Sentences with phrase «facilitate access to court»

For each courthouse, there is an ADA liaison who can help facilitate access to court services, programs and activities.

Several of these projects are expected to be launched in 2017, such as: a digital case file for bankruptcy cases (for which the Bar Association acquired a third party platform); an eIDAS compliant identity card that identifies the card holder as an admitted lawyer and facilitates access to courts, prisons and institutions; a secure platform for communication between lawyers and courts; and many more.

This publication explores the impact of procedural provisions inserted in EU fundamental rights legislation (in particular non-discrimination law) that are aimed at facilitating access to court in support or on behalf of...

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Amendments to the Copyright Act 1968 also passed in the Australian Senate in June 2015, enabling rights holders to go to court to block overseas websites that facilitate access to copyright - infringing material, including movies and music.

While acknowledging that contingency fees are needed to facilitate access to justice, the Court clarified that policy goal of reducing barriers to legal services is but one factor to consider, and that the policy of maintaining the integrity of the profession is a primary concern with deep roots.

But to use the digital divide as an argument to stifle the implementation of ODR solutions to alleviate court dockets and facilitate access to justice is not only unwarranted, it's undemocratic since 87 % of Canadians do have access to computers.

Open and public access to court and tribunal decisions facilitates stare decisis, one of the foundational principles of our common law legal system.

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 main challenges are: 1) working your way through an ad - hoc process that rests on a yes / no decision of a Chief Justice; 2) juggling a mix of standards and unique requirements that reduce the possible uses of the whole to the strictest of terms imposed by one; and 3) the court actually finding a way to provide or facilitate access to both current and historical decisions in a usable format.

The Court found that YouTube's influence on its users consisted of: exercising its right not to monitor the service for infringements, enforcing basic rules regarding content (such as limits on violence, hate or sexual material), facilitating access to user stored materials regardless (and without actual or constructive knowledge) of whether it was infringing, and monitoring its site for some infringing materials and assisting some content owners in their efforts to also do so.

Even the judiciary have become embroiled in the debate, heavily criticising many of the Lord Chancellor's decisions, and in doing so upholding and facilitating access to justice (see R (on the application of London Criminal Courts Solicitors Association) v Lord Chancellor [2014] EWHC 3020 (Admin), [2014] All ER (D) 145 (Sep); and R (on the application of the Public Law Project) v Secretary of State for Justice [2014] EWHC 2365 (Admin), [2015] 2 All ER 689).

In the normal course of events, and despite the benefit of world - wide free access to Canadian law facilitated through CanLII, one might not expect Kenyan citizens to take a strong interest in 4 and 8 year old decisions of the Ontario Court of Appeal.

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.

Commercial litigation finance is helping to facilitate access to justice — for companies that may have been on the receiving end of bullying behavior by larger entities — and need to have their day in court and get on with their business.

The Illinois Supreme Court Access to Justice Commission similarly is charged with «promoting, facilitating and enhancing equal access to justice with an emphasis on access to the Illinois civil courts and administrative agencies for all people, particularly the poor and vulnerable&rAccess to Justice Commission similarly is charged with «promoting, facilitating and enhancing equal access to justice with an emphasis on access to the Illinois civil courts and administrative agencies for all people, particularly the poor and vulnerable&raccess to justice with an emphasis on access to the Illinois civil courts and administrative agencies for all people, particularly the poor and vulnerable&raccess to the Illinois civil courts and administrative agencies for all people, particularly the poor and vulnerable».

Instead, she found that the judiciary improperly used PACER fees to fund certain programs related courtroom technology, a web - based juror management service, a victim - notification program, and a program to facilitate public access to court documents by the state of Mississippi.

Although there is little case - law, it is suggested that an Isle of Man court would take the view that litigation funding facilitates access to justice and is not champertous.

Facilitates access to Canadian courts for overseas plaintiffs who claim harm by the actions of Canadian mining companies.

NCSC will provide specialized expertise and training to further project objectives in court technology and facilitating access to justice.

Finally, the paper calls for a greater commitment from the Supreme Court of Canada to facilitate access to justice.

Far more is needed to facilitate electronic serving and filing of court documents and for obtaining greater access to individual court dockets.

In outlining its reasons, the Court stated that «the class action is designed to facilitate authors» access to justice while preserving judicial resources and, where appropriate, to effectively sanction acts that would otherwise remain protected from judicial intervention because of the low level of injury when assessed on an individual basis.

The court also makes an important point about the role of advocates in facilitating access to justice:

The software aims to facilitate and simplify the process of accessing the Small Claims Court for civil cases thereby saving litigants time, money and peace of mind.

The Confidential Intermediary and Sibling Information Exchange Program (CIP) trains and certifies persons to access confidential court adoption records to facilitate the search process between adopted persons or adoptive parents and birth parents (triad members).

Those intending to dismiss pre-existing traffic citations, and those having received a judge - approved, court facilitated certificate of completion can access such traffic schools.