Sentences with phrase «for superior court»

Here, however, the AGC was named as a respondent by ACJ Douglas, which meant that the AGC was placed in a fundamental conflict «between two public interest positions — on the one hand, defending the process and the Committee's decision... and, on the other, abandoning that responsibility in deference to the direct role of the AGC as Minister of Justice in the disciplinary process for superior court judges» (para. 7).

Previously, he served as court administrator, chief deputy administrator, and CIO for the superior court in Maricopa County (Arizona) and as assistant AOC director (court services), court administrator (17th Circuit), and assistant superintendent of detention and probation officers in Illinois.

Before trial, the driver argued that evidence of his blood alcohol content (BAC) should be suppressed because his lack of privacy to freely communicate with his attorney resulted in a violation of his rule based right to counsel under CrR 3.1 of the criminal rules for superior court in Washington State.

During law school, he clerked for a superior court judge, a national research laboratory, and a capital defense non-profit organization.

Women lawyers, between 2006 and 2015, applied for superior court judicial appointments in Canada at roughly half the rate of men in the same time period, reports Cristin Schmitz in the September 16, 2016 issue of The Lawyers Weekly.

I would urge the Judicial Council to examine the need for veterans» courts, however, and establish appropriate guidelines for the superior courts to follow.

But because the decision will be a first for superior courts in Canada, and because such decisions are binding upon the lower courts, the ruling will have broad impact.

The bright - line rules created in Jordan then created a presumptive ceiling of 18 months for provincial courts, and 30 months for superior courts (or those tried in provincial courts after a preliminary inquiry).

Not exact matches

The Enrollment Program also authorizes a superior court to have jurisdiction over enrollees by allowing it to «appoint a receiver, monitor, conservator, or other designated fiduciary or officer of the court for a defendant or the defendant's assets,» as well as authorizes the Commissioner of Business Oversight to «include in civil actions claims for ancillary relief, including restitution and disgorgement, on behalf of a person injured, as well as attorney's fees and costs, and civil penalties of up to $ 25,000» for up to four years after the purported violation occurred and «refer evidence regarding violations of the bill's provisions to the Attorney General, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network of the United States Department of the Treasury, or the district attorney of the county in which the violation occurred, who would be authorized, with or without this type of a reference, to institute appropriate proceedings.»

Attorneys for Monsignor William Lynn asked a Philadelphia court to dismiss charges of conspiracy and child endangerment based on documents that Lynn had informed his superiors - including the cardinal - that priests in the archdiocese were assaulting children.

Small claims court cases are much cheaper than superior court cases for both the plaintiff (the person doing the suing) and the defendant (the person being sued) because the parties are not allowed to have any attorneys represent them and other rules that simplify the lawsuit process, making the whole thing much cheaper, faster, and easier.

Samantha Caldwell is dedicated to keeping the public areas of Windsor Court pristine, and whether guests are reading in the Club Level Lounge or waiting for a friend in the lobby, they always notice her superior handiwork.

Given that the courts and government don't necessarily have a superior ability to sort of the truth of statements like these, these kinds of statements are given special protections from legal liability for being false.

The authority of this Court, like other superior courts of inherent jurisdiction, does not flow from legislation, as does, for example, the Provincial Court of Alberta.

They leave intact the huge advantage the state holds in any freedom of information dispute, since it can use its superior resources to delay requests in the courts for months or years.

Article 14 (1) Every person shall be entitled to his personal liberty and no person shall be deprived of his personal liberty except in the following cases and in accordance with procedure permitted by law; Article 19 (1) A person charged with a criminal offence shall be given a fair hearing within a reasonable time by a court; Article 19 (11) No person shall be convicted of a criminal offence unless the offence is defined and the penalty for it is prescribed in a written law; Article 19 (12) Clause (11) of this article shall not prevent a Superior Court from punishing a person for contempt of itself notwithstanding that the act or omission constitution the contempt is not defined in a written law and the penalty is not so prescribed; and Article 126 (2) The Superior Courts shall be superior courts of record and shall have the power to commit for contempt to themselves and all such powers as were vested in a court of record immediately before the coming into force of this constitucourt; Article 19 (11) No person shall be convicted of a criminal offence unless the offence is defined and the penalty for it is prescribed in a written law; Article 19 (12) Clause (11) of this article shall not prevent a Superior Court from punishing a person for contempt of itself notwithstanding that the act or omission constitution the contempt is not defined in a written law and the penalty is not so prescribed; and Article 126 (2) The Superior Courts shall be superior courts of record and shall have the power to commit for contempt to themselves and all such powers as were vested in a court of record immediately before the coming into force of this constituCourt from punishing a person for contempt of itself notwithstanding that the act or omission constitution the contempt is not defined in a written law and the penalty is not so prescribed; and Article 126 (2) The Superior Courts shall be superior courts of record and shall have the power to commit for contempt to themselves and all such powers as were vested in a court of record immediately before the coming into force of this constitCourts shall be superior courts of record and shall have the power to commit for contempt to themselves and all such powers as were vested in a court of record immediately before the coming into force of this constitcourts of record and shall have the power to commit for contempt to themselves and all such powers as were vested in a court of record immediately before the coming into force of this constitucourt of record immediately before the coming into force of this constitution.

Robinson's nomination now heads to the floor of the House and Senate for a vote, along with Democratic Governor Dannel Malloy's last batch of 30 superior court judge nominees who had hearings on Monday.

BROOKLYN SUPREME COURT — NYPD Officer Shaun Landau and his partner Peter Liang bickered about who should call their superiors for four minutes after shooting unarmed Brooklyn man Akai Gurley in a stairwell, Landau testified in court on TueCOURT — NYPD Officer Shaun Landau and his partner Peter Liang bickered about who should call their superiors for four minutes after shooting unarmed Brooklyn man Akai Gurley in a stairwell, Landau testified in court on Tuecourt on Tuesday.

Cioca's superiors told her that she would be court - martialed for lying if she went forward with her case; almost all of the film's seven subjects recall similar threats of retaliation.

In June 2012, L.A. superior court judge Terry Green ruled that the district should factor in rooms not being used for regular classes.

Though talks had broken off early in the week, a superior - court judge on Sept. 7 ordered both sides back to the bargaining table, said Beryl Kenyon, a spokeswoman for Mayor Vincent A. Cianci Jr..

The pitch for greater judicial involvement comes as a state superior court judge must decide whether Connecticut's integration efforts have been adequate, or if more needs to be done to reduce the racial and ethnic isolation that persists among the schools in the Hartford region.

A superior court judge adjourned for the day without ruling whether he would keep open two Magnolia Public Schools (MPS) charters for the start of the school year next month.

Lawmakers put the $ 11 million back into the public school budget, meaning they will have to draw the funds from somewhere else in the $ 21 billion budget to pay for the voucher program, which was temporarily halted by a superior court judge in February, but that decision was reversed by the state Supreme Court a few weekscourt judge in February, but that decision was reversed by the state Supreme Court a few weeksCourt a few weeks ago.

A North Carolina superior court judge will hold a hearing Wednesday on whether the state is providing every student with the opportunity for an adequate education.

«A Bridgeport superior court judge Wednesday ordered Bridgeport Superintendent Paul Vallas to leave office immediately because he doesn't have the necessary credentials for the job.

A superior court judge has issued orders requiring Aspire Public Schools to return to three local district boards in Los Angeles, Sacramento and Stockton for permission to continue operation of six charter schools.

After the first week of the groundbreaking trial Vergara vs. California in a California superior court, lawyers and witnesses talked a lot about ineffective teachers, arcane rules for dismissing them and how much money it costs.

(The maximum claim threshold is different for every province and ranges from $ 5,000 to $ 25,000; anything above the threshold has to be registered in a superior court of justice.)

An action by the attorney general for violations of this chapter may be brought in the circuit or superior court of Marion County.

(i) A judge of a superior court may order the return of the deposit prior to the expiration of two years upon evidence satisfactory to the judge that there are no outstanding claims against the deposit or order the Secretary of State to retain the deposit for a sufficient period beyond the two years specified in subdivision (g) to resolve outstanding claims against the deposit account.

Please note that the final decision as to whether a course satisfies the training requirements for humane officer appointment rests with the superior court charged with confirming the appointment.

Or for land - based action there are superior tennis courts lit up for night - time action plus squash courts and a gym nearby.

The Scuba Dive Group Packages include: 7 nights superior accommodation, 12 boat dives and xtra scheduled shore diving, substitution day dive for night dive to max of two, breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea and dinner, all tax and service, airport transfer both ways, a welcome cocktail, manager's rum punch party, mini-sailing, windsurfing, snorkeling, use of tennis court, tennis equipment, guided tour of Old French Colonial Plantation, basket of local fruit, use of beach chairs and beach towels and last, no least — the private group farewell party!

Recommendation 2: The Committee recommends that the Government of Canada take immediate steps to ensure that an efficient and expeditious system is in place for making the necessary judicial appointments to provincial superior courts.

Young lawyers are not getting enough exposure to the real world,» says Thomas Zuber, a retired superior and appeal court judge who also practised law and taught at the University of Windsor for many years.

However, in cases where a failure to give proper disclosure has made a fair trial impossible, or prevented the court from doing justice, or in instances of a flagrant abuse of process, a superior court will exercise its inherent jurisdiction — its power to control its own procedure so as to prevent it from being used to achieve injustice — to strike out the case before or during a trial (see for example Raja v Van Hoogstraten and others [2006] EWHC 1315 (Ch) and CPR 3.4 (5)-RRB-.

The creation of three designated broadcast rooms — for the provincial, superior, and appeal court — is part of a pilot project designed by the province's three chief justices and intended to «create a comfort level» with media in order to facilitate coverage of cases that have strong public interest and educational aspects.

The state Supreme Court vacated the judgment of the superior court, holding that the plaintiff's expert's affidavit, combined with the documents that were available to the hearing justice, raised a material issue of fact as to whether Arden Engineering was responsible for Limoges's inCourt vacated the judgment of the superior court, holding that the plaintiff's expert's affidavit, combined with the documents that were available to the hearing justice, raised a material issue of fact as to whether Arden Engineering was responsible for Limoges's incourt, holding that the plaintiff's expert's affidavit, combined with the documents that were available to the hearing justice, raised a material issue of fact as to whether Arden Engineering was responsible for Limoges's injury.

Creed Taylor, the proprietor of a private law school in Needham, Virginia, organized his entire teaching around the moot court program, organized into a county monthly court, a county quarterly court, a county superior court, a general court, a superior court of chancery, and a supreme court of appeals, with written depositions for use as evidence.152

This November, two candidates competed for a seat on the superior court (an intermediate appellate court) and four appellate judges, including two supreme court justices, stood for retention.

The TWU litigation in BC: In British Columbia, a superior court heard and allowed TWU's application for review (2015 BCSC 2326, available here).

In Upjohn Co. v. United States, 6 the United States Supreme Court held that a company's attorney — client privilege extends to company counsel's communications with employees in certain prescribed circumstances.7 Rather than providing a simple objective test, the Upjohn court instead established five factors to guide courts in determining whether the company's privilege should extend to counsel's communications with its employees: (1) whether the communications were made by employees at the direction of superior officers of the company for the purpose of obtaining legal advice; (2) whether the communications contained information necessary for counsel to render legal advice, which was not otherwise available from «control group» management; (3) whether the matters communicated were within the scope of the employee's corporate duties; (4) whether the employee knew that the communications were for the purpose of the company obtaining legal advice; and (5) whether the communications were ordered to be kept confidential by the employee's superiors, including that the communications were considered confidential at the time and kept confidential subsequent to the interview.8 When these elements are established, courts generally consider communications between company counsel and an employee to be within the scope of the company's attorney — client privilCourt held that a company's attorney — client privilege extends to company counsel's communications with employees in certain prescribed circumstances.7 Rather than providing a simple objective test, the Upjohn court instead established five factors to guide courts in determining whether the company's privilege should extend to counsel's communications with its employees: (1) whether the communications were made by employees at the direction of superior officers of the company for the purpose of obtaining legal advice; (2) whether the communications contained information necessary for counsel to render legal advice, which was not otherwise available from «control group» management; (3) whether the matters communicated were within the scope of the employee's corporate duties; (4) whether the employee knew that the communications were for the purpose of the company obtaining legal advice; and (5) whether the communications were ordered to be kept confidential by the employee's superiors, including that the communications were considered confidential at the time and kept confidential subsequent to the interview.8 When these elements are established, courts generally consider communications between company counsel and an employee to be within the scope of the company's attorney — client privilcourt instead established five factors to guide courts in determining whether the company's privilege should extend to counsel's communications with its employees: (1) whether the communications were made by employees at the direction of superior officers of the company for the purpose of obtaining legal advice; (2) whether the communications contained information necessary for counsel to render legal advice, which was not otherwise available from «control group» management; (3) whether the matters communicated were within the scope of the employee's corporate duties; (4) whether the employee knew that the communications were for the purpose of the company obtaining legal advice; and (5) whether the communications were ordered to be kept confidential by the employee's superiors, including that the communications were considered confidential at the time and kept confidential subsequent to the interview.8 When these elements are established, courts generally consider communications between company counsel and an employee to be within the scope of the company's attorney — client privilege.9

A defendant in a criminal proceeding may petition to the superior court for a writ of prohibition to prevent an inferior court from proceeding with the case because it does not fall under its jurisdiction.

The reason for this is fairly straightforward, too: a superior court ruling would overturn a decision by the judge, and so carries more weight.

So, for example, even if a superior repeatedly points out to the person that he should ditch the here - and - there words and other forms of legalese (as The Lawyerist's Andy Mergendahl has advised here), or that nominalizations and buried verbs should be reworked into active voice, or that Enclosed please find (PDF) is silly and should be stricken from all correspondence, a month or two later the superior will see these legal - writing foibles in a letter, memorandum, or, worse, a brief filed with a court.

* Study and explore the possibility of the development of a judicial protocol with the aim to: * Allow for communication among judges in overlapping class actions proceedings * Coordinate and harmonize activities in proposed overlapping class proceedings in order to maximize efficiency, reduce costs and avoid the duplication of effort; * Honour the independence and integrity of the superior courts while promoting inter-provincial cooperation and respect for comity; * Implement a framework of general principles to address basic administrative issues arising out of national and multijurisdictional class actions; and * Provide for nationally - accepted carriage motions.

A report published last year by the commissioner of official languages recommended stricter tests for assessing the language skills of superior court judges.

This is the finding of the Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs, which yesterday released its 205 - page report, «Delaying Justice is Denying Justice», outlining the problems in the criminal justice system post-Jordan, a drug case which set 18 - month deadlines for trials in provincial courts and 30 - month deadlines for trials in superior courts.

California's may be for all of its superior / appellate courts, for example.