Sentences with phrase «judge in a public hearing»

Not exact matches

However, we sometimes hear of unfortunate instances where nursing moms are judged or even told off for breastfeeding in public.

The presiding judge, Justice James Tsoho during the hearing ordered that Nnamdi Kanu be taken to prison instead of being kept in custody of the DSS overruling the request by the Director of Public Prosecutions, Mr. Mohammed Diri, for the continued incarceration of Kanu by the DSS.

Less than 24 hours after she held a public hearing yesterday in Brooklyn, US Magistrate Judge Roanne Mann, the redistricting special master, has released her version of the House district lines.

Beltrani, an administrative law judge who presides over parole hearings in the Department of Corrections, was the last in a series of public officials to testify in the trial of Tabone and former state senator Malcolm Smith.

But it was clear late on Thursday, with the parties and the judge seated around a conference table and the jury not present, that Mr. McDonald and Mr. Kry had critical roles as legal specialists in the case — «the law guys,» as several experts put it — a role the public rarely hears about.

But unlike the procedures established under IDEA, school - voucher laws give parents the right to select a private placement without having to convince public school officials of the need for such services, to say nothing of the legal costs of proving to a hearing officer, or a state court judge, that the decision of the school district was in error.

Missing from the convention agenda, however, was that the prior week a judge heard initial arguments in a lawsuit aimed at dismantling Minnesota's union - orchestrated tenure and seniority «protections» for public school teachers.

Yesterday, I was in the room as Hinds County Chancery Court Judge Dewayne Thomas heard oral arguments in the lawsuit filed by the Southern Poverty Law Center attempting to shut down Mississippi's public charter schools.

Public school students who had at least 10 unexcused absences in a six - month period found their truancy cases heard by justices of the peace or municipal judges.

With a decision that could have far - reaching implications, a federal judge in California has ordered the first ever U.S. court hearing on climate science for a «public nuisance» lawsuit, meaning that major oil and gas companies for the first time may have to go on the record regarding what they knew about the planetary impacts of their products — and when.

That sometimes happens because the case is in the news and gets a «public sentence» or the Judge has heard too much about the investigation out of court, or even because the accused is a public and thus exposed person.

Because the hearing was scheduled on an emergency basis, in front of judges located in different locations, the court conducted the hearing through a conference call without any lawyers or judges even appearing in a public courtroom.

The way in which the Trial Chamber reacted to Alternate Judge Sow's decision to make a public statement on the Taylor Trial; the exclusion of his statement from the official transcript of the hearing; and the recent information suggesting irregularities in the process which the SCSL judges invoked to discipline their judicial colleague for alleged misconduct all underscore the need for greater transparency on this issue than we have so far received from the SCSL.

One senior family court judge, Mr Justice Holman — who, like Mr Justice Mostyn, sits in the Family Division of the High Court — usually analyses cash fights between separated couples at public hearings.

On February 24 the Wisconsin Supreme Court held a public hearing on Petition 13 - 14, which requests amendments in the Wisconsin Code of Judicial Conduct to provide better guidance to judges in addressing the challenges raised by the growing number of self - represented litigants.

«The matters to which the court must have regard include --(a) the financial value of the claim and the amount in dispute, if different; (b) whether it would be more convenient or fair for hearings (including the trial) to be held in some other court; (c) the availability of a judge specialising in the type of claim in question; (d) whether the facts, legal issues, remedies or procedures involved are simple or complex; (e) the importance of the outcome of the claim to the public in general».

The recording itself is not made available to the public, to avoid tampering; but it is possible to have a particular recording transcribed by a court - approved stenographer, and (after approval by the judge, to ensure no egregious errors slipped through and the case was not heard in private) the transcript made available to the public like any other document.

(8) If the hearing was held in private, the Judicial Council shall, unless it determines in accordance with the criteria established under subsection 51.1 (1) that there are exceptional circumstances, order that the judge's name not be disclosed or made public.

If people have been excluded from the hearing under paragraph 3, the submissions of the Government of Ontario and of the judges» associations shall not be made public except to the extent that they are mentioned in the Commission's report.

In the event that removal is recommended, a seven - member Review Tribunal of appellate justices, also appointed by the Texas Supreme Court, will review the record of the public trial and the hearing before the Commission to determine if the judge should be removed from office.

The constitutional question presented by this case is whether members of the public have a First Amendment right to insist upon access to the transcript of a preliminary hearing during the period before the public trial, even though the accused, the prosecutor, and the trial judge have all agreed to the sealing of the transcript in order to assure a fair trial.

In my view then, s. 37 of the Canada Evidence Act gives a trial judge the discretion to determine the type of hearing he or she will conduct and determine who may attend when a specified public interest issue is certified.

(A) A judge shall not make any public statement that might reasonably be expected to affect the outcome or impair the fairness of a matter pending or impending in any court, or make any nonpublic statement that might substantially interfere with a fair trial or hearing.

When I started practising, it seemed that judges were revered, hardly questioned, seldom heard in public and occupied rarified positions in our society.

The NSBS hearings, at first public, were abruptly moved behind closed doors in January this year after Howe, acting in his own defence, threatened to subpoena a few judges whom he accused of mistreating him in their courtrooms because he is black.

«I would conclude that the Ontario supervising judge while physically located outside the province has the jurisdiction and discretion to conduct the motion remotely and concurrently with his or her judicial supervisory counterparts,» wrote Juriansz, who emphasized the necessity of ensuring the open - courts principle but found technological alternatives could accommodate the requirement that the Ontario public be able to attend the hearing in an Ontario courtroom.

According to the Ontario Judicial Council, which probes complaints against judges, there is a «general order,» permitted under Ontario law, banning the publication of any documents and information relating to complaints that don't result in a public hearing.

But apart from the few folks who can snag a coveted seat in the courtroom, the public rarely hears directly from those judges in real - time.

Maintained public relations with clients, attorneys, and judges, prepared for and attended civil, criminal, and jury trials, took minutes of hearings, participated in all aspects of District Court business.

My duties at my previous job at ABC Firm included explaining policies and procedures pursuant to the public, attorneys and other departments, setting hearing dates and maintaining a calendar for judges and updating information in databases for easy retrieval.

The court has a duty to consider your opinions and views and if the judge in your case considers it appropriate, he can appoint a solicitor to represent you in public child law hearings.

During the hearing, which is held in front of a public audience, additional facts, allegations and assertions --- and exaggerations --- might be stated by either party or his or her attorney in an effort to persuade the Judge.