Sentences with phrase «fairness to counsel»

Not exact matches

Evercore is acting as financial advisor to a committee of independent directors of T - Mobile and rendered a fairness opinion, and Latham & Watkins is providing legal counsel to the committee of independent directors.

The petitioners in the interest of fairness and transparency, may wish to present the agreement between the Commission and its previous legal counsel, specifying the scope of services and agreed fees a.

Having regard to institutional fairness will send the message that the court will not approve a settlement if through misadventure, incompetence, opportunism, lassitude, or fatigue the Representative Plaintiff and Class Counsel do not achieve a settlement that is truly fair, reasonable, and in the best interests of class members.

That he had the foresight to bring his laptop computer to court, and defense counsel did not, simply can not serve as a basis for judicial intervention in the name of «fairness» or maintaining «a level playing field.»

Collaboration between counsel and the press as to information affecting the fairness of a criminal trial is not only subject to regulation, but is highly censurable, and worthy of disciplinary measures.

• Counsel to professional services provider on complex, policy - based litigation relating to fairness and awardee obligations arising after the award of a federal government contract.

Holman J came to that conclusion notwithstanding that, in Eisai, counsel for NICE had conceded (Eisai, [59]-RRB- that, in any action against it for breach of confidence in respect of such a disclosure, a public interest defence would be available to it if fairness required that the information be disclosed.

In accordance with our ethical obligations, we can not permit retired judges to be reinstated as counsel if doing so threatens the appearance of fairness.

Under the New Mexico Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule 16 - 304, attorneys must exhibit fairness to their opposing party and counsel.

The lesson here is for counsel to steadfastly and carefully follow the recipe found in their cookbook (the Insurance Act), keeping in mind the necessary ingredients of fairness and avoiding double recovery.

Coincidentally, the Court of Appeal appears to have found the Trial Judge himself ran afoul of the principle behind the rule — the failure to raise the point with defence counsel impacted trial fairness and led the Court of Appeal to order a new trial.

With respect to trial fairness, the Court of Appeal found the Trial Judge did not raise the issue of whether counsel had cross-examined the complainants on the Appellant's assertion that it was Abdi alone who was involved in the robberies.

This was not, however, enough for the Court of Appeal for Ontario to make a finding of ineffective assistance of counsel, as there was no miscarriage of justice: counsel's actions did not impact on the reliability of a verdict which was well - supported on the evidence, nor did they detract from the fairness of the adjudicative process at trial.

if not satisfied with the sentence proposed (quoting from another case) then «fundamental fairness dictates that an opportunity be afforded to counsel to make further submissions in an attempt to address the... judge's concerns before the sentence is imposed»

Advisors to counsel or representatives are also permitted to stay, in the interests of fairness to all parties.

In the present case, the Court held, «where a party forms the view that the divergence of interests between the insurer and its insured is such that the insured's representation by counsel appointed by the insurer might prejudice the fairness of a trial, the party is obliged to seek appropriate relief promptly from the court, certainly well before trial.»

According to an Editorial in the October 8, 2017 edition of The Orange County Register, California ranked 47th out of the 50 states in terms of overall fairness and reasonableness of its liability system based on a survey by the U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Research of 1,321 in - house general counsel, senior litigators, or attorneys and other senior executives having recent litigation experience in the states they evaluated.

To deal with the growing complexity of professional regulation, regulatory bodies regularly utilize general counsel services to assist them in governing with a focus on the public interest, procedural fairness, and transparencTo deal with the growing complexity of professional regulation, regulatory bodies regularly utilize general counsel services to assist them in governing with a focus on the public interest, procedural fairness, and transparencto assist them in governing with a focus on the public interest, procedural fairness, and transparency.

impact on the accused from delay in proceedings, particularly if the accused is in custody; · conduct of counsel, e.g. if counsel gave reasonable notice to the accused to allow the accused to seek other means of representation, or if counsel sought leave of the court to withdraw at the earliest possible time; · impact on the Crown and any co ‑ accused; · impact on complainants, witnesses and jurors; · fairness to defence counsel, including consideration of the expected length and complexity of the proceedings; · the history of the proceedings, e.g. if the accused has changed lawyers repeatedly.

To overturn a conviction on the basis of ineffective assistance, counsel's conduct must have undermined the appearance of the fairness of the trial or the reliability of the verdict.

A professional bar association founded in 1958, NACDL's approximately 9,200 direct members in 28 countries - and 90 state, provincial and local affiliate organizations totaling up to 40,000 attorneys — include private criminal defense lawyers, public defenders, active U.S. military defense counsel, law professors and judges committed to preserving fairness within America's criminal justice system.

Before counseling a managing partner to adopt HP's strategy, one should, in fairness, note that Christensen titled HP's story «Survival By Suicide.»

For example, in complex cases such as those involving brain injuries as a matter of fairness it may be necessary to provide defence counsel with a longer period than would be available under the usual regime in order to schedule appointments with certain kinds of experts.

A position utilizing my proven ability to manage employee relation matters company - wide including providing counsel and guidance to managers and associates regarding the company's policies and procedures as well as conducting internal investigations, preparing required legal and government reports, and ensuring that all terminations, investigations and employee relations matters are handled with consistency and fairness and...

The new law promotes fairness in divorce cases by giving a needy spouse — who does not have the money to retain legal counsel — the same opportunity as the wealthier spouse to hire a skilled Orlando divorce attorney who is competent to handle all aspects of their case.