Sentences with phrase «other superior courts»

The authority of this Court, like other superior courts of inherent jurisdiction, does not flow from legislation, as does, for example, the Provincial Court of Alberta.

The National Judicial Council, NJC, has reinstated Justice Adeniyi Ademola of the Federal High Court and five other superior court Judges.

Not exact matches

The Enrollment Program also authorizes a superior court to have jurisdiction over enrollees by allowing it to «appoint a receiver, monitor, conservator, or other designated fiduciary or officer of the court for a defendant or the defendant's assets,» as well as authorizes the Commissioner of Business Oversight to «include in civil actions claims for ancillary relief, including restitution and disgorgement, on behalf of a person injured, as well as attorney's fees and costs, and civil penalties of up to $ 25,000» for up to four years after the purported violation occurred and «refer evidence regarding violations of the bill's provisions to the Attorney General, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network of the United States Department of the Treasury, or the district attorney of the county in which the violation occurred, who would be authorized, with or without this type of a reference, to institute appropriate proceedings.»

If, on the other hand, there is some common court of appeal or superior criterion, then the continuing dialogue about their difference can hold some promise of change which may be called «education,» «repentance,» reconcihation,» or «training,» depending on the perspective in which we want to look at it.

Small claims court cases are much cheaper than superior court cases for both the plaintiff (the person doing the suing) and the defendant (the person being sued) because the parties are not allowed to have any attorneys represent them and other rules that simplify the lawsuit process, making the whole thing much cheaper, faster, and easier.

However, in cases where a failure to give proper disclosure has made a fair trial impossible, or prevented the court from doing justice, or in instances of a flagrant abuse of process, a superior court will exercise its inherent jurisdiction — its power to control its own procedure so as to prevent it from being used to achieve injustice — to strike out the case before or during a trial (see for example Raja v Van Hoogstraten and others [2006] EWHC 1315 (Ch) and CPR 3.4 (5)-RRB-.

To the extent that he acts on behalf of strata property managers and numerous strata corporations, he provides representation not just as litigation counsel appearing at the superior Courts of British Columbia, at arbitration, mediation and administrative tribunals such as the Human Rights Tribunal, Employment Standards and City Variance hearings, but also as legal advisor in the strata and real estate regulatory fields as well as all other areas of the law.

So, for example, even if a superior repeatedly points out to the person that he should ditch the here - and - there words and other forms of legalese (as The Lawyerist's Andy Mergendahl has advised here), or that nominalizations and buried verbs should be reworked into active voice, or that Enclosed please find (PDF) is silly and should be stricken from all correspondence, a month or two later the superior will see these legal - writing foibles in a letter, memorandum, or, worse, a brief filed with a court.

However, in general, they will look to cases considered by the same court and superior courts, before examining cases in other jurisdictions - this applies between different states, as well as between different countries.

This includes addressing the relatively low representation of women, visible minorities, Indigenous persons and other diverse backgrounds on the superior court bench.

Other judges, the Supreme Court of Canada and in superior and federal courts, are appointed by the federal government and paid for by the provincial governments.

In two counties, superior court judges are chosen through a commission - based appointment process, while in all other counties these judges are chosen in...

In other words, will a complaint by the debtor (as he will be a plaintiff in superior court of Washington) to void out the quit claim deed be dismissed because he failed to file within the 6 year clock?

Now you may appear in a court of equity that will claim some or other ACT demands that you MUST do this OR face arrest and prosecution... This is based on the assumption that there is no superior or private law involved.

These have highlighted Alberta's low ratio of superior court level judges, relative to its population, compared with other provinces.

There are other courts in the state that encourage ADR 11 superior courts in Los Angeles County, 15 in San Diego County, and the Contra Costa County Superior Court.

In Arizona, the Divorce process begins with a Petition, filed at the superior court building, and served on the other spouse.

We add our voices to those of others who have called on the federal Minister of Justice to make it a priority to fill the vacancies in Alberta superior courts and to provide a proper complement of judges in Alberta, before matters get any worse.

Each of the partners benefited from the experience and expertise of the other: the Court and the NJI worked closely to develop programming, program ideas and techniques that found their way into NJI initiatives that were presented to larger judicial audiences, both of provincial and of superior court juCourt and the NJI worked closely to develop programming, program ideas and techniques that found their way into NJI initiatives that were presented to larger judicial audiences, both of provincial and of superior court jucourt judges.

It was premised on the fact that, while we know that only approximately 2 % of superior court cases go to trial, we know very little about what happens to the other 98 % of filed cases.

The chief justice and a majority of the supreme court, in consultation with the administrative judges of the superior and circuit courts and other nonjudicial branch officers as established by court rule, shall design and implement by court rule, a program for performance evaluation of judges and court personnel... The program for performance evaluation shall ensure that each judge and court employee is evaluated a minimum of once every 3 years.

The chief justice and a majority of the supreme court, in consultation with the administrative judges of the superior and circuit courts and other nonjudicial branch officers as established by court rule, shall design and implement by court rule, a program for performance evaluation of judges

Here, however, the AGC was named as a respondent by ACJ Douglas, which meant that the AGC was placed in a fundamental conflict «between two public interest positions — on the one hand, defending the process and the Committee's decision... and, on the other, abandoning that responsibility in deference to the direct role of the AGC as Minister of Justice in the disciplinary process for superior court judges» (para. 7).

Indeed, even the respondent, as well as some of the other provinces, conceded that at some hypothetical level, hearing fees would be so high as to prevent superior courts from having any litigants before them, thus infringing this core jurisdiction, although they argued that the fee regime at issue was not problematic in this way.

They do not, in other words, interfere with these courts» jurisdiction as it had been understood in the s. 96 jurisprudence, which has always been concerned with the removal of types of cases (e.g. judicial review of administrative tribunals) from the superior courts» purview.

Thus hearing fees (or, presumably, any other court fees), can not constitutionally «deny people the right to have their disputes resolved in the superior courts» (par.

I apply the set of considerations to four areas of procedural law, concluding that Canadian courts have struggled with some issues — tribunal reconsideration and tribunal standing — but have done reasonably well on others — superior court jurisdiction over federal prisons and the content of the record.

Specializing in Washington state, we also have cooperation with the superior courts in a number of other states as well.

According to the Maryland Code, Family Law, Sections 5 - 203, 9 - 101 and 9 - 103,» [t] he court may award custody of a minor child to either parent or joint custody to both parents, with neither parent being presumed to have any right to custody that is superior to the right of the other parent.»

At the time you file the documents with the court clerk, you will receive your hearing date, which is the date that you and the other parent will appear before a California superior court judge to discuss the custody request.

As described above, the family law court system may seem overwhelming, but the superior court's website and other online sites offer extensive information on how to file for divorce in California.

The superior court concluded that Young had been injured by the Board's violations of RCW 19.86.020 (unfair method of competition and unfair acts and practices) and RCW 19.86.030 (unreasonable restraint of trade and commerce), and permanently enjoined the Board from restricting Young's access to the MLS, provided that Young comply with all other membership requirements other than membership in the Board.

In other provinces everything is a judicial process which means everything has to be processed through the provincial superior courts.