Sentences with phrase «court hears evidence»

During the hearing last week, the court heard evidence from Frost, Green and four character witnesses, all of whom were shocked at the allegation that Frost had faced, according to Christian Concern.

The Court heard evidence that Mrs Willmore was exposed to amosite asbestos as a result of removal work in a corridor she used, also as a result of broken asbestos ceiling tiles present in the school.

The eleven justices of the Supreme Court heard evidence over four days in December before handing down their judgment today, establishing, by a margin of eight to three, that the UK Parliament must have a vote on whether the government may begin the official Brexit process, triggering Article 50.

The court heard evidence and found the allegations contained in the e-mail to be largely fallacious and untrue.

The court heard evidence from the Plaintiff's doctors that he had various injuries that would likely impact him well into the future.

As an aside, it is important to recite that the court heard no evidence from the vendor; from the vendor's solicitor; from Cs» architects who advised Cs on planning matters; or the estate agent who had sold the property, as to the likely attitude of the vendor to, for example, any attempt to introduce a «call - in» clause.

The court heard evidence stating that the lack of educational provision was due to the risks posed by children to others and staff shortages.

The court heard evidence that although even though it was not his idea, the husband was willing to participate in the plan, even though the wife had a «firmer goal» of reconciling than he did at that point.

The court heard evidence that in contrast to the more client - centred Western European approach, the Eastern European approach could be better described as «sink or swim», meaning that students were simply expected to keep up with the class and follow the instructor or sit exercises out.

The Federal Court heard evidence about the sales of Victoria's Secret products in Canada, both in stores and online, based on its widely distributed catalogues.

«The district court heard evidence on various dates between February 19, 1997 and April 11, 1997 and then, on June 13, 1997, issued its Order Amending Judgment and Decree.

Not exact matches

«This case has already been dismissed with prejudice by the court that heard it, which ruled in Yelp's favor and also found the claims not to be supported by credible evidence,» Vince Sollitto, Yelp's vice president of communications said.

We expect that to happen again — particularly because the jury was prohibited from knowing about these court rulings in favor of Gawker, prohibited from seeing critical evidence gathered by the FBI and prohibited from hearing from the most important witness, Bubba Clem.

«In 2014 the Lord Chancellor and Lord Chief Justice issued Mr Page with a reprimand after finding that during a Family Court hearing he had allowed himself to be influenced by his religious beliefs and not by the evidence.»

That order was contested at a hearing on May 13, 2014 [court transcripts available], and that restraining was dismissed and vacated for lacking evidence and not meeting the legal burden of proof [Hennepin County Case # 27 - CO-13-8209, filed May 16, 2014].

In the United States, the Louisiana state Supreme Court ruled last year that state law does not require a priest to notify authorities after hearing evidence of child abuse from a child making a confession.

Mr Justice MacDonald analysed evidence at hearings in the Family Division of the High Court in January.

Vaccine makers, as defendants, will ensure that courts hear the most compelling medical evidence in their favour, he adds.

The Electoral Commission at the last hearing prayed the court to allow it prove it was in the process of implementing the law, but failed to provide enough evidence to that effect.

In Buffalo federal court, G. Steven Pigeon will have a preliminary hearing on June 15 to evaluate the government's evidence that he solicited an illegal contribution to the 2014 re-election campaign of Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

[2] due process is something like a court proceeding or formal hearing, with notices, evidence, argument, rebuttal, reasoning etc..

Also Wednesday, jurors for the first time heard the voice of Venditto in the court proceeding when prosecutors entered as evidence an October 2016 video of him presiding over a town board meeting.

Counsel to the first accused, Mr Alayo Abayomi urged the court to proceed on hearing the evidence of fact since his client pleaded guilty.

Yesterday Metropolitan police anti-terrorist officers put their case to a district judge at a closed court hearing, presenting evidence on each of the 23 cases.

City Court prosecutors must also direct follow - up investigation, conduct legal research, respond to motions, obtain statements from witnesses, locate and secure evidence, conduct pre-trial hearings, and take cases to trial if they can not be resolved by a plea bargain.

The Republican prosecutor said that the information from the autopsy that determined Mr. Garner's death — following the application of an apparent chokehold by Officer Daniel Pantaleo last month — was a homicide, compelled his decision to impanel 23 civilians to hear evidence and vote on whether Mr. Pantaleo or any of the other cops who brought him to the ground will be tried in court.

For three solid years, this city agency (and inspector general's office that is governed by New York State), continue to conceal evidence that could have restored my job, career, pension and retirement benefits, but chose to look the other way, while I had to spend tens of thousands of dollars defending myself in court for charges that never existed, and that were exposed to the MTA Inspector General after an oral argument hearing on May 9, 1991 revealed the deception and cover up.

«The court heard strong evidence that at least five people were in the group that killed Stephen and so the guilty verdict of only two people, however welcome, can only be partial justice.

Mixed race suspects were more likely to be sent to court than given a police disposal; Black and mixed race defendants were more likely to be remanded in custody prior to their hearing date; Black defendants had a higher chance of being acquitted than white ones, suggesting that different standards of evidence may be applied to cases involving different groups of defendants; Mixed race teenagers were more likely than others to be given a (more serious) community sentence than a (less onerous) first tier penalty or referral order.

The actual reforms he is backing are mainly procedural - such as exchanging evidence between both sides of a case without needing hearings and improving the administration of courts.

Making reference to the Courts Act of 1993 (Act 459), Mr Justice Ofoe said Section 31 (2) holds that «an appellate court, on hearing an appeal in a criminal case, shall allow the appeal if the appellate court considers (a) that the verdict or conviction or acquittal ought to be set aside on the ground that it is unreasonable or can not be supported having regard to the evidence, or (b) that the judgement in question ought to be set aside as a wrong decision on a question of law or fact, or (c) that there was a miscarriage of justice, and in any other case shall dismiss the appeal.»

«The purpose of our consultation is to ask how, in a modern, internet - connected society, the law of contempt can continue to support the principles that criminal cases should be tried only on the evidence heard in court,» Professor David Ormerod, who is leading the consultation, said.

«What the court has done and has to do is to act in accordance with the law of the land and on the basis of the evidence that it hears.»

Jacobs, who also told the court that «I want to file additional proofs of evidence, and intend to call more witnesses», then urged the court to fix a date for hearing of arguments with regards to the application challenging the court's jurisdiction, brought by Membere's counsel, Osaro Eghobamien, SAN.

Milton Williams, a lawyer for Gerardi, argued in court papers that the jury should hear evidence about how Cor got involved with Howe.

Ken Clarke's Justice and Security Bill would have allowed Ministers to order secret court hearings to consider evidence in national security cases.

Thus, at the resumed hearing yesterday, counsel to the first defendant (Justice Ademola), Onyechi Ikpeazu (SAN), told the court that since the prosecution has failed to establish a primae facie evidence to warrant the first defendant to enter his defense, the court should uphold the no - case - submission and strike out the case accordingly.

Meanwhile the Court of Appeal has fixed November 13, 2017 for hearing of the Appeal filed by Dasuki in which he prayed the court to set aside the subpoena issued on him by Justice Abang on the ground that he had been in the custody of DSS for over two years and may not be able to give accurate evidence in the trial of MCourt of Appeal has fixed November 13, 2017 for hearing of the Appeal filed by Dasuki in which he prayed the court to set aside the subpoena issued on him by Justice Abang on the ground that he had been in the custody of DSS for over two years and may not be able to give accurate evidence in the trial of Mcourt to set aside the subpoena issued on him by Justice Abang on the ground that he had been in the custody of DSS for over two years and may not be able to give accurate evidence in the trial of Metuh.

New York City Public Advocate Letitia James will file a brief today with the New York State Supreme Court seeking expedited appeal hearings against the denied petitions to release grand jury transcripts and evidence in the Eric Garner case.

From the tidbits of information gleaned at a hearing on Thursday in Federal District Court in Manhattan, it appeared that prosecutors had argued last fall — in a closed hearing and in sealed court papers — to be able to use certain evidence against Mr. Silver at tCourt in Manhattan, it appeared that prosecutors had argued last fall — in a closed hearing and in sealed court papers — to be able to use certain evidence against Mr. Silver at tcourt papers — to be able to use certain evidence against Mr. Silver at trial.

The G4S advert says the civilian investigators to be based in Nuneaton, Rugby and Leamington will investigate crime, gather evidence, seize and view evidential material, take statements from victims and witnesses, undertake house - to - house inquiries, prepare files for the Crown Prosecution Services, attend court hearings and give evidence, and identify and trace offenders.

The hearing provided the most formal legal test yet of whether fMRI lie detection meets the so - called Daubert standard for admitting evidence in federal court, and as such it could set an important precedent.

The prosecution's case against the suspect, Farroukh Erdogan (Moschitto), involves classified evidence which can only be heard in closed court proceedings.

«The evidence this court heard was that it could take anywhere from two to almost ten years and cost $ 50,000 to $ 450,000 or more to bring these cases to conclusion under the Dismissal Statutes, and that given these facts, grossly ineffective teachers are being left in the classroom.»

You can argue during your court hearing that garnishment would create undue financial hardship by presenting evidence of a limited income.

We know that most dogs have a superior sense of hearing and smell, but the bloodhound is so trustworthy that it is the only dog whose evidence is admissible even in court in the U.S.

Students should be prepared to conduct an actual investigation, take photographs, write reports, collect evidence, testify, and participate in a mock court hearing and trial.

I've yet to hear anything about whether or not the court recording of Dauphine's July 2008 Athens - Clarke County courthouse appearance — during which she referred to her roundup of neighborhood cats as «community service» — will be allowed as evidence.

Stevens believes there is now enough evidence to keep the man locked away until his court hearing.

On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments in a case about the collection of DNA evidence, and whether the Fourth Amendment prohibits police from obtaining DNA samples before conviction without a warrant.