Sentences with phrase «judges at all levels of court»

§ 29A.100 (2007) directs judges at all levels of the court to excuse women who are breastfeeding or expressing breast milk from jury service until the child is no longer nursing.

From this work I had learned that Canadian judges at all levels of courts are largely unfamiliar with what happens once sentence is imposed; indeed, I usually found myself quite disappointed with some of the myths and urban legends that too often inform judicial decision - making.

Not exact matches

Court appointed mediator Judge Layn Phillips stated: «This is a historic agreement, one that will make sure that former NFL players who need and deserve compensation will receive it, and that will promote safety for players at all levels of football.»

The Court of Appeals found that Brian Novak's appeal should be re-heard at the county level before someone other than Judge Matthew Sypnewski, who as a city court judge presided over Novak's original case, then considered his appeal after being elected as a Schenectady County Court jCourt of Appeals found that Brian Novak's appeal should be re-heard at the county level before someone other than Judge Matthew Sypnewski, who as a city court judge presided over Novak's original case, then considered his appeal after being elected as a Schenectady County Court jJudge Matthew Sypnewski, who as a city court judge presided over Novak's original case, then considered his appeal after being elected as a Schenectady County Court jcourt judge presided over Novak's original case, then considered his appeal after being elected as a Schenectady County Court jjudge presided over Novak's original case, then considered his appeal after being elected as a Schenectady County Court jCourt judgejudge.

«My general impressions, I was surprised that how this was being treated as an actual trial, a court trial, as far as the questioning and examining was going and that it seemed as if the Commissioner was acting as a judge, getting advice from her own legal counsel at times,» said Scott, «and just the level of detail and scrutiny was much more than I had expected.»

Judge Thomas G. Moukawsher of State Superior Court in Hartford was scathing: He criticized «uselessly perfect teacher evaluations» that found «virtually every teacher in the state» proficient or exemplary, while a third of students in many of the poorest communities can not read even at basic levels.

That decision will be judged at the highest level in November, when the Supreme Court of Canada considers Groia's appeal of professional misconduct in the trial of former Bre - X executive John Felderhof, who was acquitted in 2007 of securities law charges.

At the trial court level in Digital Realty Trust v. Somers (U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California), the gist of the judge's reasoning went like court level in Digital Realty Trust v. Somers (U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California), the gist of the judge's reasoning went like Court for the Northern District of California), the gist of the judge's reasoning went like this:

As Denniston also reported when the case was argued in April, a group of former top Justice Department officials, ex-prosecutors at the federal and state levels, and former judges asked the court to keep the Jackson decision intact, saying it had provided a «bright - line rule» that had become «embedded in routine police practice,» just as had the warnings requirement of Miranda v. Arizona.

Most state court judges, at all three levels, are elected by the population for certain terms of service.

Note the audience was made up primarily of judges, both elected and appointed, at various court levels.

This is because trial judges in family law matters have wide discretion in a lot of the fine points of alimony decisions, much of it exercised at the trial court level that does not generate binding legal precedents and is not widely available to researchers.

This situation is more common in courts of appeals, but it also occurs at the trial court level when a local attorney is elected or appointed to serve as a judge.

Instead, the Court of Justice (CJ) and its President, Mr Vassilios Skouris, have been subject to unprecedented media scrutiny following intense internal infighting about a contentious proposal which officially aims to «reinforce the efficiency of justice at EU level» by doubling the number of judges working at the General Court (GC).

A judge at the superior court level has for the first time directly responded to a Charter challenge of the Truth in Sentencing Act — Ottawa's attempt to limit credit for time served — deeming provisions within the act to be unconstitutional and of no force or effect.

Canadian society, in general, may take issue with particular decisions but as a whole appears to respect the judicial system (although most would probably like it to be more transparent, particularly the process for choosing new judges at almost every level of court).

He has appeared as counsel in all levels of court in British Columbia and has appeared at trial before both judges and juries.

Although the judge at the trial level had relied on Farber v Royal Trust Co in making its decision, the Court of Appeal nonetheless upheld the lower court's decision by applying the Potter Court of Appeal nonetheless upheld the lower court's decision by applying the Potter court's decision by applying the Potter test.

Peter Griffiths worked with the Canadian Bar Association on judicial reform projects in Jamaica.The Court's judges have become active educators at the international level as part of NJI education projects in other countries.

It was a tough negotiation with the federal government because not all of the UFC positions were going to go to Provincial Court judges... With a patchwork of UFCs in the province, we now had a smaller number of judges who remained doing family law at the provincial level.

Certainly, one could argue that public law adjudication requires a certain adjudicatory structure, such as the presence of an appeals mechanism and permanent courts with tenured judges; yet, this disregards that arbitration is not an infrequent mode of settling disputes between public law bodies and private actors also at the purely domestic level, and is obviously accepted under the constitutional provisions of the legal systems involved.

General damages are assessed by looking at Judicial College Guidelines and by looking at the level of compensation judges have awarded in court for similar injuries (case law).

In the decision of 1201059 Ontario Inc. v. Pizza Pizza Limited, 2015 ONSC 1208, dated February 26, 2015, a three - judge panel of the Divisional Court (an appellate branch of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice that is higher than a trial level but lower than the Court of Appeal), upheld the trial judge's dismissal of the franchisee's action for damages based on an alleged failure to provide disclosure at the time of the franchise renewal.

As Julian predicted a few days ago, Judge Doug McKeon of the Bronx Supreme Court (that is the trial court level, New York state) today rejected former IMF Chief Dominique Strauss Kahn's claim that he was entitled to immunity from a civil lawsuit brought by a former maid at the Sofitel Hotel in New York for the same acts that caused the Manhattan DA to at first charge DSK with sexual assault, charges that later were dismiCourt (that is the trial court level, New York state) today rejected former IMF Chief Dominique Strauss Kahn's claim that he was entitled to immunity from a civil lawsuit brought by a former maid at the Sofitel Hotel in New York for the same acts that caused the Manhattan DA to at first charge DSK with sexual assault, charges that later were dismicourt level, New York state) today rejected former IMF Chief Dominique Strauss Kahn's claim that he was entitled to immunity from a civil lawsuit brought by a former maid at the Sofitel Hotel in New York for the same acts that caused the Manhattan DA to at first charge DSK with sexual assault, charges that later were dismissed.

In January 2001, Sinclair was appointed to the Court of Queen's Bench of Manitoba, once again becoming the first Aboriginal judge at this judicial level.

Back in 2008, Apple sued Psystar for copyright infringement arising from Psystar's manufacture and distribution of computers preloaded with copies of Mac OS X. Psystar lost at the trial court level, with the judge rejecting its argument that Apple engaged in anti-competitive, «copyright misuse» by requiring in its OS X software license agreement that the operating system be used only on Apple hardware.

I tried to sue lawyers - they used summary judgment / vexatious to stop me - at all levels of court they never gave arguments so the judges had to fill in their defence / represent them and at every level there was NO analysis - to give analysis they had to give all the arguments / case law of the defence if they support their side - so no analysis = there was no defence and the case was fixed to protect the lawyers - an obstruct justice strategy.

Anecdotally, the author has heard judges from several different court levels talking about incorporating aspects of procedural fairness into sessions at the Washington State Judicial College.

At what point do concerns over the conduct or competency of a lower court judge rise to the level that an appellate court should report that judge to the relevant judicial council?

The ideological influence is modest, however, consistent with the overall result of the analysis in this chapter that ideology plays only a small role at the district court level, even though district judges have considerable discretionary authority.

As the causation issue remains controversial, judges were urged to be slow to direct the use of single joint experts until some test cases had been decided at the High Court level.

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Our neighbours elect many of their judges, up to the highest courts at the state level.

There is, Judge Robert A. Katzmann wrote for a panel of Second Circuit judges in February, a «disturbing pattern of ineffectiveness» at the lower levels of the immigration bar, one that rears its head in the appeals courts with «alarming frequency.»

2.1 Federal Circuit Court to provide ongoing opportunities to judges of the Court to enhance cultural awareness training at a local level or otherwise available to increase understanding and appreciation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.