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Medical Referee

Medical Referee. s. 38 of the (English) Workmen's Compensation Act, 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5, c. 84), provides for the appointment and remuneration of medical referees. See ASSESSORS....

Referee, one to whom anything is referred; an arbitrator. Also, persons to whom are referred questions as to the locus standi of petitioners againstprivate parliamentary Bills. Consult the works of Smethurst or Clifford and Stephens hereon.A type of master appointed by a court to assist with certain proceedings, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., 1284.Panels of referees are appointed to decide technical questions on appeal from depart mental authorities under various statutes, see 8 & 9 Geo. 5, c. 13 (licensing of stations); as to bulls, see that title; on valuation of machinery, see (English) Rating and Valuation Act, 1925 (15 & 16Geo. 5, c. 90), s. 24; also (English) Workmen's Compensation Act, 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5, c. 84), and other Acts. Reference committees may be appointed under the (English) Acquisition of Land (Assessment of Compensation) Act, 1929; Landlord and Tenant Act, 1927 (15 & 16 Geo. 5, c. 20), for compensation; and the (English) Law of Property Act, 1925, in relation t...

Assessors

Assessors, literally those who sit by the side of another: persons appointed to ascertain and fix the value of taxes, rates, etc. Also persons sometimes associated with judges of courts to advise and direct the decisions of such judges.By the (English) Judicature Act, 1925, s. 98, replacing the (English) Judicature Act, 1873, s. 56, the High Court or the Court of Appeal may, when it may think it expedient other than in a criminal proceeding by the Crown, call in the aid of one or more assessors specially qualified, and try and hear the matter in question wholly or partially with the assistance of such assessors. By the County Courts Act, 1934, s. 88, replacing the County Court Admiralty Jurisdiction Act, 1868, s. 14, provision is made for the appointment of assessors of 'natural skill and experience' in Admiralty actions, and such assessors frequently sit in county courts under the powers of this Act.Schedule II. of the (English) Workmen's Compensa-tion Act, 1925, gives a county court ...

Panel

Panel [fr. panellum, Lat.; panneau, Fr., a square or panel]. 1. A little part, or rather a schedule or page, containing the names of such jurors as the sheriff returns to pass upon a trial; and empannelling a jury is nothing but the entering them into the sheriff's roll or book, Jac. Law Dict.; Co. Litt. 158 b.2. In Scots law, the accused person in a criminal trial after appearance in court.3. Panel of Arbitrators, the name given to the permanent Court or Tribunal established under the Hague Arbitration Convention.The term is often applied to the list of such medical practitioners as have agreed to administer the Medical Benefit under the National Health Insur-ance Acts. Those entitled to be treated by such a medical practitioner are popularly called 'panel-patients,' and the word is used to denote a list of any authoritative persons or consultants where determination or advise is required by statute, e.g., arbitrators under the (English) Acquisition of Land (Assessment of Compensation...

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