Sentences with phrase «issue of access to court»

This Model Policy reduces the issue of access to court information in a few simple access rules, effectively achieving a recommended balance between the right of the public to open courts with the right of an individual to privacy.

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Even though Duterte said he would not deviate from the July court ruling and that he would not bring up the issue during his visit, a Philippine official did tell Reuters that he intended to raise the issue of Filipino fishermen, who had been denied access to waters around Scarborough since 2012, when China seized the shoal.

The evangelical - moralist sector has gained access to the White House, the Supreme Court, the Congress; it has a near - monopoly on mass media religion news, popular religion, the production of religious celebrities; it makes clear its positions on what it calls social issues, and is engaged in calling for constitutional amendments and new laws and in protests in the public squares.

If this is your first visit to CRCkids, you are sure to find a wealth of information, resources and services on shared parenting (custody and access); prevention of abuse and neglect of children; laws and legislative initiatives; court processes and alternative dispute resolutions; parenting tools and education; and many other issues.

He has a good understanding of access issues in the courts and he seems to have sensitivity to those would appear before the Surrogate's Court, but did not convey his vision of the cCourt, but did not convey his vision of the courtcourt.

She is particularly knowledgeable about access issues in the courts and sensitive to reasonable accommodation of PWDs who would appear before her as attorneys, witnesses and jurors.

To quote Wikipedia: «The issue of who are the true officers of the AIP has not been decided in the ballot access court case.

U.S. District Court Judge Gary Sharpe is expected to rule on the issue of when New York should hold its party primaries, part of an ongoing Department of Justice lawsuit to force the state into complying with the MOVE Act, which governs timely access to military and overseas ballots.

The case is back before a lower court to decide on other issues, including whether the estate will be able to access the account despite Yahoo's terms of service agreement.

A judge's recent decision brought an end — for now — to the Authors Guild v. Google court case concerning copyright issues as they pertained to Google's attempts to preserve and provide access to millions of global titles, most of them locked away in far - reaching international and academic libraries.

Article 12 of the AR on its face provides for access to the EU Courts based not so much on a challenge of the initial act of an institution, but of the written reply of the institution at issue in the administrative review under Article 10 AR.

The blog also provides free access to the Illinois Insurance Index, a database maintained by Jill Berkeley that summarizes all major appellate insurance coverage decisions in Illinois, the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, and a few other jurisdictions, issued from 1986 through the present.»

-- have access to a competent, reliable and readily available 2nd and 3rd lines of support when they need to resolve technical issues beyond what they ordinarily deal with — be provided with a friendly Graphical User Interface to administer the web site — be provided with a modular framework, allowing them to add or remove features from the web site in a relatively painless way — have access to usability and technical information on the chosen platform to host the court web site — be provided with timely security patches to the web site platform

[16] Thus, the issue is framed — can a defendant or third party who has not obtained a doctor's report by compulsion of a court order, and prior to disclosure of any medical - legal reports by the plaintiff or in the absence of any reports, obtain access to the non-treating doctor's notes and clinical findings, or are said notes and clinical records privileged as forming part of the brief of the plaintiff's solicitor until the time when the plaintiff chooses to rely on the non-treating doctor as a witness at trial and the doctor's notes must be disclosed...

It also examined the issue of a publication ban that would further deny public access to the information on which the police relied to obtain the court orders.

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Most recently, she was a legal intern at the Montana Supreme Court where she worked for Justice Beth Baker on Access to Justice Commission projects, including the Public Forum Series on access to justice issues as well as drafting a Forum Report summarizing the findings of that series to use in future advocacy efAccess to Justice Commission projects, including the Public Forum Series on access to justice issues as well as drafting a Forum Report summarizing the findings of that series to use in future advocacy efaccess to justice issues as well as drafting a Forum Report summarizing the findings of that series to use in future advocacy efforts.

It follows that the issue then becomes whether the exemptions under the Court Rules Act can be interpreted so that they are consistent with the common law right of access to civil justice, which is preserved, as the Attorney General submits, by the Court Rules Act.

Jurbid will relentlessly raise awareness about certain issues affecting Americans and will ensure everyone has access to a lawyer, is represented, and is effectively heard in a Court of Law.

I suspect that the real heavy lifting in enhancing access to justice is a matter of procedural reform — specialized decision - making bodies with extremely simplified procedural rules for specific civil law issues (something that actually already exists in certain areas such as Landlord / Tenant, but could be further improved upon), wider permissions for over-the-counter motions, fewer unnecessary court appearances, fewer procedurally - mandated appearances (e.g., going from a Case Conference to a Settlement Conference to a Trial Management Conference, and possibly further, before you can get to a family law trial), and so on.

On July 12, 2012, the Supreme Court of Canada issued a ruling on Alberta (Education) v. Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency (Access Copyright) that, on the surface at least, appears to be a game - changer for the educational contribution of «fair dealing» in Canada's Copyright Act.

We focus on issues relating to access to justice and legal advocacy in a variety of forums including the state and federal courts.

Widely respected and well known for her outspokenness on issues such as access to justice, free speech, diversity and inclusive leadership, 73 - year - old McLachlin will be stepping down after 28 years on the Supreme Court, with 17 of those as presiding judge.

If you are trying to separate from your spouse and to deal with corollary issues of support, property division, and child custody and access, but your spouse is withholding their consent to religious divorce in order to influence the separation process, you can apply to the courts to intervene.

At the recent Canadian Bar Association in Saskatoon Chief Justice McLachlin reiterated her oft - noted position that access to justice is a major problem in Canada (as reported here, e.g.) The Supreme Court has in these sorts of public statements been a leader in these issues.

93 One of our fundamental beliefs is that lawyers generally — not just constitutional advocates before the United States Supreme Court — need access to the scope of arguments available through a global approach.94 Consequently, we think the advocacy component of the traditional LRW course may be the best place to think about incorporating a global legal issue.

[1] The issue in this case is whether court hearing fees imposed by the Province of British Columbia that deny some people access to the courts are constitutional.

The Committee, established by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Beverley McLachlin, and chaired by Supreme Court Justice Thomas Cromwell, was, in the words of the Backgrounder, also online, «convened to address the urgent and multiple issues surrounding access to justice in civil and family matters.»

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 purpose.

Although you need a court order to finalize your divorce, you can opt to resolve your corollary issues (property division, support, child custody and access) outside of court.

During law school, Sophia completed an internship at the Supreme Court of Canada in the Law Branch working on access to justice issues.

The confusion is understandable, given that barely two years have elapsed since the act came fully into force and that the Court of Appeal has yet to pronounce upon the key areas of controversy, but nonetheless highlights critical access to justice issues that went unobserved and unnoticed under the previous legislative regime which thirty years» of case authority had fully illuminated.

Through a series of meetings and presentations, we will share perspectives on libel and defamation law, media access to judges and court proceedings, media coverage of court proceedings and other issues of common interest.

The issue of balancing the right of the public to open courts with the right of an individual to privacy was tackled in 2003 in a discussion paper by the Canadian Judicial Council Judges Technology Advisory Committee (JTAC) titled «Open Courts, Electronic Access to Court Records, and Privacy&rcourts with the right of an individual to privacy was tackled in 2003 in a discussion paper by the Canadian Judicial Council Judges Technology Advisory Committee (JTAC) titled «Open Courts, Electronic Access to Court Records, and Privacy&rCourts, Electronic Access to Court Records, and Privacy».

The national Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Matters notes in its final report that only about 6.5 % of legal problems ever make it to court, but it is unlikely in the extreme that so many of the people with high school diplomas or less are bundled into the 93.5 % who manage to resolve their legal issues outside of court, especially when we know that for people with low incomes, legal issues tend not come one at a time but cluster and multiply into other areas of the law.

Constitutionally, the question of the citizen's inalienable right to access the justice process is the most important issue in the court fees debate but until the pips squeak the government seems bent on continuing to squeeze.

In the recent decision of Fantl v Transamerica Life Canada («Fantl»)[1], the Ontario Court of Appeal unanimously dismissed the appeal of the Divisional Court's decision and confirmed the certification of class claims in negligent misrepresentation, noting that it was time for class actions to «deliver on their promise of access to justice» [2] when it comes to individual issues.

Despite the foregoing, foreign authorities may obtain access to protected data only in the following circumstances: (i) if CVM and the foreign authority have an agreement regulating the exchange of information; (ii) via cooperation treaties (eg, mutual legal assistance treaty, MLAT); or (iii) if a foreign court order is issued and validated in Brazil via due process of law.

Adding, «These issues only serve to remind us that the challenge of securing access to justice can not be solved by locking coders in a room for 24 hours with pizza and energy drinks, try as the courts and judiciary might.»

Click here for quick access to all court decisions that are relevant to any particular issue («Topic») that has arisen under the Convention in practice: The consolidated list of court decisions

The keynote will be followed by workshop sessions on a wide variety of topics of interest to criminal, juvenile, child welfare and mental health practitioners, including but not limited to the wrongful conviction and exoneration of Frederick Clay, litigating nursing home admissions, appellate advocacy, criminal case law update, how to use social science research in your case, the new sentencing guidelines, restorative justice, ensuring language access, advanced issues in Superior Court litigation, representing emerging adults, how to contest preliminary drug test results, a practicum on mindfulness, as well as the latest from the immigration impact unit.

If the court concludes contact between a child and a parent will place the child in imminent danger of serious harm, the judge may issue an order either temporarily terminating that parent's access to the child or require the parent's visitation to be supervised until further order of the court.

Having said that, I agree with «Surrey Lawyer» that the solution to Surrey's issues (and the larger issue of access to justice) is not another law school in the lower mainland, but a superior court south of the river.

Post Unison, the government, the courts & the profession are all looking at the issue of access to justice & what it means to ensure it's a reality, says David Greene

She adds that if local authorities consider compromises instead of issuing court proceedings as a way of avoiding increased costs, «vulnerable children will be put at risk and denied access to justice».

The Swedish Arbitration Portal provides free access to English translations of Swedish court decisions on arbitration issues.

In light of this crisis, it seems worthwhile to look at a snapshot of cases involving issues concerning access to justice, the impact of self - represented litigants on the courts» resources, and how the courts have been handling such issues.

The Justice Committee has undertaken a study of Access to the Justice System, and is considering issues such as access to legal aid, the resurrection of the Court Challenges Program, delays in the justice system, and the Minister of Justice's obligation to ensure that new legislation upholds constitutionally protected rights and freAccess to the Justice System, and is considering issues such as access to legal aid, the resurrection of the Court Challenges Program, delays in the justice system, and the Minister of Justice's obligation to ensure that new legislation upholds constitutionally protected rights and freaccess to legal aid, the resurrection of the Court Challenges Program, delays in the justice system, and the Minister of Justice's obligation to ensure that new legislation upholds constitutionally protected rights and freedoms.

His talk, «Using Online Platform Technology to Improve Access to Justice — Real access to justice: Bringing the walls of the courthouse down» highlights real issues facing citizens and the courts and the positive outcomes achieved through online dispute resolAccess to Justice — Real access to justice: Bringing the walls of the courthouse down» highlights real issues facing citizens and the courts and the positive outcomes achieved through online dispute resolaccess to justice: Bringing the walls of the courthouse down» highlights real issues facing citizens and the courts and the positive outcomes achieved through online dispute resolution.

The Florida State Courts System, in conjunction with the Florida Commission on Access to Civil Justice, offers both a self - help website as well as the Florida Courts HELP App to provide information for people seeking a divorce, adoption, orders of protection, name change, and other family law issues.