Sentences with phrase «risk taking the case to trial»

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But Ellie was also a real - deal trial lawyer back when litigators actually tried cases, and she took a huge risk by investing $ 70,000 to start her own law firm back when a laptop cost $ 4,000.

The court commented that all defendants are entitled to take their case to trial if they wish, and to accept the risk of damages and an award of costs if they lose.

Therefore, the higher the risk involved in taking the case to trial, the higher the premium will be.

The fact that the governing presumption at law is the presumption of resulting trust, and not the presumption of a gift however, has direct implications as to how and whether the case can be settled given the litigation risk of taking these actions to trial..

They have a crucial need to determine their risks / benefits of taking a case to trial versus entering into what is often a series of protracted settlement discussions.

There has been heightened public scrutiny on courts to deal with criminal cases at risk of being tossed since the Jordan ruling, and that pressure only increased last November when a Superior Court judge in Ottawa stayed a first - degree murder charge against ex-soldier Adam Picard, after it took four years to get his case to trial.