Sentences with phrase «paid by litigants»

However, the implications of the judgment, in terms of repaying fees paid by litigants, may be complicated to sort out.

Whilst the reforms introduced by Lord Justice Jackson in 2013 have reduced the costs paid by litigants in many areas, there remain disputes over the...

The stories of judges becoming very wealthy on bribes paid by litigants in election petitions and other high profile cases have become more pervasive and in matters of the sanctity of the judicial process, appearances are at least as important as the substance.

Not exact matches

The commission makes 100 recommendations featuring six overarching ones: the National Advice and Legal Support Fund mentioned before; prioritising public legal education in schools, alongside financial literacy, and in «education for life»; calling on government to clampdown down «preventable demand» by getting decisions right the first time including a «polluter pays» scheme for the DWP to pay costs on upheld appeals (on average 35 % of appeals against welfare benefits decisions are upheld); an overhaul of the courts to make them better suited for the needs of litigants in person; a national strategy for 2015 — 20, including a «minister for advice and legal support»; and for local authorities to commission local advice and legal support plans.

Siding with the Fourth, Seventh, and Eighth Circuits, the Supreme Court held a federal court exercising its inherent authority to sanction bad faith conduct by ordering a litigant to pay the other side's legal fees is limited to awarding the fees the innocent party incurred solely because of the misconduct or — put another way — to the fees that party would not have incurred but for the bad faith.

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.

«And the AO has further compounded those harms by discouraging fee waivers, even for pro se litigants, journalists, researchers, and nonprofits; by prohibiting the free transfer of information by those who obtain waivers; and by hiring private collection lawyers to sue people who can not afford to pay the fees.»

Premises liability litigants often find themselves up against the property owner of a business or landowner who refuses to pay for injuries resulting from an accident caused by negligent management of their property.

Costs awards should reflect more what the court views as a fair and reasonable amount that should be paid by the unsuccessful parties, rather than any exact measure of the actual costs to the successful litigant.

If fees are imposed, judges must be given enough leeway to waive the fees if paying them would cause a litigant undue hardship by requiring her to forgo other reasonable expenses.

Patent trolling by opportunistic litigants, who acquire patents not to create products but to pursue a pay - off, is a worrying drain on innovation

«Rather than engaging in a purely mathematical exercise, the judge awarding costs should reflect on what the court views as a reasonable amount that should be paid by the unsuccessful party rather than any exact measure of the actual costs of the successful litigant.»

Mr. Arvay contended that the resolution of disputes by courts is a public good, to be paid for by the public, and not by one or both of the litigants.

Federal law allows the winning parties in civil - rights cases to be paid reasonable fees by the losing litigants, Sharp said.

To preclude a civil litigant from relitigating an issue previously found against him in a criminal prosecution is less severe than to preclude him from relitigating such an issue in successive civil trials, for there are rigorous safeguards against unjust conviction, including the requirements of proof beyond a reasonable doubt and of a unanimous verdict, the right to counsel, and a record paid for by the state on appeal.