Sentences with phrase «proceedings take years»

Separation and the subsequent divorce proceedings take years in many cases.

Not exact matches

So would the taxpayers who had to foot the bill for legal proceedings that took years to resolve.

The memo, which was circulated to prison governors on November 26th, reads: «The criminal casework directorate (CCD) of the Border and Immigration Agency have confirmed to us that as a rule they have no interest in pursuing foreign national prisoners serving sentences of less than 12 months for deportation unless they have a court recommendation for deportation, are already subject to deportation proceedings, or (in the case of non-EEA nationals) were sentenced to less than 12 months but where the current sentence plus one or two previous sentences within the last five years (taking account of the most significant sentences during the period) total 12 months or more.»

Without getting into the details, it stems quite directly from the wording of the directive (in my opinion) and yet it took more than ten years for the UK to actually recognise this and act accordingly (and that case did not stem from infringement proceedings).

The commission believes its investigation into alleged breaches of reporting obligations will take at least another month, potentially taking it past the one - year time limit for launching criminal proceedings.

«The FOIL process and litigation take time, and we may not know for months — perhaps even years — if some emails may be critical to such proceedings.»

It even takes place during Christmas and New Year's Eve, lending a magical feel to the proceedings.

Host Joanna Lumley, who took over from Stephen Fry, opened proceedings by pointing out that 100 years ago, the Royal Albert Hall — where the Baftas took place — celebrated the first group of British women being given the vote.

He cited plaintiffs» witnesses who testified during the eight - week trial that dismissal proceedings can take two years or more and cost $ 50,000 to $ 450,000.

The children, mostly from Central America, are those who have been released to sponsors — usually parents or relatives — while they await immigration proceedings that could take years to complete.

Scott Barrett investigates / 1924 RAC Small Car Trials — Ninety years after they took place, we look at the RAC Small Car Trials with the help of outstanding period photographs of the proceedings / Italian aero - engined specials of the 1920s — Alessandro Silva tells the little - known story of those Italians who adapted WW1 aero engines for competition use in the»20s / Armstrong Siddeley race and rally — The late Anthony Pritchard talked to Tommy Sopwith about his Sphinx special and «works» entries in international rallies in the»50s

Examples include: clearly not having read the papers in the case; attending a tribunal with three colleagues, one of whom simply held a volume of a textbook but took no further part in the proceedings; arguing points that were authoritively decided 20 years ago; or worst of all, simply making up the law as they go along!

The «continuing professional development» programs (CPD and CLE programs) that lawyers must take every year don't provide such knowledge and information, and therefore, nor do electronic discovery in civil proceedings and the disclosure that the Crown is required to provide to accused persons in criminal proceedings.

It is the secretary of state who must take the initiative to go after the compensation and he has two years from disqualification or undertaking to bring proceedings.

The courts have delivered several decisions over the last few years that establish that they have a better understanding of the limited and supportive role they are expected to play in arbitral proceedings, taking a stand back from the largely interventionist role they once played.

Until the new UAE Federal Arbitration Law is enacted, enforcing an onshore Dubai - seated arbitration award through the Dubai courts will continue to be fraught with difficulties, including uncertainty (there is no system of binding precedent in the UAE), significant delay (enforcement proceedings can take up to three years), and costs (legal costs are not recoverable in the Dubai Courts).

Some 14,000 care or supervision cases per year (by child) were taking on average 42 weeks in family proceedings courts and 51 weeks in care centres.

May was a huge month for driver's license revocation proceedings at the DMV and the firm successfully represented a second client charged by the Department of Revenue with refusing to take a chemical test after being arrested for DUI, avoiding a one - year mandatory revocation for this client as well.

Because the single employer issue would involve extensive litigation «possibly taking years to resolve» the Administrative Law Judge severed the single employer issue from the unfair labor practice proceedings.

Submitting an application to the Office does not initiate judicial proceedings, does not stop the clock for purposes of the «one year and settled» exception to the Convention, and does not require the taking parent to take or not to take any action.

This case is the third case that we have recently blogged about, where one party has taken the position that the other party's claim is barred because legal proceedings were commenced after expiry of the two - year limitation period set out in the Statute of Limitations.

These legal proceedings can take months or years; and can have a detrimental effect on a reputation and business.

Statute of Limitations and Real Property Limitations Act — We blogged about a number of cases (Tarko v. MTCC No. 626, MTCC No. 659 v. Truman and TSCC 1487 v. Market Lofts Inc.) in the past year where one party took the position that the other party's claim was barred because the legal proceedings were commenced after the expiry of the limitation period set out in the applicable limitations statute.

After the bank commenced mortgage enforcement proceedings, but before it could take possession of the unit, the owner signed a five year lease agreement with a tenant on terms that were exceptionally favourable to say the least.

Article 12 of the Hague Convention mandates the return of children who have been wrongfully taken or retained away from their habitual residence without the consent of a person with rights of custody, if less than one year has elapsed from the wrongful taking or retention to the commencement date of the return proceedings.

Tell the child that they have to wait while the parent initiates court proceedings in an attempt to vary an existing order, which could take a year?]

As the matter limped through the Nigerian justice system, IPCO sought again in 2008 to enforce the award in England on the grounds that the Nigerian proceedings could take years.

«It is often observed that it is very easy to get into court in African states and can be much more difficult to get out of court,» with proceedings taking many years, he said; there being a variety of legal traditions across the continent, from common, to civil and Islamic law, as well as hybrids, such as those in South Africa and Mauritius.

The ruling restored a trial judge's order to halt proceedings against James Cody, one of six men accused in a cross-country police narcotics operation, after charges took five years to get to trial.

And in last year's landmark decision R. v. Jordan, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that completion of criminal proceedings should take no more than 30 months in the superior courts, he added.

Yet the decision in Stubbings gives rise to the anomalous — indeed arguably absurd — result that the perpetrator of abuse is immune from proceedings after the expiry of the six - year limitation period, whereas a person who negligently allows the abuse to take place, and is thus less culpable than the abuser himself, remains open to a claim by reason of the discretion available to the court under LA 1980, s 33.

Appointed in March 2003, he was originally given until December 31, 2005 to review and report on the investigations and circumstances surrounding the resulting criminal proceedings against Gregory Parsons and Randy Druken, and determine why Ronald Dalton's appeal of his murder conviction took eight years to be heard by the Newfoundland and Labrador Court of Appeal.

Two years ago, in Imerman v Tchenguiz, Imerman v Imerman [2010] EWCA Civ 908, [2011] 1 All ER 555, the Court of Appeal took the Family Division to task for maintaining, for almost 20 years, a practice in relation to disclosure in ancillary relief proceedings that was incompatible with the general law of confidentiality.

The idea that a judge, presented with a case that has taken years to investigate, has involved millions of pounds of investment, thousands of documents and hundreds of witnesses, will suddenly on day one of the trial halt proceedings because of prejudicial reporting is wholly unrealistic.

Hundreds of litigation proceedings take place in Arkansas courtrooms every year.

Unfortunately, for Youbit investors, it may take several months to years to receive the remaining 25 percent of their personal funds, as the settlement of bankruptcy proceedings will have to be finalized before the company can credit its customers.

In the case of the now - defunct Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox, which once was the largest Bitcoin exchange within the global cryptocurrency market, the settlement of bankrupt proceedings have taken more than four years.

Because claimant applications may take years in mediation or court proceedings before a final decision is reached, the NTA provides registered claimants with procedural rights in relation to future acts while native title applications are being resolved.

He filed false documents trying to take our daughter from me and the court proceedings for the following two years were horrid and nasty and vengeful.

Court proceedings often take a year or longer and often provide no benefit to either party.

My ex lost his mother during that time too so to add financial settlement / divorce proceedings onto that was too awful, so we didn't start organising the divorce until over 2 years after we split and then it took us about 2 years for it to be all final — we both dragged on the paperwork, and division of finances is not a pleasant thing to talk about.