Sentences with phrase «only appellate law»

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Saraki said the appellate court erred in law when it affirmed the competence of the proceedings of the CCT, which sat on the appellant's case with only two members as against the three provided for in the provisions of Paragraph 15 (1) of the Fifth Schedule to the 1999 Constitution.

The underlying issue for an appeal is simple: the appellate court (AC), ie Court of Appeal; a High Court judge; a circuit judge etc) may only allow an appeal if it considers the decision below was «wrong» (r 52.11 (3)-RRB-: wrong in law, wrong on the facts or because the judge exercised his discretion wrongly («plainly wrong»: Piglowska v Piglowski [1999] 1 WLR 1360, [1999] 2 FLR 763); or unjust because of a procedural irregularity.

They have not only litigated hundreds of insurance cases with great success at the trial court level, but they've also helped shape the law in this area through their published appellate decisions,» commented Frank Falzetta, head of Sheppard Mullin's Insurance practice.

The court confirmed that an appellate court should interfere only where a mistake is made as to an «extricable question of law» or where overall the trial judge reached a completely irrational decision.

(He produces the Grande Macros, a amazing set of macros for family law and appellate practice that is for sale only to Oklahoma Bar Association members through my office.)

Apparently, in Rosen's DC - oriented mind, the only viable Democratic SCOTUS nominees are federal appellate judges, big - law lawyers, elite law professors, and «book smart» and «ruthlessly determined» politicians.

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At Scarinci Hollenbeck, our veteran appellate practitioners, some who were law clerks to Appellate Judges and N.J. Supreme Court Justices, have gained an intimate knowledge of the appellate process that trial lawyers, who may only occasionally be involved in an appeal, do not possess.

He is board - certified in civil appellate law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, an honor accorded to only one in every ten lawyers in the state of Texas.

The law in 2018 is likely to be substantially different than in years past, which only creates more issues for the appellate courts to attempt to untangle as everyone attempts to make sense of what the new laws mean and how to apply them going forward.

For example, Kenneth Chestek found that judges, law clerks, and practicing lawyers rated sample briefs with strong narrative components as more persuasive than sample briefs without strong narrative components.13 Sean Flammer found that judges rated sample briefs as more persuasive when they were written in plain language rather than in legalese.14 Similarly, Robert Benson and Joan Kessler found that appellate judges and their law clerks preferred briefs written in plain language rather than in legalese.15 Finally, Joseph Kimble and Steve Harrington found that judges and attorneys preferred plain language over legalese.16 These studies, however, measure only the judges» and lawyers» stated preferences for particular styles of writing.

This is true of only four other appellate law firms in the entire Dallas - Fort Worth area.

[A] n appellate court may only intervene in the decision of a trial judge if he or she erred in law or made a material error in the appreciation of the facts.

The Italian constitutional Court has upheld national rules which had been judged by the ECHR as contrary to the Convention, arguing that such rules nevertheless protected a different constitutional principle of the national constitution and the convention could not modify the constitution, beng it a lower rank act - so from a theoretical point of view the CJEU adopts the same approach: the ultimate decision on whether a EU act is in compliance with EU law must be taken within EU only (to make a parallel, think of the CJEU approach for WTO decisions: despite an action being contrary to WTO as decided by the appellate body, nonetheless individuals can use such illegality as a ground to void the action within the EU system)

In other words, if the appellate judges believe the lower court got the law wrong, they will reverse its decision; but they will only reverse a finding of fact if the lower court made an especially egregious or obvious mistake.

Thus, the judge had a good deal of discretion in making his decision and would only be reversed by the appellate court if he made a legal error or if the evidence was insufficient as a matter of law.

I know of Kusk only because, for my area of research, I went looking for cases where appellate courts commented on the apparent willingness of trial judges and counsel to either ignore law they were assumed to know or just not know the law at all.

My favorite aspects of being an appellate judge on the highest state court are that I can work on important cutting edge legal issues and resolve them fairly and justly not only for the parties involved but also for the law of the state, that I discuss the judicial system with the public and listen to the people's concerns, and that I have opportunities to improve the administration of justice.