Hearing; court (8)
I believe the answer is:
tribunal
I believe this clue is a double definition.
'hearing' is the first definition.
(I've seen this before)
'court' is the second definition.
(I know that court can be written as tribunal)
(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" .)