Sentences with phrase «on courts of last resort»

The efforts by legislators in Arizona and Georgia appears to be part of a larger national trend to alter the number of justices on courts of last resort as detailed here.

Not exact matches

The couple's «last resort» appeal to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg, France, was dismissed on Tuesday.

These methods include applying to have money taken straight out of your wages or benefits, making you bankrupt, securing the debt on your home or, as a last resort, asking the court to commit you to prison.

Blazing new ground in a destination emerging as a high - end alternative to nearby Nha Trang, the independently owned and operated 117 - villa and 96 - room resort celebrated its grand opening in April last year, cutting the ribbon on a host of world - class facilities including three restaurants and three bars, a ballroom, conference facilities, water sports centre, yoga room and deck, tennis court, gym, three swimming pools and more.

On the other hand, if one is an august body of last resort ignoring its own recent precedents (for example, the Supreme Court of Canada — this has been known to happen (g)-RRB- one apparently gets to claim that it's not necessary to refer to the prior cases because the principles one is about to outline «emerge» from the cases.

Most state constitutions have explicit language giving the state court of last resort the power to establish rules that are binding on the lower courts and their judges.

(iv) Where the court is not satisfied on the basis of the affidavit and the other evidence before it that the right to withhold inspection is established, it may: (a) conclude that the evidence does not establish a legal right to withhold inspection and order inspection; (b) order a further affidavit to deal with matters which the earlier affidavit does not cover or on which it is unsatisfactory; (c) inspect the documents (inspection should be a solution of last resort and should not be undertaken unless there is credible evidence that those claiming privilege have either misunderstood their duty, or are not to be trusted with the decision making, or there is no reasonably practical alternative); or (d) order crossexamination of a person who has sworn an affidavit (however, cross-examination may not be ordered in the case of an affidavit of documents.

The landmark decision is The Matamajaw Salmon Club v. Duchaine, since deceased, [1921] UKPC 94, [1921] 2 AC 426, with the opinion delivered by Viscount Haldane for the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, at that time the court of last resort for the Empire, overturning a decision from the Supreme Court of Canada, [1919] S.C.R. 223, on appeal from 27court of last resort for the Empire, overturning a decision from the Supreme Court of Canada, [1919] S.C.R. 223, on appeal from 27Court of Canada, [1919] S.C.R. 223, on appeal from 27 Que.

In this series of notes on family justice, I have explored a variety of alternatives, from shifting responsibility in family law disputes out of the courts and onto the families themselves, to a partially computerized system that would reserve court as a last resort, to an administrative model that would remove family law from the court system altogether.

The ease of publishing on the web means that comments about trial level decisions can show up in the first 10 google hits as easily as comments about tomorrow's court of last resort decision.

The inspector rejected that argument on the grounds that the exercise of such a power should only be a last resort and that a county court would have refused to make an order on the grounds that the appeal site was the more suitable site.

The court based this conclusion on the following facts: (1) other brokers attempted to impose punitive commission splits (as opposed to normal 50 - 50); (2) other brokers made disparaging comments regarding Action (i.e. that it was not reputable, did not do a good job selling its listings, etc.); (3) other brokers stated that they would show Action homes only as a «last resort» or would «avoid them like the plague»; and (4) one broker stated that Action would not survive for long because other brokers were going to drive Park out of business.