Sentences with phrase «examination of witnesses»

He argued that owing to the nature of his application, he could not commence cross examination of the witness until the legal issues raised were determined.

More events SWAN has organized a seminar on techniques for examination of witnesses.

Reasons for judgement were released this week (Brooks v. Abbey Adelaide Holdings Inc.) considering the procedural question of whether a party of record has standing to make submissions during an opposing party's application for an order compelling the pre-trial examination of a witness.

Examinations of witnesses in the United States allow for multiple witness testimony, whereas in Canada, only one witness is able to testify on behalf of each party.

The convention requires the defendant «to examine or have examined witnesses against him and to obtain the attendance and examination of witnesses on his behalf under the same conditions as witnesses against him».

An application to enforce a judgment within the jurisdiction was distinct from an application to order examination of a witness who was abroad with a view to enforcing the judgment wherever assets might prove to exist.

Instead, perhaps they should continue about their regular activity as they normally would, with the understanding that some of the content will hurt their case, but some of it would help, as would any other form of examination of a witness» life.

«There were hundreds of thousands of actual documents that were disclosed to the defence and they totalled over one million pages, so to prepare for cross-examination and examination of witnesses during the trial I had to go through and search the disclosure to find documents that would support our case,» says Khoury.

James» extensive IP litigation experience includes examination of witnesses at trial, depositions, claim construction proceedings, summary judgement and appeals.

Advised on an internal forensic investigation and direct examination of witnesses for an employee misconduct matter with high media attention.

For those tribunals that observe more formal procedures, the hearing may involve examination of witnesses, cross-examination, summation and use of the legal rules of evidence.

Even if police identify an at - fault driver on an accident report, further litigation and expert examination of witness testimony and other evidence can reveal that multiple drivers were at fault for a particular crash.

I am not sure how many times I have been limited in my cross examination of a witness because the judge indicates that I have «made my point» but I would suspect it happens at least once in every trial.

Careful examination of witnesses» testimonies and physical evidence by a forensic analyst enables the scene to be reconstructed to determine the probable cause.

Sometimes, that defence requires a probing examination of a witness's credibility.

The court may order that: the parties deliver a concise summary of their opening statement; the parties deliver a written summary of the anticipated evidence of a witness; any oral examination of a witness at trial will be subject to a time limit or; the evidence of a witness be given in whole or in part by affidavit.

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(d) to examine or have examined witnesses against him and to obtain the attendance and examination of witnesses on his behalf under the same conditions as witnesses against him...»

Since there are no grand juries in Alberta the defendant thus looses the right to pretrial discovery by way of examination of witnesses.

Time limits should be set for examination of witnesses, oral closing submissions should not exceed two days and page limits should be set on written closing submissions.

As intervening Member States had pointed out (para 40), this part of the procedure concerned merely the collection of information in the investigatory stage and not yet the contentious stage of a procedure implemented by the tax authority in question; therefore, the taxpayer did not have to be notified of the authorities individual steps (para 41) and also did not need to be heard when inquiries including examinations of witnesses were carried out in another Member State upon request (para 44).

Following the direct examination of a witness, cross examination is the follow - up questioning («examination»).

From savvy pre-litigation negotiations to vigorous cross examination of witnesses at trial, our lawyers will expertly navigate the justice system for you.

The Doyle Inn would like to invite you to a training focusing on the successful cross examination of witnesses at trial in civil cases.

When Whitney got back, McGahay said he wanted to stage courtroom - type proceedings to rule on the signatures, including the cross examination of witnesses, a procedure that is beyond the scope of the board, she said, and something that is, in fact, illegal.

Justice John Tsoho adjourned the matter until April 13 for continuation of cross examination of the witness.

The leader of the prosecution defence, Tayo Olukotun, lamented that the defence counsel's cross examination of the witnesses was ambiguous as it went outside the statement made by Ennah and was admitted by the court as exhibit.

The plaintiff can then usually have the last say so by redirecting the examination of the witness before the witness is excused.

In personal injury cases, many people think of their attorneys being most useful during examinations of witnesses and closing arguments.

After consulting the parties, the tribunal may decide the dispute on the basis of documents and written evidence, with no oral hearing or examination of witnesses.

On 17 May 2018, CAM and IAA will host the course: «Examination of witnesses: Cross-examination, direct and re-direct a demonstration of common law practice».

Mr Sabou appealed against the decision and claimed during the procedure before the Supreme Administrative Court that the information obtained against him had been acquired illegally, since he had not been informed of the requests for information and not been able to take part neither in formulating the questions to the foreign tax authorities nor to take part in the examination of witnesses in the other Member States.

First, the appellant argues that the trial judge intervened to such an extent in the examination of witnesses that the appearance of fairness in the trial was fatally compromised.

A privilege so extensive might be used to put a stop to the examination of every witness who was called upon to testify before the grand jury with regard to the doings or business of his principal, whether such principal were an individual or a corporation.

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John's litigation experience includes jury selection; trial examination of witnesses; deposition preparation and examination; Markman hearings; drafting successful discovery briefs, claim construction briefs, summary judgment briefs, and appeal briefs; managing electronic discovery activities; and negotiating settlement, licensing and acquisition agreements.

Now to Cross-Reference: Do the New BC Supreme Court Civil Rules change the law relating to pre-trial examination of witnesses?

The U.S. rules for depositions (as it is called in that country) are much broader and allow for more time and examination of witnesses and evidence.

(f) subject to sub-rules 4 and 5 (e), each statement shall be received as the direct examination of the witness.

Examination of a witness on a motion under rule 39.03.

The court seemed very reluctant to countenance any restriction on the length of time for examination of witnesses:

That evidence is sometimes obtained through the cross examination of a witness or it may come to the attention of a party through other sources.

As to the imposition of time limits on the examination of witnesses, these authorities are instructive:

In second and third years, students participate in moot courts, fictitious trials and appeals, which provide practise in research, examination of witnesses, and courtroom argument.