Sentences with phrase «time in court often»

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In the second half, when the game turned, O'Dowd coach Malik McCord often had all three point guards on the court at the same time, and they put on a ballhandling and decision - making show.

The case is often referred to as Oneida I because it is the first of three times the Oneida Indian Nation reached the Supreme Court in litigating its land rights claims.

With the plan in court, Borough President Katz said it is time to review additional options for the area that could include the construction of a hockey arena or soccer stadium, along with other facilities like a new school, an eco-recreation center, and more parking to accommodate the major events often take place simultaneously in the Flushing Meadows vicinity.

In reality, crime scene investigators often spend seemingly inordinate amounts of time gathering and assessing evidence and then present it as probabilities rather than the kind of definitive result expected of a court room filled with actors rather than real people.

In recent times, state courts often cited those constitutional provisions in striking down the latest legislation to aid private schoolIn recent times, state courts often cited those constitutional provisions in striking down the latest legislation to aid private schoolin striking down the latest legislation to aid private schools.

It is the same rhetoric so often heard in education reform: «Just look at how far behind high - schoolers are, compared with Europe, even though we spend two to three times more on them,» says Steve Brill, the journalist who founded Court TV and writes extensively on charter schools.

Often times, most creditors (including the IRS) are willing to accept a settlement — which is a partial payment of the total amount due — in lieu of going to court.

I am reminded of the late New York Times critic John Russell's description of Katz, as recounted in his wife Rosamond Bernier's recent memoir Some of My Lives: «John found Alex a champion verbalizer: «His abrupt and often astonishing phrases come at us one by one, fast and unexpected, the way the little black ball comes at us in squash court.

The Court further pointed out that as «the duration of an asylum procedure may be relevant and that, in particular in periods of substantial surges in applications for international protection, the time laid down by EU law are often exceed it» making the right to family reunification depend upon the moment when the asylum procedure is closed would de facto have the effect of nullifying that right and the protection under Article 10 (3)(a)(para 57).

The United States does use Inquisitional Trials from time to time, but they are often seen in misdemeanors, traffic courts, and small claims courts.

Insurers are often frustrated by persistent litigants in person who have little regard for legal costs or court time and for whom the threat of an adverse costs order is nothing but an empty threat.

Finally, it is often required by many courts that, in order to be labeled a seaman, a maritime employee must spend at least 30 % of his or her time aboard the vessel; however, this amount of time is simply a ballpark figure and is not used as a cut - off line.

Often times these outside parties / interest (including police, EHS professionals, etc,) get verbal information and statements wrong and record your version of events wrongly in their reports or clinical notes and those wrongly reported statements can and will hurt your case for personal injuries with ICBC and / or with the Courts.

Often times, our clients aren't required to appear in court, allowing our attorneys to easily dissolve or reduce the penalty while our clients are elsewhere — meaning you will not have to worry about losing work wages due to a court appearance.

The unified Central Family Court promotes efficiency and may, in time, reduce use of the often criticised practice of «forum shopping».

[1] My recent experience sitting as a single judge of this Court to hear motions has convinced me that there is a growing practice by unscrupulous residential tenants to manipulate the law improperly, and often dishonestly, to enable them to remain in their rented premises for long periods of time without having to pay rent to their landlords.

Often times, simply writing a letter will get the offending party to stop, allowing you both to avoid the time and hassle of a court case, which, even if you're in the right, is something you'd do best to avoid.

In a Divisional Court decision released earlier this month, Justice Matlow noted the «growing practice by unscrupulous residential tenants to manipulate the law improperly, and often dishonestly, to enable them to remain in their rented premises for long periods of time without having to pay rent to their landlords» and called on the Ontario Government, the Landlord Tenant Board (the «LTB») and the Courts to responIn a Divisional Court decision released earlier this month, Justice Matlow noted the «growing practice by unscrupulous residential tenants to manipulate the law improperly, and often dishonestly, to enable them to remain in their rented premises for long periods of time without having to pay rent to their landlords» and called on the Ontario Government, the Landlord Tenant Board (the «LTB») and the Courts to responin their rented premises for long periods of time without having to pay rent to their landlords» and called on the Ontario Government, the Landlord Tenant Board (the «LTB») and the Courts to respond.

Unfortunately in ADP driving prohibition appeal cases often times there are shortcuts taken by the police (that in the normal course would be subject to careful scrutiny by the courts in a criminal case) but will be unfortunately not be able to be scrutinized in the ADP appeal.

I spent a lot of time in the court room, and because I was in federal court I didn't often see self - represented litigants.

That feeling, combined with the specialist, sometimes cold, hard advocacy approach of the barrister in court, gives the client the feeling they are really being looked after and everyone is trying their best for them, at what often is a very difficult time in their life.

The Court would approve someone as a real time translator, but often there would be no truly authoritative certifying body and in less common languages (e.g. Telagu or a Berber language) judges will certify anybody who looks like they can do the job.

Given the often invoked rationale underlying the use of the living tree metaphor, it is ironic indeed that in constitutionalizing these political and social issues, the courts have «frozen» those issues in time, and thereby immunized those issues from future and evolving civic engagement, discussion and debate.

SRLs just think that lawyers are manipulating the system to delay their matter and confuse them, and complain that when they bring forward something that they believe to be important to the merits (rightly or wrongly, and usually because they have read about it in a case or on a law website) they are regularly told that they are wasting the court's time (ironically, often because they are speaking to the merits, when the motion requires them to only address the colour of opposing counsel's socks).

Some of the other overall findings include the statistical fact that plaintiffs in English courts win their cases 75 % of the time, which is more than double the US figure and that self - represented litigants i.e. litigants without a lawyer, generally beat expectations and were often very successful in court.

The ability to draft very extensive reports (often in several areas of expertise and which may overlap) and that have the correct balance in regard of assisting the court rapidly is also important, especially when time is very short.

Also, the Letters must often be certified by the clerk of the court reasonably close in time to the date of the transfer as Letters expire when the estate is closed.

Often times, our Michigan court forms services can be taken care of without our clients ever having to step foot in our office, which allows for easy and quick process for everyone involved.

Certainly, there are times when a Red Notice is improperly requested by a parent with the assistance of local law enforcement, often when a custodial parent has moved in compliance with a court order out of the country.

Often an ex parte motion for a protective order is filed at the same time, seeking an immediate court order barring the respondent from leaving the jurisdiction with the child and requiring that passports be deposited in court.

For an individual who has a simple civil complaint it's possible that he or she will never see the inside of a court room while often criminal cases will always require at least some time spent in a court room with a representative from a Toronto criminal law firm who will assist in making declarations of guilt or innocence with the defendant.

The Royal Court has often closely followed developments in the matrimonial law and practice in England and Wales, but Carey Olsen believe the Commission's proposals, if implemented, would create a modern divorce law which would offer this jurisdiction a law in advance of its time, inasmuch as it would enable Jersey residents, subject to safeguards, to have a far greater say in how and when they divorce and manage the financial issues arising on divorce.

But what are we to make of it when great constitutional issues like voting rights and the right of corporations to pour unlimited money into political campaigns are too often decided by one vote majorities aligning with whichever political party held an advantage in determining the court's make - up at the time?

Restrictive covenants were popular for only a short time, but even now, homebuyers often find a notation of a racially restrictive covenant on their deeds, although the contracts were outlawed in 1948 in the Supreme Court case of Shelley v. Kramer.

To determine whether a corporate opportunity exists, the courts will often ask (1) whether the opportunity was within the company's line of business; (2) whether the company was financially able to take advantage of the opportunity at the time of appropriation; (3) whether the company had an interest or expectancy in the opportunity; and (4) whether taking a the opportunity would create a conflict of interest or breach of other fiduciary duties.

Because there is often a significant wait - time until the parties in a divorce case can take the stand and give oral evidence concerning their family matter, the court is often asked to provide interim relief orders.

Often, it saves time and money and results in more predictable and happier outcomes than court.

The prevalence of shorter, simpler emails is also consistent with my recent legal experience as a litigation associate in a large law firm before starting to teach legal writing full - time — an experience I have drawn on in trying to design realistic assignments.59 The emails I wrote often dealt with relatively straightforward substantive matters, procedural questions surrounding litigation, or some combination of the two, such as the steps for having an appellate court relinquish jurisdiction to correct a scrivener's error in a lower - court judgment or the timeline for responding to an in rem civil forfeiture action.

Often times, government will aggressively litigate until the end, only to tell the appellate court that fees to a successful party were excessive or multipliers unjustified despite the contingency risk absorbed by the winning party's counsel showing great acumen to prevail in the matter.

Similarly, Cecil et al. found that defendants moving for summary judgment were awarded summary judgment in full 64 % of the time, whereas plaintiffs moving for summary judgment were awarded summary judgment in full only 39 % of the time.90 In a subsequent study of all federal district court summary judgment activity in 2006, Cecil and Cort found that moving parties succeeded more often (57 %) than non-moving parties (43 %), as was the case for moving parties in federal court in our sample (73 % to 27 %).91 Although success rates in our sample were higher than success rates in the Cecil study and the Cecil and Cort study, a higher success rate is expected given that we excluded motions seeking partial summary judgment from our samplin full 64 % of the time, whereas plaintiffs moving for summary judgment were awarded summary judgment in full only 39 % of the time.90 In a subsequent study of all federal district court summary judgment activity in 2006, Cecil and Cort found that moving parties succeeded more often (57 %) than non-moving parties (43 %), as was the case for moving parties in federal court in our sample (73 % to 27 %).91 Although success rates in our sample were higher than success rates in the Cecil study and the Cecil and Cort study, a higher success rate is expected given that we excluded motions seeking partial summary judgment from our samplin full only 39 % of the time.90 In a subsequent study of all federal district court summary judgment activity in 2006, Cecil and Cort found that moving parties succeeded more often (57 %) than non-moving parties (43 %), as was the case for moving parties in federal court in our sample (73 % to 27 %).91 Although success rates in our sample were higher than success rates in the Cecil study and the Cecil and Cort study, a higher success rate is expected given that we excluded motions seeking partial summary judgment from our samplIn a subsequent study of all federal district court summary judgment activity in 2006, Cecil and Cort found that moving parties succeeded more often (57 %) than non-moving parties (43 %), as was the case for moving parties in federal court in our sample (73 % to 27 %).91 Although success rates in our sample were higher than success rates in the Cecil study and the Cecil and Cort study, a higher success rate is expected given that we excluded motions seeking partial summary judgment from our samplin 2006, Cecil and Cort found that moving parties succeeded more often (57 %) than non-moving parties (43 %), as was the case for moving parties in federal court in our sample (73 % to 27 %).91 Although success rates in our sample were higher than success rates in the Cecil study and the Cecil and Cort study, a higher success rate is expected given that we excluded motions seeking partial summary judgment from our samplin federal court in our sample (73 % to 27 %).91 Although success rates in our sample were higher than success rates in the Cecil study and the Cecil and Cort study, a higher success rate is expected given that we excluded motions seeking partial summary judgment from our samplin our sample (73 % to 27 %).91 Although success rates in our sample were higher than success rates in the Cecil study and the Cecil and Cort study, a higher success rate is expected given that we excluded motions seeking partial summary judgment from our samplin our sample were higher than success rates in the Cecil study and the Cecil and Cort study, a higher success rate is expected given that we excluded motions seeking partial summary judgment from our samplin the Cecil study and the Cecil and Cort study, a higher success rate is expected given that we excluded motions seeking partial summary judgment from our sample.

It can often be difficult to determine whether the 40 % threshold is met in situations where a child spends substantial time with each parent, because there is no standard method of calculation used by courts.

Often times, no one has to testify or take the stand in court.

In this situation an accused person is released from police custody after they sign documents promising to come to court and often to come back to the police station to be fingerprinted (if they were not fingerprinted at the time of their arrest).

A lawyer who is more experienced in courtroom advocacy will often be able to narrow the issues, which, apart from making the case more persuasive to the judge or arbitrator, can result in significant saving of preparation time, and court time.

Since 2000, Micah has presented the Pennsylvania Bar Association's annual marketing ethics program (as part of its three times per year «Ethics Potpourri» programming in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh), changing the focus each year to address ethics topics that have included an analysis of U.S. Supreme Court cases, advertising ethics opinions across the country, lawyer rankings and ratings, use of social media, blogs, traditional marketing approaches and missteps, internet marketing, solicitation, multi-jurisdictional practices, and state - by - state advertising requirements as they relate to everything from pre-approvals, language limitations, disciplinary actions, and the myriad of ways a law firm can (often unknowingly) violate the Rules of Professional Conduct.

The court noted that complex judicial review proceedings and trials are often disposed of in less time and that the delays in the grievance process «stretch the boundaries of tolerance».

As is common in Canada, Small Claims court judges are often practicing lawyers and the position is part - time.

Conducting an exercise in simple arithmetic recently, Minette Marrin in The Sunday Times (2 December 2007) showed that since only 12 % of rape allegations reported to the police are pursued in the courts, the rate of convictions as a proportion of prosecutions is 47 %, a figure slightly higher than that for murder (though with murder there is often a fall - back conviction — not so often the outcome in rape).

But back at the office, they'd heave a sigh of relief about not having to aggregate and manage a half dozen small clients for an appeal (as I often do to make appeals and federal court cases affordable) or fritter away valuable billable time blogging or playing on Twitter in a desperate effort to compensate for the kind of credibility and connections that biglaw automatically confers.

Also in this section (pages 7 - 9 of the slip opinion), the Court applied what I would describe a «realistic litigator» analysis (which Justice Scalia often employs to reject claims of «future bad law» effects) to habeas lawyers» likely moves, and expressed the majority's «doubt that any more judicial time will be wasted» than would be the case under the dissent's alternative vision.