Sentences with phrase «facilitate access to counsel»

On February 22, 2018, Justice Parry found that the officer breached her obligation to inform Mitchell of his right to counsel without delay and breached her implementational duty to facilitate access to counsel at the first reasonable opportunity.

The question before us is whether the police's failure to take any steps to implement or facilitate access to counsel is a breach of s. 10 (b) in the circumstances.

The burden is on the Crown to show that a given delay was reasonable in the circumstances and whether a delay in facilitating access to counsel is reasonable is a factual inquiry.

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Our founder and CEO Charley Moore describes the agreement as a pioneering effort to democratize access to legal counsel using technology: «At its best, our legal system encourages innovation and facilitates progress.

According to defence counsel, such a summary procedure would facilitate access to justice by his client, who may otherwise be unable to afford to defend the action through to trial given her limited means.

While counsel must heed the Supreme Court's call to «act in a way that facilitates rather than frustrates access to justice,» the success of Hryniak will hinge in large part on whether judges take up the Supreme Court's broader call to «actively manage the legal process in line with the principle of proportionality.»

The arresting officer is therefore under a constitutional obligation to facilitate the requested access to counsel at the first reasonably available opportunity.

Business Development: Brokering various business dealings that further the diversification of Indian economies Developing and accessing commercial financial programs and services for tribal governments, including tax - exempt offerings and federally - guaranteed housing loans Serving as issuer or underwriter's counsel in tribal bond issuances Ensuring tribal compliance with Bank Secrecy Act and other federal financial regulatory requirements Handling federal and state income, excise, B&O, property and other tax matters for tribes and tribal businesses Chartering tribal business enterprises under tribal, state and federal law Registering and protecting tribal trademarks and copyrights Negotiating franchise agreements for restaurants and retail stores on Indian reservations Custom - tailoring construction contracts for tribes and general contractors Helping secure federal SBA 8 (a) and other contracting preferences for Indian - owned businesses Facilitating contractual relations between tribes and tribal casinos, and gaming vendors Building tribal workers» compensation and self - insurance programs Government Relations: Handling state and federal regulatory matters in the areas of tribal gaming, environmental and cultural resources, workers» compensation, taxation, health care and education Negotiating tribal - state gaming compacts and fuel and cigarette compacts, and inter-local land use and law enforcement agreements Advocacy before the Washington State Gambling Commission, Washington Indian Gaming Association and National Indian Gaming Commission Preparing tribal codes and regulations, including tribal court, commercial, gaming, taxation, energy development, environmental and cultural resources protection, labor & employment, and workers» compensation laws Developing employee handbooks, manuals and personnel policies Advocacy in areas of treaty rights, gaming, jurisdiction, taxation, environmental and cultural resource protection Brokering fee - to - trust and related real estate and jurisdictional transactions Litigation & Appellate Services: Handling complex Indian law litigation, including commercial, labor & employment, tax, land use, treaty rights, natural and cultural resource matters Litigating tribal trust mismanagement claims against the United States, and evaluating tribal and individual property claims under the Indian Claims Limitation Act Defending tribes and tribal insureds from tort claims brought against them in tribal, state and federal courts, including defense tenders pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act Assisting tribal insureds in insurance coverage negotiations, and litigation Representing individual tribal members in tribal and state civil and criminal proceedings, including BIA prosecutions and Indian probate proceedings Assisting tribal governments with tribal, state and federal court appeals, including the preparation of amicus curiae briefs Our Indian law & gaming attorneys collaborate to publish the quarterly «Indian Legal Advisor ``, designed to provide Indian Country valuable information about legal and political developments affecting tribal rights.

APLF facilitates access to an international network of in - house IP and patent counsel, business owners and member attorneys.

The SCC has expressed that the right to counsel is not absolute and does not require facilitating access to a «specific» telephone.

Lawyers have a special obligation to act in the best interests of their clients: «counsel must, in accordance with the traditions of their profession, act in a way that facilitates rather than frustrates access to justice.

... counsel must, in accordance with the traditions of their profession, act in a way that facilitates rather than frustrates access to justice.

In response to the demands for access to justice, some law societies in Canada have adopted professional conduct rules to facilitate in - house counsel delivering pro bono services.