Sentences with phrase «issues of law»

The price of a native title determination is too high and many cases run for years and involve complex issues of law and fact,» the Commissioner said.

Many cases run for years and involve complex issues of law and fact.

Elkins & Yount, P.C. (Houston, TX) 1989 — 1991 Legal Assistant, Litigation Department • Prepared legal documents concerning substantive and procedural issues of law • Performed legal research in support of ongoing litigation for partners and associates • Provided administrative support including scheduling depositions and organizing files

Spoke with students from K - 12 on issues of the law.

One might argue that a judgment that is not appealed and discussed on issues of law at a higher court isn't to be relied on for precedential purposes.

Traditional procedural tools are available in a class proceeding, including a motion to strike out the claim as disclosing no reasonable cause of action, or motions to determine issues of law or for summary judgment to both eliminate and narrow claims.

The IPilogue is a unique blog that links students who are interested in intellectual property and related issues of law and technology.

There are a few gaps but not many, i.e., older issues of law journals where there was no assignment of electronic rights to the print publisher and publications that restrict electronic access to select groups such as the Canadian Bar Review.

Drones raise a number of issues of law, all of them, like the technology, in evolution.

Governing law will be of particular significance if issues of law are likely to be important and there is evidence of relevant differences in the legal principles or rules in the two potential jurisdictions.

He has extensive experience of proceedings involving complex issues of law and / or fact including cases involving allegation of serious inflicted injuries, sexual abuse and fabricated or induced illness.

joint trial: When two or more cases that have the same facts or issues of law are tried together.

[12]... Although the application would have involved complex issues of law and have been of importance to the judicial system and the constitution of Canada, the application was derailed and supplanted by the Reference.

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On the other hand, where the path taken by the trial judge through confused or conflicting evidence is not at all apparent, or there are difficult issues of law that need to be confronted but which the trial judge has circumnavigated without explanation, or where (as here) there are conflicting theories for why the trial judge might have decided as he or she did, at least some of which would clearly constitute reversible error, the appeal court may in some circumstances consider itself unable to give effect to the statutory right of appeal.

There are no difficult issues of law.

Medical malpractice cases involve complex issues of both law and medicine, particularly in light of extensive recent changes to the legislative framework and case law in the area.

Jennings Haug Cunningham also advises attorneys and law firms on issues of law practice management such as conflicts, trust accounts, disqualification issues and general ethics consultation.

Participants will learn to think and talk about their education in new ways, explore issues of law practice management, and learn how to build and market their own portfolios.

Whether these aspects of reasonable foreseeability are considered issues of law or issues of fact as to which, on this record, no reasonable jury could disagree, foreseeability of both communication to school authorities, including the teacher, and the risk of substantial disruption is not only reasonable, but clear.

If the nature of the question pertains to issues of law that are outside the expertise of the administrative board, then the «correctness» standard is more likely to be applied.

At Wiffen Litigation, we have appeared before the Court of Appeal and Divisional Court on a number of cases, on issues ranging from procedural motions to multi-day hearings where novel issues of law are being decided.

Generally speaking, the Montana Supreme Court decides issues of law, not issues of fact.

American appeals make it easy to appeal issues of law, and very hard to appeal questions of fact.

He has extensive experience handling arbitration and litigation matters valued in the billions of dollars and involving highly complex issues of law and fact.

Some of us recall those days of law school with nostalgia, if for nothing else the colourful stories which set precedent on key issues of law.

Less than half thought it was important to have a tool that offers access to online communities where they can discuss issues of law with their peers.

[The following is the third of a three - part series of columns about Web 2.0 for lawyers originally published almost a year ago in the August, September and October 2006 issues of Law Technology News.

His recently published work is more of a labour of love, if not necessity and although addressing many issues of law, should not be defined as a law book in the traditional sense.

[The following is the second of a three - part series of columns about Web 2.0 for lawyers originally published almost a year ago in the August, September and October 2006 issues of Law Technology News.

[The following is the first of a three - part series of columns about Web 2.0 for lawyers originally published almost a year ago in the August, September and October 2006 issues of Law Technology News.

Summer associates are given opportunities to prepare motions and other pleadings, analyze documents, draft transactional documents, and research issues of law important to our clients» cases.

In a common law system, the courts are the arena in which adjudication on issues of law occurs.

Usually there are motions filed by one or both parties called «post-trial motions» that give the trial judge one last chance to rule on the issues of law in the case.

In addition to addressing the e-discovery issues of law firms large and small, the conference has expanded into E-Discovery Week, with an additional Law School E-Discovery Core Curriculum Consortium, including legal educators from law schools such as the City University of New York, Georgetown, Southern Illinois University, the University of Texas, and others.

Acted as appellate counsel in cases where the firm was not trial counsel, including matters involving complex commercial litigation and novel issues of law.

«Commentary on current issues of law and public policy.»

Scientific questions are questions of facts and judges are supposed to restrict their rulings to issues of law, except in those relatively few cases where the parties have asked the court to determine questions of fact.

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners was founded in the 1800's to deal with the issues of law that were facing the industry.

A romping good read that is character - driven yet intellectually provocative on issues of law, religion, and morality - historical fiction at its best.»

I was also able to learn about issues of law and politics at an early age which shaped my desire to both teach and advocate.

«It became clear from the onset that this case was not within the direct purview of the Minister of Petroleum Resources, but, in the main, was centered around issues of law.

While this bizarre theory of politics often revolves around issues of law, rights and the state, it ultimately rests on religious foundations.

This month, First Presbyterian asked the Sooner State's top court to take a third look at the case, arguing that the justices mixed up two separate issues of law: the ecclesiastical extension / church autonomy doctrine and the ministerial exception.

This isn't an issue of law, it's about risk vs. reward.

From my perspective the focus of the abortion debate should be sentience; however, even if we are at some point able to determine definitively when during pregnancy fetal sentience begins, we would still be faced with dealing with the ethical issue of law denying women autonomy.

Those who want to be «teachers of the law» have forced the issue of the law's rightful use.

But do not be fooled into thinking that the issue of law and order was created in the minds of men like John Mitchell and Richard Nixon as a lever to lift themselves to power.

«This is a legal issue of law and has nothing political about it at all,» McCormick said.

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