Sentences with phrase «comes to court often»

She comes to court often, being recognized for her successes and encouraged to stay clean.

Not exact matches

«I frankly don't know how I am going to come up with the rest of the money,» Thomson told Sun News Network's Brian Lilley on Byline.Canada's justice system has a knack for punishing people for defending themselves and their property, often called «castle law.MORE: Court drops final charge against Ontario man who fired shots to protect his home under attack by firebombers Joseph and Marilyn Singleton of Taber, Alberta spent $ 30,000 in cCourt drops final charge against Ontario man who fired shots to protect his home under attack by firebombers Joseph and Marilyn Singleton of Taber, Alberta spent $ 30,000 in courtcourt.

Her forehand shots, which are so powerful they seem to come off a man's racket rather than that of a frail - looking Devonshire lass, went into the net about as often as into her opponent's court.

While any coach in any sport will tell you that the last wins ultimately come from a team's performance of the field or court, the seeds for those wins are often sown years before by winning recruiting battles to bring the talent necessary to compete for those wins.

(and let's face it, when it comes to divorce, those desirable wifely attributes often have no monetary worth in court of public sentiment — just ask newly divorced multimillionaire Jamie Cooper - Hohn).

Obviously wives need a few more skills than that, and when it comes to divorce, those desirable wifely attributes often have no monetary worth in court of public sentiment — just ask newly divorced multimillionaire Jamie Cooper - Hohn).

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.

The U.S. government's authority to regulate air pollution nationwide, often against the wishes of Republican - leaning states, could face new curbs when the Supreme Court takes on two high - stakes cases in coming months.

Like a growing number of other school districts, Denver is coming to terms with the end of a court desegregation order that for years profoundly influenced, and often dictated, many of the decisions about education policy made there.

Reading these two books in sequence, I came across a passage in Charles Glenn's foreword to class Between Memory and Vision that threw a sharp and revealing light on the subtle and often mind - numbing distinctions elaborated in Does God Belong in Public Schools Glenn writes: «The effect of Supreme Court decisions over the past forty years was to treat religion as the only forbidden motivation for school choice.»

Court resumed this week in the Vergara v. California case, a statewide lawsuit of nine California public school children looking to strike down the laws that limit schools from often doing what's best for kids when it comes to assigning who is teaching them.

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.

In our experience, investment considerations often come as a shock, and are perceived as another «problem» to deal with by claimants» post-settlement, especially in situations where they do not have any ongoing assistance from a Court of Protection appointed professional Deputy or professional Trustee.

Sometimes San Francisco laws help to determine issues like these, but it can often come down to the court's opinion in the end.

I have come to strongly believe that a mediated settlement is often the best option for clients involved in these disputes and if mediation fails, arbitration can be preferable to a court action.

«I'm not overly surprised the Supreme Court granted leave on this, it's an issue that, although Google is the biggest example, is going to come up more often as more businesses conduct their affairs on the Internet,» says Mathew Brechtel, an associate with Bull Housser & Tupper LLP in Vancouver who recently wrote about the decision.

But McLachlin is not the one appointing the judges — it is the federal government, which also appoints judges across the country to courts where Supreme Court judges often come from.

Invariably the self - represented accused comes to court with only a rudimentary knowledge of the trial process, often influenced by misleading depictions from television shows and the movies.

Particularly at this time of year, when courts are often struggling to keep up with the increased traffic that comes with «Divorce Month», there is growing feeling that more couples should be seeking ADR where possible.

While ideally the parties can come to an agreement regarding the distribution of their property after the divorce, this is not always the case and the division is often left up to the court.

Ensuring objectivity Clients often have difficulty in coming to terms with the idea that the expert for whom they are paying is not one who will go into court and argue their position, come what may.

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.

Where this issue comes up is often in an impaired driving context and Alberta courts tend to reason that in light of the prevalence of drinking and driving charges, being pulled over at night, near a bar might in and of itself sufficiently satisfy s. 10 (a) rights.

Our principal instructions come through from solicitors or the courts, often relating to contractual matters between contractor and building owners.

On such an afternoon some score of members of the High Court of Chancery bar ought to be... engaged in one of the ten thousand stages of an endless cause, tripping one another up on slippery precedents, groping knee - deep in technicalities, running their goat - hair and horse - hair warded heads against walls of words and making a pretence of equity with serious faces, as players might... between the registrar's red table and the silk gowns, with bills, cross-bills, answers, rejoinders, injunctions, affidavits, issues, references to masters, masters» reports, mountains of costly nonsense, piled before them... This is the Court of Chancery, which has its decaying houses and its blighted lands in every shire, which has its worn - out lunatic in every madhouse and its dead in every churchyard, which has its ruined suitor with his slipshod heels and threadbare dress borrowing and begging through the round of every man's acquaintance, which gives to monied might the means abundantly of wearying out the right, which so exhausts finances, patience, courage, hope, so overthrows the brain and breaks the heart, that there is not an honourable man among its practitioners who would not give — who does not often give — the warning, «Suffer any wrong that can be done you rather than come here!

Often they come in what the judge said in court during decisions or even in something you or other people said to the judge.

These are often difficult legal situations to resolve, and may take many months and several appearances in court to finally come to a decision.

Having trial experience is critical if a case does go to trial; an attorney who is not comfortable in the courtroom, and does not have a relationship with judges, police officers, expert witnesses, clerks, and all others who are often involved in the court process may be less successful when it comes to winning a case.

First, the approach taken by the German Constitutional Court years ago in respect of the supremacy of EU law over German constitutional fundamental rights, often described as the solange approach, seems to me to be well merited when it comes to addressing the relationship between national law and international law.

While at Berkeley he began to come around to the view that family courts are often required to solve problems which fundamentally are not legal but social.

It is often far better to negotiate an agreement outside of court, as no court can fully understand all the details of a relationship, and will finally choose to apply formulas to come to a decision.

In this situation an accused person is released from police custody after they sign documents promising to come to court and often to come back to the police station to be fingerprinted (if they were not fingerprinted at the time of their arrest).

It reminds me again that defending democracy often comes down to making sure that basics, things like clerks and court reporters, are effectively funded.

Factor in the half - dozen or more court appearances that are often required and it comes as no surprise that once or twice a year, a frantic search is launched to track down some vital MIA document that has escaped the confines of its manila file.

Generally the line where law society regulation needs to come in seems to be where a firm is sending demands threatening suit based on dubious or greatly exaggerated cause of action, seeking a settlement amount greater than the client would likely be entitled to at law, with the goal that a significant portion of recipients of the demands will settle to avoid the costs of court and embarrassment of the subject matter (the copyright claims often involve allegations of downloading various forms of pornography).

Cases where courts are asked to consider turfing out a unit owner are far more frequent than they used to be and judges are making such orders surprisingly often, says Davidson, who reckons he now comes across a couple of such cases every year.

Equally, where a case is complex and needs bodies on the ground to keep on track, I will often refer it to a solicitor I know is going to offer a decent service, to give the client the best chance of getting a good outcome, knowing that if they can't settle I can come back in at a later stage to slug it out in court.»

Imagine that this court is so powerful that nations often must heed its rulings as if they came from their own supreme courts, with no meaningful way to appeal.

In fact, the court will often ask parents to attend mediation or work together to come up with a proposed parenting plan before appearing in front of a judge.

Although the above account outlines a number of laudable measures taken by the legal profession to, for example, liberalize entry restrictions and rules relating to advertising and unauthorized practice of law, these measures have often only come after considerable resistance and court intervention.

BOSTON — When it comes to the option of settling a constructive dismissal case or going to court, the Royal Bank of Canada says it opts to choose litigation first as plaintiffs often see «deep pockets» and the possibility of a settlement.

National courts in the EU face three kinds of challenge in dealing with competition law: - the factual and often legal complexity of many cases — the need to understand often detailed economic and other evidence is routine in most competition cases; - an official policy of encouraging more claimants to come forward and assert their rights; and - the «astonishing diversity» of procedures across the EU for enforcing competition law claims.

Second, cases that engage jury questions, jury instructions and the causation test involving multiple tortfeasors do not often come to the Court of Appeal.

When dealing with a basic liability issue following a car accident, the claimant often has to wait for months or even longer to receive any kind of payment from the liable driver's auto policy - and sometimes only after spending time in court or jumping through assorted other hoops in an effort to actually get what they have coming.

Issues of paternity often arise in cases involving child support, but the results of a paternity test can also be important for the courts when it comes to issues of adoption, inheritance, custody, and other family law issues.

There are several reasons: (a) it's less adversarial than going to court; (b) it's more private; (c) you retain control of the process — i.e., you are not bound by what the mediator thinks (indeed, most mediators see their role as helping the parties effectuate their goals, not imposing the mediator's ideas); (d) it's usually much less expensive; (e) if there are children involved, the process is less likely to embroil them in a painful conflict; and (f) mediation often gives divorcing couples a better chance of successfully negotiating issues that may come up in the future (such as child support, alimony, or custody and visitation issues).

As a divorce mediator I often find myself reminding the parties that coming to an agreement in mediation is far less costly than going to court both financially and emotionally.

«We have modernized this Act to be more helpful to families when they come to court to make decisions in the best interest of their children, often under very difficult circumstances,» provincial Justice Minister Diana Whalen told the Chronical Herald newspaper.

Divorce cases are often extremely emotional, and a strong, skilled mediator may help the parties work through their issues and come to an agreement without the need of court intervention.

Thanks to mediators in the court setting and private mediators who work with the couple to determine the individual needs of the families, the old model is not necessarily the norm, and more and more often divorcing parents are coming up with co-parenting arrangements.