Sentences with phrase «early stage of the proceedings»

Likely because he would be put under oath during early stages of proceedings.

When Stringam Denecky brought legal action against Thornton, Sun Media refused to produce the identity of the source in the early stages of the proceedings, citing journalistic source privilege.

A decision from the Court of Appeal means that many potential challenges to proportionality can be dealt with at an early stage of proceedings without the need for a full trial.

Accordingly, we carefully consider each case in which we act at an early stage of the proceedings to examine and analyze the prospects of successfully bringing (and successfully responding to) a motion for summary judgment.

That further consideration be given to how claims can be better particularised at an earlier stage of proceedings in order to assist in the identification of relevant issues.

Not exact matches

Birmingham, at the mid-way stage of proceedings, find themselves languishing — Our favourite word at the moment — near the foot of the table and just a torrid festive period away from spending the early part of 2011 stranded in the relegation zone.

It's an inherently compelling premise that is, in the movie's early stages, employed to familiar yet watchable effect by Craig Gillespie, as the filmmaker, working from Thomas McCarthy's script does a nice job of infusing the proceedings with a compulsively watchable feel that's heightened by Hamm's typically appealing work as the protagonist.

The inherently compelling premise is, in the film's early stages, heightened by the efforts of an impressively diverse roster of performers, with, in particular, Krasinski's expectedly personable turn standing as a palpable highlight within the proceedings - although, having said that, it's certainly difficult not to get a kick out of LeGros and Riggle's lighthearted work as the project's possible saviors.

While our firm attempts to negotiate and settle cases as early on as possible, our skilled litigators represent clients in mediation and arbitration proceedings and vigorously defend against medical malpractice claims at all stages of the litigation process, including appeals.

From an early stage in the proceedings the court can make protective orders preventing assets from being disposed of, and calling on one party to fully disclose their resources.

A psychiatric report given at an earlier stage in the proceedings had opined, «the prospect of the return to paid employment in the near future is limited... can not conceive a situation where he would be fit for flying... significant danger as a pilot... because of his poor concentration, his preoccupation with his difficulties and his simple attitude towards his overall difficulties.»

For example, there was probably no need in the early stages of the case for a children's guardian to be appointed (recovery order proceedings under CA 1989 are not «specified proceedings»: s 41 (6)-RRB-.

The expert also needs to know what type of case it is, ie civil, criminal, family or other, whether the matter is in its early pre-action stage or if court proceedings have begun, and whether you are instructing him as a party - appointed expert or a single joint expert (or, if the matter is pre-action, as a jointly selected expert under a pre-action protocol).

It was hoped that by giving parties access to witness evidence at an earlier stage in the proceedings, the parties would have a clearer view of the case and be encouraged to settle or apply for summary judgment.

R. v. D.G. (2010) Charges of domestic assault was withdrawn at the early stages of the criminal proceedings in the Ontario Court of Justice in Toronto.

With respect to the Appellant's first ground, the Court of Appeal found the argument summary judgment should not have been granted on the basis proceedings were still at an early stage in their development «overlooks the direction provided by the Supreme Court of Canada in Hryniak v. Mauldin, 2014 SCC 7 (CanLII), [2014] S.C.J. No. 7 (S.C.C.), at paras. 49 and 66, that summary judgment is to be granted where the record enables to motion judge to reach a fair and just determination on the merits and to do so in a timely, more affordable and proportionate manner.»

Defeating a challenge to the validity of my client's late mother's will (on the grounds of lack of testamentary capacity and undue influence) at an early stage in the court proceedings.

The judge hearing the matter noted that all of the breaches alleged arose in the early stages of the plaintiff's proceedings during which the defendant's partner, and not the defendant, represented the plaintiff.

This paper suggests procedural improvements to weed out dubious and fraudulent claims in the early stages of multidistrict litigation (MDL) proceedings to prevent them from becoming «lawsuit magnets.»

It is advisable to seek legal advice at the early stages of a transfer to avoid the risk of costly unfair dismissal claims, Employment Tribunal proceedings and awards for failure to inform and consult under TUPE.

Mr Justice Roth so eloquently states: «The Pt 18 procedure should not be used to force a defendant, in adversarial litigation, to provide what amounts to fragmentary witness evidence at the behest of the claimant at an earlier stage in the proceedings.»

An expert must therefore disclose any significant or material conflict of interest at an early stage in the proceedings, normally at the time of serving his report or, if the conflict arose thereafter, at the first practicable opportunity.

Improvements in health visitors» sensitivity to abusive parenting may have enabled them to institute child protection proceedings at an earlier stage in the child's life, reducing the length of exposure to damaging environments by placing infants with substitute parents during the first year of life.