Sentences with phrase «enforceable in a court of law»

Los Angeles has a number of experienced law firms capable of drawing up surrogacy contracts that are enforceable in a court of law.

there is NO guarantee of ANY particular degree of openness (aside from some contracts in some states that are, allegedly, enforceable in a court of law).

The trustee is one placed in a position of responsibility for another, a responsibility enforceable in a court of law.

Many employers have arbitration agreements but, depending on how the employer went about getting the employees» acquiescence to the agreement, that agreement may not be enforceable in a court of law.

Not all of these agreements may necessarily be enforceable in a court of law, but the simple act of discussing these issues and memorializing your agreements is useful when planning a relationship for the long - term.

It's just as enforceable in a court of law as a court order, which is what you'll be working towards if you're in court.

Verbal agreements in some states can be deemed legal but not enforceable in a court of law.

Not exact matches

The Obama administration Justice Department, for instance, has opened 23 investigations of law enforcement agencies, including police departments in Baltimore, Chicago and Ferguson, Missouri, for unconstitutional practices and has reached court - enforceable consent decrees with many of them.

After the Supreme Court in 1911 struck down the form of resale price maintenance enabled by fair trade laws, 59 Congress in 1937 carved out an exception for state fair trade laws through the Miller - Tydings Act.60 When the Supreme Court in 1951 ruled that producers could enforce minimum prices only against those retailers that had signed contracts agreeing to do so, 61 Congress responded with a law making minimum prices enforceable against nonsigners too.62

If any provision of these Terms is, for any reason, invalid and / or unenforceable, as determined in an appropriate Court of proper jurisdiction, the remaining provisions shall continue to be valid and enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law.

This requires all UK law to comply with the European Convention on Human Rights of 1950 (and its First and Sixth Protocols), makes the Convention enforceable in UK courts, and requires the judiciary to interpret domestic law so as to comply with the Convention.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled today that parents have their own broad, enforceable rights under federal special education law, and thus they may represent themselves in federal court without the assistance of a laCourt ruled today that parents have their own broad, enforceable rights under federal special education law, and thus they may represent themselves in federal court without the assistance of a lacourt without the assistance of a lawyer.

«A violation of that state law might be privately enforceable (such as) the consumer can sue in court over the legal violation,» Wu wrote ValuePenguin in an email.

As divorce lawyers, we know that prenuptial agreements have historically not been considered legally binding in the UK but that our courts do recognise them as potentially enforceable under British divorce law, following the 2010 case of heiress Katrin Radmacher.

«Britain's top divorce lawyer» Ayesha Vardag rose to fame for winning the landmark Supreme Court case of Radmacher v Granatino in 2010, changing the law to make prenuptial agreements legally enforceable in England and Wales.

This means that Canada's ratification of or accession to an international convention has an effect only in international law, creating an obligation that may be enforceable by remedies provided in the convention itself but not in Canadian courts.

Representing the best interests of the client, the adversarial system, and legally enforceable court decisions — these are the signposts on the well - travelled road to justice in the common law system.

But for the past 30 years, we've taken for granted that we can also offer the benefit of all these European instruments and that English judgments will be enforceable across the EU — and as soon as those are stripped back, one may need to consider the balance between the general reputation of English courts and English law and the fact that we may need to say to clients that it may potentially become harder to enforce your debt overseas in the EU.

The Ontario court's «only inquiry of the foreign court is whether it had a real and substantial connection to the subject matter of the action; once that is established, the analysis shifts to a consideration of whether the judgment is enforceable in Ontario as a matter of domestic law.»

There was no mention of any of the prior case law that had been consistently followed by lower courts in recent years that required termination provisions to mention benefits in order to be enforceable.

P. art. 509 («Judgments rendered by foreign courts and deeds received by foreign officers shall be enforceable on the territory of the French Republic in the manner and under the circumstances specified by law.»).

In the common law contracting process the contracting parties need to expressly agree all the essential terms of the contract as there are relatively few terms implied into contracts, either by the common law or statute, and the circumstances in which the court will consider implying an essential term into a contract to render it complete and enforceable are very limited (usually requiring that the missing clause had been in the contemplation of the parties during the contracting process but inadvertently omitted when the contract was concludedIn the common law contracting process the contracting parties need to expressly agree all the essential terms of the contract as there are relatively few terms implied into contracts, either by the common law or statute, and the circumstances in which the court will consider implying an essential term into a contract to render it complete and enforceable are very limited (usually requiring that the missing clause had been in the contemplation of the parties during the contracting process but inadvertently omitted when the contract was concludedin which the court will consider implying an essential term into a contract to render it complete and enforceable are very limited (usually requiring that the missing clause had been in the contemplation of the parties during the contracting process but inadvertently omitted when the contract was concludedin the contemplation of the parties during the contracting process but inadvertently omitted when the contract was concluded).

The Federal Arbitration Act (the Act) makes arbitration agreements «valid, irrevocable, and enforceable, save upon such grounds as exist at law or in equity for the revocation of any contract,» 9 U.S.C. ¶ 2, establishes an equal - treatment principle: A court may invalidate an arbitration agreement based on «generally applicable contract defenses,» but not on legal rules that «apply only to arbitration or that derive their meaning from the fact that an agreement to arbitrate is at issue,» AT&T Mobility, LLC v. Concepcion, 563 U.S. 333, 339.

In the absence of defined laws on the subject, the Pennsylvania courts interpret whether the agreement is valid and enforceable.

In Connecticut, the law regarding prenuptial agreements executed before October 1, 1995 is set forth in in the benchmark Connecticut Supreme Court case of McHugh v. McHugh, 181 Conn. 482 (1980), which held that prenuptial agreements could be enforceable (valid) if the following requirements were meIn Connecticut, the law regarding prenuptial agreements executed before October 1, 1995 is set forth in in the benchmark Connecticut Supreme Court case of McHugh v. McHugh, 181 Conn. 482 (1980), which held that prenuptial agreements could be enforceable (valid) if the following requirements were mein in the benchmark Connecticut Supreme Court case of McHugh v. McHugh, 181 Conn. 482 (1980), which held that prenuptial agreements could be enforceable (valid) if the following requirements were mein the benchmark Connecticut Supreme Court case of McHugh v. McHugh, 181 Conn. 482 (1980), which held that prenuptial agreements could be enforceable (valid) if the following requirements were met:

Even if national law does not provide for enforceability by operation of law, notwithstanding any appeal, of a judgment requiring the return of the child mentioned in Article 11 (b)(8), the court of origin may declare the judgment enforceable.

Teare J concluded, obiter, that even if he was found to have erred in his findings on the jurisdictional gateways, he considered that this was not a proper case in which the court should exercise its discretion and order service out of the jurisdiction due to the risk as to whether such an order would be enforceable in the UAE or indeed, consistent with UAE law.

The Act lists a variety of proceedings in respect of which there is no limitation period (section 16): proceedings for declarations; proceedings to enforce court orders and other orders that are enforceable in the same way as court orders; proceedings under the Family Law Act relating to support; proceedings to enforce arbitration awards; proceedings by persons in possession of collateral to redeem or realize on it; proceedings arising from sexual assault in certain circumstances; proceedings to recover fines, taxes and penalties owing to the Crown; proceedings relating to claims by the Crown (or by a delivery agent under social welfare legislation) in various circumstances; proceedings to recover money owing in respect of certain student loans, awards and grants.

In Wood v. Fred Deeley Imports Ltd, the Ontario Court of Appeal has provided further insight into the factors that will be considered in determining whether an employment contract is enforceable, and thus properly limits an employee's common law entitlements on terminatioIn Wood v. Fred Deeley Imports Ltd, the Ontario Court of Appeal has provided further insight into the factors that will be considered in determining whether an employment contract is enforceable, and thus properly limits an employee's common law entitlements on terminatioin determining whether an employment contract is enforceable, and thus properly limits an employee's common law entitlements on termination.

The new law expressly provides that if the court in a proceeding finds that the foreign - country judgment is entitled to recognition then, to the extent that the foreign - country judgment grants or denies recovery of a sum of money, the foreign - country judgment is conclusive between the parties to the same extent as the judgment of a sister state entitled to full faith and credit in New Jersey would be conclusive and is enforceable in the same manner and to the same extent as a judgment rendered in the state.

The strong can not disregard any undertaking binding in law, however lightly given, and the weak unfortunate person, however gullible, can be sure that the courts of this country will not permit anyone to escape the responsibility arising from an enforceable promise.»

The Court of Appeal dealt with this specific point in Nwogbe v Nwogbe [2000] Fam Law 797, [2000] 3 FLR 345, where it was held at para 27 that «it is clear... s 40 orders are not enforceable».

The Kramer Law Firm will assist you with drafting a prenuptial agreement that is fair and enforceable in Florida court in the event of divorce or the death of a spouse.

It is the practice of law when the outcome of a process is to produce legal agreements — contracts — enforceable by a court of law and the state's police power, and which in fact will affect an individual's legal rights for years to come (notwithstanding the interests - based win - win versus rights - based positional bargaining structure to get there).

It is the practice of law when the outcome of a process is to produce legal agreements — contracts — enforceable by a court of law and the state's police power, and which in fact will affect an individual's legal rights for years to come.