Sentences with phrase «british legal system»

As the story goes, these parties had a falling out and as a result decided that since neither side was likely to receive a «fair» hearing and decision under the Russian justice system, and since billions of US dollars, etc. were brought to Britain, why not use the British legal system (which UK government has been promoting for years for these kinds of disputes).

Parliament and the British legal system are said to want to address these situations (for example, see here).

In light of Lord Phillips» comments, the introduction of a Bill of Rights (or a Human Rights Act Plus) now may present an opportunity to impose the rights guaranteed by the ECHR more forcefully and enduringly on the British legal system, in a way which would make it at least more difficult (perhaps «impossible» is too lofty an aim) to alter or repeal in the future.

@DavidZ Not in the British legal system.

He had inherited the grisly family business from his father and uncle, both of whom had previously performed the same duty in service of the British legal system.

For American viewers, «Denial» is a mini-tour of the British legal system, and it's surprisingly interesting.

The ensuing trial provides a peek at the British legal system, but the most interesting sub-plot... the young son of the accused terrorist... is minimized in favor of the generic romance between two legal defense attorneys (Bana and Hall).

And many Muslims in the UK have disputes resolved in sharia courts, which coexist with the British legal system.

Under Asbos, rumour and hearsay evidence are incorporated into the British legal system.

The bronze: Rounding out our top three this week is the British legal system, whose original decision to convict «twitter joke trialee» Paul Chambers we are officially declaring in the «gaffe» category.

Coalition proposals for the civil justice system threaten the foundations of the British legal system, the former director of public prosecutions warned today.

The British legal system knows how to treat children: as humans incapable of giving consent.

As an astute lawyer of your calibre and with your long association with the British legal system, I am very sure you know of the latter enactment, by declaring the court of High Commission, which James 11, had endeavoured to reestablish under the name of the commissioners for Ecclesiastical Caucus, to be illegal, put an end for ever to the attempts of the crown to set up courts where men might be tried in an uncertain and arbitrary manner, and which had proved such a fertile source of tyranny in the case of the then star chamber.

Dr Rowan Williams told Radio 4's World at One that the UK has to «face up to the fact» that some of its citizens do not relate to the British legal system.

A future UK implementation of Megan's Law is by far from a done deal, a Home Office minister has said, as fundamental differences exist between the US and British legal systems.

Not exact matches

The group was in London on Thursday hearing about the British model, a system Kenney called more relevant to Canada because of «legal and cultural» similarities.

«We picked India over China because of India's British - based legal system and English - speaking population,» says Bob Repovs.

Third, its legal system is similar to the United States, since both are rooted in the British system.

The destruction of the Jajmani system, communal ownership of landed property, by the British and introduction of legal land relationship changed the situation of Dalits for the worse.

Normally, in successful claims there will be no costs deducted from members» compensation but because of different legal systems in the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man, British Cycling can not guarantee that there will be no deductions from compensation where claims are brought in these jurisdictions.

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A recorder of modern British political life, his previous works have covered the privatisation of the railways (The Permanent Way), the Iraq war (Stuff Happens) and the legal system (Murmuring Judges).

Easy talk about liberty and «British values» while Britain repeatedly ratchets up the criminal justice system, repeatedly encroaches on civil liberties, undermines legal aid and spends like there is no tomorrow on police and prisons.

One of the more interesting facts surrounding the film, is the disparity between the rules of the British and American legal systems.

A biopic that plays out like a cerebral thriller, this film traces the life of Alan Turing, the British maths genius who essentially invented the computer and won World War II before being driven to suicide by a cruel legal system.

Based as it is upon English Common Law, the British Honduran legal system is not too different in design from that of the United States and thus is quite comprehensible to us.

According to the United Nations, Kuwait's legal system is a mix of British common law, French civil law, Egyptian civil law and Islamic law.

Although I could speak today about the underfunding of B.C.'s courts, legal aid, and a recently released Angus Reid public opinion poll suggesting that British Columbians are dissatisfied with the justice system, this is, after all, supposed to be a light, entertaining, and fluffy column about legal practice on the west coast, and there are some topics that don't lend themselves to my swordplay.

As such we understand not only the similarities between British and Cypriot law but also more importantly the differences between the legal systems in the UK and Cyprus.

The legal system in Cyprus is loosely based on British Law and therefore many of the things that happen will be familiar to British clients.

While this pamphlet is geared to the British Columbia legal system, the mechanics of the application are the same in Alberta.

Like the U.S. and the U.K., India's legal system is grounded in British common law.

In Canada, I think it is much easier to go through and practice law, due to the fact that the Canadian legal system is same as in India as both countries were under British colony and so as a result there are fewer differences in comparison to the US.

Duty counsel in British Columbia will take collective job action against the B.C. government starting in January and completely withdraw services after April from a system described by B.C. Trial Lawyers Association's legal aid committee co-chairman Phil Rankin as suffering from «atrophication that has been happening slowly like dementia» from continuous funding cuts.

Yesterday, the Public Commission on Legal Aid in British Columbia released its report and probably to no one's surprise said the B.C. legal aid system has been so denuded that it can't provide even the most basic servLegal Aid in British Columbia released its report and probably to no one's surprise said the B.C. legal aid system has been so denuded that it can't provide even the most basic servlegal aid system has been so denuded that it can't provide even the most basic services.

While Singapore's legal system, which is based on the British common law system, is highly regarded, we are also known to have excellent infrastructure for dispute resolution.

Bruce LeRose, president of the Law Society of British Columbia, provided the following statement to Legal Feeds: «The law society will study the report but notes on an initial review that Mr. Cowper has made a number of recommendations to address how he believes the justice system could be better managed and to identify the institutional elements he considers necessary for the system as a whole to succeed.

Although the American and Canadian legal systems are both based on British common law, in practice there are significant distinctions.

The Canadian Bar Association's British Columbia branch has hit out at the provincial government for its failure to increase financial support for the province's legal aid system in yesterday's budget.

Rise Women's Legal Centre provides an experiential learning opportunity for upper year students from the University of British Columbia's Peter A. Allard School of Law, in a non-profit, social justice environment, with a focus on the circumstances of women and their experiences within the justice system.

As a self - governing British Overseas Territory, Bermuda's legal system is based on the English legal system.

Why is it, then, that citation systems for law — whether the Harvard Bluebook, the Chicago Maroon Book, the Canadian McGill Guide, the British OSCOLA: Oxford University Standard for Citation of Legal Authorities or the Australian Guide to Legal Citation (AGLC)-- are so idiosyncratic and radically different from these other citation systems, offering a system of citation that bears little relation to these others, at once more complex and detailed while less comprehensive in scope?

As the new government of British Columbia begins its work, a broad coalition of legal organizations has come together to call for significant reform of BC's justice system.

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When I began interviewing SRLs in British Columbia, Ontario and Alberta in December 2011, I was ready to hear stories of frustration and confusion, bewilderment even, with the complexity of the legal system.

Without having done extensive research regarding the relevant state and national statutes in India, given that India's legal system is derived from British common law and that British common law jurisdictions would be uniform in how this question is resolved in a matter that arises from the common law, I think I can provide an answer that is likely to be correct.

«We're sure that when we get that information and take it back to our stakeholders in the government, we're going to be given a platform to develop a better legal aid system in British Columbia.»

Very much dependent in early days on the expansion of the British Empire and its legal system, Butterworths, no doubt replete with the English and Christian values of the day, followed it from the British Isles to Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and India employing a mix of structures, acquisitions and partnerships of various degrees of success and some failure.

While it was clear to me throughout the process that there are significant challenges ahead for legal aid in the province of British Columbia, the will to improve the system and the commitment necessary to do so was evident in every submission that I witnessed.