Sentences with phrase «high legal burden»

The Court held that the firm had met the high legal burden and overcome the presumption regarding third - party guardianships set forth in the Barstad case.

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But the mayor appears to have benefited from a high burden of proof for federal corruption cases — made higher by a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision — and from the legal advice of his campaign attorney, who structured the Senate contributions to conform to the letter, if not the spirit, of state fundraising laws.

We reduce the day - to - day contract management burden on corporate legal and sourcing departments, allowing client resources to focus on high - level, strategic corporate initiatives.

The legal standard of legitimate government interest is a surprisingly high bar because it's very subjective and courts traditionally preume that all legislative acts are rational, placing the burden on the plaintiff to show that it's not.

Consequently, it is clear that applying the principles of promissory estoppel, to overcome the legal requirements of the Statute of Frauds, is a high standard that places a significant burden on the promisee.

Rhode Island Legal Services provides high quality legal assistance and representation to low - income individuals and eligible client groups for the purpose of improving their economic condition and overall wellbeing by protecting and enforcing legal rights, stabilizing the family unit and communities where clients live, promoting self reliance, ending domestic violence, preventing homelessness, affording dignity to all people, and reaching out to groups with added burdens on their ability to access the civil justice syLegal Services provides high quality legal assistance and representation to low - income individuals and eligible client groups for the purpose of improving their economic condition and overall wellbeing by protecting and enforcing legal rights, stabilizing the family unit and communities where clients live, promoting self reliance, ending domestic violence, preventing homelessness, affording dignity to all people, and reaching out to groups with added burdens on their ability to access the civil justice sylegal assistance and representation to low - income individuals and eligible client groups for the purpose of improving their economic condition and overall wellbeing by protecting and enforcing legal rights, stabilizing the family unit and communities where clients live, promoting self reliance, ending domestic violence, preventing homelessness, affording dignity to all people, and reaching out to groups with added burdens on their ability to access the civil justice sylegal rights, stabilizing the family unit and communities where clients live, promoting self reliance, ending domestic violence, preventing homelessness, affording dignity to all people, and reaching out to groups with added burdens on their ability to access the civil justice system.

The statistics for how rare convictions are in rape cases are well known, due to the high burden of proof in something that often differs from something completely legal only by the giving or denying...

For students interested in careers in social justice, (for example: anti-poverty law, legal aid positions, human rights and immigration), having a high debt burdens is effectively a barrier to employment within that field.

Our courts are already struggling with the costs and burdens associated with an increasing number of self - represented litigants who have been driven to stand alone in court by the crushing burden of high legal fees and expensive court proceedings.

It is surely unfair to burden the legal profession, and ultimately its clients, with the high costs of a system designed to promote the wider public interest.

Furthermore, the high prevalence of death results in Aboriginal people constantly facing the heavy burden of emotional, organisational, financial and legal demands which currently characterise funeral preparations and their aftermaths.