Sentences with phrase «court defence work»

The problem areas of the legal aid budget — crown court defence work and child care proceedings — should be addressed swiftly, but the committee said it failed to see the need for «potentially short - sighted transitional arrangements for legal aid remuneration in anticipation of the roll out of competitive tendering from October 2008, where there are already mechanisms for controlling unit costs or where the costs of cases appears to be under control».

Not exact matches

You have not lived long enough to witness in this life the verdict of the Supreme Court in the ultimate challenge in the defence of the Right to breastfeed for young Filipino children but your work continues to inspire and motivate us all.

The Army Officer, who had worked at a time, in the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA), and was temporarily attached to the Defence Intelligence Agency (NIA) wants the court to declare that his arrest, detention and continued detention from 23rd December last year till date by the Respondents, without reasons and granting him administrative bail within 24 hours of his arrest and detention are illegal, wrongful, unlawful and constitute a blatant violation of his fundamental rights.

For the parody defence to work, the court had to find the painting amusing and significantly different from the original; although it may not be especially amusing, it is significantly different, but this had no effect.

This has included huge cuts in the fixed fees payable to those defence barristers who carry out publicly - funded work in the Crown Court under the Advocates» Graduated Fee Scheme (AGFS); cuts that, proportionately, have far exceeded those imposed on public service providers in any other sector.

We still have a system of payment for the vast majority of criminal defence work in the Crown Court that undervalues the skills of the Criminal Bar and their crucial role in the Crown Court and above in maintaining the rule of law and in making the administration of justice a reality.

Her main areas of practice were professional negligence, insurance defence work, personal injury and Supreme Court agency work.

- The introduction of competitive tendering for criminal defence work (except for Crown Court advocacy and Very High Cost (Crime) cases).

A seasoned advisor in the compliance arena, his experience ranges from global investigations around the world on complex fraud and bribery cases to corporate defence work vis - à - vis public prosecutors and before the courts.

An experienced criminal defence lawyer ensures that clients gain a true sense of confidence about how the system works, what can be done, and what will happen in court.

But in a statement of defence and counterclaim also filed with the court, Nguyen denies the claims and demands $ 1.1 million from BTZ, alleging the firm still owes him for work he did on the Indcondo file, as well as a 25 - per - cent cut of any fees the firm collects on the matter.

Civil actions against HMRC in the High Court, and some criminal defence work involving VAT, have also featured in Peter's practice.

The LGFS is the scheme through which criminal defence solicitors are paid for publicly funded work carried out in the Crown Court.

But before leaving the category of proceedings into which magistrates» court child support work falls: for the Legal Services Commission if a lawyer should seek legal aid for his client in committal proceedings (CSA 1991 s 39A — 40) it is treated as «criminal proceedings» under Access to Justice Act 1999, s 12 (2)(g) and Criminal Defence Service (General)(No 2) Regulations (SI 2001/1437) by application on CDS14 and CDS15.

Prof. Brian Slattery argues that the Court is actually the third line of defence against Charter violations: the drafters have an obligation to work within the framework of the Constitution and parliamentarians, in both Houses, have a duty to pass only legislation that is plausibly constitutional.

Brafman, who has represented famous accused such as Dominique Strauss - Kahn, used his session to highlight the many ways technology is complicating — but also occasionally helping — the work of defence lawyers in court.

Monroe Freedman's wonderful piece from 1966, on the 3 Hardest Questions for criminal defence lawyers, tried to show how hard the issues are — re perjury, cross-examination and misleading the court — and for 50 years after all that happened was that people reduced his work to «Monroe Freedman thinks lawyers should suborn perjury», which was not his point * at all * (even if he thought sometimes they should).

The Court then moved on to consider whether APEGA had a reasonable and justifiable defence under the Act, both in relation to the confirmatory exams and also the NPPE and Canadian work experience.

Connie has worked on the preparation and defence of homicides, drug offences, drinking and driving offences, motor vehicle fatalities, sexual offences, white collar crime, coroner's inquests, police officers charged with criminal and disciplinary offences, as well as appearing before the Ontario Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Canada.

Prior to coming to the Bar, Victoria worked for a leading West London firm of criminal defence solicitors where she was responsible for managing a large proportion of the firm's Magistrates» and Crown Court cases and advised clients at the police station.

Even when a court finds that trial fairness demands an impoverished, unrepresented accused has legal representation or an amicus curiae is needed, defence lawyers are expected to work for a fraction of the cost of Crown prosecutors.

An experienced criminal defence lawyer expects and ensures that clients gain a true sense of confidence about how the system works, what can be done, what will happen in court and what the likely outcome will be.

We work closely with family law lawyers to develop a comprehensive defence that includes our review of all material available including the family court documents and we always construct detailed cross-examinations of complainants drawing upon evidence or contradictions that we uncover in the family court pleading, affidavits and examinations, in order to challenge the credibility and reliability of the complainant.

The court says that the doctor mischaracterized his current practice and experience in order to downplay the amount of insurance defence work he had done and play

The court says that the doctor mischaracterized his current practice and experience in order to downplay the amount of insurance defence work he had done and play up the inaccurate idea that he was still a practising specialist at a major health institute.

He obtained a Master's degree focusing on U.S. constitutional interpretation, worked for a year with a Toronto criminal defence firm in 1997 — 1998, and served as a law clerk for Mr. Justice Frank Iacobucci of the Supreme Court of Canada in 1998 — 1999, in addition to having clerked for a Justice of the Quebec Superior Court of Justice.

HELD So that a person may effectively be able to consult a lawyer without constraint, and so that the latter may effectively perform his role as collaborating in the administration of justice by the courts and providing legal assistance for the purpose of the effective exercise of the rights of the defence, it may be necessary, in certain circumstances, for the client to prepare working documents or summaries.

â $ cents Minimum 5 years of Litigation experience â $ cents Confident and dependable, with strong initiative and ability to work both independently and in a team oriented atmosphere â $ cents Organize and maintain client files â $ cents Experience liasing with clients, insurance adjusters and defence counsel â $ cents Prepare and edit correspondence and legal documents â $ cents Assist with authorizations, undertakings, discoveries and productions â $ cents Drafting pleadings, routine motions, affidavits of documents, pre - trial / mediation memos, etc. â $ cents Reviewing and summarizing medical documentation â $ cents Trial preparation â $ cents Responsible for tracking limitation periods â $ cents Prior experience working with Ontario & Superior Court of Justice â $ cents Draft and respond to correspondence â $ cents Initiate follow - up as required and communicate with clients â $ cents Calendar management, scheduling meetings and arrange examinations for discovery and mediations â $ cents Coordinate and monitor administrative functions to ensure completion of work accurately and in a timely manner â $ cents Act as liaison between clients and lawyers â $ cents Other duties as required

Michael focuses on discrete insolvency matters, advising insolvency practitioners and individuals on court - related matters including: the prosecution and defence of antecedent transaction claims; claims for misfeasance and wrongful and fraudulent trading; emergency action and injunction work; asset - tracing and protection; and more diverse court applications under the provisions of the Insolvency Act 1986.

Based on Peck's defence, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that prosecution could not stem from works of imagination for personal use.

In Amicus and others v Dynamex Friction Ltd and another [2008] EWCA Civ 381, [2008] All ER (D) 251 (Apr) the court had to consider how the «economic, technical or organisational» defence works in a transfer of undertakings (TUPE) case where the company is in administration, the administrator dismisses the employees for economic reasons (no money to pay them), but there is a strong suspicion of another person orchestrating the whole administration in order to purchase the business free of the employees and their accrued rights.

In the 10 years since then, it has blossomed into a vibrant legal entity in which nine Montreal municipal court judges and dozens of prosecuting and defence attorneys work together — unlike in traditional adversarial - minded courts — to rehabilitate rather than punish people accused of crimes with maximum penalties of six months in jail or a $ 50,000 fine.

Prior to joining Civitas Law, Kate completed her pupillage working as a member of the defence team for the now president of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta, who was charged with crimes against humanity at the International Criminal Court.