Sentences with phrase «front of the court of law»

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Perry said accounting firms and their employees might be covered by another provision of the law, but not the whistle - blower section in front of the court.

Reuters: Saudi clerics protest against appointing women to advisory body Dozens of Saudi clerics staged a rare protest in front of the Royal Court on Tuesday against King Abdullah's decision to appoint women to a body that advises the government on new laws, a sign of growing conservative unease at modest social reforms.

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According to the Court, the laws in question — laws that govern teacher tenure, dismissal, and layoffs — impose substantial harm on California's students by forcing administrators to push passionate, inspiring teachers out of the school system and keep grossly ineffective teachers in front of students year after year.

As the court explained, the so - called environmental group consisted of partners from the law firm.21 Using this front group, the law firm sent out hundreds of demand letters charging businesses with failure to provide warnings.22 The firm would use these demand letters to, in the words of the court, «extort» payments of attorney fees or contributions to the front group.23

As a rule of international law applicable in the relations between the parties, the Court ruled that the principle of self - determination had to be taken into account when interpreting the territorial scope of the AA in accordance with the rule codified in Article 31 (3)(c) VCLT, and that the application to Western Sahara was thus excluded (Front Polisario paras 88 - 92).

As it had done in Front Polisario, the Court relied on the customary rules of treaty interpretation reflected in the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (VCLT) in order to interpret the agreements» provisions on territorial scope.

In one particular group, I have received a certain amount of kickback when I suggest that lawyers should play a larger role at the front end of family law disputes, in order to steer as many of those disputes away from court as possible.

Litigants will be able to apply to appear in front of a panel of senior counsel, former Supreme Court law clerks, and professors of law who will critique their presentation and advocacy skills.

By concentrating on the legal interpretation of the GC, the Court could avoid a consideration of the claims brought by Front Polisario, which included potentially valid accusations relating to the violation of fundamental principles of EUlaw and international law.

And although the Front Polisario lost its appeal and was denied standing, it does not leave the Court room empty handed: the inapplicability of the Agreements to Western Sahara and the explicit confirmation of its distinct status under international law is after all, effectively, the result they sought to achieve in the first place.

As ever, 2017 was case law heavy on the public children front with the courts continuing to struggle with both the volume of cases, lack of resource and, in some cases, litigants in person.

In some jurisdictions, e.g., Texas, driving faster than the posted speed limit is only the prima facie evidence of an unreasonable speed, where, if charged with a violation, one could still argue in the court of law, in front of a jury of one's peers, that the speed was nonetheless safe, reasonable and prudent.

The Court considered that the appellant's scheme was only defective in so far as it required payment up front at the time of the application as EU law permits a fee covering enforcement costs becoming due upon the grant of a licence.

In a confidential manner, we present your case in front of a de-facto «jury of your peers» before it is tried in a court of law.

After articling at an established medium - sized Vancouver firm myself 26 years ago, and pretty well staying with downtown Vancouver firms for most of my professional life, I'd have to say that students who article in Surrey or practise for their first few years there (or for that matter, any place outside of downtown Vancouver), may have a greater opportunity for getting into court on a regular basis than their downtown counterparts, who can be stuck compiling lists of documents on multimillion - dollar deals and doing memos of law while their Surrey colleagues are in trial after trial, and chambers application after chambers application, cutting their teeth in front of judges.

High Court judge Mr Justice Knowles says lawyers can do more to «get behind» public legal education and improve understanding of the rule of law, while Mishcon de Reya's James Libson argues that London's biggest commercial law firms could offer more support to other parts of the profession, such as the legal aid practices defending the public on the front lines of society.

DWP Law Office has handled cases in front of the family court, district court and the Nevada Supreme Ccourt, district court and the Nevada Supreme Ccourt and the Nevada Supreme CourtCourt.

At ROSS, we are committed to partnering with national and state bar associations, like the New Hampshire Bar Association, state and local - level access - to - justice commissions, the courts, pro bono and public interest groups, legal services organizations and law schools throughout the country, to not only enhance the delivery of legal services to those in need but to offer support to the heroic work already being performed by those on the front lines.

During Spencer's employment with the Law Office of Mary Dryovage in 2005, Spencer represented federal employees in front of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Merit Systems Protection Board, and co-chaired a discrimination trial in front of Chief Justice Patel in Northern District Federal Court.

As EU law is according to Eco-Swiss a public policy ground which requires national courts to review arbitral awards for their compatibility with EU law, this means that any arbitral awards where the arbitration seat is in an EU Member State, or the recognition and enforcement of the award in an EU Member State is sought, can be successfully challenged in front of national EU courts.

The Ontario Court of Appeal recently weighed in on the law surrounding the withdrawal of mechanical life support, an issue that promises to remain front and center in...

The Maine business law attorney professionals have depth and experience in labor law and civil litigation in front of all forums including state and federal courts and administrative agencies such as:

Case work includes interviewing and counseling the client, filing a petition or complaint, preparing and gathering documentary evidence, appearing in court for status conferences or hearings, or appearing in front of an administrative law judge.

What we won't do is advise you to run a hopeless defence based on a spurious point of law, which costs you money and just makes matters worse for you in front of the court.

I argued last week that the Supreme Court should find British Columbia's «hearing fees,» which litigants must pay to bring a case in front of a judge, unconstitutional as a violation of the principle of the Rule of Law.

The court's decision to take on the legally dubious King v. Burwell case, she writes, positions the court on «the front lines of a partisan war,» and puts «not only the Affordable Care Act, but the court itself» in peril.Greenhouse contrasts this case with the previous challenge the court took up to Obamacare, pointing out that this time what's in question isn't the constitutionality of the law, but its statutory interpretation — what did Congress intend and did the government interpret and implement the statute correctly.

The two clear indications of practicing Chinese law would include appearing in front of a Chinese court and they can not give legal opinions under Chinese law,» said another international lawyer.

Technology Law and Policy Clinic — Students advocate in the public interest concerning technology issues in front of regulatory entities, courts, legislatures, and standard setting bodies.

Firms like Axess law operating out of Walmart providing affordable basic legal services, legal insurance plans like DAS, prepaid legal plans, unbundling of legal services to paralegals, increasing the limits one can sue for in small claims court where litigants and represent themselves, front ended call centres where you can access free basic legal advice, employment sponsored legal plans, etc..

Not merely the lead on the front page, but 2 full pages inside with detailed examinations of the court voting record on the major public law cases.

And while it is true most of my students are not likely to practice in front of the U.S. Supreme Court, I have no doubt they will be doing this work in front of various state supreme courts, probably on this very law.

Whether you live in Cary or Raleigh, if you choose to get this sorted out in the courts, you will be in front of one of the family law judges in Wake County District Court.

Also on the legal front, Poelina sees hope in the growing use by Indigenous people of international courts of justice, including work by UK barrister Polly Higgins advocating for a law of Ecocide, that would prohibit extensive damage, destruction to or loss of human and non-human life.

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