Sentences with phrase «highest civil court»

For the elected judges on the state's highest civil court, the trick is to survive politically without thinking about politics — even on big political issues like school finance.

The Court of Appeal decided that a reference to the CJEU was necessary as, although the decision of the Bundesgerichtshof was persuasive (as it is the highest civil court in Germany), the meaning of «the Member State where the act of infringement has been committed» in Art. 97 (5) / 125 (5) of the EU Trade Mark Regulation had not been decided by the CJEU, and it considered that the decision not to allocate jurisdiction in circumstances where there was activity in Country A which led to infringement of the EU trade mark in Country B, would give rise to there being no jurisdiction at all for such infringement.

A SENIOR judge has ordered the former wife of a gangster to leave his home following a proceeds of crime case at Scotland's highest civil court

He holds rights of audience in the higher civil courts.

In the higher civil courts, judges often note that the disputes that end up being finally litigated will often have high levels of task complexity (that is they may involve large amounts of information, complex transactions and multiple participants).

Not exact matches

On Ash Whitaker's second to last day of high school, he learned that he had won a major civil rights case at a federal appeals court.

When we seek instead to «pay something back to the victims and bring them closure,» we are doing a justice either lower (as in civil - court cases) or higher (as in repaying blood with blood)» but, in any case, something that should not be a model for how we deal with criminals.

The high court in Pakistan, a Muslim - majority country, ruled on March 9 that citizens must declare their religious affiliation before joining government positions such as the military, civil service or judiciary system.

A former High Court judge and Christian has supported a bill for civil partnerships to be extended to... More

Not only did they play a prominent role in the imperial court, they also rose to positions of high standing in the church, in the army, in civil administration, and in wealthy private families.

Kong said that less than 10 years ago, Muslims could convert to other religions through a civil high court order or by obtaining an «exit certificate» from the government's Islamic department, for example.

Rebecca Ananian - Welsh and Kate Gover, «Before the High Court: Commonwealth v Director, Fair Work Building Industry Inspectorate: The End of Penalty Agreements in Civil Pecuniary Penalty Schemes?

The High Court concluded that «in civil penalty proceedings, courts are not precluded from considering and, if appropriate, imposing penalties that are agreed between the parties» (quote taken from judgment summary).

The High Court unanimously allowed the appeals, concluding that the «decision in Barbaro does not apply to civil penalty proceedings and a court is not precluded from receiving and, if appropriate, accepting an agreed or other civil penalty submission.&rCourt unanimously allowed the appeals, concluding that the «decision in Barbaro does not apply to civil penalty proceedings and a court is not precluded from receiving and, if appropriate, accepting an agreed or other civil penalty submission.&rcourt is not precluded from receiving and, if appropriate, accepting an agreed or other civil penalty submission.»

ADM gets away with heavy - handed behavior, according to another civil antitrust suit filed against ADM and three other companies two weeks ago in a St. Paul, Minn., U.S. District Court, because it is the largest U.S. producer of high fructose corn syrup (HFCS), controlling about one - third of the $ 2.6 billion U.S. market.

The Illinois Appellate Court this week found that the judge in the McHenry civil case erred by raising the bar too high for state prosecutors seeking to ban Yvonne Cryns from practicing midwifery without a license.

«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.

The state's highest court will decide whether to make NYPD disciplinary records public in a case filed by the New York Civil Liberties Union with the support of multiple news organizations.

The government stated that there are 1,390 cases on civil litigations (legal disputes between two or more parties that seek money damages or specific performance rather than criminal sanctions) in Magistrate, High Courts, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court of Nigeria.

STATEN ISLAND — The New York Civil Liberties Union filed an appeal Tuesday to the state's highest court to release testimony from the Eric Garner grand jury.

Among the numerous other entrants, a civil society organisation submitted a list under the leadership of former president of the Slovenian Court of Audit, the country's highest court for supervising state public spenCourt of Audit, the country's highest court for supervising state public spencourt for supervising state public spending.

The Federal Government on Thursday arraigned a federal civil servant, Mr. Ibrahim Tumsah and his brother, Mr. Tijani Tumsah, before the Federal High Court in Abuja with failure to declare their assets to the Chief Okoi Obono - Obla - led Special Presidential Investigation Panel on the Recovery of Public Property.

The Empire Center for Public Policy, a think tank that tracks public pension costs, said Silver's pension may be as high as $ 98,000 if additional factors such as his pre-Albany experience as a New York City Civil Court clerk and other service credits are included.

Ozekhome said the order was brought pursuant to order 26 rule 8 (1) of the Federal High Court Civil Procedure Rule 2009 and Section 44 (1) of the 1999 constitution which gives the court the discretionary powers to adjudicate on such maCourt Civil Procedure Rule 2009 and Section 44 (1) of the 1999 constitution which gives the court the discretionary powers to adjudicate on such macourt the discretionary powers to adjudicate on such matter.

With the civil case ended Marriette Brew Oppong was to prosecute the criminal case against Woyome case at the High court and called eight witnesses, including former Deputy Minister of Finance, Kwaku Agyemang Manu and staff of the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning as well as the former Minister of Education, Youth and Sports, Yaw Osafo - Maafo.

In a letter to Cuomo, the lawmakers wrote the need for an openly gay judge on the state's highest court is especially important given the concerns over the civil rights policies of the new Trump administration in Washington.

An appellate court upheld a high - level fellowship program started in 2014 by Cuomo that drew the ire of public workers unions, whose leaders said it circumvented the system of civil service promotions.

«By virtue of the powers conferred on her by order 79 of the High Court (Civil Procedure) Rules, 2004 (C.I 47), the Lady Chief Justice has...

Retired judge George Bundy Smith, who sat on New York state's highest court and earlier in life was arrested as a civil rights «Freedom Rider,» died Saturday.

But in her motion challenging the EFCC's ex parte application, Mrs. Jonathan, through her lawyers, argued that the EFCC's «Ex parte Originating Summons» was not one of the modes of commencement of action under Order 3, Rule 1 of the Federal High Court (Civil Procedure Rules) 2009, and that it was not known or provided for by any law or rules of cCourt (Civil Procedure Rules) 2009, and that it was not known or provided for by any law or rules of courtcourt.

The state's highest court will decide whether to make NYPD disciplinary records public in a case filed by the New York Civil Liberties Union with the support of news organizations including The New York Post.

However, the counsel to the claimant F.A Ademu had filed a motion for default judgement against the defendant having failed to file their statement of defense within 30 days as provided in the state high court (civil procedure) rule 2006.

«The disengaged staff, through the former NBA boss, Esthon instituted an action against their employer (Stirling Civil Engineering Company Limited) at the Adamawa State High Court sitting in Yola, and had the judgment entered in their favour».

She tweeted: «EFCC arraigned before a Federal High Court in Abuja 9 civil servants charged with involvement in Payroll fraud.

«I call on members of Peoples» Democratic Party (PDP), Civil Society Groups, International community and well - meaning individuals to come to the aid of Okai and resist the efforts aimed at scuttling his release after a Federal High Court, Lokoja granted him bail penultimate week.»

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) on Wednesday said a Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court has remanded two civil servants in...

The phrase «balance of evidence» was used deliberately to suggest the (English) common - law standard of proof required in civil as opposed to criminal courts: not as high as «beyond reasonable doubt».

Copyright 1988 Washington — The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether an appellate court misinterpreted key civil - rights laws in a suit involving the racially motivated dismissal of a Dallas high - school football cCourt has agreed to decide whether an appellate court misinterpreted key civil - rights laws in a suit involving the racially motivated dismissal of a Dallas high - school football ccourt misinterpreted key civil - rights laws in a suit involving the racially motivated dismissal of a Dallas high - school football coach.

The high court will also use an employment - discrimination case from the private sector to clarify whether Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the main federal job - discrimination law, covers retaliation by employers against former employees as well as job applicants...

High expectations for students with unique needs An important case being heard by the U.S. Supreme Court on Jan 11, Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District, is being supported by civil rights groups and school choice advocates alike.

Just as importantly, eight decades of court rulings — driven by the courtroom work of civil rights activists and school funding equity advocates — also provides reformers with the legal arguments necessary to challenge tenure laws and other policies that impede the constitutional obligation of states to provide children with high - quality education.

The thoughtful, detailed analysis and judgment of the proposed move by the federal government to create a national securities regulator shows how little improvement there really is likely to be for the individual investor in solving key problems: high fees for mutual funds, costly access to government of Canada securities, lack of fiduciary responsibility by the industry towards investors, inadequate civil court recourse against misbehaving financial firms, priority given to financial system protection over investor interests.

continuing problems in recruiting and retaining blacks and other minorities at the top law firms; the rise of a small group of lawyers who focus on Supreme Court cases; the decline in civil rights cases that make it to the high court; and the court's dwindling caseCourt cases; the decline in civil rights cases that make it to the high court; and the court's dwindling casecourt; and the court's dwindling casecourt's dwindling caseload.

It held that there is nothing in the Constitution that confers exclusive jurisdiction on the Federal High Court to determine criminal causes and matters in respect of the civil matters for which exclusive jurisdiction is conferred by the Constitution under Section 251 (1).

The draft order seeks to reduce all fees payable in civil and family matters by 10 %; and limit the level of enhancements that can be paid to solicitors in civil and family cases at 100 % for cases heard in the Upper Tribunal High Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court and 50 % for all other proceedings.

She has a formidable record of success in arguments before the Supreme Court, and is notable for her high - profile work in civil rights cases as well as large - scale commercial appeals.

First, the Court and proponents of the LLLT program stated that, based on the Civil Legal Needs Study findings, the high cost of lawyers is the primary cause of the justice gap.

From civil or tax litigation in federal courts, state courts or administrative agencies, to corporate planning and wealth preservation planning ™, every client of this legal firm receives the same high level of personalized legal service from the attorneys and members of the law firm and the staff.

During the program, I had the opportunity to go to civil court, a high profile criminal court case, as well as tour the Osgoode Hall Law Library in downtown Toronto.

The Court of Appeal ruled this week that the proposed residence test for civil legal aid is not unlawful, overturning the a judgment by the High Court last year that the secondary legislation implementing the test was ultra vires and unjustifiably discriminatory.