Sentences with phrase «most civil cases»

Most civil cases also rely on witnesses, and subjective assessments of witness credibility.

Most civil cases require parties to attempt mediation unless waived by the court.

The main consideration of injury cases, indeed most civil cases, is compensation.

I believe that mediation suits most civil cases, particularly where there is an element of human relationships in matters such as family, probate, or shareholder disputes.

In most civil cases, either party can choose to have a jury.

This greatly distorts reality, which is that most civil cases take between 3 to 5 years to go to trial.

Most civil cases work to settle.

In most civil cases lawyers still create hard copies of evidentiary records, books of authorities and factums.

The Court of Appeal in England this week amended a ruling that would have led to an increase in general damages in most civil cases from 1st April 2013.

For starters, to maximize courtroom and staff utilization, most civil cases involving a broad range of personal injury, collection, eviction, small claims and probate matters will be shifted from the closed courtrooms to the downtown central civil courthouse, or to a limited number of designated courthouses where various types of cases will be grouped.

Here's the main problem: unlike most civil cases, in guardianship proceedings the judge plays a dual role: he or she serves both as neutral arbiter and as the person ultimately responsible for protecting the ward's best interests.

Most civil cases also take place in Provincial Court.

While the need to do so may be obvious to injury victims, this actually runs counter to the philosophy in most civil cases.

The burden of proof applied to most civil cases, including personal injury lawsuits, is much lower and is not as challenging to satisfy.

The reality is that most civil cases are settled rather than taken all the way to trial, so settlement is actually the usual method of resolving disputes.