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Judge Slaughter's Facebook activities interfered with her judicial duties in that, as a direct result of her conduct, a motion to recuse was filed and granted requiring the judge to be removed from the Wieseckel case.

Douglas, who at the time of the allegations was still practising, stepped aside from her her judicial duties in the summer of 2010 when King's former client launched his complaint.

The Chief Judge of the Provincial Court (Civil Division) had general supervision and direction over sittings and assignment of judicial duties in the Judicial District of York.

Not exact matches

A failure to examine alternatives would be a gross dereliction of duty and something which, among other matters, will be explored in the forthcoming judicial reviews.

Back to the National Assembly where a wrong type of economic conversation was going on in relation to the beleaguered MTN Nigeria as some members of the House of Representatives decided that in addition to their considerable legislative duties, they desired to hijack the duties of the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), those of the telecommunications regulators - NCC and the Ministry of Communications and indeed the judicial functions of our courts as well!!!

The Code of Conduct further provides in Rule 5 (B) that a judge may engage in «avocational activities», that is «activities to improve the law, the legal system, and the administration of justice if such avocational activities do not detract from the dignity of his office or interfere with the performance of his judicial duties».

A Rochester City Court judge continues to draw a $ 174,000 - a-year paycheck despite being stripped of her judicial duties after driving drunk to work, being jailed for skipping a court date and taking an extended trip to a monastery in the mountains of Thailand.

Are NBA and the SANs suggesting that once a state security agency invades the home of a judicial officer, and makes allegations against him or her IN THE MEDIA, such an officer is under obligation to step down from its duties?

«As I have now come to realize after my interactions with the EFCC, that payment is being investigated from the angle of whether or not it was to influence the receiver in the performance of his judicial duties on the Bench of the National Industrial Court.

In their judgement (http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/HCA/2013/20.html) they say that the law does not «create a duty» to disclose these changes in circumstance effective 2000, and then apparently decline to address «is section 66A of the Administration Act invalid, insofar as it has retrospective effect, because it infringes the separation of judicial and legislative powers mandated by the Constitution?&raquIn their judgement (http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/HCA/2013/20.html) they say that the law does not «create a duty» to disclose these changes in circumstance effective 2000, and then apparently decline to address «is section 66A of the Administration Act invalid, insofar as it has retrospective effect, because it infringes the separation of judicial and legislative powers mandated by the Constitution?&raquin circumstance effective 2000, and then apparently decline to address «is section 66A of the Administration Act invalid, insofar as it has retrospective effect, because it infringes the separation of judicial and legislative powers mandated by the Constitution?»

«EFCC seems to be dilly - dallying, which prompted me to apply for judicial review, to wit - Order of Mandamus, compelling them to do their public duty and for the ICPC to release to Code of Conduct, forms Chime filled before he became governor in 2007 to enable us determine the extent of cannibalization.

To adopt almost judicial neutrality in the performance of his duties is exactly what we should expect of the Commons» presiding officer.

«That you, Bala A. Mohammed, while being the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, sometime in 2014 in Abuja within the Judicial Division of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory did accept gratification of a house worth N550, 000,000 (Five Hundred and Fifty Million Naira) only situated at No. 2599 & 2600 Cadastral Zone A04 Asokoro District, Abuja from Aso Savings & Loans Plc as reward for performing your official duties and you thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 18 (b) of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act 2000 and punishable under Section 18 (d) of the same Act.»

«However, as a serving minister in an administration that is fighting corruption, Dr Fayemi has a duty to respond to his indictment by the judicial commission of enquiry, which probed the finances of Ekiti state under his watch.

In 1993, a lawsuit before the Supreme Judicial Court argued that inadequate funding meant the state was not meeting its constitutional duty to students in poorer districtIn 1993, a lawsuit before the Supreme Judicial Court argued that inadequate funding meant the state was not meeting its constitutional duty to students in poorer districtin poorer districts.

Normally, seeing the jury summons from the county clerk's office causes one of two reactions: a groan that comes from knowing jury duty is a hassle and disruption in an already overbooked life; resolute acceptance tinged with civic pride because you will be serving as a part of a fair and just judicial system.

Had the decision in Hasan concluded at this juncture, it would have been of interest in that it reflects current judicial thinking on the issue of a general duty to give reasons for decisions.

Thus in the words of Judge LJ: ``... the 2000 Act may properly be seen as Parliament's considered statutory framework for the disclosure of information held by public authorities, whose enactment militates against the incremental judicial perception of a common law duty to the same or any wider extent.»

The ABA found it appropriate to apply the basic tenets of appropriate judicial conduct, such as judges» duty to «respect and honor the judicial office as a public trust and strive to maintain and enhance confidence in the judicial system» and to «maintain the dignity of the judicial office at all times» when it applied rules of offline conduct to judges» activities online.

At the maximum extent of «judicial activism» this could result in the finding of a duty binding upon the political actors on the basis of the telos of Article 20 TFEU and Article 50 TEU.

In the judicial decisions in Ontario discussing this duty, it is discussed largely in the context of their professional obligationIn the judicial decisions in Ontario discussing this duty, it is discussed largely in the context of their professional obligationin Ontario discussing this duty, it is discussed largely in the context of their professional obligationin the context of their professional obligations.

In this case, Christina Lambert and Matthew Hill successfully obtained permission for judicial review on the basis that a pilot scheme Notice of Hearing did not comply with the GMC's statutory duty and common law obligations of fairness.

In order to perform their duty effectively, lawyers research on laws, the intent of those laws and the judicial decisions that are relevant to their client's circumstance so as to make a knowledgeable decision.

She is also experienced in using judicial review claims to help children obtain accommodation from social services when they have become estranged from parents and to help young people enforce their entitlement to leaving care duties.

Lindsay Johnson Housing specialist known for his strong track record in judicial reviews and in public law challenges covering a range of issues, such as failure to comply with homelessness duties, antisocial behaviour policies and failure to follow allocation policies.

In California, the rule states, «It is the duty of an attorney... to employ, for the purpose of maintaining the causes confided to him or her those means only as are consistent with the truth, and never to mislead the judge or any judicial officer by an artifice or false statement of fact or law.»

And that perhaps is why its doctrines demand such strict servility to the law; it is in the duty for the strict and correct application of legal doctrine that the key to judicial accountability lies, as I think the comments earlier this year of Mr. Justice David Stratas made clear (succinctly described and linked here: https://doubleaspectblog.wordpress.com/2016/01/15/taking-doctrine-seriously/).

Secondly, I agree that one of the primary roles of a lawyer is acting as an advocate for the client, implied in the s - c trust, but there is also an absolute ethical duty, as an officer of the court, to recognize conflicting duties which do not promote effective operation of the judicial system.

The act of the prosecutor results in the wrongful destruction of an American citizen's rights and casts a threatening shadow over the entire judicial system charged with the duty to secure our constitutional protections.

That all changed with the Supreme Judicial Court's 2010 decision, Papadopoulos v. Target Corp., in which the court abolished any legal distinction between natural and unnatural accumulations of snow and instead said that a property owner has a duty to act «as a reasonable person under all the circumstances» with regard to removal of snow and ice.

But they have a duty to themselves, participants in their decision - making processes, and to the public, to speak clearly through their reasons for decision, and not in whispered affidavits or legal submissions in subsequent judicial review proceedings.

Is it surprising or particularly disappointing that judicial decisions have not established a duty in most of these instances (and thus have avoided the need to say what the standard of care might be)?

[64] We find that Justice Cosgrove has failed in the execution of the duties of his judicial office and that public confidence in his ability to discharge those duties in future has been irrevocably lost.

The 2015 duty provider tender and the Lord Chancellor's policy for dual contracting was abandoned on 28 January 2016 in the face of opposition including a judicial review and 115 Part 7 claims (Jason Coppel QC, Amy Rogers, and Zoe Gannon acting for the Claimant solicitors).

In the following post, I briefly develop both aspects of this equation — pragmatism with regard to the scope of the CFSP versus principle with regard to the reach of EU constitutional principles into the CFSP — and I conclude with a brief reflection on the normative issue of whether the Court stays within its role as a judicial body, where I suggest the CJEU's approach fits squarely within its duty to say what the law is.

He added: «Turkey's own Constitution states that judges «shall be independent in the discharge of their duties... No organ, authority, office or individual may give orders or instructions to courts or judges related to the exercise of judicial power».

Judges must avoid any conflict of interest, or the appearance of any conflict of interest, in the performance of their judicial duties.

In closing, the SKCA cautioned that «the duty of good faith must not be used to circumvent the plain language of a contract because that would result in ad hoc judicial moralism and undermine the principle of certainty in contract»In closing, the SKCA cautioned that «the duty of good faith must not be used to circumvent the plain language of a contract because that would result in ad hoc judicial moralism and undermine the principle of certainty in contract»in ad hoc judicial moralism and undermine the principle of certainty in contract»in contract».

Michelle R. Rack brings her considerable litigation experience to the Firm to serve clients involved in disputes arising in the context of contested wills and trusts and breaches of fiduciary duty requiring the judicial removal of executors and trustees, as well as conservators and attorneys - in - fact engaging in financial exploitation of vulnerable seniors.

And under Canon 2, Rule 2.11, a judge has an ethical responsibility to perform judicial duties impartially, and to «disqualify himself or herself in any proceeding in which the judge's impartiality might reasonably be questioned.»

We are also experts in the changes to SEN law introduced under the Children and Families Act 2014, and were involved in the first judicial review of local authorities duties under the new law.

We are experts in the changes to SEN law introduced with the Children and Families Act 2014 and were involved in the first judicial review of local authority duties under the Act, which you can read about here.

As it previously did in case No 113 of 7 April 2011, which introduced the power to reopen criminal proceedings for judicial review of res iudicata in the light of the European Court of Human Rights judgements, such solution could have represented a sustainable balance between the duty to comply with EU law, and the right of the defendant not to be unpredictably and unfairly disadvantaged during the criminal proceeding.

Paul D. Carrington and Roger C. Cramton, «Judicial Independence in Excess: Receiving the Judicial Duty of the Supreme Court,» 94 Cornell L. Rev. 587, 627 - 28 (2009).

The Court considered that, whilst the fundamental principle underlying art 5 is the need to protect the individual from arbitrary detention, with an essential part being timely judicial control, art 5 must not be interpreted in such a way as would make it impracticable for the police to perform their duty to maintain public order and protect the lives and property of others.

As chief administrative officer of the judicial branch of government, the Chief Justice assigns Justices and judges, including retired Justices and judges who consent and are approved by the Court to serve, to duty in courts that require temporary assistance.

The problem is simply stated as follows: Develop a principled approach to reconcile traditional accounts of the rule of law with the modern reality that administrative agencies and statutory tribunals who do not operate like or resemble the ordinary courts but who nevertheless occupy a large amount of space in our legal system and can not avoid making legal determinations in exercising their statutory duties which often implicate individual rights and interests to a greater extent than judicial decisions.

The Tribunal found that the interpretive process adopted by the Court under the doctrine «falls well within the scope of duties that courts are asked to perform every day», and that «inconsistency in judicial interpretation at this limited scale is to be expected.»

Chief Justice Marshall's judgment in Marbury is celebrated not only for its conclusion, that the Constitution of the United States is the highest form of law and therefore «it is emphatically the province and duty of the judicial department to say what the law is», but also for how it reached that conclusion.

(7) The Chief Justice of the Superior Court of Justice may hold meetings with the Associate Chief Justice, the regional senior judges and the Senior Judge of the Family Court in order to consider any matters concerning sittings of the Superior Court of Justice and the assignment of its judicial duties.