Sentences with phrase «civility case»

Joe Groia and the Law Society of Upper Canada remain at loggerheads as both sides are challenging an appeal panel ruling that was partly favourable to the Toronto lawyer in the long - running civility case.

A high - profile civility case will be before a Law Society of Upper Canada disciplinary panel tomorrow.

Finally, and most importantly, in some civility cases, such as the Laarakker case out of British Columbia, the law societies targeted lawyers who, quite frankly, were acting in accordance with justice and the finest traditions of the legal profession.

Not exact matches

And if many establishmentarian religionists were dragged screaming by the Enlightenment and practical necessity to grant religious freedom, some very firm believers, from colonial Baptists to Jesuit John Courtney Murray in the Second Vatican Council, also kept making the case for conviction blended with civility, commitment tempered with empathy.

As theologians and pastors we need to press toward formulating and articulating the ideas needed for the support of practical tasks: in this case the task of providing skin - grafts of civility for ravaged human societies.

In fact, one could make the case that anyone attending the dinner, even the two candidates, would, by the vibrant solidarity of the evening, be reminded that America is at her finest when people, free to exercise their religion, assemble on behalf of poor women and their babies, born and unborn, in a spirit of civility and respect.

In either case appearance predominates over principle, and civility, now corrupted, loses its transcendent quality.

Then, if the child comes back and says the he or she will never like Billy Bully or Domineering Donna, then it's perfectly fine to allow the child not to interact with those kids, beyond a basic level of civility, so they'd know how to get along if they ended up in the same class at school, just like you'd require a child to learn at least minimal swimming skills, in case they fall out of a boat.

Dirk's loyalty in spitting on Herman's car and Max's civility in offering the tuna sandwich are two good examples of the kind of gifts offered by this movie to both its characters and its viewers — an act of piety toward passion in the first case, a respect for simple courtesy in the second.

-- Os Guinness, The Case for Civility

See Os Guiness» on The Case for CIvility: And Why Our Future Depends on It.

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In one of the first court cases to consider this behaviour, an Alberta judge recognized that it is an implied term of every job that an employer will treat its employees with civility, decency, respect and dignity, and awarded an employee damages stemming from unnecessary criticisms and threats of dismissal.

«However, when such language is used as part of a campaign of rudeness, aggressiveness and intimidating behaviour, as in this case, then the panel finds that this behaviour crosses into the realm of conduct that is unbecoming of the model of civility to which we aspire in our legal profession.»

On the very first day of hearings in the case In Re: Lithium Ion Batteries Antitrust Litigation, Judge Rogers of the Northern District Court of California, Oakland division, sua sponte and without any precipitating incident, announced from the bench that she wouldn't tolerate less than a high level of civility in her courtroom, and asked attorneys from both sides to meet together and draft a professional code of conduct that they would abide by during the proceedings.

The lack of civility has been so concerning over the years that the Advocates Society, an intervenor in the case, has published and revised a set of principles to help guide lawyers on how to be nicer to each other.

The court found that the lawyer's statements violated Rule 6.03 of the Rules of Professional Conduct, and ran contrary to Principle 27 of the Principles of Civility published by The Advocates» Society, which provide that a lawyer should not: ``... attribute bad motives or improper conduct to opposing Counsel, except when relevant to the issues of the case and well - founded.»

In any case employer has an obligation to provide harassment - free workplace and treat its employees with civility, decency, respect and dignity.

• have the same judge case - manage an entire proceeding (not only for efficiency, but also because it encourages civility and reasonableness on the part of counsel)

The business case for civility by the adjudicator is clear — crossing the line can result in a finding of apprehension of bias and a repeat of a hearing (with a different adjudicator).

The business case for civility on the part of other participants in the hearing is more difficult to measure.

Current adversaries on trial in a complex federal case, Mr. Rapoport and Ms. Henninger shared the importance of civility and professionalism in the legal arena and showed SSPI participants that even opposing counsel can have collegial relationships while advocating zealously for their respective clients.

For example, in 2001, The Advocates» Society (which is an intervener in this case) published The Principles of Civility for Advocates, which was revised and reissued in 2009.

Although Laarakker's conduct was not in keeping with the best traditions of legal etiquette, it is only loosely comparable to the kinds of behaviour that have attracted sanctions in recent «civility» cases.

I was an expert witness in the Groia case (for Groia) and continue to be critical of the law societies» regulation of civility, and most especially of its decision on Groia.

For example, the disciplinary panel that originally heard Mr. Groia's case suggested in its reasons that regulating lawyer civility is necessary to protect the proper administration of justice, trial fairness, and public confidence in the justice system.

The Groia matter has led to a healthy debate about the merits of formal law society regulation of lawyer civility that will no doubt continue as this case proceeds.

It is ideal for cases in which children are involved, as the collaborative team focuses on finding ways to maintain civility and a modicum of normality in difficult times.