Sentences with phrase «because unrepresented»

That's because unrepresented buyers often go to open houses, which means potential new business for your agent.

I think I speak for all family lawyers when I say it is our wish to deal with represented litigants because unrepresented litigants often have the wrong view regarding lawyers in general and how lawyers are most often trying to «trick» or «bully» them.

Not exact matches

50 % of the voters are represented by no party... and because of their refusal to adopt a party and vote, they are unrepresented except insofar as they choose to vote for a Democrat or Republican.

In particular, many Westchester voters (those suburban voters that Cuomo so eagerly courts) noticed because they went unrepresented in budget negotiations, and their empty Senate seat could have tipped the balance of the upper chamber to the Democrats.

Keep in mind that using an agent is recommended because you will get a better deal than when you go unrepresented.

Because of the rise in digital media via the Internet, communication between those unrepresented by New York, Chicago and London is increasingly possible.

If banning ODR is warranted because 13 % of litigants do not own a computer, then should we not bar lawyers from pleading since the percentage of unrepresented litigants is more than four times higher than the number of individuals on the wrong side of the digital divide?

It has to be that way because of the size of the damage the problem is inflicting upon the population and upon our courts, so clogged as they are by unrepresented litigants that we are in danger of becoming a legally dysfunctional society.

[30] Those unrepresented parties are at a huge disadvantage because, among other reasons, many judges require self - represented litigants to perform as if they were lawyers; if they do not, they are denied the relief they request.

Perhaps use of Cybersettle has enabled more claimants to negotiate with the city unrepresented — and they're willing to settle for less either because they don't realize that they might be entitled to more or because they're willing to accept less where a lawyer doesn't take a cut of the recovery.

Judges have issued warnings that their courts are «grinding to a halt» because of the high percentage of litigants who are unrepresented litigants.

That means if you missed the two year statute of limitations for the Wrongful Death claim, if the person suffered before death, had substantial medical bills or had a punitive damages claim, then there may still be a suit that can be brought on behalf of the unrepresented Estate because it has been tolled by O.C.G.A. Sec. 9-3-32.

Sometimes they answer and get counsel, and because the law is so overwhelmingly on the side of the record companies, there's a negotiated settlement which is slightly lower than the settlement the people that are unrepresented have been getting.

The basic limitation period does not run while the person with the claim is unable to pursue it because of being an unrepresented minor (section 6) or incapable person (section 7).

Both solutions will occur because the power of the news media and of the internet, interacting, will quickly make widely known these types of information, the cumulative effect of which will force governments and the courts to act: (1) the situations of the thousands of people whose lives have been ruined because they could not obtain the help of a lawyer; (2) the statistics as to the increasing percentages of litigants who are unrepresented and clogging the courts, causing judges to provide more public warnings; (3) the large fees that some lawyers charge; (4) increasing numbers of people being denied Legal Aid and court - appointed lawyers; (5) the many years that law societies have been unsuccessful in coping with this problem which continues to grow worse; (6) people prosecuted for «the unauthorized practice of law» because they tried to help others desperately in need of a lawyer whom they couldn't afford to hire; (7) that there is no truly effective advertising creating competition among law firms that could cause them to lower their fees; (8) that law societies are too comfortably protected by their monopoly over the provision of legal services, which is why they might block the expansion of the paralegal profession, and haven't effectively innovated with electronic technology and new infrastructure so as to be able to solve this problem; (9) that when members of the public access the law society website they don't see any reference to the problem that can assure them that something effective is being done and, (10) in order for the rule of law, the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and the whole of Canada's constitution be able to operate effectively and command sufficient respect, the majority of the population must be able to obtain a lawyer at reasonable cost.

The Tompkins Court staff received the award because of their outstanding usage and promotion of the Family Court DIY Form programs, increasing access to justice for unrepresented litigants.

In effect, this means that parents could have their children removed, and because they would not be entitled to legal aid, they would go unrepresented.»

Numerous examples exist for situations in which a buyer or seller attempts to take on the complexities of real estate because he or she is unrepresented or poorly represented.

But bear in mind, you're probably going to pay a commission to the buyer's agent anyway, because your buyer is unlikely to be unrepresented.