Sentences with phrase «lawyers sitting on juries»

COMMENT Theoretically, the door has not been completely closed on CPS employees sitting as jurors, but for all practical purposes one would not now expect to see prosecution lawyers sitting on juries, save where the prosecuting authority is another organisation, and even then we can expect further challenge.

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Reading First Things may disqualify you from sitting on a jury, at least if a lawyer decides that such reading shows that you are too involved in the practice of your religion.

Lord Bingham maintained that while Parliament could not have intended that CPS lawyers should sit as jurors on cases brought by their own authority (even though Parliament chose not to state this expressly) there would be no objection to their sitting on cases prosecuted by other agencies — leaving CPS lawyers in the seemingly unique position of being theoretically eligible for jury service but in practice barred from sitting on the vast majority of cases brought in England and Wales, which is hardly a satisfactory state of affairs.

If you were sitting on a jury involving an ICBC injury claim, and the plaintiff's lawyer told you that the Defendant fell asleep at the wheel and «must pay for breaching the rules of the road» would your judgment be compromised?

With strong roots in the counties south of Chicago and through their philanthropic efforts in the local communities, lawyers at Spesia & Taylor are often known by the people sitting on local juries who assess the credibility of the attorneys and parties to a case.