Sentences with phrase «claimants in»

Overall the «direction of travel» in cases involving vicarious liability in the past decade has been in favour of claimants — cases such as Lister, Maga, and JGE have developed vicarious liability remedies for claimants in circumstances where they would previously have been without a remedy.

Lord Justice Pill based this primarily on the view that these procedures (good in aim but a serious problem in practice) were not meant to act as traps for unwary claimants in an area as important as equal pay claims in the public sector.

For personal injury lawyers acting for claimants in fatal accident cases, inquests can be a fruitful source of evidence for a civil claim.

The claimants in this case are fortunate in that the subject matter is of relatively minimal interest outside of the UK and so any jurisdictional problems are likely to be minor, if they exist at all.

He used a combination of statistical techniques to examine the factors contributing to which cases were won or lost, the damages that were received by claimants in successful cases and the costs received by the firm.

EWRG and Ors v Philips Electronics and Ors: acted for claimants in standalone competition law claim concerning the lighting industry's implementation of the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive (Directive 2002/96)

As a senior - junior, with a wealth of broad - ranging local government and TUPE expertise, Harini has successfully diversified into procurement and represented several claimants in the criminal legal aid duty provider litigation.

The claims are for alleged breaches of RM's statutory duty to issue VAT invoices to the claimants in respect of the services.

John is currently advising and acting on behalf of the claimants in a number of professional negligence cases including: a farmer in a case against an architect arising from the collapse of a barn roof; a SME in a case against a barrister and a solicitor arising from the misconduct of litigation against two separate finance companies in related disputes; a trustee in bankruptcy in a case against a solicitor arising from the misconduct of litigation against a financial advisor; and another trustee in bankruptcy in a case against a solicitor arising from the misconduct of a commercial property transaction.

While recovery periods may be similar, claimants in Supreme Court tend to testify to a greater overall impact on life in terms of, inter alia, more severe pain and suffering and more time lost from work.

He has acted for claimants in complex cases in the Employment Tribunals against large organisations in both the public and private sectors.

We are pleased to offer services to accident victims and disability claimants in Thunder Bay and the surrounding area.

If 95 % of the claimants in Actos lawsuits accept the deal, it will be finalized and Takeda will make the payment.

In a recent landmark judgment, the Singapore High Court has ruled that it has the power to alter priorities between maritime claimants in «exceptional circumstances».

Our mission statement is: «Inland Refugee Society assists and supports refugee claimants in meeting their immediate needs and in adapting to their new home.»

Matthews v Bassi (2014)-- represented the claimants in a boundary dispute / claim for trespass arising from unlawful attachment of an extension to the claimants» property by their neighbours

By bringing together teams comprising our antitrust and bankruptcy lawyers, we obtained a pioneering certification of a class of antitrust claimants in U.S. bankruptcy court, and through negotiation with the bankruptcy trustee arranged for the class to receive a portion of the proceeds awarded to creditors in the bankruptcy proceedings.

She has acted for claimants in worldwide asset tracing -LSB-...]

The Court follows the reasoning of lower court decisions in enhancing the flexibility of claimants in accessing justice in a reasonable manner.

We will continue to support claimants in recovering the maximum amount of compensation and costs from recalcitrant defendants.

A market of financial services to manage litigation risk has emerged and developed with immense speed since the mid-2000s but, until recently, blue chip companies have not been as active in utilising the benefits as claimants in more financially distressed situations.

Team head Mark Harvey is «especially good on international claims», an area which was recently bolstered by the arrival in September 2016 of the «excellent» Katherine Allen from Slater and Gordon — Allen is recognised as «one of the most established practitioners for claimants in the field of foreign accident claims».

He has also represented both claimants in workers» compensation disputes.

Settlement offers are sometimes extended to claimants in an effort to settle the claim before the victim wises up and contacts an attorney, but the settlement offer will obviously be nowhere close to the actual value of your claim unless you have an attorney on your side.

Certified as a woman - owned business, she bids on state contracts to serve as an administrative law judge, which provides some stability, as does subcontracting through the Illinois Department of Employment Security, providing services to claimants in unemployment hearings.

Personal injury claimants in British Columbia should be aware of how the Courts deal with photos and videos kept at their Facebook accounts.

James acted for the claimants in related disputes concerning the ownership of, and services provided to, a BVI fund.

Woodsford has designed a «sliding scale» product that will allow claimants in this situation to return the pressure to the respondent through the threat of costs sanctions.

So, Part 36 offers are the only effective means of putting claimants in such cases under pressure.

This talk focused on differences in the scope of liability for costs under the various funding mechanisms available to claimants in litigation and the policy considerations underpinning those disparities.

Jason Coppel QC, James Goudie QC, Peter Oldham QC, Charles Bourne QC, Akhlaq Choudhury QC, Jane Oldham, Andrew Sharland, Harini Iyengar, Joanne Clement, Holly Stout, David Bedenham, Patrick Halliday, Christopher Knight, Joseph Barrett, and Hannah Slarks all represent claimants in the Part 7 CPR proceedings.

Claim to damages by special carry limited partners of certain private equity funds against their former employer - investment bank which resorted to offset against non-recourse debt owed by claimants in unrelated transactions

We represent claimants in social security disability claims including initial, reconsiderations and the hearing level.

Under the new system, refugee claimants in Canada will face accellerated timelines, limited recourse for negative decisions, and restrictive access to safety nets including Humanitarian and Compassionate Consideration and Pre-Removal Risk Assessment.

The government is putting refugee claimants in prison before it knows whether their claims are valid.

Neil Burns & Roshan Jain has been representing Boston car accident victims since 1985 and has obtained the maximum compensation for claimants in numerous cases.

This negative portrayal of refugee claimants promotes negative stereotypes of refugee claimants in Canadian society and «victimizes the victims».

Claims adjusters are trained to engage personal injury claimants in informal discussions.

Sean is regularly instructed by various Governments and by claimants in international arbitration.

CARL asks that Canadians pay attention to the treatment being meted out to refugee claimants in their name by this government.

The Claimants are claimants in a continuing arbitration against the KRG, which is represented in the arbitration by the Minister of Natural Resources of the Government of Iraq, with the London office of the international law firm Wilmer Cutler, Pickering, Hale and Dorr instructed with a team of English Counsel.

The claimants in O'Kelly suffered such a difficulty as did Ms Shaha.

In considering Sawar, Mr Justice Foskett took the view that the solicitor's advice to the claimants in each case may be relevant to the circumstances of their decision to change to a CFA, but that the advice should not be judged by the standards of negligence.

In the face of incomplete or uninformative file records, unavailable claimants or claimants with little understanding of the process or outcome of their case, telephone interviews were conducted with lawyers who represented the claimants in the original sample.

The first case involved a challenge brought by a coalition of Canadian doctors, called Canadian Doctors for Refugee Care, to the Federal Health Program (IFHP), a program established to provide interim health care coverage to refugee claimants in Canada in Canadian Doctors for Health Care v. AG Canada.

In 1994, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) ruled against the claimants in the case Native Women's Association of Canada v. Canada.

Stephen was at the forefront of the development of the worldwide freezing order, having been junior counsel for the claimants in the groundbreaking case of Derby v. Weldon.

Accident claimants in Scotland who wish to bring an action for accident compensation following an accident or injury must bring do so within the time limits set out in law.

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Not so according to Jamie Curle: «Essar confirms the growing relevance of third party funding to claimants in arbitration and its inexorable march into the mainstream.