What are the residual jurisdiction and powers of the Visitor?
Subject to the statutory exclusions noted above, the Visitor has power to settle disputes between members of the corporation, to inspect and regulate their actions and behaviour, and generally to correct all abuses and irregularities in the administration of the institution. Unsolicited “general visitations” seem to be at least obsolescent. However a Visitor may at any time hear complaints and appeals of individual members of the corporation, apart from students and staff (concerning matters of their employment or disputes with the institution which could be heard elsewhere), and decree an appropriate remedy. In practice, “members” who might wish to make use of the visitatorial jurisdiction are likely to be limited to members of Council (or the equivalent body) who are normally defined in statutes as members of the institution, and possibly members of staff raising matters completely unconnected with their employment and unconnected with any dispute which could be litigated elsewhere.
