Sentences with phrase «appeal judges»

And there is very much this sense, as one of the Court of Appeal judges in these cases put it, that reopening these cases would make our judicial system grind increasingly slowly, so the response to the fact that the judicial system is underfunded — needs more judges, needs more court time, needs more investment — is to say no to cases and to refuse to open cases rather than to fund the system more and the upshot of that of course, is a reduced access to justice.

The Crown prosecutors have filed their own appeal where they will argue that the couple should face stiffer sentences before another panel of Court of Appeal judges.

Typical requirements include numbered paragraphs, specified margins, line numbering, double - space lines and printing on one side of the paper only, to allow appeal judges room to write their own notes on their copy of the factum.

They said that the trial judge erred in not asking the Crown to address the relevance of referring to her as a prostitute, did not provide instructions to the jury to address the «widespread racial bias» invoked by referring to her as they did and «wrongly said a factor important to consent was that Gladue was a prostitute,» wrote the Court of Appeal judges in their decision.

The surprise decision upholds a unanimous decision last month by five Quebec Court of Appeal judges, in which the court overturned a Quebec Superior Court ruling that had endorsed the BCE takeover and dismissed the objections of Bell bondholders concerned the deal would harm the value of their investment.

And of the Quebec Court of Appeal judges, the dissenting reasons of Dalphond J.A. are preferable to the majority reasons of Wagner J.A. (who is now a member of the Supreme Court, though obviously he did not sit on this appeal).

The appeal Judges ultimately agreed with the first instance decision; they did not consider that negligence had been made out.

On what amounted to unreasonable behaviour, the appeal judges said they could not give «general guidance» because all cases «must be highly fact - sensitive».

Star alumni: Former Nova Scotia Court of Appeal judges Doane Hallett and J.E. (Ted) Flinn; Nova Scotia Court of Appeal Justice Duncan Beveridge; former MP and premier of Nova Scotia Russell MacLellan; former president of the Nova Scotia Barristers Society Ted Wickwire, who played a major role in developing the Nova Scotia Legal Ethics Handbook

Sir Anthony Clarke, Master of the Rolls, and two other appeal judges in Howell & Others v Lees Millais & Others, ruled that Peter Smith J had got «carried away», had shown «undoubted animosity» and was «intemperate» in the way he handled the application for him to stand down.

Legal fight: In December 2015, Ms Chai (pictured) claimed victory in the fight over jurisdiction following a ruling by three Court of Appeal judges in London

If Clifford had still been working as a publicist, he would have learned some valuable lessons from the appeal judges» ruling.

Today I'm taking a similar look at how the Court of Appeal judges deal with criminal cases.

Their ruling has been little reported, perhaps because the appeal judges decided to uphold Clifford's eight - year sentence for eight charges of indecent assault on four victims.

The appeal judges noted three examples.

By contrast with Hall's remarks, said a panel of appeal judges headed by Lord Justice Treacy, Clifford's claim of innocence did not directly impugn his victims.

Commenting on the Clifford ruling, a senior criminal defence solicitor told me he thought the appeal judges had been right to draw a distinction between Clifford and Hall.

Moreover, the appeal judges went on to state that: «A solicitor who receives, reads and passes on such documents, particularly knowing that they have been taken from the claimant unlawfully may well be an appropriate defendant.»

Curiously, perhaps, given the small number of courts martial, there are well over thirty of these appeal judges.

A quintet of Court of Appeal judges has been appointed to hear all appeals arising from the Jackson reforms — including Lord Justice Jackson himself.

Sadly, no - one from either body attended, so we had to console ourselves with the knowledge that we had attracted more Court of Appeal judges than barristers to the launch.

Yesterday Mrs Owens's lawyer asked the appeal judges to overturn that decision, saying it was unreasonable to expect her to stay in a marriage that she wished to leave.

But the appeal judges upheld the decision of the Lord Ordinary that the actions could proceed to proof.

The case was heard at the Court of Appeal last month, and the appeal judges announced their decision to dismiss the appeal this morning.

Farkhad Akhmedov, 61, has shown «naked determination», one judge said, to keep his immense # 453 million fortune out of the reach of his former wife, Tatiana, but the Court of Appeal judges on Tuesday agreed that his solicitor was rightly ordered to disclose that the businessman's # 90 million art collection was held by «entities in Liechtenstein».

But a High Court judge and Court of Appeal judges concluded they did not have the «jurisdiction» to make such an order because the girl was not habitually resident in the UK when legal proceedings were launched.

In its 20 year history the CCRC has only referred two cases back to the appeal judges on a second referral.

In the Court of Appeal the judges had struck out a wife's claim for «abuse of the court's process» (FPR 2010 r 4.4 (1)(a) and (b)-RRB-.

Appeal judges ruled it was impossible to establish a relationship between the Indian tribes and «Kennewick Man».

Cusum evidence, which cast doubt over the authenticity of the defendant's confession, played a vital part in persuading the appeal judges that he had been wrongly convicted.

But the High Court ruled that NHS England does have the legal power to commission PrEP, a decision that has now been supported by three Court of Appeal judges, who decided to rule in favour of the National Aids Trust.

In May, the High Court had said that Singh would have to defend his claims as fact, but today, a panel of three appeal judges ruled that he can use a «fair comment» defense — that is, defend his statements as opinions.

During the retrial of the Chesterfield striker details about the complainant's sexual history were used after a ruling by appeal judges.

It said, the committee, to be presided over by a Supreme Court Judge, has two other Court of Appeal judges (male and female), as well as two other members nominated by the Council of State (female and male) as its membership.

Their case was originally rejected by the high court, but today three court of appeal judges overturned the decision and said there was a risk the current system was unfair or unlawful.

Mr Haastrup and Miss Thomas, who are both in their 30s and from Peckham, south - east London, subsequently failed to persuade Court of Appeal judges to overturn Mr Justice MacDonald's decision.

Three Court of Appeal judges on Monday dismissed a challenge to Mr Justice Hayden's decision after analysing argument at a hearing in London.

Two Court of Appeal judges today granted Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) to appeal against the High Court judgement which allows the UK government to sell arms to Saudi Arabia.

Stanford University Law School professor Michael McConnell, a former federal appeals judge, said the court should not consider campaign statements, because Trump only swore an oath to uphold the Constitution after he became president.

Microsoft appealed the judge's ruling that it would have to break into two divisions.

But a US Circuit Court of Appeals judge just threw out the verdict — He was to be sent to jail for 21 months and pay $ 15 million in fines — vindicating Reyes consistent claim of innocence.

Court of Appeals Judge Eugene Pigott issued a separate opinion in the cases, concurring with the results but saying the state's definition of parenthood should properly be set by the legislature.

In a two to one decision, a panel of appeals judges affirmed an earlier decision by Judge James Ishmael, who reversed the Lexington Human Rights Commission's 2014 decision that the company violated the city's fairness ordinance.

Former Court of Appeal judge, Sir Martin was heckled during a meeting attended by survivors and bereaved families on Wednesday when he promised that his investigation would «provide answers».

Overturning a lower court's decision that ruled that the laws unconstitutionally limited access to abortion in the state, New Orleans - based 5th Circuit Court of Appeals judges wrote, «on its face does not impose an undue burden on the life and health of a woman.»

While the NCAA could appeal Judge Wilken's ruling to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and potentially to the U.S. Supreme Court, the NCAA might prefer an easier and more certain approach.

Onondaga County Executive Joanie Mahoney is urging Mayor Stephanie Miner not to appeal a judge's dismissal of the city's lawsuit against COR Development Co. over tax breaks for the company's $ 342 million Syracuse Inner Harbor project.

The amendment would raise the retirement age for state Supreme Court and Court of Appeals judges to 80.

«George is a man of few words, but they are absolutely the right words,» said then - Court of Appeals Judge Judith Kaye in 1995.

The two are before Justice CJ Honyenuga, a Court of Appeal Judge sitting with additional responsibility as a High Court Judge, for wilfully causing financial loss to the state