Sentences with phrase «other litigants»

It hurts other litigants: for example, when only one party to a matter is represented by counsel, the result is typically a higher legal bill for that party.

Other litigants attempt to move assets off - shore.

He said he hoped to discourage other litigants from following similar tactics.

That could be tens of millions of dollars in the end, depending on whether Apple will suffer the fate of other litigants who have brought claims without merit.

Local governments are treated differently from other litigants in BC by requiring injury claimants to give written notice within a very short period following an incident to... Continue reading →

Other litigants include a coral - reef scientist who finds that his object of study is vanishing, and a couple who fear that their island home will be washed away.

We are located in Midtown just south of Overton Square in Memphis, Tennessee, but we have helped injured persons and other litigants throughout most of West Tennessee, including Shelby, Tipton, Fayette, Lauderdale, Haywood, and Madison Counties.

They resulted in an abortive costs budgeting hearing and an adjournment which had serious consequences for other litigants.

The rights of the opponent and of other litigants waiting their turn for the Court's time must be considered.

Lawyers who ignore these requirements — or, worse, seek to pull a fast one — are imposing intolerably on their adversaries, on the courts, and on other litigants farther back in the queue for judicial attention.

The Legislature chose to treat local government differently from other litigants by requiring that local government be given notice within a short period following an incident to allow the City to investigate the potential claim.

They take this responsibility seriously, and they are working in a tradition that treats the government like any other litigant, entitled to no special treatment (other than any preference the law prescribes in statutes and precedents).

Your average small law firm couldn't afford those services, and there was even less value for self - represented and other litigants with just a single case.

Justice E.M. Morgan accepted the plaintiffs counsel's submissions that insured parties and insurance companies should be considered in a different light than other litigants.

The message to insurers and other litigants is that society can not afford a Rolls Royce justice system for all levels of claim, which means more ADR paid for by the parties, not the state.

This kind of behaviour is simply intolerable and must be sanctioned by the court to protect the integrity of the court process and as a warning to the mother and other litigants that this kind of behaviour will have significant consequences.

A half day was reserved for the hearing that she demanded and that time slot was denied to other litigants and made an already backlogged list even longer.

The Court reasoned that like any other litigant, First Nations should have the opportunity to prove their rights exist at trial.

On such a motion the AGO, like any other litigant, must make full and fair disclosure to the court of all material facts and law relating to the subject - matter of the motion and the relief sought.

Such arguments are a waste of the court's time and resources, a selfish and / or unthinking act of disrespect to other litigants and deserving of no further attention, energy or comment.

At the same time, the Supreme Court should recognize that deference to other branches of government is essential for the proper functioning of Canada's constitutional order, and governments — like all other litigants — are entitled to efficient access to justice.

Such resources are not limitless, and other litigants will necessarily have felt the effect of this redirection.

He added: «It is clear that Mr. Tupper has no respect for the courts, other litigants, counsel or the judges in the various courts.

Relying on analysis by the New York Court of Appeals in Ambac Assurance Corp v Countrywide Home Loans Inc., 2 the Federal Court concluded that deal privilege was antithetical to the doctrine and rationale underlying solicitor client privilege and would place potentially relevant information off - limits to other litigants, regulators, governmental authorities and the courts.

In that decision, the judge found that any lawyer who acts on behalf of a client who engages in frivolous, vexatious or abusive litigation is acting contrary to their obligations to the courts and other litigants, as well as their own client.

This form of litigation attack is made by way of affidavit and is often merely a tactic by a wealthy litigant to harass the other, as it must be met, or to insert into the Court file material prejudicial to the other litigant and not necessarily lost on the eventual trial judge, who may wish to peruse the Court file before the hearing.

But more importantly they serve the wider public interest of ensuring that other litigants can obtain justice efficiently and proportionately, and that the court enables them to do so...

When one litigant is ordered to pay all or most of the other litigants legal fees it is an award of special costs, and Siemens v Howard 2017 BCSC 1193 is a good summary of when the court will award special costs.

Why should one litigant subsidize another in the form of a costs award if the other litigant has over-paid?

I think it's also often the case that, by the time a case goes to court with an SRL, the other litigant so detests the SRL that the latter isn't going to get a break (unless it's a broken leg.)