Sentences with phrase «cross examination of»

Jurisdiction hearings are not «legal» proceedings or «trials» and are not subject to the customary rules applicable to judicial proceedings such as rules of evidence or cross examination of the other associations» presenters.

All of the above - noted helpful information should aid attorneys representing abused parents or the children in custody cases involving DV and SA in selecting custody evaluators, obtaining useful orders from judges, crafting cross examination of evaluators once they have written their reports to the court, and seeking the protection their clients need.

FAMILY LAW — CHILDREN — agreement reached by parties at final hearing following cross examination of mother — final consent orders made by the Court in the best interests of the children

The lack of cross examination of the evidence puts judges presiding over these matters in a challenging situation, but they may refer to findings of credibility made by the other judge.

A meeting between the officer and the defense attorney may well reveal potential defenses and potential cross examination of the officer or other witnesses at trial.

The Bill was introduced by Michael Gove before the Referendum and contained a mixture of provisions relating to both criminal and civil justice; prison inspections and the use of mobile phones by prisoners, the new online dispute resolution system for civil cases as well as changes to judicial appointments and compensation for whiplash injuries.The Bill also contained provision restricting cross examination of victims of violence by the perpetrator.

The lack of cross examination of Experts within adjudication, coupled with the potential for self - selection (and discarding) of relevant evidence can lead to the service of reports which do not, or which do not appear to, comply with the standards which would be expected during litigation proceedings.

That evidence is sometimes obtained through the cross examination of a witness or it may come to the attention of a party through other sources.

The cross examination of the complainant exposed some inconsistencies in her version of events and raised questions with her credibility.

He has advocated for claimants with complex psychiatric and / or physical disabilities, providing comprehensive preparation for hearings with claimants, analysis & interpretation of medical & psychiatric records, as well as cross examination of medical & vocational witnesses.

Following cross examination of the complainant by Mr. Doroshenko, it is clear that the report is made shortly after the complainant was served family court papers seeking full custody of the child.

Following the service of two affidavits and the cross examination of our client, to which our client consented, the Bank made an application seeking to reverse the costs order so that it was not liable for our client's costs of preparing the affidavits, and sought its costs of the cross-examinations arguing that our client had not complied sufficiently with the disclosure order.

Mr. Navarrete was able to show via cross examination of three police officers that the police officers lacked sufficient observations during their surveillance to justify the search warrant for client's home.

The students conducted direct and cross examination of four witnesses and upon their recommendation, the judge conducted a watermeier hearing with the minor which lasted over an hour, after which, the judge granted the father sole custody of the minor.

I am not sure how many times I have been limited in my cross examination of a witness because the judge indicates that I have «made my point» but I would suspect it happens at least once in every trial.

No defence medical evidence was called, instead, the defence relied on their lawyer's cross examination of the Plaintiff experts.

R v T: acquittal of Defendant of good character following cross examination of three prosecution witnesses.

The Doyle Inn would like to invite you to a training focusing on the successful cross examination of witnesses at trial in civil cases.

From the perspective of trial advocacy and forensic challenges, a keenly contested arbitration concerning the construction of three large leachate tanks constructed for a large uranium and gold mining facility posed particular challenges in cross examination of the large number of witnesses of 30 days in the conduct of cross-examination of experts giving concurrent evidence in five disciplines over seven consecutive days.

The claim was withdrawn part way through the cross examination of the Claimant's witnesses.

When Edward is accused of marital rape, he becomes as jabbering and hesitant, under the cross examination of his friends as any defendant in the dock, proffering similar defences — «I thought I was showing passion»; «she said no a couple of times, but so did I».

After vigorous cross examination of the petitioner and his witnesses and a number of objections upheld by the Court, our client was able to avoid having an injunction entered against him.

Trial judges have nothing to lose and often much to gain by permitting at least brief voir dire / cross examination of prosecution witnesses before a damning exhibit is offered into evidence.

Mr. Navarrete was able to demonstrate a great deal of significant inconsistencies between the complainant «s version of events between her testimony at the preliminary inquiry, her statement of claim, her police report and her testimony at trial via a persistent cross examination of her.

Joseph Neuberger obtained the family court documents and used a number of the documents in cross examination of the complainant.

After Mr. Navarrete's cross examination of the complainant, the court concluded that the complainant's evidence was simply unreliable given her consumption of alcohol.

Eventually, the father wrote to the court saying he was willing to forego cross examination of the mother altogether, if that allowed the case to move forward.

An interesting development, because if they do, why shouldn't that apply equally to any other plea after cross examination of any complainant in crime?

Presentation and cross examination of expert witnesses in highly specialized fields of expertise

2017 election, but included within the June Queen's speech was a promise of a Courts Bill, which will «end direct cross examination of domestic violence victims by their alleged perpetrators in the family courts».

Allowing such an abuser to conduct in a formal public setting a cross examination of his victim is to allow him to perpetuate the abuse.

Consequently, trial judges have nothing to lose and often much to gain by permitting at least brief voir dire / cross examination of prosecution witnesses before a damning exhibit is offered into evidence, and also need to think twice before allowing inadmissible hearsay into evidence to see if the prosecutor «ties together» the evidence to make it no longer inadmissible hearsay.

279 (2012)(discussed here) already limits a criminal defendant's avenues for challenging the certificate of analysis, allowing voir dire / cross examination of the breath test operator is essential for not giving Fitzgerald more defense - damaging teeth than Fitzgerald already has.

An interesting segment of the cross examination of the attendant states that she ordered two breakfasts the following morning (implying that had she been harassed, why didn't she just leave):

Many of the points we wished to establish were done through cross examination of the other side's witnesses and my client's testimony took less than 20 minutes.

In particular, I was very concerned about the strategies lawyers have in examination and cross examination of witnesses.

Late 2017 sees the beginning of the phased roll - out of pre-recorded cross examination of complainants in cases concerning sexual offences.

Among the most significant, are changes to police bail and confirmation that pre-recorded cross examination of vulnerable witnesses will be rolled out across the country.

Our judge pointed out during my cross examination of the police officer that the judge saw field sobriety tests just as observations not cloaked with any special reliability.

The participation of the Nisichawayasihk Cree as co-proponents at the Clean Environment Commission hearings also included cross examination of opponents of the proposals.

Practically speaking, the provisions involve the cross examination of certain witnesses taking place outside of the court room, prior to the beginning of trial.

When one environmental public interest group called a university professor to speak in opposition to the proposals based on his belief that development of this nature is inimical to Aboriginal culture, cross examination of this witness by a representative of the Nisichawayasihk Cree illustrated the professor's lack of specific knowledge of the Nisichawayasihk Cree, their culture and their physical environment.20 In the result, his testimony was given little or no weight by the Commission in its report.

Counsel for the plaintiff, Richard Dearden, asked the court for instruction on who may attend a cross examination of an affidavit.

The undertakings and refusals emerged from the cross examination of an affidavit, submitted to oppose a motion by the plaintiff to abridge the time for mediation and require the parties to use an experienced private mediator rather than a roster mediator.

The mind numbing part was the cross examination of the lawsuit itself.

5) If such interrogations go ahead, do you agree that they should include interrogations / cross examination of climate scientists from both the «skeptical» (e.g., Christy, Spencer, Lindzen) and the «warmist» sides?

Earlier, the plaintiffs» wrapped up their cross examination of Lynda Nichols, program consultant with the California Department of Education.

After listening to both counsel, Justice John Tsoho adjourned the matter until July 7 for the cross examination of the first prosecution witness and continuation of trial.

The leader of the prosecution defence, Tayo Olukotun, lamented that the defence counsel's cross examination of the witnesses was ambiguous as it went outside the statement made by Ennah and was admitted by the court as exhibit.

The trial involving a serving Colonel in the Nigerian Army, Nicholas Ashinze and five others ran into storm during the cross examination of an EFCC operative, Mr. Hassan Sheidu.