Hearing; court (8)
I believe the answer is:
tribunal
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">I believe this clue is a double definition.<br/ ><br/ >'<span class="explanation-format__original">hearing</span>' is the first definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >'<span class="explanation-format__original">court</span>' is the second definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I know that court can be written as tribunal)</span><br/ ><br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for tribunal that I've seen before include "case" , "Assembly to conduct judicial business" , "Special court" , "Court of arbitration - unlit bar (anag)" , "Court, investigative board" .)