Sentences with phrase «damages in civil proceedings»

The level of the award of bereavement damages in civil proceedings in England and Wales is to be set by reference to the RPI.

New Mexico courts have held that drivers who have already been criminally prosecuted are still subject to punitive damages in civil proceedings.

Not exact matches

Although a claim brought in the courts will have a cost attached to it, the cost of any such proceedings may be less than the damage caused by the initial error, particularly in an unopposed claim brought pursuant to Part 8 of the Civil Procedure Rules.

HRA 1998, s 8 (1) and (2) says that the court can award such damages «within its powers as it considers just and appropriate»; but «(2)... damages may be awarded only by a court which has power to award damages... in civil proceedings».

For example, an order of discharge does not release a bankrupt person from any debt arising from an award of damages by a court in civil proceedings stemming from «bodily harm intentionally inflicted, or sexual assault»:

The Court found that the decision in the Judicial Review proceedings did not determine any civil law claim for damages and consequently the SFO was not precluded from disputing liability for trespass.

The FJA has a similar definition at section 11, defining a judgment as a judgment or order given or made by a court in any civil or criminal proceedings for the payment of a sum of money in respect of compensation or damages to an injured party.

In one recent case, the plaintiff claimed that our attorney client was liable to him for wrongful use of civil proceedings and was seeking in excess of $ 3 million in damageIn one recent case, the plaintiff claimed that our attorney client was liable to him for wrongful use of civil proceedings and was seeking in excess of $ 3 million in damagein excess of $ 3 million in damagein damages.

In fact, (i) securities - related criminal proceedings can be brought only by public prosecutors, and (ii) civil claims for damages can be brought only by the persons that directly suffered the damages (however, with respect to market abuse violations, Consob is entitled to bring civil claims aimed at obtaining compensation for damage caused to the market's integrity).

Husband then sued both pro tem judge and Love (wife's attorney) for civil damages, mainly claiming as damages the attorney's fees he incurred in the first round of litigation due to Love's conduct after previous proceedings resulted in a consensus that the pro tem judge had judicial immunity.