Sentences with phrase «judicial resources»

Seems like an incredible waste of judicial resources but that's what happens when cases can not proceed as a class.

As it is, that motion has resulted in four years of unnecessary litigation and an unfortunate drain on scarce judicial resources.

Also, as the regime develops, there could be an additional drain on judicial resources in an environment in which there is already a shortage.

My expectation was that increased use of dispute resolution process early on would result in a decreased need for judicial resources for trials.

Second, the rules of civil litigation assume unlimited judicial resources exist for every case.

Combined with limited judicial resources, the need to encourage settlement and discourage inappropriate behaviour by litigants has never been more pressing.

The first and immediate impact has been a delay in civil trials, as judicial resources are moved to criminal proceedings to avoid the dismissal of criminal charges.

Who is more likely to drain judicial resources and increase litigation costs — insurance defense lawyers paid by the hour, or contingency fee lawyers who are paid only if and when they win?

It is also a waste of time and judicial resources because a trial court could have dealt with the issue when it heard the case, causing further delay.

His proposals, which are put forward as a cohesive package, seek further judicial resource to be given to claims for the purposes of effective management and controlling costs.

Much more important to me has been the apparent misuse of precious court - time and judicial resources resulting from that recent conduct.

Firstly, given judicial resources are currently stretched so thin, justice may still be delayed if all or even most cases were to be tried.

That's in line with my gut expectation about front - end loading judicial resources.

«I am sure you are very conscious of the need to manage judicial resources carefully,» he wrote.

If, in the court's opinion, scheduling the summary judgment motion would not be a prudent use of judicial resources, Judges should be prepared to refuse to schedule the motion.

You should also know that courts do not take kindly to those who waste judicial resources by bringing frivolous lawsuits or meritless claims.

In outlining its reasons, the Court stated that «the class action is designed to facilitate authors» access to justice while preserving judicial resources and, where appropriate, to effectively sanction acts that would otherwise remain protected from judicial intervention because of the low level of injury when assessed on an individual basis.

Setting one date — April 3 — for all the pre-trial motions to go before the judge «would conserve judicial resources, avoid gamesmanship and ensure a fair process for the consideration of all defense motions,» Bharara wrote in the letter to the judge.

The Court will not hesitate to impose appropriate sanctions, including potentially substantial costs, should the Defendant waste either the Plaintiffs» time and money or scarce judicial resources by filing frivolous motions in the future.

In a landmark decision, an Ontario judge has ruled that Legal Aid's ongoing support of Kathleen Anne Worrod was an «abuse of process» that undermined the public interest and wasted precious judicial resources meant for low - income Ontarians.

Legal Aid's ongoing support of Worrod, he ruled, amounted to an abuse of process that undermined the public interest and wasted judicial resources meant for low - income Ontarians.

Alabama: Senate approves Judicial Resources Allocation Commission with power to move judgeships; requires more uniformity in how cases are counted throughout state

Three judges — Justice Pepall, Justice Nordheimer and now Justice D.M. Brown — have collectively said there is a «chronic» and «manifest» lack of judicial resources in the civil and criminal law systems in Toronto.

The doctrine of circuity is a legal doctrine that some state and federal courts across the country have adopted to conserve valuable judicial resources.

Focus judicial resources on: interlocutory remedies to preserve status quo; case management to keep the proceedings within the time set for it, and final hearing on the merits;

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For the many district courts whose dockets are already overflowing, the notion of bringing all resources to bear on a dramatically increasing class of complex, high stakes, and technically demanding disputes raises serious questions about judicial resource management.»

Class actions are a better use of limited judicial resources while making the courts accessible to people who may not be able to afford to bring individual actions on their own.

There had been months of litigation, the expenditure of extensive judicial resources on the case, and extensive preparation by Officer Hassett for trial.

Of course, there are instances of legitimate grievances, but legislators might well desire to devote judicial resources to other problems of a more serious nature.

«Senior judge programs make use of the services of retired judges to supplement existing judicial resources,» said Premier Greg Selinger in the annoucement Monday.

«It is a grotesque waste of scant judicial resources.»

Justice Brown took the opportunity in writing the decision to explain how crucial it is to be accurate when communicating with the court, and how judicial resources are wasted when counsel does not properly communicate with the court.

«At the present time, the Superior Court of Justice is operating under conditions of scarcity of judicial resources relative to the demands generated by litigants in the system,» Brown writes in Atlas.

Without such a further shift in culture of the kind engendered by Lord Woolf, coupled with adequate judicial resources and administrative support for the civil court system, it is difficult to see further rule changes alone achieving what Lord Woolf desired but which for large and complex claims his reforms failed ultimately to deliver.

«Due to the ongoing shortage of judicial resources at the Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta, the Court has been put in a position where it must curtail some of its services,» said Chief Justice Neil Wittman and Associate Chief Justice John Rooke in last week's announcement.

Considering the forum selection clause, the Court held that the most efficient use of judicial resources dictated that all of the issues be litigated together in the B.C. Court.

The release of R. v. Jordan by the Supreme Court has diverted judicial resources to criminal cases to meet the strict time requirements that have been imposed on the courts.

They can not force a trial and thus take up finite judicial resources by refusing to conduct a meaningful examination for discovery.»

The Task Force has developed model policy to protect the legal system from frivolous litigation that threatens its reliability, strains judicial resources and cripples businesses» ability to innovate, employ and engender economic prosperity.

Senior judges are a vital judicial resource.

We simply can't afford to waste precious judicial resources litigating cases that should've been resolved by applying the clear text of our Probate Code.

The nature and extent of the case management provided by a judge or case management master under this Rule in respect of a proceeding shall be informed by any relevant practices, traditions, customs or judicial resource issues that apply locally in the region in which the proceeding is commenced or to which it is transferred.

Incalculable judicial resources are invested in providing elaborate, often arcane, explanations for why the court in question should not consider the merits of each case.

The troll's business model, thus, is an arbitrage game, exploiting judicial resources to leverage defendants» fear and the costs of defending into a revenue stream.

Justice Brown concludes unless these obstacles are removed, «I have difficulty seeing how tangible improvements in Ontario's civil justice system can occur in the face of fixed judicial resources.»

Yet, instead of enhancing judicial resources to that end, judicial budgets are among the first to be cut — or are treated, not as a co-equal branch, but as another agency.