Sentences with phrase «delay in civil proceedings»

Without a Charter right to timely proceedings in private matters, many civil lawyers have been complaining about an even more pronounced delay in civil proceedings.

Not exact matches

Gibbons» travails over his first three years in office are too numerous to document here (if you want a full accounting, make sure to read Fix friend Jon Ralston) but the following headline says it all: «Governor Gibbons hopes to delay proceedings in civil trial.»

It was noted that the circumstances of the case were «exceptional» and so it was considered there would not be a floodgate of civil claims where the claimant argued that the reason for the delay in issuing proceedings was the defendant's impecuniosity.

The rules of practice and procedure, in civil matters, of the court in which proceedings are commenced by way of application apply to those proceedings, but where those rules do not provide for the proceedings to be heard and determined without delay and in a summary way, the court may give such directions as it considers necessary in order to so provide.