Sentences with phrase «at first instance hearings»

«Costs rose when the county moved to a contract system [and there was also] a decline in the number of cases taken to jury trial, an increase in guilty pleas at first instance hearings, a decline in the filing of motions to suppress, a decline in requests for expert assistance, and an increase in complaints received by the court from defendants.»

Not exact matches

For instance, most atheists don't come on here to call believers idiots (well not most and not at first anyways), it's to get into some healthy debate and expand our knowledge as well as hear a differing side.

For instance, at the six - week checkup, mom might be able to hear baby's heartbeat for the first time through fetal Doppler, although it may take a bit longer for some others.

The motion was heard by a Master at first instance.

On the hearing of the consortiums» respective stay motions at first instance, the motion judge posed the live issue as to which of the competing actions would be more likely to advance the interests of the class.

Green v. Law Society of Manitoba, dismissed at first instance by the Manitoba Court of Queen's Bench, was recently heard by the Manitoba Court of Appeal.

The judge hearing the appeal found that the district judge at first instance had been right, on the evidence before him, to decide that there «had been no answer» and, indeed, the judge came to the same conclusion.

At trial The Master who heard the motion at first instance ruled in favour of the defendant, declining to remove the plaintiff's lawyer from the recorAt trial The Master who heard the motion at first instance ruled in favour of the defendant, declining to remove the plaintiff's lawyer from the recorat first instance ruled in favour of the defendant, declining to remove the plaintiff's lawyer from the record.

The courts at all levels are now proactive in case management and most cases in the Supreme Court, the highest court of first instance, will be heard within 12 months of commencement.

Cukurova Finance International v. Alfa Telecom Turkey Ltd (PC) Stephen has been lead counsel for ATT in 6 out of the 9 Privy Council hearings, as well as multiple hearings in the Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeal and at first instance in the British Virgin Islands since 2007.

Prior to the final hearing, the Judge at first instance had directed that CAFCASS should prepare a report regarding the children's wishes and their degree of maturity.

Once the Court of Appeal decided to grant permission, they reserved the case to themselves, meaning that, unusually, the Court of Appeal heard the full case at first instance.

I believe extensive preparation for bail hearings is crucial and I take every possible step to get the bail proceedings right at the first instance.

The Crown hadn't objected to the question at the time, and didn't raise the matter in its submissions on appeal, but the Court of Appeal invited the parties to make written submissions on the matter and asked them to address it at the hearing, eventually allowing the appeal on the basis that the judge of first instance had failed to recognize the question's impermissibility and that it influenced his reasoning.

When I discussed Justice McEwen's ruling (holding the fees unconstitutional) at first instance, I noted that three threads run through his reasons: a separation of powers argument, according to which the hearing fees interfered with the constitutionally protected prerogatives of the judiciary; an individual rights argument, according to which there is a constitutionally - protected right to go to court, with which the fees interfere; and a difficult - to - characterize argument according to which the hearing fees are contrary to a certain idea (l) of what public services ought to be like.

Just by way of reminder, the hearing fees at issue are imposed, in all civil cases litigated in the B.C. Supreme Court (which is a court of first instance), on the party setting the case down for trial, escalating with the trial's length.

In his reasons, Gascon J. maintains a clear distinction between jurisdiction over hearing a dispute at first instance and jurisdiction over enforcement of a foreign judgment.

The arbitral tribunal fixed 28.3.2003 as the date of hearing at Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), but due to outbreak of epidemic SARS, the arbitral tribunal shifted the venue of its sittings to Amsterdam in the first instance and, thereafter, to London.