to have no jurisdiction to take cognizance of an action

to have no jurisdiction to take cognizance of an action

The employer may terminate the contract without paying severance if the employee is demonstrably incompetent for the position.

In the absence of an arbitration clause within the meaning of Article 238 EC, the Court therefore manifestly lacks jurisdiction.

The employer may terminate the contract without paying severance if the employee is demonstrably incompetent for the position.

12 Consequently, since it manifestly lacks jurisdiction to issue such directions, the General Court dismissed the third ground of appeal and, consequently, the action in its entirety.

Not for the fact that he has 7 former clients on Death Row, but for the fact that he was so obviously incompetent, that the court couldn't get away with assigning anymore death cases to this lawyer.