Sentences with phrase «opposing sides of a case»

Not exact matches

In the case of King Saul (the biblical narrative of preference for those on the «less supportive» side of the support - oppose the president spectrum), the scripture is clear that God wasn't thrilled about the idea of a monarchy in Israel at all, but did indeed choose Saul to be the man to occupy it (1 Samuel 8:1 - 22).

«It is the case in Oxford and Cambridge Union debating contests that the competitors are given one side of the argument to debate blind, and so may have to argue a case they oppose, as I remember from my own first year efforts at Oxford» What a curious remark to make!

But EPA also recently approved 42 permits for Appalachian mining operations, including some mountaintop mines, and sided with the coal industry in opposing the rehearing of an appeals court case that could have decided whether the Army Corps has been improperly handling mountaintop permits.

Everyone was told to prepare to convince their meeting partner to come around to their side; half of the subjects, however, were told to prepare to make their case to a member of the opposing political party, and half were told to make their case to a member of their own party.

Pierce Brosnan (The Thomas Crown Affair, Die Another Day) and Julianne Moore (Magnolia, Hannibal) star as New York's finest divorce attorneys, one of whom will be faced with losing a case for the first time when they find themselves on opposing sides.

The case winds up in family court, mother and son fighting each other for custody, leaving the judge with the authority to decide the girl's fate, Courtroom drama follows, with Frank defended well by his lawyer, Fred Cullen (Glenn Plummer) and opposed by child welfare authority rep, and we do get to hear the decision of the court, allowing us to take sides as well.

Every side has a strong case to defend their position, and counter-arguments to refute the opposing points of view.

So, to keep my running list current, courts are not at all interested in hearing your clever rhetoric; your emotional exaggerations of how good, bad or ugly the other side's case is; or your disrespectful or uncivil language directed toward the court, opposing counsel, parties, witnesses or anyone else.

Opposing sides say the ruling on an upcoming Supreme Court case might encourage dangerous driving — or increased use of force.»

Though most criminal law cases are settled outside of the courtroom, those settlements only go the way you want if the opposing side knows you will fight aggressively.

At its simplest level, lawyers from the same law firm can not take on opposing sides in the same case but they should also not act for the competitors of major clients of the firm.

Track record delivers on this but takes it a step further in that it enables any lawyer who worked on a case to identify co-counsel or opposing counsel of the same case, providing both sides equal opportunity to express their own perspectives of the case.

I prefer to see everything up front and err on the side of caution as opposed to learning a year into the lawsuit (or even right before trial) that there are documents that have not been produced that hurt or, even worse, help my client's case.

If a Response is not filed, the opposing spouse may lose his or her right to present their side of the case to the court.

In 27 per cent of family law cases the opposing side had no lawyer at all and another 21 per cent had no lawyer for part of the case.

If I offer a fixed - price «contested» divorce, for example, then the incentive for the client is to make full - use of that pricing model and to regularly and repeatedly want to: 1) talk about their case (i.e., their evil spouse's latest antics) on the phone or in - person; 2) file more motions to get their spouse to do something, to prevent their spouse from doing something, or to object to something the court ruled; 3) send more «demand letters» or make more phone calls to the opposing party or their attorney to tell them to return the car seat, or to complain that they dropped off the child 15 minutes late, etc; and 4) respond to ad hoc motions from the other side (motions for attorney's fees, motions to compel discovery, motions for summary disposition, motions to enforce, etc).

We will investigate the circumstances of the incident, file with the court of law, request applicable medical or law enforcement records, and communicate with the opposing side in an effort to settle your case early.

However, many lawyers have a much higher percentage of «non-recommended» reviews filtered out, in some cases even outnumbering the recommended ones, which suggests some hanky - panky in the form of soliciting fake reviews, either on the part of the attorney or the opposing side.

Timelines vary widely depending on the nature of your case, deadlines set by the court, and how quickly the opposing side responds.

These are cases that rely almost solely upon the testimony of expert witnesses and both sides» experts are offering contradictory, or maybe even diametrically opposed testimony.

The trucking insurance company on the opposing side of your accident case isn't there to help you.

In this phase, you and the opposing side will be asked a range of general and specific questions about the case, including details explaining your side of the story.

Going it alone in a personal injury case is often a bad idea, as the opposing counsel will be extremely experienced in discrediting your side of the case.

The video also briefly shows part of the opposing side's low - tech presentation (begins at 5:15), which is based on «sticky notes» and a PowerPoint template that is not tailored to the case at hand.

With meticulous factual and legal analysis, we are able to dissect the issues, build the strength of our case and identify weaknesses on the opposing side.

While the discovery rules (especially the civil rules) often allow for broad investigation of the opposing side's case, they simultaneously create broad exposure to respond to civil discovery requests, which can multiply costs and create self - incrimination issues.

Some litigation counsel will even avoid raising the subject of settlement for fear the opposing side will take it as a sign of the lawyer's weakness, or — just as bad — their case's fragility.

They should also be aware of «personal conflicts they might have: relatives / friends on the opposing side, stock or business interests that might be a conflict, cases they worked on in previous employment, etc.» says Voisin.

Indeed, it is a matter of general importance that the facts in this case be the subject of a hearing on its merits so that the significant legal conclusions deriving therefrom will have more weight in future cases as opposed to findings made as a result of a hearing where only one side participated, albeit through the fault of the other side.

We staffed the case with one partner and one associate and collaborated extensively (compared to an expansive team of outside and inside counsel for the opposing side.)

The cases all wrap around the sides of the Neo Reloaded, too, as opposed to other modular phones which just have swappable backplates.