M6-2.1 Learn vocabulary
Instructions
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Review vocabulary:
| Vocabulary | Definition | Example sentence |
| Adjudicative body (noun) | A body which has authority to hear and decide disputes. | A tribunal is an adjudicative body established to settle certain types of disputes. |
| Board member (noun) | An elected participant on the board of directors of a corporation or the supervisory committee of an organisation. | A meeting agenda was circulated to the board members. |
| Chamber (noun) | ‘Chambers’ (uncountable) refers to the groups of rooms where the barristers work and the set of chambers may be within one particular building for example, it is always plural. Chamber (countable) can refer to smaller divisions within some larger organisation, for example, each tier of the tribunal system. | The First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal are split into Chambers. |
| Employment Tribunal (noun) | These are a type of tribunal in England and Wales and Scotland which have statutory jurisdiction to hear disputes between employers and employees including disputes about unfair dismissal, redundancy payments and employment discrimination. | The employee brought a case to the Employment Tribunal. |
| Convention (noun) | An international agreement between states, often used to protect rights or set legal standards. | The European Convention on Human Rights protects the right to a fair trial. |
| First-tier Tribunal (noun) | The lower level of the two-tier tribunal system. It usually hears cases first and deals with appeals or applications against decisions made by government departments, public bodies or other authorities. | The First-tier Tribunal hears appeals from citizens against decisions made by government departments or agencies. |
| His Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) (noun) | An agency of the Ministry of Justice responsible for administering the courts and tribunals system in England and Wales and some tribunals across the UK. | HMCTS administers a two-tier tribunal system. |
| Panel (noun) | A group of people. | Sometimes tribunal judges and members sit as a panel. |
| Property Chamber (noun) | This is a tribunal chamber in England that handles applications, appeals and references relating to many different types of disputes over property and land, including residential property disputes, agricultural land disputes and land registry matters. | The leasehold dispute was heard in the Property Chamber Tribunal. |
| Court of record (noun) | A court whose proceedings are formally recorded in law reports. | The Upper Tribunal is a court of record. |
| Tier (noun) | A level or grade within the hierarchy of an organisation or system. | The courts and tribunals of England and Wales are split into tiers. |
| Tribunal (noun) | A tribunal in the UK is an adjudicative body established to settle certain types of disputes. We can call a tribunal a court, but we shouldn’t call all courts tribunals. Tribunals are often more informal than courts and sometimes parties represent themselves. | There are many tribunals covering a wide range of areas affecting day-to-day life. |
| Tribunal member (noun) | A specialist non-legal member of a tribunal panel hearing a case. | Not every panel includes tribunal members. |
| Tribunal judge (noun) | A legally qualified judge who hears and decides cases in a tribunal. | Tribunal judges are responsible for making the correct decision in law. |
| Upper Tribunal (noun) | The higher level of the two-tier tribunal system, which primarily hears appeals from the First-tier Tribunal. | The Upper Tribunal reviews and decides appeals arising from the First-tier Tribunal. |
| Valuation Tribunal (noun) | A tribunal dealing with disputes about council tax and non-domestic rating. | The valuation dispute was heard by the Valuation Tribunal. |