Sentences with phrase «face of the court»

Miller, the face of the court campaign that successfully forced the government to give MPs a vote on whether to trigger Article 50, said she would take the government back to court unless they grant a meaningful vote on the final Brexit deal.

In the face of a court challenge from a broad coalition of environmental and community groups and massive community opposition, the DEC today halted Global Companies» proposed expansion of its massive Albany oil train facility to handle tar sands oil.

President Donald Trump signed an order restricting entry into the U.S. by people from six predominantly Muslim countries, reviving a signature initiative that stalled in the face of court challenges, sparked global protests and prompted dissent by some of his advisers.

At the New Branches School here, staff members and parents are struggling to keep alive their pioneering effort to create a new kind of public school in the face of a court ruling striking down Michigan's charter - school law.

A memorandum in support of Mann's motion says: «Steyn's counterclaims lack any merit whatsoever, and his assertion of these claims in the face of the Court's previous rulings is yet another manifestation of his disdain for this Court and its processes.

Pruitt can only unwind them so far in the face of court challenges and the California waiver.

Indeed, the values in section 15 — the equality rights section of the Charter — have been a factor in changing the face of the Court where judges — women and men of diverse backgrounds and racial groups — not only preside but feel welcome and respected.

Nor did he back down in the face of the court's own rule, which stated, «In all jury cases, both the court and counsel will conduct the voir dire.»

The report is part of the Commission's Contempt of Court Project that also looked at juror misconduct on the Internet and contempt in the face of the court.

• Contempt in the face of the court which involves disruptive or disrespectful behaviour in the courtroom.

Nevertheless, in the face of the Court's explicit exclusion of Western Sahara, the Council and the Commission should both be able to draw their conclusions with regard to the legality of these factual applications.

But many would agree that when you combine these two forces, you change the face of the Court.

On the face of it the Court was bound to grant an injunction but it instead ordered an expedited trial and ordered for the delivery up of documentation and information by the franchisee.

The court must check, at the earliest opportunity, and record on the face of any court order, if domestic abuse has been raised as an issue which is relevant to the decision making about the welfare of the child.

«A contempt in the face of the court may be broadly described as any word spoken or act done in, or in the precincts of, the court which obstructs or interferes with the due administration of justice or is calculated so to do.

«Contempt offences fall within two broad categories, viz., contempt in the face of the court (contempt in facie) and contempts committed outside the court (contempt ex facie).

«Traditionally, contempts are clasified as either in the face of the court (in facie curiae) or not in the face of the court (ex facie curiae).»

'' [O] nly superior courts have an inherent power to punish for contempt committed in the absence of the court, i.e., ex facie, and that inferior courts of record have an inherent power which is restricted to punish for contempt committed in the face of the court.»

The question is whether contingency fee agreements hold any value in the face of court discretion.

Cases of this type, where the custodial parent is, without justification and in the face of a Court Order, denying access to the non-custodial parent, are problematical.