Sentences with phrase «appearance of the fairness»

However, it was the usual carefully constructed appearance of fairness, underplayed with staged agreement to the AGW cause which came across most strongly.

The merits of this approach include its simplicity, appearance of fairness, and related appeal to the populist mood.

Despite the Court of Appeal's decision, the Court of Superior Justice has overturned a decision on the basis of the trial Judge's use and reliance on Google Maps — in R v Ghaleenovee, 2015 ONSC 1707, the Court referred to Calvert but concluded that where the facts are disputable, and the evidence produced by Google Maps is not put the accused or witnesses, relying on Google Maps «compromises the appearance of fairness».

First, did the interventions by the trial judge fatally compromise the appearance of the fairness of the trial?

Part of this obligation includes a commitment to ensuring the appearance of fairness in the eyes of the public.

If the objective is «ensuring the appearance of fairness in the eyes of the public», there are a lot of better places to start than by keeping the best lawyers out of the courtroom.

In accordance with our ethical obligations, we can not permit retired judges to be reinstated as counsel if doing so threatens the appearance of fairness.

First, the appellant argues that the trial judge intervened to such an extent in the examination of witnesses that the appearance of fairness in the trial was fatally compromised.

To overturn a conviction on the basis of ineffective assistance, counsel's conduct must have undermined the appearance of the fairness of the trial or the reliability of the verdict.

The trial judge's questions did not reach the point at which they compromised the appearance of the fairness of the trial.

Were the trial judge's repeated interventions, considered in the context of the entirety of the proceedings, sufficiently egregious to lead the reasonable observer to conclude that the appearance of impartiality had been sufficiently compromised so as to undermine the appearance of the fairness of the trial?

Not exact matches

The court wrote in Boyce that «the appearance of unlawful command influence» exists «where an objective, disinterested observer, fully informed of all the facts and circumstances, would harbor a significant double about the fairness of the proceeding» — a calculus evident in Nance's own public comments on Oct. 23.

He is quite good on the ethics of self - governance» honesty, fairness, nobility, decency all make their appearances» but does not acknowledge, let alone explain, the finest or the worst of things.

In all fairness to a vehicle we haven't driven yet, if appearances are any indication, it seems unlikely to pack the same zany, screw - loose sense of excitement.

At a time when «fairness» was synonymous with beauty, the dark appearance of the poet's lover — assuming it is a literal rather than symbolic description — is intriguing and also narrows the field considerably.

You not only have to avoid breaking the law; you have to avoid the appearance of breaking the law, or even the «fairness code,» however defined.

... If decisions are made because of an individual judge's sense of fairness or justice, the appearance, if not the reality, is that the decision sprung from personal or political beliefs of an unelected person.

The commitment to fairness and cooperation saves vast amount of money by avoiding motions and court appearances.