Some legal issues will not have gone through the courts; some because a dispute has not arisen, and some because the
particular point of law is not controversial.
Let us be clear: this is not about minor disagreements on
fine points of law, or partisan disagreements.
For decades, centuries even, we've relied on the editorial judgment of case law reporters to help us identify
important points of law and indications of its evolution.
This is often necessary to explain the process to lay litigants and to
clarify points of law and the relevance of evidence.
The best lawyer for the case may actually be one who understands the least about engineering, and the most about the
necessary point of law.
So the
starting point of the law is an essentially agnostic view of religious beliefs and a tolerant indulgence to religious and cultural diversity.
This is where the federal appellate courts are in disagreement over how to interpret or apply a
particular point of law.
Even if you have a lot of free time and you are interested in representing yourself, there are many
fine points of law and legal procedure with which you are probably unaware.
The rule of the thumb for such a reference is whether the case raises new and
important points of law to be decided.
The plaintiff, who lost on summary judgment, sought only minimal costs based on public interest because he claimed the case dealt with a
novel point of law and fact situation.
11.00 am: I draft changes to a trust deed for one of our clients, which I spent most of yesterday researching
points of law for.
Researched points of law and reviewed facts in evidence to provide Superior Court Judge with information material to judicial conclusions
It then feeds this information into a complex predictive algorithm that leverages the archived intelligence of legal experts who've explored these issues previously to compile a list of highly relevant case laws, thereby highlighting potential
missing points of law, or alternative arguments not appraised prior.
Citations for specific
points of law within a case still must include «the volume, page number and, if applicable, the paragraph number, of the official Arizona reporter.»
appeals «by way of case stated» from the Crown Court or magistrates» courts (where our opinion is sought on a particular
point of law where a mistake may have been made)
Later we will have title cards introducing important figures, sunlight slanting through dusty air, John Williams» reliably intrusive music telling us how to feel, and many — far too many — scenes of men in chin whiskers sitting around
debating points of law.
Justice Horkins noted that it is an
unsettled point of law whether the receipt by a bank of service fees is sufficient to ground a claim in knowing receipt.
He has been involved in a number of significant High Court decisions in recent years, one of which established a
new point of law relating to the consequences of terminating a multi-party LLP agreement by repudiation.
Coverage from 1992 Cases selected on importance and
point of law by an experienced editorial team and can be downloaded in PDF
While the Sufis, under the influence of Ibn Arabi's philosophy, had come to believe in the doctrine of the unity of existence and were prone to abolish all distinction between God and man, the ulama were under the spell of a narrow legalism which led to interminable disputes on
minor points of law.
It's not useful for lawyers to obsess over
obscure points of law, especially in labour arbitrations or other situations where the emotional stakes are high, he says.
In cooperation with Texas Bar CLE, TYLA created a library of short video presentations by some of the state's best - known experts on
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Only those cases which deal with
significant points of law are considered to be valuable precedents and included in law reports.
He is often instructed in matters involving new or
difficult points of law, arising out of the EU VAT Directives or construction of UK legislation.
AALL
cited Points of Law, a tool developed by Bloomberg Law, for its ability to provide researchers with a court decision's legal points and to identify legal precedents.
It's also easier to argue
technical points of law, as your audience is a legal expert instead of 6 or 12 laypersons.
Litigants pay their respective attorneys outrageous fees to research and argue the same,
narrow points of law based on the firm's credo: «the longer C & C fights on behalf of a client, the more C & C gets paid.»
The dissenting Justices agreed with the Majority on the
substantive points of law, but would have allowed the evidence seized from Mr. Paterson's home due to the good faith conduct of police in what they considered a legal grey area.
According to Stephen Scott, a constitutional law professor at McGill University, the
original point of the law was to ensure courts in colonial America had the same traditional powers as those in England.