Sentences with phrase «procedural elements of the case»

I provide experience and expertise that helps other lawyers to focus on the tactical and procedural elements of the case.

Not exact matches

Ms. Hewitt provides detailed, practical suggestions on many aspects of a criminal defence file including: analysis of the Crown's case; reviewing the information / indictment; considering legal elements; dealing with co-accuseds; disclosure and production; elections; challenging the case to be made by the Crown; pre-trial preparations, including procedural considerations; jury versus non-jury trials; admissions; scheduling; preparing an opening address or summary; pretrial hearings; and running the trial itself, including details relating to issues of evidence.

In the course of my Legal Affairs debate last week (available here), I lamented that the Blakely line of cases has a troublesome «binary» quality because some matters of relevance at sentencing are getting labeled «elements» (or the functional equivalent), in which case the full panoply of constitutional procedural rights are deemed fully applicable.

The Divisional Court found in the present case that there was [at p. 88 O.R.] «that element of public employment and support by statute that requires us to consider whether or not essential procedural requirements were observed by the university, its president and Governing Council in carrying out their respective functions with respect to the application of Mr. Paine for tenure».

Jury instructions function to remind the jury as to the judge's opening remarks but also review the respective roles of the judge and the jury, the onus and burden of proof, the elements of the applicable law tailored to the case, how the jury ought to assess the evidence including credibility and expert evidence, and procedural instructions on how to deliberate.