Sentences with phrase «in public interest litigation»

Social worker Gaurang Damani, in his public interest litigation, sought directions to insurance companies to come out with a pre-packaged compensation for policy holders.

Students may also have an opportunity to get involved in public interest litigation, including cases involving international trade and the privatization of public resources.

He has been involved in public interest litigation and access to justice projects in Sri Lanka and he is a member of the Clicklaw Editorial Committee.

The denial of costs in this case certainly may not rise to the level of collusion alleged here, but it does give rise for pause for lawyers engaging in public interest litigation.

He has also acted for a number of parties in Public Interest Litigation and Commissions Inquiry.

The Conference is aimed at both practitioners (lawyers and NGOs) who are engaged in public interest litigation and scholars who study and analyze the impact of these cases, all of whom seek to ensure that public interest litigation has the maximum social impact possible.

We're also in litigation in India, where we are the plaintiff in a public interest litigation suit with two Indian co-petitioners.

They are presenting the paper this Friday at a Symposium on the Role of Intervenors in Public Interest Litigation at the Faculty of Law of the University of Toronto.

It would bind the court to order costs against charities, NGOs and other organisations which offer their assistance to the court in public interest litigation in a wide set of ill - defined and broad circumstances that could rarely be predicted at the beginning of a case.

The lawyer should be well versed with issues of animal welfare in India and have experience in Public Interest Litigations.

Not exact matches

This was driven in part by the rise of public interest litigation — think, for example, of an environmental group finding a third - party plaintiff to sue a company to stop an environmentally sensitive development project.

I soon contacted the American Center for Law and Justice, a public - interest law firm that specializes in religious liberties litigation.

However, these amendments, leftover relics of discrimination from more than 100 years ago when a surge of Catholic immigrants caused some to worry about their religious influence in what was then Protestant public schools, continue to be used by opponents of school choice as whips against policymakers who have no interest in inviting litigation.

CFACT policy analyst Larry Bell reports that President Trump's EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt has dealt a death blow to the scurrilous practice of the EPA colluding with interest groups to alter public policy through staged litigation that denies opponents of their punitive schemes no opportunity for their own day in court.

In all other cases (and even to some extent the case of the cost of litigation), the benchers have been laudable in perpetually putting the public interest first and foremosIn all other cases (and even to some extent the case of the cost of litigation), the benchers have been laudable in perpetually putting the public interest first and foremosin perpetually putting the public interest first and foremost.

The Commission will be allowed to initiate review and inquiries into incidents of «tension and conflict» in a community, institution, industry or sector of the economy, as well as, authority to initiate or assist in cases where it is of the opinion that it is in the public interest to do so, which will invariably influence the direction of human rights litigation.

There may also be the opportunity to expand the civil litigation practice in our Ottawa office, including our public interest litigation.

Our attorneys are experienced in all aspects of Pennsylvania's Right - to Know Law, frequently representing requesters, public agencies and interested third parties in litigation before the Office of Open Records and Pennsylvania's appellate courts concerning requests for, and access to, government records.

Walter Olson, author of «The Litigation Explosion» (1991), explained in his Overlawyered.com blog that Mr. Thiel's approach was predictable after maintenance «metamorphosed around the 1960s into what we now know as the public interest litigation model: foundation or wealthy individual A pays BLitigation Explosion» (1991), explained in his Overlawyered.com blog that Mr. Thiel's approach was predictable after maintenance «metamorphosed around the 1960s into what we now know as the public interest litigation model: foundation or wealthy individual A pays Blitigation model: foundation or wealthy individual A pays B to sue C.

Mr. McShane has defended public contractors in bid protest actions and construction defect litigation, pursued commercial code and contract remedies for financial institutions and corporations, prosecuted and defended legal malpractice cases and protected lenders» interests in bankruptcy estates and civil forfeiture cases.

Sensitive and patient - confidential advice and litigation, focusing on assisting clients to maintain the overriding priority to act in the public interest and also to avoid reputational damage.

There is a public interest in ensuring that when, as here, parties arrive at an agreement on disclosure to avoid litigation, such that disclosure is volunteered on terms that include a protective order, the terms of the protective order not be modified unless there is a compelling reason to do so.

Mr. Winkler now limits his litigation practice to cases and causes which he feels are of public importance or advance the law in areas of interest to him.

But in the Court of Appeal Lord Justice Auld stated that confining the operation of the rule by reference to some time limit set close before litigation, does not fully serve the public policy interest underlying the rule.

Ways in which individuals can fight for rights, are by contributing towards interventions on cases and initiating litigation as a public interest litigant on: Designated Countries of Origin, The Designated Foreign National Regime, for the Refugee Protection and Refugee Appeal, and Humanitarian and Compassionate Consideration and Pre-Removal Risk.

In Mulholland v Mitchell [1971] AC 666, [1971] 1 All ER 307, Lord Hodson [at 674] stated the general proposition of English law, that the maxim interest rei publicae ut sit finis litium [the public interest is that there be an end to litigation] is, in the usual case, strictly followeIn Mulholland v Mitchell [1971] AC 666, [1971] 1 All ER 307, Lord Hodson [at 674] stated the general proposition of English law, that the maxim interest rei publicae ut sit finis litium [the public interest is that there be an end to litigation] is, in the usual case, strictly followein the usual case, strictly followed.

And by exposing charities and other interested parties who act in the public interest to greater financial risk these proposals will discourage public interest litigation.

Another situation is where there exist reasonable grounds to question the execution of the will or the testator's capacity in making the will, because of the public interest in giving effect to «valid wills that reflect the intention of competent testators», or where the litigation was necessary to ensure that the estate is properly administered.

In case of litigation, we might find sanctuary under the evolving «public interest responsible journalism defence «described in the 2007 Ontario case of Cusson v. Ottawa Citizen and the 2006 House of Lord's decision, Jameel v. Wall Street Journal EuropIn case of litigation, we might find sanctuary under the evolving «public interest responsible journalism defence «described in the 2007 Ontario case of Cusson v. Ottawa Citizen and the 2006 House of Lord's decision, Jameel v. Wall Street Journal Europin the 2007 Ontario case of Cusson v. Ottawa Citizen and the 2006 House of Lord's decision, Jameel v. Wall Street Journal Europe.

Prior to joining the litigation team at Lewis Johs, she was involved in the public interest arena prosecuting Family Court matters to verdict for the Administration of Children's Services in New York City where she became a supervising attorney.

penalizes the defendant for engaging in public participation «plaintiff» means a person who initiates or maintains a proceeding against a defendant; «proceeding» means any action, suit, matter, cause, counterclaim, appeal, or originating application that is brought in the Supreme Court or the Provincial Court, but does not include a prosecution for an offence or a crime; «public interest» means the whole of the subject matter invites public attention, or a matter in which the public has some substantial concern because it affects the welfare of citizens, or one to which considerable public notoriety or controversy has attached; «public participation» means communication or conduct aimed at influencing public opinion, or promoting further lawful action by the public or any government body, in relation to an issue of public interest; «Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation (SLAPP)» means a claim that arises from a form of expression or public participation, by the person against whom the claim is asserted that was made in connection with an official proceeding or about a matter of public interest; Purposes of this Act: 2 The purposes of this Act are to a) Establish a statutory right to public participation for every individual; b) Encourage individuals to express themselves on matters of public interest; c) Promote broad participation in debates on matters of public interest; d) Discourage the use of litigation as a means of unduly limiting expression on matters of public interest; and, e) Preserve the right of access to the courts for all proceedings and claims that are not brought or maintained for an improper pupublic participation «plaintiff» means a person who initiates or maintains a proceeding against a defendant; «proceeding» means any action, suit, matter, cause, counterclaim, appeal, or originating application that is brought in the Supreme Court or the Provincial Court, but does not include a prosecution for an offence or a crime; «public interest» means the whole of the subject matter invites public attention, or a matter in which the public has some substantial concern because it affects the welfare of citizens, or one to which considerable public notoriety or controversy has attached; «public participation» means communication or conduct aimed at influencing public opinion, or promoting further lawful action by the public or any government body, in relation to an issue of public interest; «Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation (SLAPP)» means a claim that arises from a form of expression or public participation, by the person against whom the claim is asserted that was made in connection with an official proceeding or about a matter of public interest; Purposes of this Act: 2 The purposes of this Act are to a) Establish a statutory right to public participation for every individual; b) Encourage individuals to express themselves on matters of public interest; c) Promote broad participation in debates on matters of public interest; d) Discourage the use of litigation as a means of unduly limiting expression on matters of public interest; and, e) Preserve the right of access to the courts for all proceedings and claims that are not brought or maintained for an improper pupublic interest» means the whole of the subject matter invites public attention, or a matter in which the public has some substantial concern because it affects the welfare of citizens, or one to which considerable public notoriety or controversy has attached; «public participation» means communication or conduct aimed at influencing public opinion, or promoting further lawful action by the public or any government body, in relation to an issue of public interest; «Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation (SLAPP)» means a claim that arises from a form of expression or public participation, by the person against whom the claim is asserted that was made in connection with an official proceeding or about a matter of public interest; Purposes of this Act: 2 The purposes of this Act are to a) Establish a statutory right to public participation for every individual; b) Encourage individuals to express themselves on matters of public interest; c) Promote broad participation in debates on matters of public interest; d) Discourage the use of litigation as a means of unduly limiting expression on matters of public interest; and, e) Preserve the right of access to the courts for all proceedings and claims that are not brought or maintained for an improper pupublic attention, or a matter in which the public has some substantial concern because it affects the welfare of citizens, or one to which considerable public notoriety or controversy has attached; «public participation» means communication or conduct aimed at influencing public opinion, or promoting further lawful action by the public or any government body, in relation to an issue of public interest; «Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation (SLAPP)» means a claim that arises from a form of expression or public participation, by the person against whom the claim is asserted that was made in connection with an official proceeding or about a matter of public interest; Purposes of this Act: 2 The purposes of this Act are to a) Establish a statutory right to public participation for every individual; b) Encourage individuals to express themselves on matters of public interest; c) Promote broad participation in debates on matters of public interest; d) Discourage the use of litigation as a means of unduly limiting expression on matters of public interest; and, e) Preserve the right of access to the courts for all proceedings and claims that are not brought or maintained for an improper pupublic has some substantial concern because it affects the welfare of citizens, or one to which considerable public notoriety or controversy has attached; «public participation» means communication or conduct aimed at influencing public opinion, or promoting further lawful action by the public or any government body, in relation to an issue of public interest; «Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation (SLAPP)» means a claim that arises from a form of expression or public participation, by the person against whom the claim is asserted that was made in connection with an official proceeding or about a matter of public interest; Purposes of this Act: 2 The purposes of this Act are to a) Establish a statutory right to public participation for every individual; b) Encourage individuals to express themselves on matters of public interest; c) Promote broad participation in debates on matters of public interest; d) Discourage the use of litigation as a means of unduly limiting expression on matters of public interest; and, e) Preserve the right of access to the courts for all proceedings and claims that are not brought or maintained for an improper pupublic notoriety or controversy has attached; «public participation» means communication or conduct aimed at influencing public opinion, or promoting further lawful action by the public or any government body, in relation to an issue of public interest; «Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation (SLAPP)» means a claim that arises from a form of expression or public participation, by the person against whom the claim is asserted that was made in connection with an official proceeding or about a matter of public interest; Purposes of this Act: 2 The purposes of this Act are to a) Establish a statutory right to public participation for every individual; b) Encourage individuals to express themselves on matters of public interest; c) Promote broad participation in debates on matters of public interest; d) Discourage the use of litigation as a means of unduly limiting expression on matters of public interest; and, e) Preserve the right of access to the courts for all proceedings and claims that are not brought or maintained for an improper pupublic participation» means communication or conduct aimed at influencing public opinion, or promoting further lawful action by the public or any government body, in relation to an issue of public interest; «Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation (SLAPP)» means a claim that arises from a form of expression or public participation, by the person against whom the claim is asserted that was made in connection with an official proceeding or about a matter of public interest; Purposes of this Act: 2 The purposes of this Act are to a) Establish a statutory right to public participation for every individual; b) Encourage individuals to express themselves on matters of public interest; c) Promote broad participation in debates on matters of public interest; d) Discourage the use of litigation as a means of unduly limiting expression on matters of public interest; and, e) Preserve the right of access to the courts for all proceedings and claims that are not brought or maintained for an improper pupublic opinion, or promoting further lawful action by the public or any government body, in relation to an issue of public interest; «Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation (SLAPP)» means a claim that arises from a form of expression or public participation, by the person against whom the claim is asserted that was made in connection with an official proceeding or about a matter of public interest; Purposes of this Act: 2 The purposes of this Act are to a) Establish a statutory right to public participation for every individual; b) Encourage individuals to express themselves on matters of public interest; c) Promote broad participation in debates on matters of public interest; d) Discourage the use of litigation as a means of unduly limiting expression on matters of public interest; and, e) Preserve the right of access to the courts for all proceedings and claims that are not brought or maintained for an improper pupublic or any government body, in relation to an issue of public interest; «Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation (SLAPP)» means a claim that arises from a form of expression or public participation, by the person against whom the claim is asserted that was made in connection with an official proceeding or about a matter of public interest; Purposes of this Act: 2 The purposes of this Act are to a) Establish a statutory right to public participation for every individual; b) Encourage individuals to express themselves on matters of public interest; c) Promote broad participation in debates on matters of public interest; d) Discourage the use of litigation as a means of unduly limiting expression on matters of public interest; and, e) Preserve the right of access to the courts for all proceedings and claims that are not brought or maintained for an improper pupublic interest; «Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation (SLAPP)» means a claim that arises from a form of expression or public participation, by the person against whom the claim is asserted that was made in connection with an official proceeding or about a matter of public interest; Purposes of this Act: 2 The purposes of this Act are to a) Establish a statutory right to public participation for every individual; b) Encourage individuals to express themselves on matters of public interest; c) Promote broad participation in debates on matters of public interest; d) Discourage the use of litigation as a means of unduly limiting expression on matters of public interest; and, e) Preserve the right of access to the courts for all proceedings and claims that are not brought or maintained for an improper puPublic Participation (SLAPP)» means a claim that arises from a form of expression or public participation, by the person against whom the claim is asserted that was made in connection with an official proceeding or about a matter of public interest; Purposes of this Act: 2 The purposes of this Act are to a) Establish a statutory right to public participation for every individual; b) Encourage individuals to express themselves on matters of public interest; c) Promote broad participation in debates on matters of public interest; d) Discourage the use of litigation as a means of unduly limiting expression on matters of public interest; and, e) Preserve the right of access to the courts for all proceedings and claims that are not brought or maintained for an improper pupublic participation, by the person against whom the claim is asserted that was made in connection with an official proceeding or about a matter of public interest; Purposes of this Act: 2 The purposes of this Act are to a) Establish a statutory right to public participation for every individual; b) Encourage individuals to express themselves on matters of public interest; c) Promote broad participation in debates on matters of public interest; d) Discourage the use of litigation as a means of unduly limiting expression on matters of public interest; and, e) Preserve the right of access to the courts for all proceedings and claims that are not brought or maintained for an improper pupublic interest; Purposes of this Act: 2 The purposes of this Act are to a) Establish a statutory right to public participation for every individual; b) Encourage individuals to express themselves on matters of public interest; c) Promote broad participation in debates on matters of public interest; d) Discourage the use of litigation as a means of unduly limiting expression on matters of public interest; and, e) Preserve the right of access to the courts for all proceedings and claims that are not brought or maintained for an improper pupublic participation for every individual; b) Encourage individuals to express themselves on matters of public interest; c) Promote broad participation in debates on matters of public interest; d) Discourage the use of litigation as a means of unduly limiting expression on matters of public interest; and, e) Preserve the right of access to the courts for all proceedings and claims that are not brought or maintained for an improper pupublic interest; c) Promote broad participation in debates on matters of public interest; d) Discourage the use of litigation as a means of unduly limiting expression on matters of public interest; and, e) Preserve the right of access to the courts for all proceedings and claims that are not brought or maintained for an improper pupublic interest; d) Discourage the use of litigation as a means of unduly limiting expression on matters of public interest; and, e) Preserve the right of access to the courts for all proceedings and claims that are not brought or maintained for an improper pupublic interest; and, e) Preserve the right of access to the courts for all proceedings and claims that are not brought or maintained for an improper purpose.

«Having considered the decisions, the writings and the various aspects of the public interest which claim attention, I have come to the conclusion that the court should state the relevant principle as follows: a document which was produced or brought into existence either with the dominant purpose of its author, or of the person or authority under whose direction, whether particular or general, it was produced or brought into existence, of using it or its contents in order to obtain legal advice or to conduct or aid in the conduct of litigation, at the time of its production in reasonable prospect, should be privileged and excluded from inspection.»

It is well - known that litigation is prohibitively expensive, takes place in the public domain, is often protracted, and can be damaging to commercial interests.

Much of what the legal profession calls public interest litigation, he argued, «is purely political, and transcends the interest of the named plaintiffs, who are not clients in any ordinary sense.»

My point, in a nutshell, is that much of what we call legal work for the public interest is essentially selfserving: Lawyers use public interest litigation to promote their own agendas, social and political — and (on a wider plane) to promote the power and the role of the legal profession itself.

«Public interest litigation which has now come to occupy an important field in the administration of law should not be «publicity interest litigation» or «private interest litigation» or «politics interest litigation»... The courts of justice should not be allowed to be polluted by unscrupulous litigants by resorting to the extraordinary jurisdiction.»

Conferences in Birmingham (organised by the Legal Aid Practitioners Group (LAPG)-RRB- and Belfast (the Public Interest Litigation Support project) discussed the future for legal aid practitioners.

CLSMF's Director of Public Interest & Litigation will support and work collaboratively across 10 office locations in our 12 - county service area with practice groups in the areas of Family Law, L / T & Fair Housing, Public Benefits, Children's Rights, Consumer Law, Economic Development, Medical Legal Partnerships, and Strategic Community Litigation (including litigation in cooperation with other civil legal aid and public interest agenPublic Interest & Litigation will support and work collaboratively across 10 office locations in our 12 - county service area with practice groups in the areas of Family Law, L / T & Fair Housing, Public Benefits, Children's Rights, Consumer Law, Economic Development, Medical Legal Partnerships, and Strategic Community Litigation (including litigation in cooperation with other civil legal aid and public interest agInterest & Litigation will support and work collaboratively across 10 office locations in our 12 - county service area with practice groups in the areas of Family Law, L / T & Fair Housing, Public Benefits, Children's Rights, Consumer Law, Economic Development, Medical Legal Partnerships, and Strategic Community Litigation (including litigation in cooperation with other civil legal aid and public interest Litigation will support and work collaboratively across 10 office locations in our 12 - county service area with practice groups in the areas of Family Law, L / T & Fair Housing, Public Benefits, Children's Rights, Consumer Law, Economic Development, Medical Legal Partnerships, and Strategic Community Litigation (including litigation in cooperation with other civil legal aid and public interest agenPublic Benefits, Children's Rights, Consumer Law, Economic Development, Medical Legal Partnerships, and Strategic Community Litigation (including litigation in cooperation with other civil legal aid and public interest Litigation (including litigation in cooperation with other civil legal aid and public interest litigation in cooperation with other civil legal aid and public interest agenpublic interest aginterest agencies).

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This created a conflict of interest with respect to the mother continuing to act in her capacity as litigation guardian, so she applied to have the Public Guardian and Trustee take over the lawsuit.

A recent Supreme Court decision clarifies Canadian courts» discretion in granting standing to public interest groups to pursue litigation aimed at protecting the rights of vulnerable groups in Canada.

7 (3) If a litigation guardian is required for a young person under the Court Rules Act and is not otherwise provided for by the Infants Act, the Public Guardian and Trustee must act as litigation guardian for the young person if the Public Guardian and Trustee considers it is in the young person's best interests to do so.

In what was a very high profile and public case due to the political dimension and the press interest, the Stephenson Harwood team, led by Head of Commercial Litigation John Fordham, picked up the award after negotiating a # 12.3 m settlement on behalf of Westminster City Council after 8 years of resistance by Dame Shirley to litigation by the Appointed Auditor (John Magill) and then the CouncLitigation John Fordham, picked up the award after negotiating a # 12.3 m settlement on behalf of Westminster City Council after 8 years of resistance by Dame Shirley to litigation by the Appointed Auditor (John Magill) and then the Counclitigation by the Appointed Auditor (John Magill) and then the Council itself.

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He has a broadly - based practice in a number of areas, including class actions, franchise, banking, appeals, and public interest litigation.

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It took litigation to go as far as the European Court of Human Rights; an extremely brave and conscientious senior legal adviser to the Army, Lieut Colonel Nicholas Mercer; a judicial enquiry under Lord Justice Gibson; and very dedicated work by a team of lawyers led by Public Interest Lawyers in Birmingham.

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Indications of interest are invited from all full - time legal academics, particularly in the fields of international arbitration and litigation, private international law, public international law, and comparative law, regardless of seniority or country of qualification.