An interesting report in today's papers about, among other things, how the
Canadian arms are in use by a university in the UK.

Andrew Chaplin wrote:
An interesting report in today's papers about, among other things, how
the
Canadian arms are in use by a university in the UK.


And a bogus university at that!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/3369567.stm

What would be more fitting for a bogus university than usurped arms?

(Not like real universities don't use bogus arms, of course, or usurp
them...)

Andrew Chaplin wrote:
An interesting report in today's papers about, among other things, how
the
Canadian arms are in use by a university in the UK.

And a bogus university at that!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/3369567.stm

It's not every day that someone makes free with a foreign
state's arms of dominion and sovereignty.

Andrew Chaplin wrote:
It's not every day that someone makes free with a foreign
state's arms of dominion and sovereignty.

Canada foreign? Not from a British point of view!

I doubt, however, that it would make any difference legally whether
the
state was foreign, a Commonwealth realm or any other Commonwealth
member.

"Jonathan David Makepeace" <jonathanNOSPAMmakepeace@yahoo.ca> wrote in
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Andrew Chaplin wrote:
It's not every day that someone makes free with a foreign
state's arms of dominion and sovereignty.

Canada foreign? Not from a British point of view!

I wasn't happy with my use of "foreign" but a "sovereign state other
than the United Kingdom" would seem to be a little clumsy.

I doubt, however, that it would make any difference legally whether
the
state was foreign, a Commonwealth realm or any other Commonwealth
member.

What court could competently deal with such usurpation in England? (I
think the case would clearly be in Lyon Court's jurisdiction were it
in Scotland.)

Ths Court of Chivalry of course. Closely followed by an appeal court so
that we can find out which of the Court of Chivalry's judgements still
apply.

I am on record to donate £100 towards the costs of a new case in the
Court of Chivalry; I would be delighted to use this to support a case
such as this. (I know it is not very much where legal costs are
concerned, but there must be one or two others who would pay a modest
sums for a clarification of the law.)

"Tim Powys-Lybbe" <tim@powys.org> wrote in message
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Ths Court of Chivalry of course. Closely followed by an appeal court so
that we can find out which of the Court of Chivalry's judgements still
apply.

I am on record to donate £100 towards the costs of a new case in the
Court of Chivalry; I would be delighted to use this to support a
case such as this. (I know it is not very much where legal costs
are concerned, but there must be one or two others who would pay a
modest sums for a clarification of the law.)

What statute establishes the Court of Chivarly and the avenue of
appeal from it (IOW, could someone please point me to an on-line
version) and when was that statute last reviewed by a House of
Parliament?

"Tim Powys-Lybbe" <tim@powys.org> wrote in message
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Ths Court of Chivalry of course. Closely followed by an appeal court so
that we can find out which of the Court of Chivalry's judgements still
apply.

I am on record to donate £100 towards the costs of a new case in the
Court of Chivalry; I would be delighted to use this to support a case
such as this. (I know it is not very much where legal costs are
concerned, but there must be one or two others who would pay a modest
sums for a clarification of the law.)

What statute establishes the Court of Chivarly and the avenue of appeal from
it (IOW, could someone please point me to an on-line version) and when was
that statute last reviewed by a House of Parliament?

What statute establishes the Court of Chivarly and the avenue of appeal from
it (IOW, could someone please point me to an on-line version) and when was
that statute last reviewed by a House of Parliament?
--
Are courts now established by statute in England rather than by some

Are courts now established by statute in England rather than by some
sort of exercise of the royal prerogative? I ask because Blackstone's
Commentaries, Book I, Ch 7, "Of the King's Prerogative," says "He
therefore has alone the right of erecting courts of judicature." I
have understood this to be one of the several aspects of the royal
prerogative that was not vested in the governors of the American states
or subsequently in the president of the United States, thus disproving
the notion that the president inherently holds the former powers of the
British crown--such as being the fons honorum. (There are plenty of
other royal powers that also were not vested in the governors or the
president, so the argument doesn't stand or fall on this point, but it
would still be interesting to know.

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Are courts now established by statute in England rather than by some
sort of exercise of the royal prerogative? I ask because Blackstone's
Commentaries, Book I, Ch 7, "Of the King's Prerogative," says "He
therefore has alone the right of erecting courts of judicature." I
have understood this to be one of the several aspects of the royal
prerogative that was not vested in the governors of the American states
or subsequently in the president of the United States, thus disproving
the notion that the president inherently holds the former powers of the
British crown--such as being the fons honorum. (There are plenty of
other royal powers that also were not vested in the governors or the
president, so the argument doesn't stand or fall on this point, but it
would still be interesting to know.

AIUI, even if something is under the Royal prerogative, it can become part
of statute law if the Bill is given the necessary Royal Consent before the
question is put at third readying in the first House of Parliament to deal
with it. I am not sure that the prerogative still encompasses the judiciary
in the U.K.