Sentences with phrase «court management of the case»

Not exact matches

The court case revealed a series of convoluted legal infractions performed by Amanat and Tuzman in their work with the presently insolvent video - technology company, KIT Digital, a former multi-million dollar leader in the cloud - based video management industry.

The provincial government filed a reference case Thursday in the B.C. Court of Appeal asking whether amendments it is proposing to the Environmental Management Act are valid and if they give the province the authority to control the shipment of heavy oils based on the impact spills could have on the environment, human health or communities.

Similarly, the court case highlights the need for the organic industry to review and tighten its own protocols and certification management, to deliver uniformity and certainty for those on the front line of this issue: the farmers who feed us and risk their own investments.

Monday Questions — Civil servants training and development; progress of the national offender management service prisoner co-ordination group; flow of road traffic in the UK; definition of an exceptional case needing surgical and medical care through the NHS Legislation - Crime and courts bill

In court papers filed Monday in the federal corruption case against former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District Preet Bharara said he wants to enter into evidence «expressions of concern, surprise and fear shared among the lobbyists and representatives of» real estate developer Glenwood Management.

Justice Baah therefore charged the Electoral Commission to work on a statutory definition of over-voting ahead of the 2020 general elections, to assist the Court in expeditious handling of such cases, and also urged it to train its workers well in election conduct and management.

«We accept the recommendations and we are introducing systems to improve our processing of magistrates» court files, reduce delays and improve our case management.»

In court papers filed yesterday in the federal corruption case against former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, US Attorney Preet Bharara said he wants to enter into evidence «expressions of concern, surprise and fear shared among the lobbyists and representatives of» real estate developer Glenwood Management.

Calls on the Commission, by the end of 2013, to submit a legislative proposal establishing an effective and comprehensive European whistleblower protection programme in the public and in the private sector to protect those who detect inefficient management and irregularities and report cases of national and cross-border corruption relating to EU financial interests and to protect witnesses, informers, and those who cooperate with the courts, and in particular witnesses testifying against mafia - type and other criminal organisations, with a view to resolving the difficult conditions under which they have to live (from risks of retaliation to the breakdown of family ties or from being uprooted from their home territory to social and professional exclusion); calls also on the Member States to put in place appropriate and effective protection for whistleblowers.

The Electoral Commission Chairperson, Charlotte Osei, has defended the decision of the election management body to accept the filing fee of the Progressive People's Party (PPP), saying the Commission accepted the filing fee because they assumed the party was no longer interested pursuing the case in court.

«The FSS offered steps upward to management, which I wasn?t interested in at the time,» he tells Next Wave, «or the possibility of retraining as a reporting officer, which would involve liaising with the police and offering advice on individual cases, as well as presenting the evidence in court.»

Details of her extravagant lifestyle were laid bare in a bitter court case earlier this year when she was awarded # 30million against her financial management company.

• Student loan holders and their agents, including the Educational Credit Management Company (ECMC), very aggressively fight discharge cases and are far less likely to settle out of court than in typical civil litigation.

For management of registry funds invested through the Court Registry Investment System, a fee at an annual rate of 10 basis points of assets on deposit shall be assessed from interest earnings, excluding registry funds from disputed ownership interpleader cases deposited under 28 U.S.C. § 1335 and held in a Court Registry Investment System Disputed Ownership Fund.

The success of a climate - based Charter challenge will depend on a number of factors, including who would bring the case, what government conduct would be challenged and whether the courts would accept the causal link between the present and future harms of climate change and the government's management of GHG emissions.

The Blog of the Legal Times» Marcia Coyle reports in this post that the Committee on Court Administration and Case Management has endorsed a set of model jury instructions for district judges to help deter jurors from engaging in such mischief.

About a year ago I wrote a post about a case where the Ontario Superior Court issued a permanent injunction preventing the owner of a property management company from appearing before the Ontario Landlord and Tenant Board on behalf of his landlord clients.

on Federal Court of Canada Issues New Case Management Practice Notice Affecting IP Litigation

Professor Zuckerman, in a seminar at Manchester on 3 July 2009 said the Court of Appeal should show «leadership» and «develop a coherent policy for enforcing compliance with rules and case management directions by judges and lawyers; non compliance, and dealing with it, being a waste of the court's resources in a public service system&raCourt of Appeal should show «leadership» and «develop a coherent policy for enforcing compliance with rules and case management directions by judges and lawyers; non compliance, and dealing with it, being a waste of the court's resources in a public service system&racourt's resources in a public service system».

Topics to be taught will include, but are not limited to, an introduction to the legal community, a practical and intensive primer on depositions and discovery, an introduction to practicing in court (court appearances, legal writing and research, pet peeves of the bench, etc.), transition into practice (dealing with clients, how to successfully participate in ADR, relations with other attorneys, case management, etc.) and an introduction to law practice management.

In its Cain opinion, the Court discusses the fact that punitive damages awarded in the Expedious Management Company case were common law punitive damages while the damages awarded in the instant case were the result of a statute.

The Handbook contains an overview of the types of litigation found in the federal court system, the courts» governance and administration, the workings of chambers, and case management at both the trial and appellate levels.

This year's success again reflects the continuing success and growth of Essex Court Chambers, whose members are recognised for the depth and breadth of their expertise in commercial litigation and arbitration and for their appreciation of the importance of sound client and case management.

Where a case has been unsuccessful, the court proceeds to hold a mandatory case management conference with the parties and their counsel (as another means of exploring the issues in dispute and possible resolution) before proceeding to trial.

[22] Without even considering the clear requirement that people are represented in court by counsel or by themselves, it is, from my reading of what is to transpire at a trial management conference, completely inappropriate to suggest that when a defendant has counsel, that someone else, in this case an adjuster, appear essentially as counsel at a trial management conference.

This project will allow Utah Legal Services (ULS) to implement the technology necessary to allow advocates serving clients remotely to securely access all of a client's internal case management information, pleadings and other documents as well as external court records and files.

I am however prepared to make an award of costs significantly higher than the tariff to send a strong message to the mother that her disregard for the rules of court and the meticulous timelines set out at the case management conferences and her unilateral decision to fail to appear at the March 1, 2013 Hearing are totally unacceptable.

Andrea Pierce, Legal Services Director of UK - based ABS Kings Court Trust, explains how the company's case management processes and software enable a high volume of client matters to be handled faster as well as with fewer errors and provides clients with greater visibility:

The Court of Appeal has determined that the decision of a case management judge to refuse a settlement is an interlocutory order.

It is expressly stated that on the hearing date the court may proceed to hear the case and dispose of the claim or give case management directions.

I suspect that the real heavy lifting in enhancing access to justice is a matter of procedural reform — specialized decision - making bodies with extremely simplified procedural rules for specific civil law issues (something that actually already exists in certain areas such as Landlord / Tenant, but could be further improved upon), wider permissions for over-the-counter motions, fewer unnecessary court appearances, fewer procedurally - mandated appearances (e.g., going from a Case Conference to a Settlement Conference to a Trial Management Conference, and possibly further, before you can get to a family law trial), and so on.

This week on the legal - affairs podcast Lawyer2Lawyer, we discuss the recent Supreme Court decision Sprint / United Management Co. v. Mendelsohn, involving the admissibility of «me too» evidence in employment discrimination cases.

The Court of Appeal has now condoned the robust approach taken by judges in the exercise of their case management powers when facing applications for a relief from sanctions.

While implementation of the reforms will be up to the Law Societies, and the acceptability of our analysis awaits the judgment's of the courts in adjudicating conflicts cases, one important part of the Report is a Toolkit of conflicts management materials which is available for use by Canadian lawyers right now... [more]

A judge who's calling escalating prices on the court's time has given the parties in a bankruptcy proceeding just two weeks to file a joint litigation plan after he took over aggressive management of the case.

Among the newly specified dodgy arguments against a MF — delicately put as «factors which should not outweigh the presumption in favour of allowing the assistance of a MF» — are the confidentiality of the proceedings and sensitivity of information in the court papers relating to the family's affairs; the LIP's apparent capacity to proceed without a MF; the fact that the LIP is unrepresented through choice; the fact that the hearing is a directions or case management hearing; and the MF's membership of an organisation which promotes a particular cause.

This includes the Court of Appeals, the Court of Special Appeals, the U.S. District Court, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, the Maryland Tax Court, the Circuit Court for Baltimore City and opinions of the Maryland Business and Technology Case Management Program.

It has now been decided to also exclude cases in the Chancery Division and Technology and Mercantile Courts in which at the date of the first CMC the sums in dispute exceed # 2m (excluding interest and costs) except where the court otherwise orders (costs management still to be «considered» even in excluded cases).

The Ontario Auditor General or the Federal Auditor General should audit the Case Management System in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, Family Branch, follow the money and name names.

At that time, the court imposed a case management system that virtually quadrupled the number of court appearances necessary to complete a matter.

The recent decisions of Re JL and AO (Babies relinquished for adoption)[2016] EWHC 440 (Fam), [2016] All ER (D) 77 (Mar) and Re RA (Baby relinquished for adoption: case management)[2016] EWFC 25, [2016] All ER (D) 139 (May) highlight the approach of the court in situations where foreign nationals give birth in England and relinquish their child for adoption here.

The trial court segment will begin on Monday, Dec. 1, with Judge Gafni, joined by Judge Shelton on Tuesday for a discussion of the impact of the Internet and other technology on the trial process including preparation, filing, discovery and case management, trial testimony, documentary evidence and argument.

In addition, they suggest the court should assign a trial judge to the case at least 60 days in advance of the first day of trial who should then conduct a trial management conference as soon as possible.

Such is the perceived importance of establishing the principles of the new case and costs management that when the claimant appealed they were directed into the Court of Appeal smartish.

Although the facts of the case are limited to Gerard Comeau's ill - fated trip home to New Brunswick after he filled his trunk with cheap beer from Quebec, the court's decision could have has much larger implications for the supply - side management of poultry and dairy.

At the first case management conference (CMC) the court should settle the list of key issues from a draft provided by the parties.

In Iqbal v Iqbal, the Court of Appeal also stressed the requirements of case management.

(Sources: Mary Jane Hatton and Joseph James, Case Management in the Family Court: A Guide to Implementation, Office of the Chief Judge, Ontario Court (Provincial Division), May 1995; Patrick LeSage and Michael Code, Report of the Review of Large and Complex Criminal Case Procedures, «Judicial Case Management, Especially at the Pre-trial Stage,» November 2008; Margot Gibb - Clark, «Where judgment is swift,» The Globe and Mail, February 28, 1995, p. B16.)

Recent cases include: Axiom Litigation Financing Fund (acting for the «receiver / liquidator» of a Caymans Islands fund: # 110m dispute); Frauntled Management Limited v Featherwood ($ 13m investment dispute before the BVI Court of Appeal); BBX Capital Asset Management v Royal Bank of Canada & Ors ($ 30m Cayman dispute relating to transaction to defraud creditors / sham trusts); Trinity Management Group Ltd v Burke Consolidated Ltd (s. 184I / s.175 BVI dispute); Maruti Holdings PTE Limited v Sinclair Strategies Limited (BVI jurisdictional challenge); QVT Fund & Ors v China Zenix Auto International Limited (s. 184I and s184C BVI dispute: interim injunction) In addition, the international nature of commercial fraud often results in Paul advising in relation to proceedings before off - shore courts such as in VTB v Nutritek (advised on interim relief in Cayman Islands and maintenance of BVI injunction in light of UK Supreme Court decisions) and in other off - shore jurisdictions such as Jersey, Guernsey and Nevis.

Two of the judges who had worked on the pilot project to bring this project to fruition — Judge Mary Jane Hatton and Judge Joseph James — set to writing a guide book containing the principles and processes of case management for use in all Family Courts in the province.