrine ⓘ
legal proceeding ⓘ
public law concept ⓘ
aimsTo balance state functions with individual rights ⓘ
appliesIn Australia ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
New Zealand ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
other Commonwealth realms ⓘ
canResultIn damages awards against the state ⓘ
declaratory relief against the state ⓘ
injunctive relief against public authorities ⓘ
concerns enforcement of public duties ⓘ
liability of the state ⓘ
rights of individuals against the state ⓘ
currentlyCharacterizedBy expanded rights to sue the state ⓘ
developedFrom petition of right procedure ⓘ
distinguishedFrom private civil proceedings between individuals ⓘ
hasDoctrinalBasisIn the Crown as legal embodiment of the state ⓘ
hasJurisdictionType civil ⓘ
criminal ⓘ
hasPartyRole Crown as defendant ⓘ
Crown as plaintiff ⓘ
hasProceduralFeature limitations on execution against state property ⓘ
special service and notice requirements ⓘ
statutory time limits for claims ⓘ
historicallyCharacterizedBy limited ability to sue the Crown ⓘ
involvesParty the Crown ⓘ
the state ⓘ
involvesRepresentationBy Attorney General or equivalent law officer ⓘ
isBasedOn sovereign immunity principles ⓘ
isModifiedBy statutory waivers of immunity ⓘ
isRegulatedBy Crown Proceedings Act 1947 ⓘ
linked to: Crown proceedings
legalSystem common law ⓘ
mayInclude contract claims against the state ⓘ
judicial review of executive action ⓘ
recovery of debts owed by the state ⓘ
tort claims against the state ⓘ
recognizes Crown can be sued in its own courts ⓘ
relatedTo administrative law ⓘ
public law ⓘ
sovereign immunity ⓘ
state liability ⓘ
subjectTo statutory exceptions and immunities ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

the Crown → partyTo → Crown proceedings ⓘ
Crown proceedings → isRegulatedBy → Crown Proceedings Act 1947 ⓘ
linked to: Crown proceedings
Solicitor-General of New Zealand → legalAuthority → Crown Proceedings Act 1950 ⓘ
linked to: Crown proceedings
Crown_liability_in_Belize → influencedBy → English_Crown_Proceedings_law ⓘ
linked to: Crown proceedings
Treasury Solicitor (when holding the title of HM Procurator General) → legalAuthority → Crown Proceedings Act 1947 ⓘ
linked to: Crown proceedings
Crown as corporation aggregate → relatesTo → Crown proceedings ⓘ
Crown as corporation aggregate → usedIn → Crown Proceedings Acts and similar statutes ⓘ
linked to: Crown proceedings