Sentences with phrase «equal conduct of the parties»

The general guidelines are designed to promote generally the good and equal conduct of the parties» legal representatives (Annex 1, para 1).

Not exact matches

The new ethics law being touted by Gov. Andrew Cuomo parcels equal roles to Democrats and Republicans in investigating lawmakers of both parties suspected of questionable conduct.

Midway between these two extremes, the English court has only limited control over the expert's work, for instance by ensuring equal access to documents and information by the experts of each party; similarly, under Dutch civil procedure, it is up to the court to ascertain whether the expert's investigations will be conducted under its supervision or not.

Despite expressing his concern that there was «a significant potential» that the litigation was being conducted in a «disproportionate» manner, and that it may be the case that, in making an order, the parties might exhaust all of the resources available to them, Moylan J felt that the factor that warranted the most weight, when deciding whether to exercise the discretionary power to make an order, was the obligation, so far as practicable, «to ensure or to seek to ensure that the parties [were] on an equal footing».

This is in effect conduct through the «back door» and the approach was criticised by the House of Lords and sensibly so, as it would be a rare case in which the parties had equally decided that their marriage / civil partnership was at an end and that there had been equal fault on both sides.

What this meant in practice, was that Texas child visitations would be approached from the perspective of both parties having equal rights, unless there were some compelling reasons why this shouldn't be the case (such as for reasons of violent conduct or abusive relationships.)