Sentences with phrase «points of law»

Educate the public on points of law thus making the lawyer not necessary.

Answer: Those who work in the private arena often have an underlying passion for the law (the pursuit of justice; fighting for what is right vs blandly arguing points of law for a salary).

I will advocate for consumers who choose me to advocate for them when dealing with Realtors... and everything else to do with real estate (other than points of law, for which my clients will be advised to talk with their lawyers).

The last fully contested abuse case, the Canada Pipe case, took some 4 - 5 years to resolve with multiple appeals to the Federal Court on various points of law.

Under this option, you handle the issues in your divorce yourself, but regularly consult with your divorce lawyer regarding strategy and regarding the finer points of law.

Cantey & Hanger, L.L.P. (Fort Worth, TX) 1993 — 1996 Legal Assistant, Litigation Section • Prepared legal documents including briefs, memoranda, and motions for use in litigation • Performed research regarding procedural and substantive points of law • Wrote and distributed official correspondence on behalf of firm • Provided administrative support including filing, scheduling, and other tasks as needed

Researched points of law and reviewed facts in evidence to provide Superior Court Judge with information material to judicial conclusions

As court officer, consistently sought out for clarification on points of law and procedures by district attorneys, defense attorneys, and judges

The said court is entrusted with the competence to solve erga omnes major disputes on points of law between the ordinary supreme courts or their chambers.

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 pre-test course was very well designed and supported me by reminding me of the detail points of the law and resulted in my final test being completed at one sitting and with no errors!

A recently released opinion from the Missouri Court of Appeals addresses some interesting points of law involving the Fireman's Rule.

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.

Because the role of appellate courts in the day - to - day application of the doctrine of contributory negligence is so limited, scholars may be under the impression that it does not raise especially difficult or important points of law.

His summing - up summarises the evidence given in the case, and then addresses the main points of law which the case has raised.

Also, in England, both the Barrister representing the police, and the Barrister representing the Defendant, are entitled to address the Jury on points of law.

Identification of useful points — In any decision there can be secondary points of law that are useful to lawyers.

Shepard's also provides attorneys with a deeper look at the treatment of cases: learn where courts follow only specific points of law or follow one point of law yet overrule another in the very same case.

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.

* The Bloomberg Law Digest, with a topical index * Bloomberg BCite, a citator with case extracts and citation composites * Bloomberg Points of Law, with unique legal principles extracted by in - house legal experts * A powerful docket search, with both keyword and fielded search capabilities, across all federal courts, many U.S. State and international courts and breaking complaints.

Subject to the facts and to any (normally rare) points of law found by the judge, then it is for him to decide in each individual case (subject to applicable guidelines), how that discretion should be applied.

Swern v Amazon Hardwood Centre Inc, 2015 ONSC 7590 [Swern] is a Small Claims Court decision appealed by the Defendants to the Divisional Court on a number of well - reasoned points of law and fact.

Distribution & Agency covers the main points of law and regulation governing relationships between suppliers and manufacturers, and distributors and commercial agents, worldwide.

Her experience covers complicated points of law, test points, Part 36, wasted costs cases (both sides), CFA compliance and success fees, claims against third party funders, costs budgeting and capping, and personal liability claims against experts.

Plato's Socrates is concerned not with fine points of the law but with the Larger Questions on which the law, and all of engaged human life, depend: what is Good, how can we live in a way that is in keeping with the Good and, above all, how can we go about knowing that anything is True.

With a claim value of up to # 20 million, this is one of the largest professional negligence claims presently before the Courts raising new and important points of law.

From 4.30 pm, the Law Lords give the last ever judgments of the House of Lords in seven cases on points of law:

The American Digest System is a system of identifying points of law from reported cases and organizing them by topic and key number.

Many of the cases that Joanna has handled are high value or involve novel points of law, requiring a creative and commercial approach to achieve a successful outcome.

The Franks Report set out a firm opinion that statutory tribunal decisions must be subject to review, and moreover that these decisions must be subject to review by the courts on points of law.

An appeal to the General Court shall be limited to points of law.

During his clerkships, Tanner assisted judges by conducting research and drafting memoranda on challenging, emerging, and unsettled points of law.

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.

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.»

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.»

He has acted for successful applicants for leave to appeal under s. 69 of the Act in cases concerning points of law on implied indemnities in a voyage charter; the assessment of damages for loss of a time charter; liability for restowage expenses and hire following a cargo shift; and in connection with speed and performance claims.

When lower civil courts face controversial points of law, they may refer a question of interpretation to the Supreme Court and request a preliminary ruling.

The Court of Appeal finds the Applicants» grounds are, «at best», questions of mixed fact and law rather than questions of jurisdiction or points of law alone.

Gillian has successfully conducted a number of long - running and complex service charge cases in the First tier tribunal (Property chamber) and County Court on behalf of freeholders and management companies, and dealing with breach of covenant counter-claims and points of law as to consultation requirements and the construction of leases.

ALR or American Law Reports (Core A Collection) is a compilation of essays called annotations on specific points of law.

The Circuit Split Roundup is a monthly feature describing differences between federal circuit courts of appeals on points of law.

Corker Binning's extradition work is often high - profile, and the firm devotes itself to taking on complex or unusual extradition cases which raise novel points of law, whether under the European Arrest Warrant scheme or cases emanating from outside the EU.

Has advised on a number of complex cases, including those concerning novel points of law.

Bloomberg says that it has extracted more than one million Points of Law from its database of 13 million published and unpublished state and federal court opinions, and that these Points of Law are being continually updated as new cases are added.

The user can then select any of these Points of Law to see an expanded treatment that shows other cases that make the same point of law and an visual timeline and citation map of these other cases, as well as the ability to see and search related points of law.

However, she agreed with the comparison and said that, later this year, users will have the ability to see these Points of Law listed at the top of a case.

Search by points of law to determine which international forum is likely to be most friendly or hostile to your claim.

As a researcher scrolls through a court opinion, Points of Law highlights the essential language in the opinion, making it easier for the researcher to browse through the key discussion points and enabling the researcher to more quickly get the gist of the key holdings.

In addition to getting to these Points of Law through a court opinion, a researcher can also find them by conducting keyword searches across all case law or specific jurisdictions.

Designed are analyzed and classified by legal topic, making them searchable by points of law.