Sentences with phrase «strategic use of the courts»

Bruce's counsel made it possible for us to engage as Indigenous Peoples with the province of BC and BC Hydro in a more meaningful way with strategic use of the Courts when necessary.

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Jeff advances his clients» interests in a broad range of contexts, including through the courts, consultations with the Crown and negotiation with industry including, in regard to regulatory decisions, land use and strategic planning, oil and gas, mining, hydroelectric development and the implementation of land claims agreements.

If the Supreme Court eventually rules that litigation funding is permitted in Ireland, it will mean that Irish parties who are lawfully entitled to compensation, for example due to a breach of contract by a large multinational corporation, or mis - selling of financial products by an international bank, can make use of the financial resources and the strategic experience of professional funders like Woodsford to get justice from the Courts».

«They were all victories below for environmentalists, so you wonder if the Court is making some strategic choices in the cases it picks,» said Jonathan Cannon, director of the environmental and land use program at the University of Virginia School of Law.

The use of the courts to silence people is known as strategic litigation against public participation — or SLAPP.

penalizes the defendant for engaging in public participation «plaintiff» means a person who initiates or maintains a proceeding against a defendant; «proceeding» means any action, suit, matter, cause, counterclaim, appeal, or originating application that is brought in the Supreme Court or the Provincial Court, but does not include a prosecution for an offence or a crime; «public interest» means the whole of the subject matter invites public attention, or a matter in which the public has some substantial concern because it affects the welfare of citizens, or one to which considerable public notoriety or controversy has attached; «public participation» means communication or conduct aimed at influencing public opinion, or promoting further lawful action by the public or any government body, in relation to an issue of public interest; «Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation (SLAPP)» means a claim that arises from a form of expression or public participation, by the person against whom the claim is asserted that was made in connection with an official proceeding or about a matter of public interest; Purposes of this Act: 2 The purposes of this Act are to a) Establish a statutory right to public participation for every individual; b) Encourage individuals to express themselves on matters of public interest; c) Promote broad participation in debates on matters of public interest; d) Discourage the use of litigation as a means of unduly limiting expression on matters of public interest; and, e) Preserve the right of access to the courts for all proceedings and claims that are not brought or maintained for an improper purpose.

As pointed out elsewhere, contracting authorities and review courts should be particularly careful in not imposing excessive disclosure when there are actual risks of strategic use of challenge procedures or the market structure is such that the increased degree of transparency could (inadvertently) facilitate or reinforce collusion [Sanchez Graells, A. Public Procurement and the EU Competition Rules (Oxford, Hart Publishing, 2011) 358 - 9].

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The absence of the risk of paying large amounts towards the winning party's legal costs incentivised the strategic use of (unmeritorious) court proceedings by recalcitrant parties in international arbitrations — such as applications for arbitrator appointment and set aside.

Only after we understand how the system works, can we make strategic decisions about legal risks, e-discovery options and obligations, and appropriate use of IoT data in court.