Sentences with phrase «higher courts advocacy»

Such an extension would have dramatically cut the cost base for firms, allowing more investment in solicitors doing the casework and higher court advocacy — the two areas where great skills are needed.

High Court advocacy in relation to a challenge to entitlement to compensation for sterilisation of minerals following pipeline development.

The fundamentals Sir Geoffrey's fundamental complaint is that the system of appointing silks is a «glorification of advocacy» and that by concentrating upon its stated aim of identifying excellence in higher court advocacy, it excludes the majority of solicitors from obtaining the status of QC.

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«With his work at the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, and to be just the third African American on the state's highest court, he exhibited a lifelong advocacy for civil rights.

«A decade ago, New York's highest court ruled that our state must hand over billions of dollars to improve public education — but that money has not materialized,» said Zakiyah Ansari, the advocacy director of the Alliance for Quality Education, which organized the Jan. 10 press conference on the City Hall steps to kick off the lobbying push.

Several groups, led by the Campaign for Fiscal Equity (CFE), a nonprofit legal advocacy organization, filed suit in 1993 claiming that New York State was depriving New York City public school students of their constitutional rights to a «sound basic education,» a standard that had been prescribed in 1982 by the state's highest court (in New York, the Court of Appecourt (in New York, the Court of AppeCourt of Appeals).

The High Court recently considered whether the trial advocacy fee was payable where no court advocacy had actually taken place, in Mendes v Hochtief (UK) Construction Ltd [2016] EWHC 976 (QB), [2016] All ER (D) 18 (Court recently considered whether the trial advocacy fee was payable where no court advocacy had actually taken place, in Mendes v Hochtief (UK) Construction Ltd [2016] EWHC 976 (QB), [2016] All ER (D) 18 (court advocacy had actually taken place, in Mendes v Hochtief (UK) Construction Ltd [2016] EWHC 976 (QB), [2016] All ER (D) 18 (May).

- The introduction of competitive tendering for criminal defence work (except for Crown Court advocacy and Very High Cost (Crime) cases).

- An aim to reduce fees for Crown Court advocacy and very high cost cases (VHCCs)(both litigation and advocacy), which are not included in the proposals for competition.

Finally, a global initiative hosted by the United Nations and led by high profile policymakers, including US Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, has recommended the liberalization of the regulation of legal services in order to allow nonlawyers and community - based organizations and advocacy groups to provide legal services to the poor, stating that «it is likely to improve access to justice for the poor substantially while imposing relatively few costs on society,» and that a «major attraction» of such liberalization is that it may require «fewer government or donor expenditures.»

Tuckers Solicitors has a first class in - house advocacy team, consisting of Barristers and Solicitor Higher Court Advocates.

Regularly being instructed in both the High Court and the County Court has allowed Kate to build on her specialist advocacy in company matters, alongside her drafting and advisory practice.

She routinely handles matters in the High Court and Court of Appeal, and impresses clients with the high quality of her written advice as well as her oral advocHigh Court and Court of Appeal, and impresses clients with the high quality of her written advice as well as her oral advochigh quality of her written advice as well as her oral advocacy.

The society is disappointed that the [panel] has failed to broaden the scheme rules to recognise that excellence is more than merely oral advocacy in the higher courts.

The firm undertakes both private and legal aid work and has a first class in - house advocacy team, consisting of Barristers and Solicitor Higher Court Advocates.

I have extensive advocacy experience in the Employment Tribunal and the EAT, as well as the higher courts.

He is a Deputy High Court Judge, a recorder, a Bencher of the Inner Temple, a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, a CEDR - accredited mediator and an advocacy trainer who has taught advocacy and advocacy training in England, South Africa and Bermuda.

In addition to thoughtful recommendations based on extensive legal knowledge, and aggressive advocacy in court when a high - asset divorce must be litigated, the Goldberg Law Group prides itself on attentive personal service.

This may also be a function of technology now facilitating the higher levels of research, written advocacy and court filings that were once considered peculiar to the appellate realm.

12.40 pm Our guests are now taking a break for lunch and networking — we'll be back underway at 2.00 pm for a special «Question Time» session, with a panel including High Court judge Mr Justice Knowles, Sir William Blair, Liberty advocacy director Corey Stoughton and Mishcon de Reya partner James Libson.

Tarl has advocacy experience in the First - tier Tribunal, the Upper Tier Tribunal and the High Court without being led.

In England, Marc Beaumont offers barrister services in advocacy and dispute resolution in the High Court, the County Courts and superior Appellate Courts, (the Court of Appeal, the Supreme Court and the Privy Council), before professional disciplinary tribunals and in Arbitration and Mediation.

I am delighted to be chairing a distinguished Question Time panel: Sir William Blair, formerly Judge in Charge of the Commercial Court until October 2017; Mr Justice Knowles CBE, Judge of the High Court; James Libson, Partner, Head of Private, Mishcon de Reya; Corey Stoughton, Advocacy Director, Liberty.

Kate has advocacy experience in terms of interim hearings and trials representing both claimants and defendants in small claims, fast track and multi-track claims in the County Court and High Court.

While in law school, he was named to the Dean's list for academic achievement, received awards for the highest grade in Legal Writing and Trial Advocacy; clerked at the Mississippi Supreme Court for Associate Justice James W. Kitchens; and completed an externship at the Jefferson County District Attorney's Office in Birmingham.

Some 75 high - achieving Year 12 students (aged 17) from low - income backgrounds from across the capital will take part in the week, which involves a three - and - a-half day placement with a barrister, a visit to either the Royal Courts of Justice or the UK Supreme Court, and a workshop on how to argue like a barrister, led by the Advocacy Training Council.

Dan's employment practice focuses in particular on the financial services and professional services sectors, and includes High Court, appellate and tribunal advocacy, recently involving a number of lengthy trials and injunction applications.

She has considerable experience in advisory work, settling pleadings, including schedules of special damages and counter schedules and her advocacy experience extends to a high level, including the High Cohigh level, including the High CoHigh Court.

Candidates had to satisfy a number of criteria, including experience of advocacy in the higher courts, experience in constitutional and administrative law, knowledge of the devolution settlement in Wales and of divergences between the law in England and in Wales, experience of working for or against the government or other public bodies and an appreciation of the particular characteristics of government litigation.

Apart from the handful of honoraries, only those who practise — to quote the official website — «oral and written advocacy before the higher courts, arbitrations and tribunals and equivalent bodies» are eligible.

Advocacy skills are hard to define and to distinguish from those required of the competent lawyer who does not get on his feet in the higher courts.

The Court of Appeal reversed the stay and ordered the prosecution to resume, but not without emphasising the fundamental importance of high quality advocacy for the proper functioning of the administration of justice.

In that time I was exposed to the most fascinating cases in the High Court and beyond (many of them have been reported) which allowed me to develop my knowledge base and advocacy skills which I am now able to offer to parents again.

Their monopoly of audience in the higher courts made that plausible, even though advocacy has been conducted by solicitors for generations in the lower courts.

As a practising solicitor advocate, he has undertaken advocacy before international tribunals and courts, including the High Court and Court of Appeal.

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS • Pursued legal and tax reform initiatives resulting in recovery of up till $ 20k in favor of the firm • Implemented contemporary and effective legal practice at the firm by training 16 junior attorneys in corporate law practices and court room hearing protocol • Achieved the High Achievers Award thrice for «Best court Room Advocacy»