Sentences with phrase «court claims the number»

Officially, China's Supreme People's Court claims the number of executions has dropped by half since the court resumed reviewing death sentences in 2006.

Not exact matches

In addition, courts (though not human - rights tribunals) are raising the burden of proof for mental injury, which will likely limit the number of claims.

In January 2012, in a speech in Strasburg, Prime Minister David Cameron set out an agenda for reforming the ECtHR which would reduce the number of admissible cases, and thus the backlog, by ensuring that the Court did not act as a small claims court or Court of Fourth Instance and did not go over national decisions where it did not neeCourt did not act as a small claims court or Court of Fourth Instance and did not go over national decisions where it did not neecourt or Court of Fourth Instance and did not go over national decisions where it did not neeCourt of Fourth Instance and did not go over national decisions where it did not need to.

This led to a number of High Court cases, notably against Surrey County Council in 2000, with parents claiming that their children had been discriminated against.

Mr Woyome who claims his human rights has been abused and was occasioned by the Review Decision of the Supreme Court of Ghana has sent this aspect of the case to the African Court on Human and Peoples» Right in Arusha Tanzania by invoking article 40 read together with article 75 of the 1992 constitution of The Republic of Ghana under case number Ref: AfCHPR / Reg.

«The Ministry of Justice is consulting on proposals that would increase the number of disputed compensation cases heard by small claims courts — where claimants have to pay their own legal fees even if they win.

The High Court rejected claims made by US online dating company Plentyoffish Media that it was entitled to assert rights over UK - registered trademarks because it had high UK visitor numbers to its website.

Alliance leaders have denied the claims but lost a number of legal rulings by both PERB and Los Angeles Superior Court Judge James C. Chalfant.

Unfortunately this company too has been taken to court, and has offered a fund to compensate drivers who can not achieve claimed efficiency numbers.

They cited police records, court documents and interviews with law enforcement agents which belie a number of Frey's claims regarding criminal charges against him, jail terms and his fugitive status.

The outcome of the case is uncertain, but in the event that the plaintiff's claim is approved by the court, a number of Sparinvest SICAV sub-funds can potentially gain from the lawsuit, being former Postbank shareholders.

Some airlines have fought tooth and nail in court to try to reduce the number of passengers that can claim — and have previously put claims on hold while they went to court.

Small claims courts in Broward and Palm Beach counties are reporting a spike in the number of cases against debtors, who typically owe between $ 2,000 to $ 4,000.

I don't suppose anyone has Jack Tretton's home address and phone number to give me, so I can sue him on my own in small claims court?

We have acted in a significant number of the largest and most complex class actions in recent years and have expert understanding of the relevant court rules in different jurisdictions and the basis on which class actions claims can be challenged.

She acted on their behalf in a number of High Court applications and also advised in relation to third party discovery matters in personal injury claims.

When the insured sues, insurers then claim the action is statute barred — a position our courts have accepted in a number of cases.

Tafas: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has agreed to rehear en banc Tafas v. Doll, a major patent case which could «restrict sharply the number of continuations, claims, and requests for continued examination that patent applicants may file,» the National Law Journal's Marcia Coyle reports.

In particular Chambers is currently aware of a number of bogus e-mails, letters and faxes which are being received by individuals in many parts of the world, falsely claiming to be from Essex Court Chambers or individuals from Essex Court Chambers.

Those claims are, in the most part, set out in the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 (MCA 1973), which enables the court, upon divorce, to make a number of different types of order, ranging from lump sum and property adjustment orders through to pension sharing and maintenance orders.

As somone who works with the public and self - reps trying to navigate our court system every day, I can say that increasing the number of claims that people can access through that simplified court process will definitely increase access to justice.

A year after the decision in Richard, an Ontario Superior Court judge was asked to determine this issue in the context of an action brought by the federal commissioner of competition over claims made by wireless providers about the number of dropped calls.

This can happen for a number of reasons and, if the claimant is aware of this, has had the benefit of sound legal advice and has been able to give careful thought to whether or not to settle his claim at less than its true value, then that is a matter for the claimant's judgement and it can not be brought back to court simply because the claimant later reconsiders his position.

Helen Pugh, barrister at 3 Hare Court, said: «It is surely undeniable that there are surprising numbers of claimants and «enablers» who are abusing the system by bringing fraudulent sickness claims.

Notable mandates: Defence of class actions in the health - care sector; acted for the government of the Northwest Territories in its successful defence at the Supreme Court of Canada of a fatality claim arising from the death of nine miners; represented a large number of former residential schools victims in their claims; acted for the vendor in a transaction involving the sale of 120 rehabilitation and physiotherapy clinics across Canada

While there are a number of other issues involved in this complex case, including claims that the judgment was obtained by fraud, the facts before the Court were simple: there was a final judgment in Ecuador against Chevron for US$ 9.51 billion.

The successful transaction also marks an end all claims relating to a long - running investor - state international arbitration between Algeria and GTH, in which Akin Gump were instructed, which was administered by the Permanent Court of Arbitration, as well as ending various disputes between OTA and a number of public entities over tax claims before the Algerian courts.

Finally, deciding whether to bring your sexual harassment claim through the EEOC, federal court, or state court involves a number of subtle considerations.

However, Neufeld does admit that the ruling would affect a small number of people who are denied testing in state courts, and claimed that «more innocent people will languish in prison.»

Some people claim that this multiplicity of charges is one of the reasons for the delays in the criminal courts, others that the multiplicity gives the Crown something to bargain with about pleas, others that the police need to ensure that they have laid charges that the facts will support as a matter of law, and — depending on how long they have between investigation and charging — they lay a number of charges to ensure that the offence is covered somehow.

The Law Society issued proceedings in the High Court this week against the MoJ's decision to slash payment for defence lawyers — it confirmed in October 2017 that it would reduce the maximum number of pages of prosecution evidence that lawyers can claim for from 10,000 to 6,000.

Independent adult children are generally considered to have a moral claim to receive part of their parent's estate subject to a number of factors including whether they are other claimants (such as those of a spouse) and the size of the estate, based on the precedent setting Supreme Court of Canada decision in Tataryn v Tataryn Estate.

Positive number two from this opinion: focusing on the percentage of the fund is still appropriate (courts claiming otherwise are misrepresenting the authority out there, though it probably doesn't matter, since what this really points out is that any rational method for evaluating the fee against the benefit conferred).

Having considered the evidence, the Court concluded that the sharp, substantial and sustained fall in the number of claims warranted the conclusion that a significant number of people who would otherwise have brought claims have found the fees not to be reasonably affordable.

The case was favorably settled after the Court issued a claim construction order adopting several of the Defendants» key positions advanced during the Markman hearing and after a number of significant admissions were obtained during the depositions of the inventors.

On May 5, 2016, the Supreme Court of Canada denied a group of Nortel's bondholders leave to appeal the Ontario Court of Appeal's previous ruling that Nortel's bondholders were not entitled to US$ 1.6 billion in post-filing interest on their unsecured claims against Nortel.4 Between 1996 and 2008, certain of Nortel's Canadian and U.S. entities issued and / or guaranteed a number of unsecured bonds (referred to in Nortel's CCAA proceedings as the «Crossover Bonds»).

In addition to applying different claim construction standards, the Court listed a number of differences between AIA trials and federal court litigation: the lack of a constitutional standing requirement for petitioners, the PTAB practice of reaching a final decision even after the petitioner settles out, and a lower burden of pCourt listed a number of differences between AIA trials and federal court litigation: the lack of a constitutional standing requirement for petitioners, the PTAB practice of reaching a final decision even after the petitioner settles out, and a lower burden of pcourt litigation: the lack of a constitutional standing requirement for petitioners, the PTAB practice of reaching a final decision even after the petitioner settles out, and a lower burden of proof.

To succeed with a claim in a slip - and - fall lawsuit, whether by getting a settlement or court verdict, the injured victim, through his or her legal counsel, must demonstrate a number of essential components, including that:

The court considers the number of plaintiffs, the geographical location of the plaintiffs, the similarities of their injuries, and how closely associated the individual claims actually are.

When sending the Court Proceedings to court to be issued (stamped by the court and a reference number provided), a Claimant's Solicitor must very precisely state in legal language how the accident occurred, which laws were they say broken by the Defendant and approximately how much the Claimant is claiCourt Proceedings to court to be issued (stamped by the court and a reference number provided), a Claimant's Solicitor must very precisely state in legal language how the accident occurred, which laws were they say broken by the Defendant and approximately how much the Claimant is claicourt to be issued (stamped by the court and a reference number provided), a Claimant's Solicitor must very precisely state in legal language how the accident occurred, which laws were they say broken by the Defendant and approximately how much the Claimant is claicourt and a reference number provided), a Claimant's Solicitor must very precisely state in legal language how the accident occurred, which laws were they say broken by the Defendant and approximately how much the Claimant is claiming.

The «Ruta» [2000] 1 Lloyd's Rep 359: Chris acted for the wages Claimants (not Defendants as stated in the report) in this action in which David Steel J. declined to follow a supposed rule set out in a number of text books and instead applied the Admiralty Court's wide equitable discretion so as to accord priority to the claims of unpaid crew members above the claims of the holders of damage maritime liens.

In a landmark decision in Lungowe v Vedanta Resources Plc [1] the Court of Appeal has ruled that a number of claimants can pursue their claim against a Zambian mining company and its English parent in the English courts despite the claim's limited connection to England.

To start a witch hunt on an entire industry on the back of a small number of fraudsters misses a point — what about the large majority of honest claimants who would be forced to soak up prohibitively costly small claims proceedings, or else represent themselves, without the expertise required to develop a convincing case for the court?

Alberta courts also claim the number 10 spot with Pelech attracting 4,187 views.

The Supreme Court dismissed the appeals of the Ermineskin Nation et al. against the Federal Court of Appeal ruling that denied the plaintiffs» claim that the federal government had a fiduciary role under Treaty Number 6 such that the oil and gas revenues resulting from extraction under the plaintiffs» land should have been invested for their benefit.

A number of courts have struck down similar provisions requiring consumers to travel long distances to arbitrate claims.

The Claimants made a number of points in relation to service: first, they said that the Riyadh Convention was permissive in providing for service or notification by the means set out, not mandatory; secondly, they said that if it was mandatory it did not set out the documents which had to be served or notified in the prescribed manner, which was a matter for the DIFC Court; thirdly, and as an overriding point, if the KRG was not immune from suit, there had to be some way to enforce the Awards and the KRG could not be allowed to stymie service or notification under the Riyadh Convention by effectively claiming sovereign immunity unjustifiably.

A recent upward trend in litigation - based claims levelled off somewhat in 2016, but as these claims are typically driven by deadline - related errors, we expect the number to increase again in 2017 as courts begin to dismiss five - year - old actions without prior notice to counsel.

LawPRO underwriters are predicting an increase in the number of claims attributed to time management as courts begin to dismiss claims under Rule 48.

If a dispute involves a number of defendants based in different European Union member states, the English Court will have jurisdiction to determine the matter against all defendants if (a) one defendant is domiciled in England and (b) the claims against the various defendants are so closely connected that it is expedient to hear them together to avoid the risk of irreconcilable judgments.