Sentences with phrase «access to lawyers by»

It would be recalled that similar orders had been made by Justice Adeniyi Ademola of the Federal High as well as Justice Baba Yusuf of an Abuja High Court for the same purposes due to complaints of denial of access to lawyers by Dasuki even after all of them had granted him bail.

We are also providing direct access to a lawyer by telephone or email to support the advice network in Enfield outside of surgery hours.

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Throughout her time in prison, Manning's lawyers fought to give her access to drugs for gender dysphoria and have the military refer to her by female pronouns.

Shareholder democracy activists should not get carried away by the arrival of proxy access proposals north of the border, according to a Toronto lawyer.

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As many journalists and commentators have argued, agreements like the TPP have dubious benefits for citizens of the countries involved.ISDS provisions have been criticised by U.S. Constitutional lawyer Lori Wallach for «empowering corporations to sue governments — outside their domestic court systems — over any action the corporations believe undermines their expected future profits or rights under the pact by reporting breaches, removing online content and even denying access to Internet users».

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* A declaration that the detention of the applicant by EFCC on January 5, 2016 at an unknown location, without access to his lawyers, family and doctors, constitutes a flagrant violation of the applicant's fundamental rights guaranteed under sections 33, 34, 35, 38, 40, 41, 42, 43 and 44 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 and Articles 4, 5, 6, 12, & 14 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights (Ratification and Enforcement) Act, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004, and is ultra vires, null and void and unconstitutional.

Olisa Metuh was arrested by the operatives of EFCC on January 5, in his house in Abuja and has been in custody since then, without access to his family and lawyers or doctors.

The pronouncement of Justice Baba Yusuf followed a complaint by Dasuki's lawyer Mr Adeola Adedipe that the legal team for Dasuki had not been allowed to have direct access to him in spite of a court order made on April 6.

A New Scotland lawyer has gone to court in an effort to halt the review of bids in a $ 500 million program created by the Cuomo Administration to expand broadband access across the state.

A New Scotland lawyer has gone to court in an effort to halt the review of bids in a $ 500 million program created by the Cuomo administration to expand broadband access across the state, saying the guidelines that Empire State Development is using to award the competitive bids are «arbitrary and capricious.»

«Up till this moment, we have not been told officially by the DSS whether or not Hon Akanni was formally released from incarceration after spending 18 days without access to his doctors, lawyers and family members.

According to data from the Transactional Records Access Clearing House that was provided by the Council, 91 percent of children facing removal proceedings without a lawyer are deported, while only 22 percent of children who have proper representation are deported.

Several corporations admitted to paying President Donald Trump's personal attorney Michael Cohen in hopes of gaining access to Trump or his thinking after financial records of the transactions were released by a lawyer representing Stormy Daniels.

The report found that access was denied to City Hall computers, documents sought by the DOI were redacted, and in one instance the DOI received 1,000 pages of documents — of which some 990 were blank because the mayor's lawyers said the DOI was not entitled to the information.

Metuh, through Adegboruwa, sought a declaration that his detention by the EFCC without access to his family and lawyer, and without being charged to court, amounted to a violation of his fundamental rights guaranteed under sections 33, 34, 35, 38, 40, 41, 42, 43 and 44 of the Constitution.

LRAP Minnesota helps reduce the education debt burden experienced by dedicated public interest lawyers who represent low income clients seeking legal services to secure essential needs like food, shelter and safety, and fundamental rights like equal access to justice.

United Spay Alliance (USpA), whose purpose is to eliminate pet suffering and homelessness by promoting affordable access to spay / neuter resources in partnership with state referral programs, has hired experienced Washington, DC lawyer Bruce Myers to lead the recently formed nonprofit organization.

Last year, SFO Director David Green QC, complained that some companies are obstructing investigations by hiding behind LPP, preventing access to all communications with their lawyers.

Another student presented on Chartered Legal Executives from the UK — another hands - on way to alleviate access to justice by creating a less - expensive path to becoming a lawyer.

If those files, documents and other records are stored, either in paper form or electronically, in a way that prevents the Law Society from gaining access to those files, then the rules envision a process by which lawyers who are unable to provide such requested records can be suspended until able to do so.

And therefore devices such as the following are used by law societies: (1) methods to control an alleged over-supply of lawyers; (2) «alternative legal services,» which are charity, simplistic services, and without the benefit of the solicitor - client relationship (pro bono services being but a very small exception, and possibly targeted legal services); and, (3) the sponsoring of «apps,» (the application of electronic technology to legal services), the effect of which upon the problem is unknown and unanalyzed, and can not solve any such access to justice problem.

The annual LSUC filing does not require lawyers to attest that they have abided by the terms of the oath they swore when they were called to the bar, it does not require them to attest that they have generally complied with the Rules of Professional Conduct, nor does it require them to attest that they have sought to advance any other principles or goals (e.g., justice, access to justice, fairness, quality client service, etc.).

(i) accessing or copying them except as is necessary to provide the service obtained by the lawyer,

With the Directives on the right to information in criminal proceedings and the right to access to a lawyer successfully passed, the Proposal for a Directive on the strengthening of certain aspects of the presumption of innocence and the right to be present at trial in criminal proceedings marks a new step in the recent efforts of the Commission to create common EU framework of defence rights which minimally need to be respected by the Member States.

As part of recent Spanish measures to reduce public expenses and increase public income, the Spanish Ley 10/2012 substantially raises judicial fees (a «tasa judicial» is a fee charged when citizens access certain judicial services)[1], a move that has generated a great deal of protests by judges, lawyers and citizens alike.

The Law Society has simply updated their Rules to incorporate the potential use of cloud computing by lawyers and the requirement for the Law Society to have access to the records of the lawyer should the need arise, no matter where those records may be stored.

An article in the most recent ABA Litigation Journal highlights the unique role of lawyers in leveraging the Internet to increase access to justice by constructing the «justice layer» of the internet.

What is a significant implication for me is that decreased access to justice in the 15 % served by lawyers, and particularly in litigation, may be the result of cost disease and the lack of productivity increases in law.

Then the «records management lawyer» specialist will combine the functions of accessing and reviewing records for relevance and privilege to be a single function, by electronically searching the client's ERMS index.

It is an online membership website where self - represented lawyers can access (1) a comprehensive text detailing each stage of the discipline process and how it works, what to expect, pitfalls to avoid, and tips on how to navigate the system, (2) a document library containing dozens of sample documents for State Bar Court filings and State Bar investigations, since these materials are generally difficult to come by despite being technically public, and (3) a forum where members can share information, ideas, concerns, and experiences.

For example, the Federation of Law Societies of Canada's publication, «Inventory of Access to Legal Services Initiatives of the Law Societies of Canada,» (Sept. 2012) recommends lowering legal costs so as to preserve the existing system by means of using much less competent alternatives to using experienced lawyers — students, paralegals, unbundling of legal services, and the unpredictable capacity, availability, and timing of services provided pro bono.

Limited representation models — either by lawyers or nonlawyers — will probably not solve the access - to - justice gap.

Even where a client accesses personal email on a personal smartphone or home computer, lawyers should be sensitive to issues of access by other third parties, such as family members, particularly in cases such as divorces or will contests.

Legal insurance addresses that by making access to a lawyer affordable for everyone, she believes.

In STC 13/2017, published on 10 March 2017, the SCC found that the police and a lower court had violated the right to personal freedom of two detainees whose lawyer had not been given access to the arrest file, as provided by article 7 of Directive 2012 / 13 / EU on the right to information in criminal proceedings.

As Crain's Cleveland Business (H / T ABA Journal) reports, several Ohio firms cut their summer programs realizing that if they needed to hire in 2011, they would have access to a huge pool of legal talent — plenty of experienced lawyers who had been downsized by their firms.

So asks the Wired GC, riffing on my recent post about Yahoo's decision to give Chinese authorities access to user e-mails and news that Russia has shown «contempt for the rule of law by seeking the expulsion of Canadian lawyer Robert Amsterdam.»

The legislation requires lawyers and notaries to record details of financial transactions, which can be accessed by law enforcement officials.

For further details see (pdf downloads): (1) «Access to Justice — Unaffordable Legal Services» Concepts and Solutions»; (2) «The Technology of Centralized Legal Research Can Solve the Unaffordable Legal Services Problem»; (3) «Access to Justice — Canada's Unaffordable Legal Services — CanLII as the Necessary Support Service»; (4) «A2J: Preventing the Abolition of Law Societies by Curing the Defects in their Management Structure: A Solution to the Unaffordable Legal Services Problem»; (5) «A2J: «Let Them Eat Cake,» So Let Them Use Alternative Legal Services»; (6) Indexing; (7) Sometimes Laws are Too Important to be Left to Lawyers — Lawyers Without Technical Support,» (Slaw January 28, 2016), and other access to justice (A2J) articles on my SSRN author's page, and Slaw author'sAccess to Justice — Unaffordable Legal Services» Concepts and Solutions»; (2) «The Technology of Centralized Legal Research Can Solve the Unaffordable Legal Services Problem»; (3) «Access to Justice — Canada's Unaffordable Legal Services — CanLII as the Necessary Support Service»; (4) «A2J: Preventing the Abolition of Law Societies by Curing the Defects in their Management Structure: A Solution to the Unaffordable Legal Services Problem»; (5) «A2J: «Let Them Eat Cake,» So Let Them Use Alternative Legal Services»; (6) Indexing; (7) Sometimes Laws are Too Important to be Left to Lawyers — Lawyers Without Technical Support,» (Slaw January 28, 2016), and other access to justice (A2J) articles on my SSRN author's page, and Slaw author'sAccess to Justice — Canada's Unaffordable Legal Services — CanLII as the Necessary Support Service»; (4) «A2J: Preventing the Abolition of Law Societies by Curing the Defects in their Management Structure: A Solution to the Unaffordable Legal Services Problem»; (5) «A2J: «Let Them Eat Cake,» So Let Them Use Alternative Legal Services»; (6) Indexing; (7) Sometimes Laws are Too Important to be Left to Lawyers — Lawyers Without Technical Support,» (Slaw January 28, 2016), and other access to justice (A2J) articles on my SSRN author's page, and Slaw author'saccess to justice (A2J) articles on my SSRN author's page, and Slaw author's page.

The news will come as a relief to many lawyers, who feared fixed costs for all cases up to # 250,000 — as previously suggested by Jackson LJ — would make many cases commercially unviable, curbing access to justice for many people with valid claims.

Members of Ontario's family law bench upped the volume of their objections after Bonkalo's March 2017 report recommended paralegals be allowed to provide legal services, without supervision by lawyers, in the areas of custody, access, simple child support cases, restraining orders, enforcement and simple divorces without property.

Any reform to uphold the rule of law by guaranteeing effective access to justice should not merely subject lawyers to undue hardship in place of litigants.

Why would they, whose finances come completely from the fees paid by their members, want to finance programs and services intended to help the public access justice without the assistance of a lawyer?

It contradicts and defeats what the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and Canada's law societies are supposed to guarantee, i.e., rights, freedoms, the rule of law, and access to justice by way of affordable lawyers.

Trebilcock did not «conflate access to the justice system with access to full representation by a lawyer.»

Some critics, as evidenced by the comments to the article on Articling fees and access to justice, also complain that the LPP is enabling an unjustified expansion in the number of lawyers in Ontario.

That way, the clients could afford to access the lawyers and would, by definition, get a more educated level of legal assistance.

Over the next several months, we will publish thoughtful pieces written by lawyers, judges, and others that delve into various subtopics of judicial independence, including such characteristics as fairness, impartiality, access to justice, and adherence to the rule of law.