Sentences with phrase «countless times in court»

In other words, one of the classic indicators of arson — one that had been used countless times in court to send suspects to prison — was probably caused by firemen spraying water on hot windows.

Not exact matches

«That right has been challenged countless times in different states across the country and even in the Supreme Court, which is why we must codify this protection and ensure that women in New York will never have their reproductive rights infringed upon.»

These policies could bring to an end a decade of anti-environmental policies initiated under the Bush administration that have resulted in the loss of countless streams, lakes and wetlands and threatened many of the water bodies that contribute to the drinking water of 117 million Americans Here's the background on this latest move to protect our water (You can also learn more in this excellent NY Times editorial): The latest threats to clean water began in 2001 with the first of two Supreme Court decisions that threatened historic Clean Water Act protections.

Defending against the charges will most likely result in countless hours of their time taken for that defense, even if they get donors to cover 100 % of their court costs (which is arguable, at best).

The principle has been adopted and applied countless times by the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg, and by the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg.

KATS has been involved in a substantial amount of arbitration, mediation and negotiation proceedings and have secured countless out of court settlements on behalf clients; saving the client time, expense and other unforeseeable constraints of unnecessary litigation.

Having conducted and observed countless sentencing hearings in the Ontario Court of Justice, I have heard judges decline to impose the (previously non-mandatory) victim surcharge countless times.

In countless Canadian and other decisions abroad, joint affidavits have been received and considered by the courts without any thought as to whether an affidavit made by more than one affiant at the same time and as to the same allegations is good evidence.

Attorney Michael O'Meara is an experienced trial lawyer who has defended countless criminal charges in courts in and around Chicago and helped numerous people charged with criminal traffic offenses to avoid jail time and fines and keep their drivers» licenses.

Apparently the Court abandoned a longer version of this analysis (at para 55), and that is unfortunate because this abbreviated version falls well short of addressing the real problem in administrative law today — the problem that the Supreme Court of Canada has expressed countless times over and with Dunsmuir has positioned the presumption of deference as the tool to address it.

I spent the last term of my degree working at UVic's Law Centre, the clinical law program that allows approximately 13 - 14 students the chance to work full time in a legal clinic acting on behalf of real clients — interviewing, negotiating, going to countless court appearances (including trials), that sort of thing.