Sentences with phrase «rights against a client»

If they feel that a lender is abusing his rights against a client homeowner, a dependable short sale Realtor would do everything legally possible to put things to right.

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«I acknowledge receipt of the report prepared by Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) dated September 29, 2016 in respect of complaints of conflict of interest and corruption lodged against my client by 3 different complainants,» he wrote in the statement.

«In the light of the foregoing, our client has instructed us to serve you notice of its intention to institute legal proceeding against the State as a result of the wrongful interference by State officials with our client's right to» prospect on its concession and also a breach of its right to administrative justice, the latter cause of action resulting from the seizure and - detention of trucks without, due process as well as recover all sums of money our client must pay to Engineers an Planners by reason of the actions of die State officials responsible for the seizure and detention of the trucks.»

There must be a visible, clear and easily accessible right of appeal against the imposition of a penalty · Agents must be able to see their clients» compliance history, and be able to appeal against penalties and penalty points issue to them 6.

Laufer also called Friday's public disclosure of her secret memo «a highly prejudicial and perhaps politically - motivated act» and threatened reprisal, saying: «I specifically reserve all of my clients» rights and remedies to pursue action against you and your office.»

Our client, however, remains undeterred by the desperate efforts of some individuals to intimidate him and bend his will and rights against the constitutional provisions, the framework of Nigeria Police Force Act and the laws of the land.

The Court, according to counsel to the plaintiff, Inibehe Effiong, a Lagos based human rights lawyer, was to established whether Luke and his security aides had fallen foul of the law, against his client and sought damages amounting to N100million as well as additional N400million as exemplary damages.

«The client's right to be protected against the disclosure of their confidential communications with their lawyers is a cornerstone of the rule of law, and has existed for centuries.

The Third Circuit in In re Bevill Bresler & Schulman Asset Management Corp., developed a five - part test (the Bevill test) to examine the merits of such an assertion by an individual employee against company counsel.50 Under this test, employees must show that (1) they approached corporate counsel for the purpose of seeking legal advice; (2) they made it clear that they were seeking advice in their individual capacity; (3) counsel sought to communicate with the employee in this individual capacity, mindful of the conflicts with its representation of the company; (4) the communications were confidential; and (5) the communications did not concern the employee's official duties or the general affairs of the company.51 The Bevill test has been recognised by other jurisdictions as a means of assessing whether a company employee may assert attorney — client privilege in an individual capacity arising out of communications with corporate counsel.52 (See also Chapter 13 on employee rights.)

We provide services to our clients regarding Federal, New Jersey and New York statutes, including: Family and Medical Leave Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act, Americans with Disabilities Act, Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, National Labor Relations Act, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Age Discrimination in Employment Act, Occupational Safety and Health Act, New Jersey Law Against Discrimination, Conscientious Employee Protection Act, New Jersey Family Leave Act, Civil Rights, ERISA, and Wage and Hour Law.

You may be right, it may be that it is very unlikely that a claim could be upheld against you, but if a disgruntled client brings even an unlikely case against you, they can force you to have to defend their claims and that can very quickly run into tens of thousands of pounds.

If you are not satisfied with how your matter is being handled, you have the right to discharge your attorney and terminate the attorney - client relationship at any time (court approval may be required in some matters and your attorney may have a claim against you for the value of services rendered to you up to the point of discharge).

AMTF asserts that the former clients have breached their contracts by raising legal proceedings against it in Germany and asserting rights under the German law of delict.

He counsels clients on employment issues dealing with contracts, discipline, promotions, terminations and workplace law issues, and has defended against employment discrimination suits before the New York State Division of Human Rights (DHR) and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).

We have successfully prosecuted civil rights claims and defended clients against civil rights complaints, including those alleging First Amendment violations, Due Process and Equal Protection violations, Age and Sex Discrimination claims and other violations of the United States and State Constitutions.

He handles copyright, trademark, right of publicity, false advertising, trade secret and patent disputes, protecting valuable intellectual property rights from would - be infringers and defending clients against wrongful accusations of infringement.

«Although we may dislike or disfavor an attorney's choice to seek a criminal complaint against a former client in an attempt to collect payment for past services,» Justice John M. Greaney wrote for the SJC, «we can not deny any citizen the constitutional right to petition the courts to seek legal redress.»

Jodi Lynne Feldman claimed her Charter rights were breached when the Law Society of Upper Canada compelled her to turn over solicitor - client privileged communications during its investigation of a complaint against her.

His prior experience defending corporate clients continues to inform his litigation strategies in his current capacity representing individuals pursuing civil cases against businesses who profit through the violations of consumer rights.

At Altman & Altman, we have over 50 years of experience advocating on behalf of our injured clients and going up against insurance companies to ensure they do the right thing.

By helping to lead systemic litigation in California and Florida, she has helped thousands of clients who have been discriminated against to win their cases and restore their rights.

If the privilege is available, advantages of asserting the privilege include that the client may be prevented from making statements in a civil proceeding that could be used against him or her in future criminal or civil proceedings or private civil litigation.82 In addition, testifying in a civil or criminal proceeding may, under certain circumstances, amount to a waiver of the Fifth Amendment privilege for purposes of the same proceeding and any future proceedings.83 Conversely, risks of asserting the privilege include that adverse inferences may, under certain circumstances, be drawn in civil or administrative proceedings from an individual's assertion of Fifth Amendment rights in a prior civil or administrative proceeding.84 Moreover, an individual's assertion of the privilege in a civil proceeding could factor into law enforcement's charging decisions.

From time to time, employers will find themselves faced with circumstances where taking steps to avoid discriminating against a customer or client under the Human Rights Code will have the unintended result of the employer discriminating against its employees.

Our litigators are well prepared to protect the rights of our clients, whether it involves defending a claim against a client or prosecuting a claim on behalf of a client.

Yesterday, the Maine Employee Rights Group («MERG») secured another victory for our client in a federal case against Woodlands Senior Living of Brewer...

With our skill and knowledge in the field of personal injury law and product liability in particular, we can even go up against large corporations in these cases, ever vigilant in asserting our clients» rights.

Court holds that jury could reasonably find that Woodlands Senior Living of Brewer illegally retaliated against Maine Employee Rights Group's client

Similarly, in state court Mr. del Russo has defended clients against claims brought under the Florida Civil Rights Act, the Florida Whistleblower act, the workers compensation retaliation statute, and related retaliation and tort law claims.

This week, the Maine Employee Rights Group scored a victory for its client in a whistleblower case that we filed against Woodlands Senior Living of...

When representing a borrower client on a private mortgage deal, Ms. Hope - Selkin safeguards the rights of her clients to protect against shark lenders and to prevent her clients from being exploited by unscrupulous private lenders.

Lerner: If lawyers start to develop a relationship of confidence and trust with their clients right from the first minute that the lawyer is retained, it will go a very long way toward eliminating complaints to the Law Society or lawsuits against the lawyer.

Ankura is an expert services firm that tries to increase the value of its clients» companies or protect them against future risks, by designing, developing and executing tailored solutions by assembling the right combination of expertise.

In a ruling on remedy reported as R v Rudolph, 2017 NSSC 334 Justice Denise Boudreau summarized her preceding decision on violations of solicitor - client privilege, and the right to be secure against unreasonable search and seizure, at para. 5:

Bretil understands that our clients have suffered severe injuries and works to protect their rights against large insurance companies and corporations.

The accuseds» lawyers are arguing that some of the charges against their clients violate sex workers» constitutional right to security of the person.

«like Charles Evans Hughes, Sr., later Mr. Chief Justice Hughes, who stood up for the constitutional rights of socialists to be socialists and public officials despite the threats and clamorous protests of self - proclaimed super patriots — men like Charles Evans Hughes, Jr., and John W. Davis, who, while against everything for which the Communists stood, strongly advised the Congress in 1948 that it would be unconstitutional to pass the law then proposed to outlaw the Communist Party — men like Lord Erskine, James Otis, Clarence Darrow, and the multitude of others who have dared to speak in defense of causes and clients without regard to personal danger to themselves.

After proving a breach of Pinnacle's Charter rights, Richard received what at the time was the second largest cost award at that time in Canada against the Crown following the withdrawal of charges against his client.

Our law firm near El Monte also represent clients in civil lawsuits against law enforcement for violating Federal and State Civil Rights.

Navacelle represents clients against multi-jurisdictional criminal prosecutions, civil and administrative enforcement authorities, tackling parallel investigations, criminal judicial cooperation, protection of individuals» rights and handling of evidence.

Spesia & Taylor attorney Michael Stiff recently obtained complete dismissal of a Section 1983 Civil Rights claim brought against a police officer for one of the firm's governmental clients.

Our criminal defense law firm also represents clients in civil lawsuits against law enforcement for violating Federal and State Civil Rights.

Represented Brazilian clients against their Japanese joint venture partner in an international arbitration in New York under the ICDR Rules arising from the exercise of a right of first refusal.

Clearly, discriminating against employees or clients, in contravention of our existing duty (under the Ontario Rules) not to discriminate (and Ontario Human Rights law) would run afoul of that obligation, but then, we already have an explicit (and distinct) obligation which addresses such conduct.

Even the prosecutor against whom they maintained the interests of their client has said that they were doing the right thing in offering the defence.

Acting for the RBoS Shareholders Action Group on behalf of institutional clients and over 35,000 individual shareholders, bringing claims in excess of # 1 billion against RBS over its 2008 rights issue following the acquisition of ABN Amro.

1989 Robert E. Scott, Jr. and Denise A. Greig, Medical Product and Drug Causation: How to Prove It and Defend Against It 1990 Michael A. Pope, Excess Insurance in the 1990's: From Back Room to Center State 1991 Thomas W. Hyland and Andrea E. Forman, The Attorney - client Privilege in the Corporate Setting 1992 Richard L. Neumeier, Civil Rights Act of 1991: What Does It Do?

Attorney Hawks - Ladds had successfully prevented a tenant from intervening in a Superior Court housing discrimination case against his clients; the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities and the tenant appealed the denial of her right to intervene.

Our legal team believes in fighting for the rights of every client, even if that means going up against the «big guys» with deep pockets.

At the conclusion of the underlying case, the «wronged insured» (who had been the defendant who my client sued) makes an assignment of rights to my client who then is legally permitted to pursue full damages against the insurance company.

Critical feminist interrogation of the Canadian Bar Association's Code of Professional Conduct and the Law Society of Upper Canada's Rules of Professional Conduct reveals that lawyers» general right to refuse providing services to clients who can not pay results in adverse discrimination against a group protected by Ontario's Human Rights Code.