Sentences with phrase «court on behalf of the victims»

The extradition was welcomed by lawyers for a legal advocacy organisation, The Guernica Group, and the Spanish Association for Human Rights, who in 2008 filed a criminal complaint before the National Court on behalf of the victims.

Not exact matches

«Too little, too late,» said Tehmina Arora, a Supreme Court lawyer who has played a key role in the legal challenge on behalf of the Kandhamal victims.

This agreement was part of the resolution reached by the Federal Government and other parties in a suit filed on behalf of the victims and adopted on Monday by the Community Court of the Economic Community of West African States in Abuja as its judgment.

A lawyer can combine his or her legal knowledge and information from working with accident reconstruction specialists and professionals in forensics to build a compelling case on the victim's behalf that not only determines the cause of the truck accident but also proves this in court.

Glass has reformed, been in therapy, apologized to his victims and come out of the experience «a different man,» according to supporters, including the owner of The New Republic, who testified on his behalf in court, apparently telling Glass as he was leading him out of the building by the scruff of his neck, «Fool me once, shame on you.

Irwin Mitchell has won a landmark case in the Supreme Court on behalf of a deceased asbestos - related cancer victim, whose family will now receive compensation despite the fact that he was an employee at the factory where he worked with the toxic substance.

This attorney must be able to collect all relevant and material evidence, obtain statements and testimony from witnesses, conduct pretrial discovery, make timely and proper court filings and advocate on behalf of the victim and family from the start of the case through settlement or verdict.

In terms of process, EPOs can be granted by provincial court judges and justices of the peace on an application by the victim in person or by someone on her behalf (e.g. peace officers) by telecommunication, without notice to the respondent (PAFVA sections 2 (1), 6; Protection Against Family Violence Regulation, Alta Reg 80/1999, sections 3, 4 (2)-RRB-.

On June 6, 2014, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice certified a class action brought on behalf of the affected customers, alleging that they were victims of identity theft and fraud as a result of the intrusion upon seclusioOn June 6, 2014, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice certified a class action brought on behalf of the affected customers, alleging that they were victims of identity theft and fraud as a result of the intrusion upon seclusioon behalf of the affected customers, alleging that they were victims of identity theft and fraud as a result of the intrusion upon seclusion.

At a sentencing hearing Thursday for his abductor, Robert Lutczyk, Potts attended with 15 family members including his four children and wife Maureen, who read an emotional half - hour - long victim impact statement to the court on behalf of the family.

Contact with law enforcement and legal system on behalf of victims in criminal and family court matters.

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