Sentences with phrase «difficulty bringing him to court»

The prosecuting counsel, Mr. Rotimi Jacobs (SAN), told the Federal High Court in Lagos that Udoh had been evasive, adding that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission had been having difficulty bringing him to court.

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The program has not been without its difficulties — a court challenge brought by the state's teacher and school boards associations has sought to eliminate school vouchers on the claim that they unconstitutionally divert public funds away from public coffers, among other reasons.

Thus, in Gradek the Court accepted the trial judge's finding that Mr. Gradek, due to language difficulties, required the assistance of counsel and it would be unjust to require him to bring his claim in the Small Claims Court where he would be denied costs that would partially offset the expense of retaining counsel (para. 18).

If industry experts make poor expert witnesses, it is usually a result of their unfamiliarity with their role and duty to the court (and not their instructing party) and a difficulty to translate and apply their experience to the case itself, thinking that experience will trump objective analysis on its own, which can undermine the credibility that their sector experience can bring.

As a final aside on this point, the courts seem to appreciate the difficulty for the lawyer who has a client who wishes to file a unmeritorious claim as demonstrated by their unwillingness to impose costs against lawyers who bring such claims (See Alice Woolley, Understanding Lawyers» Ethics in Canada (Toronto: LexisNexis, 2011) at 75 - 81).