Sentences with phrase «of civil justice systems»

This is not entirely surprising given that, based on criteria such as cost - effectiveness, efficiency, impartiality and independence, the World Justice Project ranked the civil legal system of the Netherlands the highest of all civil justice systems in the world.

In addition to the official IAEG global indicators — measuring the proportion of victims of violence that report their victimization to the police as well as unsentenced detainees as a proportion of the overall prison population — WJP's Index scores provide a holistic picture of the accessibility, affordability, impartiality, and effectiveness of civil justice systems, and of the capacity of criminal justice systems to investigate and adjudicate criminal offenses through an impartial system that protects the rights of victims and the accused.

We have also made available an Interim Report on the state of civil justice systems in Canada, which was completed to hyelp focus the discussion at part 1 of the conference.

Rather, the limited use of cy près — as a last resort, when compensation is truly not feasible, and when other regulatory oversight mechanisms fail — illustrates a continued adherence to the traditional goals of our civil justice system, of which deterrence is but one aim.

The Civil Justice Council, while recognising that «the lion's share» of the consultation was about criminal justice, expressed concern that the proposals would «erode important features of the civil justice system» and have «an adverse impact on the quality of justice for those members of the public who have no alternative but to count on publicly funded assistance».

The new rules on budgets and sanctions nearly destroyed the reputation of our civil justice system for fairness with the disastrous Mitchell decision when # 506,000 of costs was disallowed from a budget because it was filed the day before the hearing, not seven days before (Mitchell MP v News Group Newspapers [2013] EWCA Civ 1537, [2014] 2 All ER 430).

While I do not wish to invalidate such beliefs, I think that much of this thinking is based upon a misunderstanding of the fundamental purpose of our civil justice system in America and the principles upon which it is based.

The fundamental purpose of the civil justice system in the U.S. can be summed up in that one word: «Justice».

Disclosure of TPLF will help shine much needed light on an obscure industry that is converting our courtrooms into trading floors and restore confidence in the integrity of our civil justice system.

The Center is the first national consumer organization dedicated exclusively to educating the public about the importance of the civil justice system.

In November 2009, some very brave medical malpractice victims decided to visit the district offices of Virginia's two U.S. Senators in the hopes to showing them the importance of the civil justice system.

«An unreasonable delay of this kind reflects adversely on the reputation and credibility of the civil justice system as a whole, and reinforces the negative images which the public can have of the way judges and lawyers perform their roles,» she said.

They will then challenge some of the common assumptions underlying the status quo, with the aim of opening a dialogue about which facets of the civil justice system are foundational to the rule of law and which ones ultimately detract from it.

The idea is that each subject page pulls all of this information together to become a dynamic portal into one aspect of the civil justice system.

This Special Issue captures the emphasis on the needs and expectations of users of the civil justice system.

The accessibility of the civil justice system is an aspect of rule of law on which Canada scores relatively poorly, in comparison with other measures for Canada and with other countries.

Yet politicians in other state capitols (and possibly Washington DC) are considering new laws to stop liability lawsuits against hospitals or weaken the deterrent potential of the civil justice system.

Lakoff's suggestion is to replace «tort reform» with «destruction of the civil justice system.»

It has therefore always seemed to be a matter of some irony that what happened in these two cases in particular has become the leitmotif of the alleged failings of the Woolf reforms and of our civil justice system generally.

But although the core qualities of our civil justice system are beyond reproach, some of our machinery for delivering it is rusty and inefficient.

Sick of Lawsuits is a nationwide organization that is calling attention to the abuses of our civil justice system, educating citizens on what they can do to stop lawsuit abuse.

ROONEY: (Voiceover) «Your commentary did a disservice to the debates over the importance of the civil justice system.»

This course is for those who want to practice mediation in the context of the civil justice system.

As a passionate advocate for access to justice, Nicole has led several local and national research projects that examine the cost, affordability and the effectiveness of the civil justice system in Canada.

In the never - ending boxing match over the fairness of the civil justice system, each corner paints itself as good and its opponent as evil.

The writer prefers the former view and proposes even if the reader does not, the mantra neatly captures what should be a worthwhile aim of our civil justice system: the simultaneous defence and promotion of the right to try and not to try a case.

Fiss would likely agree with Brown's view in Markicevic that «the primary purpose of our civil justice system must be to enable those who have legal disputes against each other to secure an impartial third - party adjudication of their disputes [and that] the best way to adjudicate the merits of the case is not through endless interlocutory motions... nor is it through making every case pass through the hoop of rigid mandatory mediation, when the nature of some disputes dictates getting before a judge as soon as possible.»

That must be the bane of the existence of research projects into the delivery of «access to justice» and to the cause of those who urge further reform of the civil justice system.

In a recent employment law training session I delivered, none of the seven young participants (18 - 25) knew of the existence of Employment Tribunals («ET») or even of a civil justice system.

The Legal Services Corporation (LSC), a national nonprofit that administers all federal funding for civil legal aid, created a new «Leaders Council» to convene high - profile, influential leaders from various industries to raise public awareness about the current crisis of our civil justice system.

But their argument is aimed at reforms of the civil justice system intended by the provinces to increase access to justice.

«But this is another example of the civil justice system ensuring that some of that family's loss is recovered, and maybe that companies will think more about the safety of their own employees going forward.»

Finally, lawsuit lending undermines the integrity of the civil justice system.

Today, however, public perception of the civil justice system has taken a decided U-turn!

No matter the outcome, it's a great example of the civil justice system providing a level playing field so that farmers and small business owners can pool together and take on a big Wall Street fat cat!

All the partiers who won't be killed or injured because of our civil justice system thank you too!

The interim report addresses concerns regarding a perceived underuse of ADR within some sections of the civil justice system and suggests a variety of possible corrective measures.

The Task Force began its work with IAALS in 2008, with goal of generating a nationwide discussion about the state of our civil justice system...

Civil Justice Council (CJC) An Advisory Public Body established under the Civil Procedure Act 1997 with responsibility for overseeing and coordinating the modernisation of the civil justice system.

A Washington Post «Wonkblog» called, «In one corner of the law, minorities and women are often valued less,» presents a very a troubling aspect of our civil justice system when a case goes to trial or settles:

This, in part, presents all the more reason to strive for solutions that will increase the efficiency of the civil justice system that are cost effective — or better still costless — and will not compromise fairness and justice for those involved in litigated matters.

By focusing on the primary elements of the civil justice system... this book in turn has three main goals.

Will unbundled services make a difference to users of the civil justice system?

This encouraging development once again highlights the power of our civil justice system.

A recent study conducted for Voices for Civil Justice, with support from the Public Welfare Foundation, found that voters strongly favor reform of the civil justice system.

As a passionate advocate for access to justice, Nicole spent two years as the Executive Director of the Canadian Forum on Civil Justice (CFCJ), a national not - for - profit that works on issues of access to justice and civil justice reform and has led several local and national research projects that examine the cost, affordability and effectiveness of the civil justice system in Canada; she remains a Senior Research Fellow at the CFCJ.

[12] The primary purpose of our civil justice system must be to enable those who have legal disputes against each other to secure an impartial third - party adjudication of their disputes.

Such a state of affairs reflects an unacceptable failure on the part of our civil justice system.

The central message of the Court of Appeal's decision is that the summary judgment motions court can not dispense with a trial unless it is «in the interests of justice» to do so: ``... the aim of the civil justice system is to provide a just result in disputed matters through a fair process.»

In some instances, the difference in value should be considered as the property of the civil justice system rather than the non-defaulting litigant.