Sentences with phrase «come to court without»

The National Self - Represented Litigants Project (NSRLP) is committed to advancing understanding of the challenges and hard choices facing the very large numbers of Canadians who come to court without counsel.

«The one thing divorce judges will tell you is that they are very frustrated when people come to their court without an attorney.»

Bonkalo's cautious and common - sense proposal was a response to the crisis of lack of representation among family litigants, who are coming to court without lawyers in record numbers — 57 % across the province.

In fact, the Meads judgment offers an opportunity for ordinary self represented litigants to draw a contrast between OPCA's and their own authentic motivations and goals, and to deepen our understanding of why ordinary people are coming to the courts without legal representation looking for access to justice.

self - represented litigant: A person who comes to court without attorney.

«Speaking Up» asked Dame Hazel what she thought the justice system could and should do to alleviate hardships experienced by those coming to court without a lawyer.

There has been some discussion at policy levels in Ontario about imposing punitive cost consequences on family SRLs to discourage them from coming to court without a lawyer.

It found that the owners of the units ignored notices and opportunities to comply and could not ask the court for «equitable remedy» (coming to court without clean hands).

Not exact matches

In some cases, these retailers were able to come to an agreement with their creditors and restructure their debts without going through bankruptcy court, as the threat of bankruptcy motivates the creditors to negotiate.

The court order, issued on Thursday, came in response to a flood of individuals seeking a piece of an estate some have valued at more than $ 500 million, left by Prince when he died unexpectedly in April at the age of 57, apparently without a will.

Maybe to say «that is a good question but I cant give you a satisfactory answer» maybe put the ball back into his / her court by offerring an invitation to the Alpha course or to come along to a small Bible study group st your home or an invitation to a non Church tyoe activity with other Christians, walk, bike ride, five a side football or other sporting things, befriend them and truly love them without an agenda.

After Frederick's excommunication at Lyons, the two older brothers of Thomas Aquinas, who had served in Frederick's court for decades, joined in a rebellion against Frederick at Parma that eventually failed, but not without coming close to success.

The parents should have been adult enough to come to a decision on the child's name without court interference & this would have never happened.

Nicholas states that without a doubt his work family is the best part of coming to the Windsor Court.

When everything is coming up roses for these players on the court then they are top level team (even without Kawhi) however because of the characteristics of the group players we have for us to play at high level at least 80 % of things should be in our favor.

Clearly, the courts are not the only thing coming between separated fathers and their kids, given that most families settle residence arrangements without recourse to law.

In an ideal scenario, a mother and father would come to an agreement together, without battling the matter out in court.

Attorney Lee Wang of the Immigrant Defense Project said ICE almost always comes into courts with two to four agents in street clothes, often without visible badges.

«I would conclude by stating categorically and without any equivocation that ANY link whatsoever with Mr. President, or any court case or cases, of my personal gift from my personal resources delivered to Justice Niyi Ademola by myself on that occasion or any suggestion whatsoever that it was anything but such a gift or that it ever came from Mr. President or at his instance or that I was acting, under any circumstances, on his behalf is most malicious, utterly ridiculous and in very poor and revolting taste and most undeserving of any further comments.»

Carlson's comment came after Sheehan said the Supreme Court found in Arizona v. United States that it is not illegal for someone to be in the country without the proper papers.

Ms. James appeared before Family Court Judge Adam Silvera and successfully argued that Keybi, who came to the United States about a year ago without his parents or a guardian, ought to be granted «special immigrant juvenile status» and that the teen's uncle should be his legal guardian.

This case does both of those things, so it is fairly likely to come before the Supreme Court even without a circuit split.

The market leader further revealed that they were scheduled to appear in Court on February 25 «but without warning, he has come to break all our structures.»

«I would conclude by stating categorically and without any equivocation that ANY link whatsoever with Mr. President, or any court case or cases, of my personal gift from my personal resources delivered to Justice Niyi Ademola by myself on that occasion or any suggestion whatsoever that it was anything but such a gift or that it ever came from Mr President or at his instance or that I was acting, under any circumstances, on his behalf is most malicious, utterly ridiculous and in very very poor and revolting taste and most undeserving of any further comments.»

From the beginning of this mayoral campaign, the public advocate has been using the issue of paid sick leave, and Quinn's increasingly awkward three - year - long - and - counting refusal to allow it to come up for a vote on the Council, as a means of distinguishing himself from her, and of highlighting her sometimes - awkward attempts to placate her party's liberal base without alienating Michael Bloomberg and the business establishment whose support she has courted for years.

[19] When the case came to the Court of Appeal, the payment was restored in a judgement that was highly critical of the Department, including quoting her complaint that Johnson had made «personal comments made about me... without any reference to the Trust, or informing me,... regarding my severance value and its non-payment».

For those of you who were distressed to hear that the remake of «Death Wish» was having its original Thanksgiving release date bumped and despaired that you might have to go through the entire holiday season without seeing a single film in which an ordinary person turns vigilante when the police and the courts fail to provide any sense of justice, «In the Fade» may come as a relief.

Without a truck or even a trucklet in its lineup, the small automaker had to get creative in courting the adventure - seeking set, and what it eventually came up with would last well into the next millennium and eventually become the brand's flagship vehicle.

Also — if you enter into a contract without a writing, and a dispute arises, a court will often imply many of the terms of that contract — and going to court is extremely expensive, which leaves most authors at the mercy of publishing houses (or courts, which isn't always better) when it comes to the contract terms.

For example, when it comes to child support, half your net earnings can be taken without a court order.

If you have been instructed that you can come to Court and pay the fine on your citation without seeing a judge, your case has more than likely been directed to the Citation Division.

At trial, attorneys sometimes want the jury to hear about reports and conclusions of treating doctors without actually having those treating doctors come to court to testify.

The right to counsel has come to New York City's Housing Court, where 90 % of tenants face eviction without a lawyer.

When the prosecutor harped on my client's speeding as supporting the charge against him, the judge pointed out the many people coming regularly to court caught for high speed without any charges of DWI.

Nonetheless, Master Robertson goes on to indicate that, if this matter had come before a Provincial Court judge, the Provincial Court judge would have authority to hear the application to set aside the order and schedule a re-hearing based on rule 9.15 of the Alberta Rules of Court, which allow the setting aside of an order made without notice or following a hearing.

If you are able to quickly come to an agreement with your partner without having to go to court, the whole process could be completed inside 6 months.

Donors can give to your organization, but implying that a donor can take the deduction off their taxes, or simply allowing them to come to that conclusion for themselves without being otherwise informed, will harm your organization's reputation before you can build it, and will likely be considered fraud, punishable in civil or criminal court.

In some cases, divorcing parties can address these issues and come to an agreement outside of court with or without attorneys through mediation.

Most of these claims settle outside of the courtroom, meaning the parties involved come to an agreement on their own without a verdict by the court necessary.

For this reason, mediation is often used as a way for parties to communicate and, hopefully, come to a conclusion that satisfies both sides without going to court.

we noted one of the signs of the coming Legal Profession Apocalypse, namely that a California federal court judge, without any provocation or precipitating incident whatsoever, ordered opposing counsels in a trial to preemptively draw up a «civility code» under which they would conduct themselves.

When cases have already been widely reported, the Courts will struggle to come to a verdict without being previously influenced by reports they have seen.

Over the past 20 years there has been a vast increase in the number of people coming to court or interacting with the justice system without legal representation.

The judge concluded that there should come a time when the administrators are entitled to say that they have waited long enough for the potential creditors to pursue their stale claims and when the court should sanction the payment of the admitted creditors and the beneficiaries without there being any personal liability for the administrators in claims brought after the distribution of the estate.

As Justice Ferguson scathingly noted in a judgment where lawyers for both parties had failed to do adequate research for the case: «In my view, it is not acceptable for any counsel or articling student to come to court intending to argue a contentious point of law without first researching the point at least to the extent of looking up the issue in basic reference books... If the lack of preparation and research in this case were unique or unusual I would let it pass, however, unfortunately it is not.

The logic and experience test applies to all court records and proceedings, and I think — without doing any research — that it would almost always come out in favor of disclosure.

Doing the best I can, therefore, and taking into account all that should be taken into account, but disregarding all that is not relevant, and making findings on the balance of possibilities, and taking one consideration with another, I come to the inevitable conclusion that this couple should remain locked together for the rest of their days, be debarred from ever setting foot inside a court again, and that their lawyers should personally pay to each other all costs incurred, on an indemnity basis and without limit.

Peter Binning, a financial crime specialist at law firm Corker Binning, said: «There is no reason why the Revenue could not have settled this case without it coming to court.

So construed question of law would include (without attempting anything like an exhaustive definition which would be impossible) questions touching the scope, effect or application of a rule of law which the courts apply in determining the rights of parties; and by long usage, the term question of law has come to be applied to questions which, when arising at a trial by a judge and jury, would fall exclusively to the judge for determination.»

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