Sentences with phrase «encourages access to the courts»

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David Matia, a drug court judge in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, where deaths also have risen significantly, said incentives are needed to get hospitals to build more detox facilities, to encourage physicians to expand access to medication assisted treatments and to encourage medical students to pursue addiction and behavioral health specialties as their area of practice.

But the public can't enjoy the benefits of the Court's Web site unless they know how to use it, so the Justices are encouraging lawyers to show their clients how to access the site and learn more about the court proCourt's Web site unless they know how to use it, so the Justices are encouraging lawyers to show their clients how to access the site and learn more about the court procourt process.

After seven hours of discussion over five months, the ideas proffered for improving access to justice were (1) more money for legal aid (to be extracted somehow from the most indebted sub-national government in the world), (2) more e-filing, (3) more pamphlets in more languages, (4) re-purposing the Shirley Dennison fund to laud someone who does something beneficial wrt A2J, and (5) encouraging indigenous peoples to use circles of healing instead of the court system.

penalizes the defendant for engaging in public participation «plaintiff» means a person who initiates or maintains a proceeding against a defendant; «proceeding» means any action, suit, matter, cause, counterclaim, appeal, or originating application that is brought in the Supreme Court or the Provincial Court, but does not include a prosecution for an offence or a crime; «public interest» means the whole of the subject matter invites public attention, or a matter in which the public has some substantial concern because it affects the welfare of citizens, or one to which considerable public notoriety or controversy has attached; «public participation» means communication or conduct aimed at influencing public opinion, or promoting further lawful action by the public or any government body, in relation to an issue of public interest; «Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation (SLAPP)» means a claim that arises from a form of expression or public participation, by the person against whom the claim is asserted that was made in connection with an official proceeding or about a matter of public interest; Purposes of this Act: 2 The purposes of this Act are to a) Establish a statutory right to public participation for every individual; b) Encourage individuals to express themselves on matters of public interest; c) Promote broad participation in debates on matters of public interest; d) Discourage the use of litigation as a means of unduly limiting expression on matters of public interest; and, e) Preserve the right of access to the courts for all proceedings and claims that are not brought or maintained for an improper purpose.

He is also encouraged by evidence that courts are deepening their commitment to access to justice, such as last year's adoption by the Conference of Chief Justices of Resolution 5: Reaffirming the Commitment to Meaningful Access to Justice foaccess to justice, such as last year's adoption by the Conference of Chief Justices of Resolution 5: Reaffirming the Commitment to Meaningful Access to Justice foAccess to Justice for All.

Those recommendations include «The Court should form a standing committee to maintain accountability for closing the justice gap and to monitor the effectiveness of reform initiatives,» «The Court should encourage the State Bar of Texas, the Texas Access to Justice Commission, and local bar associations to create pipelines of services for modest - means clients,» and «A primary objective of future rulemaking projects should be to make the civil justice system more accessible to modest - means clients.»

The Court of Appeal held that «notwithstanding the absence of reprehensible conduct... special costs are awarded as an instrument of policy to encourage access to justice» (Victoria (City) at para 182).

«We were able to do that in a variety of innovative ways, including encouraging provincial court judges to participate in the online courses that the NJI offers and providing them with access to the collection of legal e-resources and course materials created specifically for judges.

April 28, 2016 — «A package approved by the Wisconsin Supreme Court is designed to encourage more pro bono work and increase access to justice.

According to the court, the commission will coordinate justice access activities among various groups, encourage lawyers to represent low - income people, identify barriers to legal services and develop solutions.

Justice Sanderson rejected Aviva's argument and said: «For this court to let proportionality be the overriding, or even the predominant factor, would be grossly unfair to (Persampieri) and would be to reward the uncompromising, and — in the light of the jury verdict — unreasonable behaviour of the insurer...» Justice Sanderson agreed that insurers can pursue whatever legal strategy they deem fit, but added that, «especially where such strategies may have wide ranging and adverse implications involving widespread denial of access to justice, the use of such strategies should not be encouraged by the giving of cost breaks on foreseeable costs consequences.»

Courts may be leery to award custody to a parent that they feel will fail to encourage a relationship between the children and the other parent, or who will unreasonably restrict access of the children to the other parent.

Unmarried parents are encouraged to establish paternity for their children by signing a form in the hospital at the time of birth; however, for families experiencing relationship violence, the preferred method of paternity establishment is through the court system, where legal parameters can be placed on a father's access to mother and child.