Sentences with phrase «superior court in the case»

The two on June 29, spewed threats of death to Judges of the superior court in the case involving the Electoral Commission and Mr Abu Ramadan.

The superior court in this case determined the pair were living in a domestic partnership, and had sought to acquire property as though they were married.

Not exact matches

There have been many cases in the courts (e.g., improvements in telephones, tires, fluorescent lamps, flashlight bulbs) in which changes that would have greatly lengthened the life or quality of an article were withheld to promote replacement sales.11 Often patents have been taken out on superior inventions but not used, so that the improvements were completely suppressed and an outmoded product continued.

The Woyome / Waterville case underpins all my actions in the Supreme Court and writings since 2012 and I do so in defence of the Constitution and laws of Ghana which are superior to the NDC Constitution.

Article 14 (1) Every person shall be entitled to his personal liberty and no person shall be deprived of his personal liberty except in the following cases and in accordance with procedure permitted by law; Article 19 (1) A person charged with a criminal offence shall be given a fair hearing within a reasonable time by a court; Article 19 (11) No person shall be convicted of a criminal offence unless the offence is defined and the penalty for it is prescribed in a written law; Article 19 (12) Clause (11) of this article shall not prevent a Superior Court from punishing a person for contempt of itself notwithstanding that the act or omission constitution the contempt is not defined in a written law and the penalty is not so prescribed; and Article 126 (2) The Superior Courts shall be superior courts of record and shall have the power to commit for contempt to themselves and all such powers as were vested in a court of record immediately before the coming into force of this constitucourt; Article 19 (11) No person shall be convicted of a criminal offence unless the offence is defined and the penalty for it is prescribed in a written law; Article 19 (12) Clause (11) of this article shall not prevent a Superior Court from punishing a person for contempt of itself notwithstanding that the act or omission constitution the contempt is not defined in a written law and the penalty is not so prescribed; and Article 126 (2) The Superior Courts shall be superior courts of record and shall have the power to commit for contempt to themselves and all such powers as were vested in a court of record immediately before the coming into force of this constituCourt from punishing a person for contempt of itself notwithstanding that the act or omission constitution the contempt is not defined in a written law and the penalty is not so prescribed; and Article 126 (2) The Superior Courts shall be superior courts of record and shall have the power to commit for contempt to themselves and all such powers as were vested in a court of record immediately before the coming into force of this constitCourts shall be superior courts of record and shall have the power to commit for contempt to themselves and all such powers as were vested in a court of record immediately before the coming into force of this constitcourts of record and shall have the power to commit for contempt to themselves and all such powers as were vested in a court of record immediately before the coming into force of this constitucourt of record immediately before the coming into force of this constitution.

This opinion mirrors the crafty and limited decision the state superior court judge issued in the Vergara case.

Four months earlier, Weingarten demanded that U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan to back down from his mild praise of the California superior court judge's ruling in the case to abolish near - lifetime employment and dismissal rules, complaining that he was adding to the «polarization» of debates over education policy.

However, in cases where a failure to give proper disclosure has made a fair trial impossible, or prevented the court from doing justice, or in instances of a flagrant abuse of process, a superior court will exercise its inherent jurisdiction — its power to control its own procedure so as to prevent it from being used to achieve injustice — to strike out the case before or during a trial (see for example Raja v Van Hoogstraten and others [2006] EWHC 1315 (Ch) and CPR 3.4 (5)-RRB-.

The creation of three designated broadcast rooms — for the provincial, superior, and appeal court — is part of a pilot project designed by the province's three chief justices and intended to «create a comfort level» with media in order to facilitate coverage of cases that have strong public interest and educational aspects.

The Court presides in 52 locations across the province, and is the largest superior trial court in the country, both in the volume of cases and the number of juCourt presides in 52 locations across the province, and is the largest superior trial court in the country, both in the volume of cases and the number of jucourt in the country, both in the volume of cases and the number of judges.

A defendant in a criminal proceeding may petition to the superior court for a writ of prohibition to prevent an inferior court from proceeding with the case because it does not fall under its jurisdiction.

However, in general, they will look to cases considered by the same court and superior courts, before examining cases in other jurisdictions - this applies between different states, as well as between different countries.

This is the finding of the Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs, which yesterday released its 205 - page report, «Delaying Justice is Denying Justice», outlining the problems in the criminal justice system post-Jordan, a drug case which set 18 - month deadlines for trials in provincial courts and 30 - month deadlines for trials in superior courts.

That objective has been achieved, and in many cases far exceeded, for all superior and most provincial courts, and is imminent for the remaining few.

To help CanLII approach (or in some cases far exceed) a targeted case law depth of at least 10 years for superior and appellate courts, Canada's provincial law foundations have provided substantial funding grants for the scanning, digitizing and publishing of pre-2003 case law.

CanLII Connects has content on cases from all jurisdictions in Canada, and comment on cases from every superior court nationally.

It was the second time in seven years that Ritchie received a serious rebuke on appeal, since in 2004, another superior court judge overturned his conviction in such a case because of the judge's use of «boilerplate» reasons.

(c) The justice presiding over a jury of 6 session shall have and exercise all powers and duties which a justice sitting in the superior court department has and may exercise in the trial and disposition of civil cases including the power to report questions of law to the appeals court.

And a 2004 study by the New Hampshire Supreme Court task force said 85 percent of civil cases in district court and 48 percent in superior court were tried without lawCourt task force said 85 percent of civil cases in district court and 48 percent in superior court were tried without lawcourt and 48 percent in superior court were tried without lawcourt were tried without lawyers.

Her practice is of an advisory, regulatory litigious nature and has included judicial review, actions for damages before UK courts, the superior courts of Ireland, specialized tribunals, the European Court of Justice and General Court in cases concerning a wide range internal market issues, ranging from public procurement to goods and services, energy, agriculture competition and social and employment law.

Her practice is of an advisory, regulatory litigious nature and has included judicial review, actions for damages before UK courts, the superior courts of Ireland, specialized tribunals, the European Court of Justice and General Court in cases concerning a wide range -LSB-...]

««In need» recognizes the fact that some litigants, while not destitute or impoverished, are still in need of relief or assistance in order to have their case heard before a superior court.&raquIn need» recognizes the fact that some litigants, while not destitute or impoverished, are still in need of relief or assistance in order to have their case heard before a superior court.&raquin need of relief or assistance in order to have their case heard before a superior court.&raquin order to have their case heard before a superior court.»

Many court cases on this subject have held that the respondeat superior doctrine can not be used against logistics companies because they generally engage in independent contractor relationships with common carriers and are therefore exempt from liability.

In many cases, the resolution to a marriage dissolution is far superior when it is achieved outside of court.

Comparing the present matter to Trial Lawyers Association of British Columbia v. British Columbia (Attorney General), [2014] 3 SCR 31, 2014 SCC 59 (CanLII), the Court of Appeal noted at para. 51 that, whereas the hearing fees in that case «actually bar access to the superior courts» by preventing ``... some individuals from having their private and public law disputes resolved by the courts», the «proper balance» is achieved by the legislature with respect to civil jury fees:

In cases where confidentiality of sensitive information is a concern, erring on the side of caution is important since, unlike superior courts, which can prevent misuse of confidential information through court order, professional regulatory bodies have no express power to control what complainants do with information once in their possessioIn cases where confidentiality of sensitive information is a concern, erring on the side of caution is important since, unlike superior courts, which can prevent misuse of confidential information through court order, professional regulatory bodies have no express power to control what complainants do with information once in their possessioin their possession.

Upward Deviation in Child Support in Arizona to Match Children's Lifestyle The Arizona Court of Appeals in a memorandum decision in the case of Bowe vs. Vogel had to decide what a superior court must do in order to award a deviation above the amount set forth in the Arizona Child Support GuidelCourt of Appeals in a memorandum decision in the case of Bowe vs. Vogel had to decide what a superior court must do in order to award a deviation above the amount set forth in the Arizona Child Support Guidelcourt must do in order to award a deviation above the amount set forth in the Arizona Child Support Guidelines.

All judgments for the payment of a sum of money obtained from the «superior» courts of Commonwealth countries covered by the AJA can be registered in England if, in all the circumstances of the case, the English court in its discretion finds it just and convenient that the judgment should be enforced in England.

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In cases where a trial judge is not assigned, such as pending preliminary inquiry, a review may be initiated in the superior court of criminal jurisdictioIn cases where a trial judge is not assigned, such as pending preliminary inquiry, a review may be initiated in the superior court of criminal jurisdictioin the superior court of criminal jurisdiction.

However, if there is no victim in a deferred prosecution case, the prosecutor who renders the deferred prosecution decision shall directly send the case files to the chief prosecutor of the superior court or the attorney general for reconsideration.

The class action case against the CIBC has been dismissed by an ontario superior court judge, who found that there was not sufficient interests among the members of the class in order to proceed.

As a Q.C., Rabinder Singh appeared in some of the most significant public law cases before the superior courts of England and Wales.

Arizona's Supreme Court has approved numerous civil justice reforms «aimed at reducing the time and expense it takes to resolve civil cases in Arizona's superior courts.»

The court of appeals hears and decides cases in three judge panels, has jurisdiction in all matters properly appealed from the superior court and reviews all decisions properly appealed to it.

the ceiling beyond which delay becomes presumptively unreasonable is 18 months for cases tried in provincial court, and 30 months for cases in superior court (or cases tried in the provincial court after a preliminary inquiry); defence delay does not count towards the presumptive ceiling.

The supreme judicial and superior courts shall have original and concurrent jurisdiction of all cases and matters of equity cognizable under the general principles of equity jurisprudence and, with reference thereto, shall be courts of general equity jurisdiction, except that the superior court shall have exclusive original jurisdiction of all actions in which injunctive relief is sought in any matter involving or growing out of a labor dispute as defined in section twenty C of chapter one hundred and forty - nine.

The plaintiff can file either a small claims case or a regular civil case in superior court.

They do not, in other words, interfere with these courts» jurisdiction as it had been understood in the s. 96 jurisprudence, which has always been concerned with the removal of types of cases (e.g. judicial review of administrative tribunals) from the superior courts» purview.

That means police and prosecutors must ensure it takes no more than 18 months from the laying of a charge to complete a trial in provincial court, and 30 months for serious, often more complex cases in superior trial courts.

In support of this finding, the Court looked to the SCC discussion of the defence of following superior orders in the Finta case relating to Finta's war crimes committed in WWIIn support of this finding, the Court looked to the SCC discussion of the defence of following superior orders in the Finta case relating to Finta's war crimes committed in WWIin the Finta case relating to Finta's war crimes committed in WWIin WWII.

[w] e must hope that, in light of the problems presented by such an expansive view of superior courts» inherent jurisdiction, in future cases the Supreme Court will be very careful in broadening its interpretation of what constitutes an infringement of section 96.

In the event, the Supreme Court decided the case on the basis of s. 96, holding that excessive fees were an interference with the «inherent jurisdiction» of superior courts.

Trade secrets cases typically arise in the provincial superior courts on issues of employees leaving for competitors, a break down in a contractual relation or applications over handling of private information encompassed within responses under various freedom of information legislation.

Now that the Canadian Judicial Council and some superior courts have shown leadership in establishing protocols for the exchange of documents in electronic format — firms should be establishing their own customized version and using it on every case.

the ceiling beyond which delay becomes presumptively unreasonable ̶ 18 months provincial court, 30 months superior court (or cases tried in provincial court after a preliminary); defence delay not count towards the presumptive ceiling.

Even fancy Manhattan firms with hundreds of lawyers seldom have more than a handful of cases pending in the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, which is known for its august history, superior judicial craftsmanship and special expertise in commercial and securities case.

A digest of the reported cases determined in the superior courts of Ontario and the Supreme Court of Canada: contained in volumes 45 - 46 Queen's Bench, 27 - 29 Chancery, 1 - 4 Ontario reports, 31 - 32 Common Pleas, 5 - 8 Appeal reports, 8 - 9 Practice reports, 3 - 7 Supreme Court reports, 1 Hodgins» Election cases: being a continuation of Robinson and Joseph's digest: with a table of cases affirmed, reversed, or specially considered

It's worth noting that Kaleidescape won the first trial in the case, only to have the appeals court send the proceedings back to a second superior court trial three years ago.

The Supreme Court of Washington noted that the superior court's ruling in that regard was based on the Board's failure to have the MLS entrance requirements approved by the Real Estate commission, as required by statute, and on the Palsson case from CalifoCourt of Washington noted that the superior court's ruling in that regard was based on the Board's failure to have the MLS entrance requirements approved by the Real Estate commission, as required by statute, and on the Palsson case from Califocourt's ruling in that regard was based on the Board's failure to have the MLS entrance requirements approved by the Real Estate commission, as required by statute, and on the Palsson case from California.