Sentences with phrase «civil courts so»

It is the job of a civil law attorney to file law suits in civil courts so that his client can get financial compensation.

Lord Woolf's aim was to unify the procedure for all civil courts so that all proceedings would follow the same simple pattern.

Additionally, the responsible driver can also be sued in civil court so that accident victims can recover compensation for their lost work time or other consequences of the accident.

Not exact matches

Folsom, an American who worked for Bain & Co. in Tokyo after college before founding one of the first private equity firms in Japan, hired the biggest Japanese law firm and petitioned the court to change the bankruptcy to a so - called «civil rehabilitation.»

(btw: Adultery is not against any law and only pertains in a civil court, so your point on that is moot.)

In their response to the civil suit, attorneys for JPL stated in court documents that one of Coppedge's co-workers complained to his supervisor that Coppedge made her feel so uncomfortable in discussing «non work related topics» that it bordered on harassment.

The impersonal tribunals of the civil court system will not be so merciful because they are not as just.

It is a sad day when the so «called «liberals» on the Court bloc vote against civil liberties when the dissenter is a group they deem «atavistic.»

Where the law is highly codified, where, so to speak, the law is asked to specify duties — the situation more nearly found in «civil law» or Latin cultures — the courts can act more administratively, less «judgmentally.»

Although title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as so amended, applies with respect to «pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions», a few courts have failed to reach the conclusion that breastfeeding and expressing breast milk in the workplace are covered by such title.

The resulting code is the basis of the modern so - called «inquisitorial system» of criminal courts, used in France and many civil law countries, though significantly changed since Bonaparte's day (especially with regard to the expansion of the rights of the defendant).

Mr Gorsuch also peppered the talk with contemporary culture, quoting David Foster Wallace and joking that the so - called «modern» rules of civil courts date back to 1938: «Maybe the only thing that really sounds new or modern after 70 years,» he said, «is Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones.

That the Labour party should so loudly trumpet its contempt for personal privacy and the presumption of innocence, parading its violation of the European Court on Human Rights ruling on DNA retention as one of the top six reasons to vote for it, tells you everything you need to know about its attitude to civil liberties and the rule of law.

What truly derails the film is its court - room / civil rights slant which revolves around Ted trying to become a «real boy» so he and his new wife Tami - Lyn (the excellent Jessica Barth) can become parents in a bid to save their marriage.

You do not have to agree to terms that you can not afford, but if you refuse to settle or are unable to, an attorney can file a lawsuit against you in civil court, if he has not already done so.

I called them about it and was informed that it would be taken care of and I shouldn't worry so imagine my surprise when 2/3 weeks later I'm being served with papers to appear at civil court.

The federal Defense of Marriage Act (which is being challenged in the courts) does not allow joint returns by partners to a civil union, so the IITA does not allow joint returns either.

After more than three months from the date of seizure, the courts transferred ownership so the animals could be adopted and re-homed (civil action).

Lebovits, a judge of the New York City Civil Court, Housing Part, in Manhattan, and an adjunct professor at Columbia Law School and St. John's University School of Law, opens by promising that» [w] riting a really bad brief — a brief so bad you're sure to lose your case — is a skill few attorneys acquire... The reasons you might want to lose are many, and writing a bad brief is a key to losing.

So the Court has to somewhat state the obvious, holding that of course its reasoning applies to «all judicial proceedings brought within the territorial entity concerned, including civil proceedings» (para 20).

If they can not resolve their differences, the court is there to resolve it if the law provides a civil remedy, so that it does not escalate into criminal harassment or violence.

The particular court forms which need to be completed to commence a civil suit vary according to the type of dispute so its best to seek legal advice in regard to this.

Acknowledging the issues were novel, the motions judge in SC v. NS concluded that the defendant / accused had breached the deemed undertaking of confidentiality when he used for his criminal defence the plaintiff's documentary productions from the civil case without first seeking directions from the court as to whether and how he could do so.

Choosing the right court in which to file a personal injury or other civil law case can be tricky — so tricky, in fact, that many law schools devote an entire class to this one subject.

According to Grace, the existing case law on the issue shows «courts have taken a dim view of impeding in any way the progress of a civil suit, and will do so only in the rarest of circumstances.»

The constitutional provisions of the American - Canadian Diocese were not so express that the civil courts could enforce them without engaging in a searching and therefore impermissible inquiry into church polity.

In doing so the Court provided the following useful reasons addressing the scope of «sufficient reasons «under Rule 14 - 1 (10) of the Civil Rules:

It follows that the issue then becomes whether the exemptions under the Court Rules Act can be interpreted so that they are consistent with the common law right of access to civil justice, which is preserved, as the Attorney General submits, by the Court Rules Act.

For the reasons given by the Court of Appeal, we are all of the opinion that the exclusion from the insurance policy based on art. 2402 of the Civil Code of Québec may not be set up against the heirs of the insured, as that article must, even in light of s. 34 (1) of the federal Interpretation Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. I - 21, be interpreted having regard to the principles of interpretation that apply in the area of insurance law so as to favour the precision and certainty of the grounds for exclusion in such matters.

I suspect that the real heavy lifting in enhancing access to justice is a matter of procedural reform — specialized decision - making bodies with extremely simplified procedural rules for specific civil law issues (something that actually already exists in certain areas such as Landlord / Tenant, but could be further improved upon), wider permissions for over-the-counter motions, fewer unnecessary court appearances, fewer procedurally - mandated appearances (e.g., going from a Case Conference to a Settlement Conference to a Trial Management Conference, and possibly further, before you can get to a family law trial), and so on.

It's so rare for the appeal court to overrule itself that civil litigation lawyer James Morton says he's only come across a similar move two or three times over the last 20 to 25 years.

It has clarified the costs budgeting amendments (see «Civil way», NLJ, 11 April 2014, p 16) by confirming that claims started before pre-22 April 2014 for plus # 2m in the Admiralty and Commercial Courts etc will not be caught by transitional provisions so as to make them subject to budgeting.

or allow to Run Compensation Suit Simultaneously with suits file by Bank Officials under ARTHA RIN ACT with equal opportunity and equal right so as to restore total accountability, which will be similar to DRT (Debt Recovery Tribunal of INDIA)(B)- Considering the Heavy loss and Damages of Government Registered and Identified SICK INDUSTRIES of 1992 & 1996 of Private Sector due to Negligence, Violation of Contract & Non-Banking Activities etc. of Bank Officials and Policy Maker & need 100 % Weaver of all type of Bank loan liabilities to minimize their heavy loss and damages to certain extent under LIMITATION ACT (C)- The system of keeping mortgage of Land & Properties from the Owner of Industries by Bank or any Loan Giving Agencies as Securities are mostly responsible for Malpractices and ever growing Corruption, & Fraudulent Activities in Banking Sector, which are now proven matter and may kindly be completely abolished as a part of reform programs at earliest possible time to ESTABLISH ACCOUNTABILITY and Check Malpractices, Fraudulent Activities which are now growing by large in Banking Sector or in other Loan Giving Agencies upto root Levels (D)-- All suits of Artha Rin Court may kindly be transferred to Civil Commercial Court abolishing SECTIONS 12, 12 (khan) 18 (2) & (3) 19, 20, 21, 34,40, 41, 42, 44, 47 and 50 of ARTHA RIN ACT -2003 for the end of Justice.

Explaining why the funds are so crucial, the Equal Civil Partnerships campaign said, «The funding will be specifically to cover the costs of providing the bundles for the Supreme Court which need to be both detailed and of the highest quality.

Although Parliament was not precluded in civil matters from adopting retrospective provisions, it can not legislate so as to interfere with the courts» handling of disputes before them:

Sam Glover: Right, so here's the example that comes to my mind is most first - year lawyers who try to litigate in Minnesota make the same mistake because the civil rules say that a response to a Motion for Summary Judgment is due within a certain amount of time, and then there's this whole separate set of rules called the general rules of practice for District Court, and they have a different timeline.

Ben Burton: Yeah, so the first half of the book is a description of the access to justice problem in both the civil courts and the criminal courts explaining how we've gotten there, explaining the solutions that we've tried and why they failed.

Yeah, so it's sort of like whether you choose the criminal courts or the civil courts, Americans from poor people all the way up to upper middle class people just can not afford very much in the way of legal services.

«Our court has thousands of civil cases a year, but there are so few disputes in the scheme of things and even fewer sanctions.»

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The national Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Matters notes in its final report that only about 6.5 % of legal problems ever make it to court, but it is unlikely in the extreme that so many of the people with high school diplomas or less are bundled into the 93.5 % who manage to resolve their legal issues outside of court, especially when we know that for people with low incomes, legal issues tend not come one at a time but cluster and multiply into other areas of the law.

Practice directions provide invaluable guidance to matters of practice in the civil courts, but in so far as they contain statements of the law which are wrong they carry no authority at all.»

After that the court still has the power (and duty: FPR 2010 r 1.4 (2)(e)-RRB- to control the calling of evidence by deciding whether or not to give permission; and in so doing the case management judge must decide whether the evidence is «reasonably required» to resolve issues before the court (civil proceedings generally: CPR 1998 r 35.1), or in the case of family proceedings whether it is «necessary to resolve the proceedings» (Children and Families Act 2014, s 13 (6)(children proceedings); FPR 2010 r 25.4 (3)(other family proceedings)-RRB-.

In brief, I perceive these economics as follows: a) The common * civil * law is made by those who can afford to litigate; therefore, b) for categories of people who can not afford to litigate, there is no common law — so the courts can not help them even if they get there.

@Circero an adversarial hearing in an administrative court, even if there is a prosecutor, is actually civil for the purposes of this question, so I'll consider it that way.

I'm not so sure that many people will want to contribute to garden variety civil litigation, e.g. funding someone else's child custody litigation or small claims court case.

I can not help but think that the obligation of the Mahr is as unsuitable for adjudication in the civil courts as is an obligation in a Christian religious marriage, such as to love, honour and cherish, or to remain faithful, or to maintain the marriage in sickness or other adversity so long as both parties live, or to raise children according to specified religious doctrine.

Those who have tried to get compensation by suing for damages in civil courts have met a so far insurmountable obstacle: state immunity.

In so doing, Canadian courts have focused on a few civil liberties topics, which may be of interest to the student of Canadian constitutional law:

So, hire an attorney as soon as you can to consider a civil court case against a casino.