Some of the most common cases in today's small
claims court likely involve some kind of contract breach.
Not exact matches
In addition,
courts (though not human - rights tribunals) are raising the burden of proof for mental injury, which will
likely limit the number of
claims.
With the old presuppositions having fallen away, there will be no limits to rights
claims, other than the fiat of whoever is in power — most
likely a majority of Supreme
Court justices.
In a December 3, 2017 order dismissing the case that is
likely to be viewed with some relief by many dairy companies, US district judge Katherine B Forrest agreed with Dannon, noting that a
court handling a similar false advertising lawsuit about «non-GMO»
claims on dairy products fed GM feed (Gallagher v. Chipotle Mexican Grill) rejected a similar
claim at the pleading stage.
While we are pleased that the District
Court found us likely to succeed on several of our claims, we are nevertheless disappointed by the court's ultimate decision to deny our Motion for Preliminary Injunction to block the implementation of the Vermont GMO labelin
Court found us
likely to succeed on several of our
claims, we are nevertheless disappointed by the
court's ultimate decision to deny our Motion for Preliminary Injunction to block the implementation of the Vermont GMO labelin
court's ultimate decision to deny our Motion for Preliminary Injunction to block the implementation of the Vermont GMO labeling law
It's way more
likely the Bulls look to
claim someone off the waiver wire than making any deal that would dwindle their front -
court depth.
If the
court thinks that it's highly
likely that this is the case, then the
claim won't even proceed to a full hearing.
The report itself acknowledges that access to justice is
likely to be impaired if the small
claims limit is changed significantly, particularly for people who do not feel confident to represent themselves or lack the tools to present a case in
court.
Grayling
claimed that
courts would still be able to grant permission for judicial review cases under the new so - called «highly
likely» restrictions if there were «exceptional circumstances».
Spence said he will
likely head to Albany small
claims court in order to seek payment.
It's a pretty painless process for lenders to take you to small
claims court so most
likely they would do it.
If you're one of the thousands of people who started a
claim in the county
courts, probably during the start of 2007 before the OFT's test case began, it's
likely your case was stayed or suspended (sisted in Scotland) while the test case was progressing.
More than
likely the credit bureaus will respond and
claim that they verified it with the
courts.
If your
claim is more than your province's limit for small
claims, then your case goes to Superior
Court where a lawyer will
likely represent you.
The people banging those drums, some argue, have the constitutional clout to put up insurmountable obstacles for the proposed Northern Gateway — namely, a messy legal debate around unsettled land
claims along the route that will
likely be decided by the Supreme
Court of Canada.
Any lawsuits based on what the skeptic's go - to think tanks might believe about the climate science contained in IPCC 2007 AR4 aren't
likely to get very far in the
courts, because the EPA has already been successful in defending the process it used in evaluating and documenting the version of climate science it
claims is valid.
In California, where the lawsuits seek billions of dollars to pay for mitigation measures, such as sea walls to protect coastal property, the oil and gas companies responded by seeking to move the cases to federal
courts, where nuisance
claims are less
likely to succeed.
Scientists and experts skeptical that human activity will cause a climate catastrophe have filed briefs with the
court,
likely disputing
claims from cities and oil companies about global warming.
Alarie: use what the
courts say to check whether the algorithm is right; train the algorithm using 70 % of the data then use the remaining 30 % to see if algorithm can predict what the
court decided; achieving over 90 % success rate; not making any «normative
claims» about how things should be decided; rather predicting what the
courts are
likely to say
Your
claim will be more
likely to settle for top dollar in mediation — and if
court is necessary, a seasoned trial lawyer is your best chance for a successful outcome.
The
court will assess the prospects of success and the
likely value of the
claim.
The takeaway for employees who believe that they have been wrongfully dismissed and wish to seek redress by way of a Small
Claims Court action is that it is
likely prudent to seek professional legal advice before launching one's case.
Given that the
Court expressed its opinion that damages for a breach of the new tort not exceed $ 20,000 in most circumstances, employers will most
likely see employees adding an alleged breach of privacy in applicable wrongful dismissal
claims where litigation costs are already being expended.
As a result of the Tsilhqot» in Nation decision, we will most
likely see many more First Nations bringing forward to the
courts claims for declarations of Aboriginal title.
A British Columbia Supreme
Court decision will
likely make it difficult for former directors of a corporation to make a
claim for duty of confidentiality against their former employer's lawyers.
In lower value
claims such as those
likely to proceed in the county
court, the letter of
claim and response are to be kept simple and the costs of both sides kept to a modest level.
A couple of provinces — NB and BC, if I recall correctly — have excluded from the deemed acceptance of jurisdiction certain kinds of judgments affecting people in the province thought to be less
likely to be able to contest the jurisdiction in the
court of origin — such as consumers or, in NB, employees of NB businesses in employment - related
claims.
In deciding whether to exercise its s 33 discretion, the
court is also
likely consider several other factors including: public policy; the value of the
claim; and the potential for further litigation.
Further, any
claims currently pending in the employment tribunal or county
court, or potential
claims not yet issued, are
likely to be affected by the employer's insolvency.
So Judge Rogers» proposal would effectively create a new, albeit simplified tier for cases
likely to involve self - represented litigants — essentially a small
claims court for larger
claims.
Numerous issues in dispute during in AIA proceedings parallel issues
likely to arise is subsequent district
court infringement and declaratory judgment actions, including
claim construction, novelty, and obviousness.
Lawyers who have never had an Indigenous client are more
likely to think about land
claims, the Indian Residential Schools Settlement, or Gladue reports in criminal
court.
This is
likely to be pertinent to the plans of the Ministry of Justice in England and Wales — which is racing to implement an online small
claims court by the time of the next election — but we will see:
The amount of interim payment will depend on the value of the case and what it is needed for, although the
Court will not award more than a «reasonable proportion» of the
likely overall value of the
claim.
If the initial complaint or other earlier filings had contained a
claim for punitive damages, or even an allegation that the defendants acted maliciously, willfully, recklessly, wantonly, fraudulently, or in bad faith, the
Court would have
likely allowed the punitive damages issue to be heard by the jury, and the plaintiff may have received a larger award at the conclusion of the case.
The cost of damage to the car would
likely put it in small
claims court, which in Alabama, you can not have a lawyer.
If there is no documentation of the lawyer client / conversations, the
claim then turns on credibility, and the experience has been that
courts are more
likely to believe the client's recollections (the case is top of mind for the client, but only one of several for the lawyer).
She concluded that Dr Cave's course of conduct did not amount to harassment and the claimants had not satisfied the
court that their substantive
claim was more
likely than not to succeed at trial.
The case law indicates that the merging of the Small
Claims Court into the Ontario Court (General Division) in the 1990s did not invest the provincially appointed court with s. 96 powers (Domtar Commercial Roofing and Insulation v. Exeter Roofing & Sheet Metal Co., 1993 CanLII 5563 (ON SC)-RRB-, and it is likely that only federal legislation could do so since s. 96 courts had jurisdiction over copyright matters in
Court into the Ontario
Court (General Division) in the 1990s did not invest the provincially appointed court with s. 96 powers (Domtar Commercial Roofing and Insulation v. Exeter Roofing & Sheet Metal Co., 1993 CanLII 5563 (ON SC)-RRB-, and it is likely that only federal legislation could do so since s. 96 courts had jurisdiction over copyright matters in
Court (General Division) in the 1990s did not invest the provincially appointed
court with s. 96 powers (Domtar Commercial Roofing and Insulation v. Exeter Roofing & Sheet Metal Co., 1993 CanLII 5563 (ON SC)-RRB-, and it is likely that only federal legislation could do so since s. 96 courts had jurisdiction over copyright matters in
court with s. 96 powers (Domtar Commercial Roofing and Insulation v. Exeter Roofing & Sheet Metal Co., 1993 CanLII 5563 (ON SC)-RRB-, and it is
likely that only federal legislation could do so since s. 96
courts had jurisdiction over copyright matters in 1867.
This decision of the
Court of Appeal confirms that employers should beware when drafting contracts as on numerous occasions, the ET has looked behind the contract to ascertain exactly what the person carrying out the work is actually doing and if in reality the requirement is for personal service, if the company exerts control over the person, if the person receives pay slips even though they submit invoices and have signed an agreement which imposes restrictive covenants, then even ifthe person carrying out the work has agreed to label of «self - employed», submits VAT returns, is taxed as self - employed and
claims tax advantages it is
likely that the ET will find that the person is a worker and will be entitled to holiday pay and various other advantages not enjoyed by the self employed.
In the short term, the decision is
likely to make it easier for patent owners to seek limited
claim amendments in AIA proceedings, but the
court invited the USPTO to implement rules allocating the burden of proof through future rulemaking.
In this case, the
Court noted that the negligence
claim was not predicated simply to the placement of the decedent in hospice care, an act that would
likely be subject to ordinary negligence standards, but rather on the treatment provided to the decedent after she was placed in hospice care.
Claims under the equal protection clause, he argues persuasively, are destined to fail unless and until some
court somewhere declares gays and lesbians a protected class — not
likely.
Thus, in cases of constructive dismissal it is
likely that a
court considering a
claim for compensation for harassment will be able relatively easily to conclude that it follows from the facts of the dismissal that a
claim under PHA 1997.
But the experienced legal team knows its way around the records, knows which experts to instruct, knows how to interrogate those experts to check not only for the strengths but also the weaknesses in the case theory, knows how the defence team is
likely to react, knows how to push the
claim in
court proceedings efficiently to a satisfactory conclusion, keeping their client fully informed on the way.
What is clear from the Inner House's decision is that, if a pursuer exaggerates their
claim, the Scottish
Courts will not
likely make a finding of fundamental dishonesty.
You must consider what types of damages are legally compensable in your car accident
claim, and what amount of damages a
court or jury is
likely to award.
In design defect cases, there are two different tests a
court is
likely to use in connection with a plaintiff's
claim.
This
claim failed in the lower
court, most
likely since the child was in the plaintiff's control at the time of the incident, and she agreed to assume care of the boy.
However, given DeVries and its immediate progeny,
courts applying Ohio law now and in the foreseeable future are more
likely to dismiss
claims for tortious acts in concert.