Sentences with phrase «civil cases over»

Judge Westfall handles a varied docket, including criminal, juvenile delinquency, civil cases over $ 15,000, probate, juvenile, mental health, and domestic relations cases.

Another concern, the company is operated by Ashley Ezell who the BBB claims has been a defendant in two civil cases over failing to repay student loans.

Not exact matches

In a similar case, Kentucky clerk Kim Davis, a born - again Christian, was jailed briefly last year after she refused to allow her office to issue marriage licenses, igniting a national debate over religious freedom and civil rights.

Bishops are required to cooperate - if approached by law enforcement - but are ALSO still under direction to keep silence on cases of abuse they learn about, and NOT to turn over priests to civil authorities.

This man» a former official of the Second Republic (the previous civilian government, overthrown by the military in 1983) who was once imprisoned by the current regime» told me that in many places in the north, where he often tries cases, Nigerian civil law has become a dead letter: judges regularly turn cases over to the sharia courts even if only one party to the case is a Muslim.

Over the years Judge Taylor has been a jurist of flinty scrupulousness, particularly in his handling of early civil rights cases, and he has cast a clear eye on an astounding array of disputes.

When they're not doping their athletes systematically for the olympics or paying off FIFA for the right to host the WC or taking over (and, in the case of Hearts, ruining) British football clubs, they are busy rigging elections at home and abroad, fomenting civil war in the Middle East, annexing parts of other countries, sponsoring terrorism, and shooting people who try to stand up to them.

David Davis lost another of his senior civil servants today when it was announced that Simon Case is to take over as the Duke of Cambridge's private secretary.

There was a cloud over Kolb's candidacy: He was mentioned in a 2004 civil court case brought by a former female Assembly aide against the chamber's former counsel, Michael Boxley.

As a Supreme Court Justice, Judge Fahey was assigned to handle a civil calendar as well as criminal Special Term and presided over a variety of cases in Erie County as well as the outlying counties in the Eighth Judicial District.

The Supreme Court has broad authority over all categories of cases, both civil and criminal.

Ed Stradling's report on two Lib Dems, former election candidate Jo Shaw and Islington Councillor Greg Foxsmith, speaking out following their resignation from the party over the coalition's Justice and Security bill, which will allow judges in civil trials to hear evidence in secret in certain cases.

Less than two months later, Keefe was transferred from City Court on Morton Avenue, where he presided over criminal matters, to handle traffic court and civil cases at City Hall.

Despite getting flak from civil rights advocates over his decision to veto bills that would have legalized specific kinds of pocket knives and offering more state funds to compensate lawyers designated by the court to represent defendants who don't make enough money to afford a lawyer for defense in a criminal case, people roared in applause throughout Cuomo's speech.

POLICE RATED HIGH OVER SEXUAL ASSAULT CASES The Justice for All (J4A), a civil society group, disclosed on Wednesday that in a recent independent study it conducted, it concluded that the Nigeria Police Force, in recent times, performed satisfactorily in the handling of sexual assault cases against women and minors, which is a complete departure -LSBCASES The Justice for All (J4A), a civil society group, disclosed on Wednesday that in a recent independent study it conducted, it concluded that the Nigeria Police Force, in recent times, performed satisfactorily in the handling of sexual assault cases against women and minors, which is a complete departure -LSBcases against women and minors, which is a complete departure -LSB-...]

A Supreme Court judge will likely preside over both criminal and civil cases during the 14 - year term.

Senate Republicans, the state Attorney General's office and civil rights groups were all in Albany County Supreme Court to make their case in a GOP - led lawsuit over where... Continue reading →

Meanwhile, Catholic bishops have spent on average $ 300,000 a year lobbying lawmakers in New York on a variety of topics, including against passage of the Child Victims Act, which would change the statute of limitations on civil and criminal cases of child sexual abuse and allow victims a one - year window to sue over potentially decades - old allegations.

He said, «In the course of further review of facts of this case, it transpired that the legal issues arising from the originating motion of the applicant are very recondite and novel as there have not been concrete apex court decisions on them and they also affect and will affect many criminal and civil cases all over Nigeria where the Administration of Criminal Justice Act is being applied.»

The civil servants who handle most labor - relations cases — a group seen by critics as anti-employer — have expressed alarm over a proposal to demote them.

There was a cloud over Brian Kolb's candidacy: He was mentioned in a 2004 civil court case brought by a former female Assembly aide against the chamber's former counsel, Michael Boxley.

The Enugu State Government said that it would compulsorily retire no fewer than 1,087 of its civil servants over cases of age - falsification and ill - health.

Supreme Court justices serve 14 - year terms, are paid $ 136,700 annually and preside over trial courts handling civil cases, such as negligence, personal injury, medical malpractice and product liability.

WASHINGTON (CNN)- The Supreme Court's conservative majority expressed varying degrees of concern Wednesday over a civil rights case brought by 20 firefighters, most of them white, who claim reverse discrimination in promotions.

Civil war has nearly broken out among neuropsychologists over this issue, so let me tread lightly here — I will simply say that I have seen no scientific evidence for how such recovered memories might work, no supposed cases of it documented to be legitimate in a way that should satisfy a rigorous scientist, and plenty of scientific explanations for why various claims have not been legitimate.

These include the behaviour of the Italian government in the aftermath of Chernobyl, the basis of decision - making in civil nuclear power in Switzerland and France, and the controversy over the supposed effects of radiation doses to fathers on their offspring at Sellafield (a large case control study, which has recently been published, contradicts the views in the book), and the Black enquiry into childhood leukaemias in the vicinity of the plant.

In addition to its mental health consequences, the exceedingly long civil war in Guatemala resulted in displacement of 1 million people from their homes and workplaces, over 200,000 civilian deaths, destruction of hundreds of villages, crops and fields, the elimination of local leaders and authorities and, in the worst cases, torture, rape, and collective extermination of entire families and communities.

While an audience watched Edgerton and Ruth Negga's portrayal of Richard and Mildred Loving, the biracial couple whose landmark civil rights case saw the U.S. Supreme Court end all racial restrictions on marriage in 1967, a legal fight is being waged between the U.S. federal government and the state of North Carolina over equal rights for transgender Americans, and gay marriage continues to be a divisive issue.

But because the new Every Student Succeeds Act shifts significant responsibility over accountability and other matters to states and districts, there's renewed hope that parent, community, civil rights, and other groups will have more sway over what has been, in many cases, a narrower decisionmaking process.

Court orders release of all Mugrabi collection artworks from storage Over the past weeks the New York civil courts have heard a case between between the Mugrabi family and art storage facility Mana Fine Arts, over the latter's refusal to return over $ 100m of the Mugrabis» art collection owing to disputed unpaid invoiOver the past weeks the New York civil courts have heard a case between between the Mugrabi family and art storage facility Mana Fine Arts, over the latter's refusal to return over $ 100m of the Mugrabis» art collection owing to disputed unpaid invoiover the latter's refusal to return over $ 100m of the Mugrabis» art collection owing to disputed unpaid invoiover $ 100m of the Mugrabis» art collection owing to disputed unpaid invoices.

Public Eye: Civil Rights Case Study January 17 — February 28 Black Iris Gallery This exhibition of over 400 photographs, films, and artifacts from a veiled archive examines the extent to which the rise of the modern Civil Rights Movement has impacted our understanding of the power of image.

At the core of the case was the legal principal that tribal courts have civil jurisdiction over non-Indian conduct arising from consensual relations on Indian reservations, weaving through overriding sovereignties across territories and bodies, and, critically, Indigenous sovereignty.

In its first year in office, the Trump administration resolved only 48 environmental civil cases, about a third fewer than under President Barack Obama's first EPA director and less than half under President George W. Bush's over the same time period, according to a February report by the Environmental Integrity Project.

This is more problematic in criminal trials, where jury questions could provide evidence pushing a case over the threshold of proof needed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the prosecution failed to provide, than in civil cases with a preponderance of the evidence standard.

According to a survey by the U.S. Department of Justice, over 95 percent of civil cases (in state courts) are settled or dismissed without a trial.

The case including the most lawyers from Chambers» list over the previous 2 terms was the patent case Oil States Energy Services v. Greene's Energy Group Although Oil States has actually not gotten as much protection in the popular press as other cases like Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, the possible effects of this judgment for numerous services developed big stakes for effective entities impacted by patent lawsuits.

cautions that the institutionalizing of ADR without attempting to change underlying culture will likely lead to a corruption of ADR mechanisms and the wider civil justice system as there remains the possibility that good settlement process will be marred by over zealous advocacy or over zealous desire to close cases.

The Walrus has an article by Alex Hutchinson, «The People's Court, A case for universal legal care,» that looks at some of the changes that have happened to legal aid over the last decade and a few of the changes to civil procedure expected in British Columbia... [more]

CaseLines systems now store over 60m pages of evidence from over 220,000 trials, in civil, family and criminal cases in the UK and around the world.

Royston was later elevated to the bench, where as a judge he presided over criminal, civil and family cases.

In any civil proceeding, the judge presiding over the case will look to determine the extent to which parties involved in the case are liable, which carries immense legal and financial implications.

Civil litigation is a broad, all - encompassing term which describes civil cases (any case that is not a criminal case) which are argued over in cCivil litigation is a broad, all - encompassing term which describes civil cases (any case that is not a criminal case) which are argued over in ccivil cases (any case that is not a criminal case) which are argued over in court.

The report, which was released in late December 2017, indicates that the DOJ recovered over $ 3.7 billion in settlements and judgments from civil cases involving fraud and false claims during 2017.

It is difficult to tell, but over 1.6 million civil cases were heard in England, Wales and Scotland, and 1.6 million criminal cases went to magistrates» courts.

In her past over ten years of practice, she published two books at China - Law Press, they are Legal Practice of International Family Cases, and The Lawyer Practice in Civil Litigation.

After graduating law school, Dennis spent six years on active duty in the U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General's Corps, where he tried over 120 criminal and civil cases.

When there is a disagreement over money, a lawyer who specializes in resolving civil cases might be able to help.

Some common civil cases include disputes over a contract, debt relief or collection, civil fraud, and other types of disputes over money.

A B.C. judge recommended Monday that the province take over the civil prosecution as a criminal contempt case.

Over the years, Mr. Cooper has provided effective case law research and legal drafting services for virtually every civil litigation context — covering a diverse number of legal cases involving family law, contracts, personal injury litigation, wrongful dismissal, landlord / tenant, estate law, corporate / commercial law, and more.