Sentences with phrase «bias against a judge»

But ruling on the application, the tribunal, held that the comment credited to him was unverified and that the defence failed to meet the legal standard of proving allegation of bias against a judge.

Last week Tomee Sojourner, who happens to be a lesbian, filed a complaint of bias against the judge who had presided over a hearing at the Québec Rental Board of a complaint by Ms Sojourner's landlord.

Not exact matches

But the occasional sensible viewpoint helps us all not to judge a point of view simply because of bias against an individual.

The Cuban team walked out of the»99 world championships in Houston claiming the judging was biased against it.

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However, in his appeal marked CA / A / 451C / 2018, Metuh said the trial judge «manifested obvious bias» against him by failing to exercise his discretion judicially and judiciously when he dismissed his application based on «imaginary facts».

SAN DIEGO — An Indiana - born federal judge, whose Mexican heritage Donald Trump used to paint him as biased against him in a 2016 court case because of his immigration stance,...

Bloomberg accused Manhattan Federal Judge Shira Scheindlin of being biased against the city from the start, adding that she gave helpful advice to the plaintiffs and exhibited «disturbing disregard for the good intentions of our police officers.»

Many of these laws should have long ago been held unconstitutional, but the federal judges in the First Circuit seem markedly biased against minor parties.

The billionaire attacked U.S. District Judge Gonzalo Curiel, who is of Mexican heritage, saying he was biased against him in a lawsuit regarding Trump University over Trump's plan to build a wall on the border.

This isn't a bias against advisers, simply a practical response to the inability to judge «good or bad info».

«I'd add that «the best we have» is an arbitrary list selected by a self - selected set of judges who are by and large ideologically biased against human industrial and population growth»

Repeated interventions by the trial judge, particularly if done in a sarcastic or denigrating manner, can lead a reasonable party to perceive that judge to be biased against him.

Closure Report: This Complaint is the result the Complainant being dissatisfied with the manner in which child support is calculated and stated that the Judge showed bias against Complainant.

A saving of # 500 in the hearing fee on claims in the plus # 15,000 to # 25,000 band; prospectively lower trial costs; a trial window within 30 weeks of allocation; concurrent trial jurisdiction of district judges with circuit judges; and probably a bias against a case management conference.

We know judges should not outright hold these things against us, but does anyone really think they can prevent a bias from forming nonetheless?

Judicial bias against the unrepresented is real, but it's sometimes justified by all the nonsense judges hear from non-lawyers.

I'm willing to bet you'll learn something that helps you on your case, and you'll give a judge one less reason to be biased against us.

These include proceedings in which the judge has a personal bias or prejudice against a party, when the judge has served as an attorney or witness in the case or any stage of it, and when the judge or a member of the judge's immediate family has a financial interest in the case.

First up, a New York judge has recused himself in the case of Floyd v. Cosi, a discrimination suit in which a former employee alleged Cosi showed bias against Floyd's race, age and disability in firing him from the restaurant chain.

Norton Rose Fulbright can be added to a $ 100m gender bias lawsuit filed last year against its merger partner, Chadbourne & Parke, a federal magistrate judge has ruled.

Background: Ms. Sojourner filed a complaint of judicial bias with the Council against Judge Luce De Palma after being called by the latter several times «Mr.» during a Rental Board hearing and told that «It's probably your hair.»

Many judges appear biased against self - represented (pro se) litigants and this judge had worked for the city.

(10) BTA Bank v. Ablyazov (CA)[2013] 1 WLR 1854 A judge had not erred in refusing to recuse himself as the trial judge following his finding of contempt against a defendant, as there was no real possibility of bias and the right to make an application had been waived.

The U.S. Justice Department is urging a federal judge in Boston to allow public release of documents in a student group's suit claiming bias against Asian - Americans in the admissions process.

This is decided entirely by the judge's own self review and if the biases continue is evidence against the decision on appeal at worst (if he still sits but the case is not as biased as you feared, it could have been a non-issue or the judge realized that he was getting close to the line and reeled himself back to the center).

(correct test for Barrister appeals; whether outside the ex improviso rule, prosecutor may call evidence after prosecution and defence case closed; use of debarring orders against prosecutor; whether tribunal may «enter the arena» and strongly request the attendance of a prosecution witness; whether BSB has power to summons witnesses; whether prosecutor may communicate with disciplinary judge behind the back of the defence; whether such communication redolent of actual bias of judge where judge wishes prosecutor good luck on appeal; whether apparent bias doctrine can be engaged by post-trial conduct of judge; legal effect of serving BSB prosecutions department officer being 1 of 4 appointing members of the COIC «Tribunals Appointments Body» (TAB); whether TAB ultra vires the Bar's Constitutions; whether open - ended power of removal of member of COIC pool without cause, unlawful given position of BSB Chair and senior staff on COIC; whether ECHR Article 6 guarantees against pressure on disciplinary judges to conform with a prosecutorial mentality; whether disciplinary judges Art. 6 «independent» within Findlay v United Kingdom given key role of BSB prosecutions department in appointing disciplinary judges; serious non-disclosure by BSB of notes of secret meeting between BSB and disciplinary judge until day before appeal and despite requests and application for disclosure by defence)

(Appeal by dentist against suspension by GDC; GDC appoints those who appoint PCC panel members; GDC also prosecutes dentists before PCC; whether system of appointments of PCC panel members by GDC indirectly, engages the doctrine of apparent bias; whether GDC a judge in its own cause; chairman of PCC panel a recent elected member of GDC; whether chairman automatically disqualified; application of Pinochet doctrine).

The self - represented appellant husband argued that the motion judge was biased, erred in finding no material change in circumstances, and erred in not making an adverse inference against the wife for non-disclosure.

Should the lawyer dare speak up and possibly irritate the judge — which can lead to bias against his client?

The first trial decision was appealed on the grounds that the trial judge showed a reasonable apprehension of bias against the plaintiffs, and as a result, a second trial was ordered.

The courts can only really be judged on whether they show bias in their decisions, but solicitors and barristers must also guard against bias in their advice to clients.

I have never met the trial judge (the Hon. Charbonneau) or any of the other judges involved against whom accusations of reasonable apprehension of bias were leveled.

Indeed, two bias claims have been brought against Supreme Court of Canada judges in the past twenty years, neither of which was successful.

By «compromising,» I did not mean to suggest that the ethical code for judges has changed or that a finding of bias would necessarily be made against Justice Ginsburg.

The ruling also alleges that Gratl told her client that she believed judges in Kitchener were afraid of her, and that a particular justice was «biased against everybody.»

Judge recommends against certifying gender biased class - action lawsuit against Goldman Sachs, Reuters

While the judge had not shown any bias against the parents, it would be sensible to allow the expert to be instructed, particularly where, if that expert shared the view of the other experts, there was a measurable chance that the anticipated final hearing would be unnecessary or could be abbreviated.

A judge who is biased against a party is, in the sense under discussion, corrupt because the judge is acting contrary to the principles of the system.

Mr. Ururyar's lawyers appealed, saying the trial judge, Justice Marvin Zuker, was biased against their client after reading academic research on rape.

In an article on 18 February 2016, Maclean's called Canadian jails the «new residential schools» because of «discriminatory practices and a biased system» that «work against an Indigenous accused, from the moment a person is first identified by police, to their appearance before a judge, to their hearing before a parole board.»

If there are true issues and concerns regarding the other parent, you must gather evidence and witness which document the concerns and incidents which you hope will ultimately sway a judge into making a decision which they are generally biased against making.

Judge Weinstein found a consistent pattern of bias against these mothers in the family courts — one of the core issues raised by the film.

We see case after case in which the preponderance of the evidence as to the children's better interests seemed obviously in favor of the mother, but the judges appeared to view it through a lens of bias against the mother (often using the very malleable «parental alienation» or «uncooperative parent» technique.)

Educators talked about the stigma around mental health difficulties, the bias against medication and the feeling of being judged.

This has motivated activists to demonstrate outside of family courts, stating that judges are biased against mothers who report abuse concerns — perhaps because their reports are seen as lacking credibility and a form of alienation.

Professor Czapanskiy reports that in the Maryland gender bias task force survey judges and lawyers were asked whether «child custody awards disregard fathers» violence against mothers.»