Sentences with phrase «of unrepresented»

This would, in turn, reduce the number of unrepresented parties appearing in court.

The move is intended to reduce the number of unrepresented parties in family law, as well as promote non-adversarial dispute resolution.

Otherwise, if one side had a contract drafted by a lawyer and the other side didn't, the contract would be construed in favor of the unrepresented party in cases of ambiguity.

As a result, law is less readily understood, and therefore less respected by the people it is supposed to serve, especially so by the unconscionably high percentages of unrepresented litigants in our courts.

«What I'd like to see,» one lawyer said, «is a lot more of them go down to family court and help out some of the unrepresented litigants there.

If you happen to harbour any doubts, consider the phantasmagorical spectacle of an unrepresented husband cross-examining his wife on the circumstances leading to their separation.

If the experience of paralegals in Ontario is any indication, their prices aren't high enough to sustain a practice, and aren't low enough to attract the thousands of unrepresented litigants in the province.

«I was also particularly inspired by the panel of judicial leaders and excited to hear of their many initiatives to reach greater numbers of unrepresented litigants,» she added.

The Manhattan CLARO Project addresses the needs of unrepresented debtors who are being sued by their creditors, by providing pro se litigants the opportunity to meet with an attorney to discuss their case and obtain limited legal advice.

A Court of Appeal judge was also «horrified» at the number of unrepresented litigants, warning that the delays caused will «clog up» the justice system.

However, I have practised family law for too long to be naïve about the prospect of unrepresented litigants learning to love their spouse's lawyer.

Whatever the cause and impact of unrepresented litigants on the civil justice system may be, I am of the view that the civil justice system must exist to serve members of the public — whether represented or not.

The University of Ottawa common law section has begun a pilot project that has four students working in two teams to advocate on behalf of unrepresented taxpayers in the Tax Court's informal procedure appeals.

It is your fault that tax is impossibly complicated and way beyond the capability of the unrepresented taxpayer to cope.

And only those within the justice system are seeing the negative effects of the growing number of unrepresented litigants in civil and criminal courts.

If it were not, the great volume of literature that has been written about this «access to justice» problem since 2007 would not have been published, and the disturbingly high and increasing percentages of unrepresented litigants whom judges are warning are clogging their courts, would not be happening.»

For example, in San Diego, the number of unrepresented parties in family court cases went up 70 percent in 2004 from 54 percent in the early 1990s.

The great increase in the percentage of unrepresented litigants is not due to a loss of public confidence in the justice system.

Is the phenomenon of unrepresented or pro se litigants a result of the downturn in the global economy or the historical effect of inflation escalating the cost of legal representation?

Contained in the report is a submission by the Law Society of England and Wales warning that to «extend the principle of fixed costs could adversely affect access to justice or increase the number of unrepresented litigants bringing claims.»

The majority of low and moderate income people go without legal help, and the nationwide number of unrepresented litigants keeps rising.

Key issues of the report include potential conflicts of interest, disclosure to the plaintiff and interests of unrepresented class members The deadline for submissions is 22 September 2017.

For instance, in their dealings with self - represented litigants, opposing lawyers can and often do take advantage of the unrepresented parties» insecurity over, and ignorance of, court rules and procedures.

That means if you missed the two year statute of limitations for the Wrongful Death claim, if the person suffered before death, had substantial medical bills or had a punitive damages claim, then there may still be a suit that can be brought on behalf of the unrepresented Estate because it has been tolled by O.C.G.A. Sec. 9-3-32.

Acting for a petroleum company in which the issue is the right of an unrepresented and absent respondent to lodge an appeal against an arbitral award at the point of enforcement and involves a subject sum of USD 93,720,000.

(This is certainly the experience of many of the unrepresented litigants discussed in Macfarlane's research and the Canadian Bar Association's recent report on access to justice.)

As a result, despite the inconveniences enuring to the mutual discomfort of bench and bar, I am hard pressed to conclude that there is anything fundamentally wrong with the growing presence of unrepresented litigants; the situation is infelicitous, to be sure, but not iniquitous.

Somehow we have to harness their passion and skills to the huge swathe of unrepresented people.

The average percentage of unrepresented litigants in Ontario family courts between 1998 and 2003 was 46 percent.»

But treating the problem of unrepresented litigants and clogged courts by simplifying court processes and procedures is like trying to remedy a cold by blowing your nose to simplify the act of breathing.

Insurance companies like to take advantage of unrepresented injured workers who aren't aware of how the system works.

Eligibility has also been reduced, resulting in a sharp increase in the number of unrepresented accused, notes Eder.

For example, it quotes (page 13) percentages of unrepresented litigants, which percentages ABSs can not help to alter.

The report explains why fundamental change in the legal system is necessary, exploring issues like the growth of unrepresented litigants, the role of technology, and potential partnerships between private practices and public resources.

If banning ODR is warranted because 13 % of litigants do not own a computer, then should we not bar lawyers from pleading since the percentage of unrepresented litigants is more than four times higher than the number of individuals on the wrong side of the digital divide?

Not only the financial difficulties being faced by law firms large, medium, and small but also the growing number of unrepresented litigants in the courts and a serious deficit in access to justice across the country are driving the inevitable.

The intention is to «present the idea of the unrepresented of Californian culture.».

The John Levy Loan Repayment Fund, established in honor of the late Professor John Levy for his lifelong commitment to public service and his distinguished career safeguarding the rights of the unrepresented and underrepresented.

Not exact matches

Black women have gone from under - represented to unrepresented in the highest echelons of corporate leadership in 2017.

«In some courts, on some days, I am told, unrepresented litigants are up to 40 of the cases,» McLachlin told a Canadian Bar Association audience.

The return to «the» canon, the high canon of Western masterpieces, represents the return of an order in which my people were the subjugated, the voiceless, the invisible, the unrepresented, and the unrepresentable.

50 % of the voters are represented by no party... and because of their refusal to adopt a party and vote, they are unrepresented except insofar as they choose to vote for a Democrat or Republican.

Definitely not the most important, but additional and recent, evidence is this issue of Spectrum, a YDS publication, in which we are told: «One of the most dynamic new student groups at YDS draws from a long unrepresented constituency at the divinity school: nonbelievers.

as long as they don't allow women to serve in equal positions, it will not only be unfair to women who are in some kind of leadership role, but to its women followers since they are virtually unrepresented

«It would be equally tragic if minorities come to regard themselves... as second - class citizens or the «children of a lesser god,» forever to remain subservient to the majority's goodwill and unrepresented by their own chosen representatives.»

The very act of posting proves that «Unrepresented in America» exists.

Fans are totally unrepresented in the running and decision making of their Clubs (unlike in Germany and Spain) *.

LITRG is an initiative of the Chartered Institute of Taxation to give a voice to the unrepresented.

Low Incomes Tax Reform Group The LITRG is an initiative of the Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT) to give a voice to the unrepresented.

, and two districts unrepresented, during budget negotiations, AND gives the IDC plenty of time to back out of the deal.