Define Administrative Tribunals

Question

What do you mean by Administrative Tribunals?

Answer 1

An administrative tribunal is a body that resolves disputes arising in administrative law. It is sometimes said to exercise a “quasi-judicial” function. It can make binding decisions that affect legal rights but generally operates more informally than courts in that, for instance, strict rules of evidence typically don’t apply. Thus, it is “somewhere between a government and a court.”

The members of a tribunal are usually selected by the parties or by a statutory process, and are appointed on the basis of special knowledge or extensive experience in an area. Tribunal decisions are highly respected and not easily overturned. If a party is dissatisfied with a tribunal decision, the party can sometimes ask a court for judicial review.