Sentences with phrase «for examination of witnesses»

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

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She said Director of Election Operations Anna Svizzero expressed dismay at the delay and confirmed that the board could not receive evidence, hear witnesses and / or allow for their cross examination.

Justice Gabriel Kolawole adjourned the case for further examination and re-examination of witnesses.

At the resumed hearing of the case on Tuesday, the prosecutor, Mr Rotimi Oyedepo, concluded his examination in chief for the first prosecution witness Idowu Olusegun is a media consultant, under the name and style of Paste Posters Company Ltd..

The court on April 25 adjourned the matter for cross examination after the testimony of the first prosecution witness, Mr. Victor Ehiabhi.

After listening to both counsel, Justice John Tsoho adjourned the matter until July 7 for the cross examination of the first prosecution witness and continuation of trial.

Not only did some parents take their children out of school in protest at the reintroduction of examination for seven year olds, the DfE also witnessed the leak of a highly confidential SATs paper the day before examinations were due to take place.

Marking the fiftieth anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, «Witness» is a rare curatorial examination of how visual artists and photographers interpreted the struggle for racial justice in the 1960s.

«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.

It is important to allow time to simply think through the case be it considering the credibility of a particular witness, rehearsing lines of cross examination or perhaps even polishing off arguments for a speech.

However, eight of those reasons were circumstances that arose after the commencement of the action and were thus irrelevant to the analysis (the defendant's offer to settle; the defendant's failure to apply to move the action to the Small Claims Court; the defendant's denial of liability for the plaintiff's injury; the insurer's characterization of the collision as low impact; the exchange of 60 documents; the defendant's motion for a Rule 66 hearing and eventual removal; a Rule 28 examination of a witness; and the absence of expert evidence tendered by the defendant).

Form 19 — Affidavit Form 20 — Requisition Form 21 (1)(a)-- Notice of Appeal Form 45 — Answer Form 65 — Notice of Motion Form 81 — List of Documents (Partial Disclosure) Form 82 (3)-- List of Documents (Full Disclosure) Form 82 (4) A&B — Affidavit of Documents Form 103 (1)-- Notice to Attend Form 103 (4)-- Subpoena to Witness Form 113 — Questions on Written Examination for Discovery Form 114 — Answers on Written Examination for Discovery Form 123 — Joint Application for Time and Place of Hearing Form 130 — Request to Admit Form 131 — Response to Request to Admit Form 141 (1)-- Subpoena to Witness (at Hearing)

Consequently, for a judge not to allow defense voir dire / cross examination questioning of a prosecution witness before a damning exhibit is allowed into evidence, presents not only a Due Process issue but also a possible perception of pro-prosecutorial bias of the judge, whether or not that bias exists, at least in the eyes of laypeople watching the trial, when a critical element of a sufficiently functioning judicial system is for the public to perceive judges as following their oaths of office.

The tort claim process typically includes the following steps: • Investigation of the accident and evidence gathering / review (medical reports, witness statements, etc.) • Expert assessment of the needs and damages of the injured party • Provide an official statement of claim • Receive statement of defence • Prepare, submit, and receive affidavits of documents for all parties involved • Attend examinations for discovery with your lawyer • Attempt to settle the tort claim out of court by negotiating, mediating, or engaging in pre-trial measures • Trial

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.

Finally, the New Code now specifically establishes rules surrounding written examinations, which were sometimes conducted in the case of out of province witnesses or as a substitute for particulars.

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.

But any lawyer who had previously done an examination for discovery or cross-examination in trial of that witness would also have that insight,» said the judge.

Thus, like cross-examination, direct examination becomes an opportunity for the examiner to argue his or her case through the window of a witness.

From the perspective of trial advocacy and forensic challenges, a keenly contested arbitration concerning the construction of three large leachate tanks constructed for a large uranium and gold mining facility posed particular challenges in cross examination of the large number of witnesses of 30 days in the conduct of cross-examination of experts giving concurrent evidence in five disciplines over seven consecutive days.

Advances have been made in the quality of communication via videoconferencing, which has all but eliminated the problems often associated with videoconferencing in the early days of its use, which involved time delays in the transmission and which in turn frequently resulted in counsel and witnesses talking over each other and which made for a less than satisfactory method of conducting both direct or cross examination.

Consults with other attorneys regarding preparation for depositions of state expert witnesses and cross examination for trial.

Mr. Hiatt is always prepared for all aspects of trial, including pretrial motions, jury selection, opetning and closing arguments, and witness examination.

We need to spend hours and days and weeks doing this witness preparation and cover all bases of evidence and all contingencies for trial developments and cross examination.

Specific topics which have been covered in recent conferences include judicial ethics; interpreters; delivering reasons for judgment; assessing credibility; social media; technology and search warrants; managing a provincial offence trial; effectively communicating an oral judgment; risk assessment and indicators of lethality at bail hearings; the Youth Criminal Justice Act; eye - witness identification; conducting pre-trials; specific issues at trials of regulatory offences; fly - in - courts, residential schools; application of Gladue principles; mistrials and bias; accident reconstruction; search warrant issues; domestic violence issues; orders for examination under the Mental Health Act; child apprehension warrants under the Child and Family Services Act; evidentiary issues; discrimination and harassment in the workplace; stress management; and pre-retirement planning.

-LSB-...] The Alberta Law Reform Institute considered whether the New Rules should allow litigants to be assisted by a «McKenzie friend» adopting the definition of a McKenzie friend as being a -LSB-...] The McKenzie friend's support may range from a role similar to a legal expert (prompting the litigant to make useful points and representations, and examination of witnesses and giving -LSB-...] The rationale for allowing a McKenzie friend is fairness to self - represented litigants: R. v. Leicester City Justice; ex parte Barrow, [1991] 3 All E.R. 935, cited in CM 12.18 -LSB-...]

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.

He has authored chapters in Inside the Minds: Witness Preparation and Examination for DUI Proceedings (Aspatore Books) in both its 2009 and 2010 editions -» The Examination of Prosecution and Defense Witnesses» (2009) and» The Impact of 2009 Case Decisions on DUI Prosecution and Defense Expert Witnesses.»

He has advocated for claimants with complex psychiatric and / or physical disabilities, providing comprehensive preparation for hearings with claimants, analysis & interpretation of medical & psychiatric records, as well as cross examination of medical & vocational witnesses.

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

Tribunal members would have the ability to shape the hearing process in a manner that is proportionate to the importance and complexity of the issues, which might include: limiting the number of witnesses; limiting examinations in chief by, for example, requiring that all or some evidence be given by affidavit; allowing hearsay from identified sources; admitting unsworn material such as letters and emails into evidence; and, requiring that argument be provided partially or entirely in writing.

(2) For the purpose of arriving at the facts, the judge has all the powers of the returning officer with regard to the attendance and examination of witnesses or the judge may act upon the evidence taken by the returning officer.

Instead, he attempted to use the privileged document for the purpose of cross-examining the witness during his examination for discovery.

At the very least, the Collaborative Process avoids time and cost - consuming litigation and adversarial proceedings, such as depositions, examinations of multiple expert witnesses, and the time consumed when attorneys have to be paid to wait for hours to be heard, as well as the court hearings themselves.

In addition, there are «disbursements» (court filing fees, faxes, photocopying, postage, the costs of experts» reports or testimony in court, witness fees, the horrendous cost of an Examination for Discovery and its transcript).