Sentences with phrase «better use of the court»

Putting the 50 % of law grads that can't find a job to work in legal aid, low bono, or pro bono roles would have been a better use of the Court's time and resources.

Timelines, simplified procedures, shared experts, and limited number of witness should be agreed to, or insisted on by judges, to make better use of court time and encourage early settlement

Not exact matches

Collector Steven Tananbaum sued in New York state court on Thursday over the non-delivery of three Koons sculptures, claiming a «well - oiled machine» that exploits collectors» desire to own the artists» works by using incoming money to pay debts.

A right to use a portion of a public good for private gain — the private gain part is a key element in the consideration and also in how a court would look at the transaction.

Canada has not always won disputes using that tool, the argument goes, and if a good deal on softwood lumber can be struck quickly, outside of NAFTA, maybe Canada could rely on the World Trade Organization mechanism and domestic courts to do the referring.

The court's written findings define an «adequate and well - controlled human clinical study» as one lasting a minimum of six weeks using appropriate tools.

The legal basis for deriving implied powers from the penumbra of other express powers is best seen in Justice Douglas classic opinion in Griswold v. Connecticut.5 In the Griswold case, the United States Supreme Court struck down a Connecticut law prohibiting the use of contraception.

The decision has received a good deal of attention from the press and commentators, largely because the Court rejected the use of the transaction price as compelling evidence of fair value, despite several recent Delaware appraisal decisions that have relied heavily or exclusively on the transaction price.

These protections have been used for a lot of good, but unfortunately, some bad, too, as detailed by the decade - long battle courts have had with Backpage.com, a classified ads site whose adult section was used widely by perpetrators of online sex trafficking.

And before you offer up the excuse the bible uses that... «Lot was too drunk to know better»... ask yourself if that excuse would fly today in a court of law, if not, don't use it here to justify his behavior, and god does not punish him so your god must be ok with drunken incest.

«As was the case throughout these past three years of court trial, and the earlier two years of investigation, we have placed our faith in God and trust that whatever the outcome, He will use it for our good (Romans 8:28),» Ho told CHC members last week [full statement below].

As was the case throughout these past three years of court trial, and the earlier two years of investigation, we have placed our faith in God and trust that whatever the outcome, He will use it for our good (Romans 8:28).

CNN: Twitter must identify racist, anti-Semitic posters, French court says For months now, the French - language twittersphere has lit up with a rash of racist, homophobic, and anti-Semitic tweets using the hashtags #UnBonJuif (a good Jew), #SiMonFilsEstGay (if my son is gay), and #SiMaFilleRamèneUnNoir (if my daughter brings home a black guy).

And it was Doe's broad definition of «health» as «well - being» that the Court would later use to strike down even bans on the cruel procedure known as partial - birth abortion.

And six months after the Democratic Party took control of both houses of Congress, the prison at Guantánamo Bay was still open and conducting drumhead courts martial of the prisoners held there; the CIA was still using «enhanced interrogation techniques» on prisoners in foreign jails; illegal intrusions into the privacy of American citizens continued unabated; and, more than fifty years after the CIA was founded, it continues to operate under, at best, the most perfunctory congressional oversight.

A federal judge in Oklahoma has issued an order putting on hold the certification of a ballot measure that forbids state courts from considering or using international laws, as well as Sharia, or Islamic law.

Culture has many complicated meanings, but I use it here simply to describe a system of beliefs (about God or reality or ultimate meaning), of values (about what is true, good and beautiful), of customs (about how to behave and relate to others), and of the institutions which express the culture (government, church, law courts, family, school and so on)-- all of which bind the society together and give it meaning.

He appears to have interviewed everyone still breathing who had anything whatsoever to do with the events he chronicles, and has made good use of his access to judicial papers and former Supreme Court clerks.

Elsewhere he stresses the importance of public justification, and twice, using the Israeli Supreme Court as his reference, he offers that acts of «lesser evil» remain wrong but that the punishment properly entailed by them may be mitigated because of their good purpose.

This group of people has their head up their ventral orifice and they are not, it seems to me, acting in good faith as regards how they are using the resources of the association as I very much doubt they could prevail in court and indeed might make the association liable for damages.

It spends like cash and can be used to explore the full range of Windsor Court comforts, from well - appointed accommodations, fine dining and delicious cocktails, to world - class spa services and much more.

After making good use of family connections in Washington, D.C., Landis, in 1905 at the age of 39, was appointed a judge of the U.S. District Court of Northern Illinois by President Theodore Roosevelt.

The state - of - the - art padded courts lend themselves to plenty of other uses as well.

Pancho Gonzales, making good use of tremendous serve and all - court agility, beat Tony Trabert for 51st time in 66 matches at Atlanta, clinched victory in 100 - match Pro Tennis Tour, $ 25,000 bonus and contract for next year.

and my mothers, a copy of a divorce filing he was sending in the next Monday, The savings account minus what he planed to use on his Road trip vacation, His father got into his good old boys club and got a court order placed on my husband to keep him from going to work all hours offered.

While my efforts to persuade the Board of Selectmen, the town manager, and the Rec Department director to allocate permits in a more equitable fashion, and to use their power to make sure that the programs using town - owned facilities met minimum standards for inclusiveness and safety, fell on deaf ears (we ended up being forced to use for our home games a dusty field the high school had essentially abandoned), I returned to a discussion of the «power of the venue permit» 10 years later in my 2006 book, Home Team Advantage: The Critical Role of Mothers in Youth Sports, where I suggested that one of the best ways for youth sports parents to improve the safety of privately - run sports programs in their communities was to lobby their elected officials to utilize that power to «reform youth sports by exercising public oversight over the use of taxpayer - funded fields, diamonds, tracks, pools, and courts, [and] deny permits to programs that fail to abide by a [youth sports] charter» covering such topics as background checks, and codes of conduct for coaches, players, and parents.

Family courts in Georgia use the following factors to determine the best interests of the child:

Not only are children scarred by witnessing their parents battle one another, but using the courts to devise a custody and access arrangement is a waste of money - money that could have been better spent to the needs of the children.

While Iowa custody laws specify that the courts must make decisions based on the best interests of the child, the legal terminology they use can be confusing.

I used to know the statistics really well before but it's varying now because the pendulum in terms of what the courts are doing changes and it's in a change, it's in flux right now.

As a result, even if a private sports program that uses town fields, rinks, diamonds, or courts is required to comply with state mandates regarding concussion safety, I believe that there is a huge sports safety gap which, absent voluntary implementation by a private sports program of youth sports health and safety best practices, such as those we are pilot testing in Grand Prairie, Texas this fall as part of our SmartTeams ™ program, can and should be filled by a municipality by exercising its power of the permit.

Like other child custody decisions, courts use the best interest of the child to decide disputed child visitation or custody cases involving unmarried fathers.

Since the current electoral system is the same to all candidates, and all candidates agreed to these electoral rules, it is better to talk about the «particularities» of the system and how these affect candidates; in fact all of the candidates try to use those rules to their advantage (by courting swing states, etc.).

The ban on the use of wiretap evidence in court should be scrapped to allow prosecutors a better chance of convicting suspected terrorists, a parliamentary committee has said.

«We know APC government does not obey court orders, they do not care about due process of the law, they are not moved by protest, and therefore, the best option is to use their votes to chase the governor out of seat when he comes out for re-election.»

Indeed, I am not only worried but I'm also very concerned over the setback to our electoral system, and speaking generally in the best tradition of our legal profession, not being specific on matters before any court, the implication of some of the tribunals outcome intended to shoot down the use of the card reader as some of my fellow lawyers involved in petition matters are determined to achieve is worrisome.

This is because the Court in Miller was not claiming that a well regulated militia is required for gun ownership, but rather that it can be used as a guide as to the appropriate manner and intent of individual gun ownership.

Newspapers are courts, broadcasters are courts, to use a good old republican term of abuse.

Sampson, 47, whose district covers Crown Heights and East Flatbush as well as parts of Brownsville and Canarsie, was charged with using his position as a court - appointed lawyer in foreclosure proceedings to siphon off nearly half a million dollars from real estate escrow accounts that he controlled on four Brooklyn properties, prosecutors allege.

In 2008 the courts ruled that using force for these purposes breaches children's human rights because it can cause serious harm and was not shown to be necessary (the court referred to evidence that in secure children's Homes restraint is not used to enforce good behaviour by children convicted of an offence).

In more recent centuries it was held that there were other reasons as well, mainly that it placed limits on the use of coercion and police abuse, and forced courts to look at evidence more than possibly unreliable confessions.

An avid tweeter, Ibrahim had courted friends and foes alike with his tweets, which he used to warn of what he termed his «killer move» before clinching the party ticket, as well as his belief that he was unstoppable.

Is ECOWAS Well - informed about the Legitimacy Regarding Jammeh's use of the Courts, along with his Mi...

According to Torgbui Adzaklo, the decision by Nana Akufo - Addo to put Ghana first by resorting to the use of the courts in the aftermath of the disputed 2012 elections, as well as accepting the split 5 - 4 verdict of the Court, even though he disagreed with the verdict, was enough proof of the NPP flagbearer's love for Ghana.

«Moreover, it is well established that, even for those countries which do recognise diplomatic asylum, it should not be used for the purposes of escaping the regular processes of the courts.

«Four out of ten defendants sent to the crown court for sentencing received custodial sentences that could have been handed in the magistrates» court - we need to look at why this is happening and if we need to do more to make the best use of magistrates,» Green said in a speech today.

BY PAUL SCHINDLER Amidst the shocked reaction to the Supreme Court's Hobby Lobby ruling ---- which opens up the possibility of religious exemptions being used as corporate get - out - of - jail free cards regarding employee nondiscrimination protections ---- there was a less - noticed bit of good news on the last day of the high court's sesCourt's Hobby Lobby ruling ---- which opens up the possibility of religious exemptions being used as corporate get - out - of - jail free cards regarding employee nondiscrimination protections ---- there was a less - noticed bit of good news on the last day of the high court's sescourt's session.

I'm very grateful that the appellate courts agreed with me, but I could have used a better choice of words to describe by reaction to the original decision.»

But the group's initial deal — which was not subjected to any land use review — angered activists who said the $ 72 to $ 102 per hour court time fees, as well as up to $ 6,000 fees for a package of one - hour lessons, are out of the reach of families in Harlem and the South Bronx.

Marius said the tournament's security performs pat downs before people are allowed to enter the court but added that a plethora of area basketball tournaments has meant less police manpower than in previous years as well as fewer metal barricades used for crowd control.