Sentences with phrase «cases at the early stages»

A creative, logical argument that disposes of a case at an early stage may not be as entertaining as a sizzling cross-examination or a stirring jury address.

Traditionally, there was very little judicial control over a case at its early stages.

Defended a software company in Beijing, China and successfully forced plaintiff to dismiss the case at an early stage of the case

Courts must properly examine cases at an early stage to deal with as many as possible on a striking - out or summary judgment basis, rigorously control disclosure, and keep the whole subsequent procedure (and its absolute cost) in proportion to the case.

Having dealt with vexatious litigants before, I suspect this won't really stop them - they'll often just keep finding new ways to push their vexatious litigation - but it will hopefully make it easier to weed out these cases at an early stage.

Your lawyer must be able to accurately assess your case at an early stage.

The court does not decide the merits of the case at this early stage, but merely, examines whether the case is appropriate for treatment as a class action.

Not exact matches

Angel investors normally provide capital for start - ups or businesses in the early stage of growth in exchange for equity, or in some cases, convertible notes, that converts into shares or cash value at a point later on.

There are cases where at the very, very early stage you might be taking an incredibly big risk.

Sometimes, the earliest target account list may not even be potential buyers at this stage; it may be investment firms, as was the case with Demandbase when it raised an early round of funding.

As an early stage investor you're often planning around 10x your investment at the time you write your first check so in this case you'd be going into your investment expecting an exit of $ 800 — $ 1.2 billion.

This provides additional opportunities for ZNL Fund to invest in a startup at an early stage and in most cases the first investors into the company.

«The incubation period for hepatitis A is between two and seven weeks, so at this stage it's an early stage of the investigation and we're still gathering information about how much of the product is in NSW homes but potentially we will be seeing more cases in the coming weeks,» said Dr Sheppeard.

In any case, if your baby develops eye problem, such as a minor infection, the doctor can spot it at the early stage and then treat it.

Bring a portable travel potty with you, in case your child says he needs to go while you're out, but that's fairly unlikely at this early stage.

On average, between 2006 - 2010, only 66 % of the breast cancer cases in Erie County were diagnosed at an early stage, so we have a great deal of room for improvement.»

The speaker was one of five Democratic candidates making their case to voters in the early stages of the election year at the forum sponsored by the Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz Center Memorial and Educational Center and uptown political clubs the Northern Manhattan Democrats for Change and Barack Obama Democratic Club.

In the future, ultrasound scans of the carotid artery will lead to the ability to perform surgery at an earlier stage in some cases, and the ability to avoid surgery completely in others.

Since, as Marcus notes, «some U.S. universities and colleges may be going the way of the music and journalism industries,» scientists at early stages of their careers may wish to consider whether they ought to tie their futures to institutions that, failing drastic reform in the near future, will in many cases continue «facing skeptical customers, declining enrollment, an antiquated financial model that is hemorrhaging money, and new kinds of low - cost competition.»

Although the survey data can't definitively show this to be the case, the authors suggest that receiving better career development information at earlier stages of their training, preferably in graduate school, would better equip scientists «to start their careers with greater clarity» immediately upon completing the doctorate.

«If we can detect movement at a very early stage then in many cases it is likely we would have time put systems in place to save lives.»

Analysing cases at such early stages of infection has been unique up to now, because earlier studies only included patients who already had symptoms or had contracted the infection several weeks earlier.

In some cases, late onset of the disease can also occur if the infection is not detected at an early stage or if it is not treated with antibiotics.

However, the researchers did observe fewer cases of advanced cancer in 61 to 65 - year - old women, since screening revealed the cancers at an earlier stage of development.

In the case of talented stage and screen beauty Kristen Bell, it wasn't so much a matter of if she was going to be a star after realizing her dream during an early performance as a banana in Raggedy Ann and Andy at the tender age of 12 — but when she would finally make the big time.

Data such as that presented by CASE suggests too many state school students are closing down their options at a very early stage by, for example, choosing combined science instead of the separate subjects.

If this is the case, get to it and enroll in an adolescent class right away and nip these problems at the early flowering stage.

At this early stage, it matters little if we can recognize fluctuations in values and roughly evaluate their relative sizes, which I believe is the case.

The US business case for residential energy storage is still at its early stages, with the majority of states offering retail - rate net metering as a mechanism to support the uptake of household PV systems.

Current alternatives to the Keystone XL for transporting tar sands oil are on a much smaller scale, in much earlier stages of development, and in many cases face such significant opposition that they are unlikely to move ahead in the next five to 10 years if at all.»

Consulting forensic technology professionals at an early stage can add value to a case in terms of time saved in preparation and in gaining a good understanding of what exactly is there.

The relevant material which had not been disclosed was supportive of the defence case and should properly have been disclosed at an earlier stage, one being a diary and the other being vital mobile phone evidence.

While the LGE proceedings have been settled at an early stage the cases against HTC are pending.

I even experienced cases where the other party accepted at a very early stage of the procedure.

Some cases of cerebral palsy are believed to be congenital (i.e., present at birth) due to abnormal development of the brain early in pregnancy, damage to the white matter of the brain in the latter stages of pregnancy, bleeding in the brain from fetal stroke, and / or loss of oxygen to the brain during labor and delivery.

Discrimination — info about protected characteristics being available where wouldn't normally be at an early stage in the recruitment process such as race, gender, sexuality which are available via social media profiles / activity - In early 2013, 1 % of all employment tribunal claims were brought by job applicants, and this proportion rose to 4 % in discrimination cases.

It is only in exceptional cases that an allocation can be reliably made at an early stage in the proceeding.

While our firm attempts to negotiate and settle cases as early on as possible, our skilled litigators represent clients in mediation and arbitration proceedings and vigorously defend against medical malpractice claims at all stages of the litigation process, including appeals.

Although some may suggest otherwise, the true value of any case is based upon a combination of several factors, many of which can not be evaluated at this early stage.

Only 31 % thought budgeting at the outset of a case would save costs, while 21 % thought it would actually push costs up since more work is required to isolate the main issues at an early stage.

Case conferences at an early stage are invaluable in exploring the evidence and leading us in the right direction.

In particular, note that Civil Procedure Rule 31.4 and Practice Direction 31.2 A require that parties discuss with their opponents and, where possible, agree a strategy for the search and production of key evidence including ESI at an early stage, before the Case Management Conference.

One of the most important jobs of a barrister is to analyse the case, and this can often be done at relatively early stages, and then settle with the other barrister who will have done a similar analysis.

But, the BC Supreme Court dismissed her case, in part because she had not raised her Charter argument at an earlier stage of the administrative process.

West Coast LEAF and the Community Legal Assistance Society (CLAS) were jointly granted leave to intervene in Denton v British Columbia, a case that addresses whether a claimant who was denied workers compensation benefits is barred from challenging that denial on equality grounds under the Charter because she did not raise the argument at an earlier stage of her case.

It was hoped that by giving parties access to witness evidence at an earlier stage in the proceedings, the parties would have a clearer view of the case and be encouraged to settle or apply for summary judgment.

A review of the cases in our department would show Mr Gummer just how often legal bills are massively increased as a result of the NHS's failure to admit liability at an early stage.

We tell our clients who believe they may be the targeted parent to never give up and we will develop a strategy to get experts and one judge involved in the case early on so the issue remains at the forefront of the court so it can ideally be resolved at a stage where alienation never fully develops or if it has that the alienation is stopped and the damaging symptoms reversed so the child has a healthy relationship with both parents.

Whilst the recent decision focuses on some important points, i.e. that a costs order was already in place, it follows that where parties wish to suggest that the ABTA mediation scheme should be used, such suggestions need to be made at an early stage and certainly before the case settles and an order for costs is made.

All of these things would be examples of evidence that can be preserved if properly identified at an early stage in the case.