Eleanor was involved in the preparation of, and observed, a successful appeal against a full
time high court judge's finding of fact that their client had killed a child in Re H - C (Children)[2016] EWCA Civ 136.
Not exact matches
For the first
time in months, the New York's
highest court has all seven
judges on the bench, now that the state Senate has confirmed Gov. Andrew Cuomo's two newest choices on the
court.
For the first
time in months, the state's
highest court has all seven
judges on the bench, now that the State Senate has confirmed Governor Andrew Cuomo's two newest choices on the
court.
According to the Register of Lords» Interests, Lord Carlile of Berriew was at various
times a director of 5 Bell Yard Ltd and the Wynnstay Group of agricultural feed manufacturers, agricultural goods merchants and fuel oil distributors; a Deputy
High Court Judge; a Chairman of the Competition Appeals Tribunal; and a trustee of the White Ensign Association.
Again, A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr. Joe Agi, who is being prosecuted along with Justice Ademola of a Federal
High Court, had told the Department of the State Service that Buhari's lawyer paid N500, 000 to Justice Ademola in 2015 at the
time the
judge was presiding over Buhari's certificate case.
«Should the legislature attempt to comply with these broad directives, even if it were to be given
time extensions, by enacting new legislation, then it would have made these broad changes based solely on the views of a single Superior
Court judge, without review or consideration by
higher judicial authority,» the appeal says.
In Sharland v Sharland [2015] UKSC 60, [2016] 1 All ER 671 and Gohil v Gohil [2015] UKSC 61, [2016] 1 All ER 685, which were heard at the same
time, the Supreme
Court had to balance the importance of finality in litigation — in both cases the parties had reached agreement on all matters and had obtained consent orders approved by
High Court judges (albeit that the order in Sharland had not been sealed); as against a material failure by a party to comply with their duty of disclosure.
For example, a casual perusal of the online legal research service Westlaw reveals that «mumbo jumbo» appears at least 251
times in judicial opinions.8 «Jibber - jabber» shows up just seven
times (although surprisingly used by parties, rather than in statements from the
court), while the more prosaic «gobbledygook» has 126 hits in the legal database.9 Believed to have been coined in 1944 by U.S. Rep. Maury Maverick of Texas, «gobbledygook» has been used by everyone from political figures referring to bureaucratic doublespeak (for example, President Ronald Reagan's stinging 1985 indictment of tax law revisions as «cluttered with gobbledygook and loopholes designed for those with the power and influence to have
high - priced legal and tax advisers») to
judges decrying the indecipherable arguments and pleadings of the lawyers practicing before them.
Early Resolution — the brainchild of Sir Charles Gray, a retired
high court judge, and Alastair Brett, a former legal manager of The
Times — aims to help parties cut costs by dealing with key issues at an early stage.
In May 2017, John was appointed a part -
time Deputy
High Court Judge.
The
High Court (Burnley District Registry) has granted summary judgment on claims brought against NHS East Lancashire under the Public Contracts Regulations 2006,
judging them to have been brought out of
time.
Using multiple GCS scores was resolved in Liu v. 1226071 Ontario Inc. (Canadian Zhorong Trading Ltd.), where the Ontario
Court of Appeal overturned the trial
judge's decision that other GCS scores
higher than 9 within a reasonable
time did not compromise the catastrophic definition,
The
High Court ruled that a judge had been entitled to refuse an application for a particular person to act as a McKenzie friend despite that individual not being present in court at the time of the applica
Court ruled that a
judge had been entitled to refuse an application for a particular person to act as a McKenzie friend despite that individual not being present in
court at the time of the applica
court at the
time of the application.
He is a part
time judge of the Chancery Division of the
High Court.
12.40 pm Our guests are now taking a break for lunch and networking — we'll be back underway at 2.00 pm for a special «Question
Time» session, with a panel including
High Court judge Mr Justice Knowles, Sir William Blair, Liberty advocacy director Corey Stoughton and Mishcon de Reya partner James Libson.
Does this mean that if I, for example, were to (temporarily) take a part -
time gig as a Small Claims
Court (or even
higher)
judge, I could write an article titled «The Incoherence of... [Judge X] and survive the LSUC disciplinary hea
judge, I could write an article titled «The Incoherence of... [
Judge X] and survive the LSUC disciplinary hea
Judge X] and survive the LSUC disciplinary hearing?
Other eye - catching announcements last week included plans to create more opportunities for salaried part -
time judges in the
higher courts as part of a raft of judicial reforms confirmed by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ).
Yesterday, the New York
Court of Appeals ruled that same - sex couples have no right to marry under the New York state constitution, while Georgia's high court reaffirmed a ban on same - sex marriages, as reported in NY High Court Ends Same Sex Marriage Fight (NYLJ 7/6/06) and New York Judges Reject Rights to Gay Marriage (NY Times 7/7
Court of Appeals ruled that same - sex couples have no right to marry under the New York state constitution, while Georgia's
high court reaffirmed a ban on same - sex marriages, as reported in NY High Court Ends Same Sex Marriage Fight (NYLJ 7/6/06) and New York Judges Reject Rights to Gay Marriage (NY Times 7/7/
high court reaffirmed a ban on same - sex marriages, as reported in NY High Court Ends Same Sex Marriage Fight (NYLJ 7/6/06) and New York Judges Reject Rights to Gay Marriage (NY Times 7/7
court reaffirmed a ban on same - sex marriages, as reported in NY
High Court Ends Same Sex Marriage Fight (NYLJ 7/6/06) and New York Judges Reject Rights to Gay Marriage (NY Times 7/7/
High Court Ends Same Sex Marriage Fight (NYLJ 7/6/06) and New York Judges Reject Rights to Gay Marriage (NY Times 7/7
Court Ends Same Sex Marriage Fight (NYLJ 7/6/06) and New York
Judges Reject Rights to Gay Marriage (NY
Times 7/7/06).
The
Judge stated at [41] «Nor do I think it is fair to draw the inference that the appellant made this calculation, namely «let's win in the Employment Tribunal, maintain before the Employment Tribunal that my claim for damages is surely unlimited as to
time, pocket those damages calculated on that basis and then come back to the
High Court in due course and see how far we get with the statutory appeal».
I am delighted to be chairing a distinguished Question
Time panel: Sir William Blair, formerly
Judge in Charge of the Commercial
Court until October 2017; Mr Justice Knowles CBE,
Judge of the
High Court; James Libson, Partner, Head of Private, Mishcon de Reya; Corey Stoughton, Advocacy Director, Liberty.
Frances Hughes has been made The
Times» Lawyer of the Week, following her success in acting for Christina Estrada in the
High Court, where the judge awarded Estrada # 53 million — the highest «reasonable needs» award in a UK c
Court, where the
judge awarded Estrada # 53 million — the
highest «reasonable needs» award in a UK
courtcourt.
In the decision of 1201059 Ontario Inc. v. Pizza Pizza Limited, 2015 ONSC 1208, dated February 26, 2015, a three -
judge panel of the Divisional
Court (an appellate branch of the Ontario Superior
Court of Justice that is
higher than a trial level but lower than the
Court of Appeal), upheld the trial
judge's dismissal of the franchisee's action for damages based on an alleged failure to provide disclosure at the
time of the franchise renewal.
David G. Savage of The Los Angeles
Times provides a news update headlined «
High court gives sentencing
judges more power; The justices» decision allows for greater ease in setting lower prison terms under strict federal cocaine laws.»
As detailed in this Los Angeles
Times piece, headlined «To some jurists,
high court ruling brings vindication,» federal sentencing judges long troubled by the rigidity and severity of the federal guidelines are sure to celebrate the Supreme Court's work yesterday in Gall and Kimbr
court ruling brings vindication,» federal sentencing
judges long troubled by the rigidity and severity of the federal guidelines are sure to celebrate the Supreme
Court's work yesterday in Gall and Kimbr
Court's work yesterday in Gall and Kimbrough.
Although Sir Wyn has retired as a full
time judge he remains authorised to sit as a deputy High Court J
judge he remains authorised to sit as a deputy
High Court JudgeJudge.
Some solutions proposed are: rationing of judicial
time for example by assigning a fixed number of motions to each proceeding; charging
higher filing fees for additional motions; penalizing obstructionist conduct through multiples of indemnification costs; awarding priority dates to well - run litigation; more motions in writing;
higher filing costs for longer hearings; more aggressive use by the Bench of rules that permit
judges to control the
court process such as
time limits for evidence in chief and cross, and some outsourcing of judicative functions.
Leading London barrister Jonathan Sumption (now Lord Sumption) was sworn in last week as a member of the United Kingdom's
highest court, the first barrister in 50 years to be appointed to the jurisdiction's top
court without having served as a full
time judge.
At least on two occasions proposals were put to various Intergovernmental Conferences to amend the Treaties so that the appointment of
Judges to the
Court of Justice of the European Union should be for a fixed period of
time — say nine years — as is undoubtedly the Best Practice in Europe among
higher courts where appointments are not until the age of retirement.
He said
judges, defence counsel,
court staff and prosecutors across the country are «now going into
high gear to ensure that trials are done in an expeditious
time.»
It is not often that a sitting of the
High Court occurs in the private residence of a judge at 1 a.m., but it is not the first time that the Irish medical profession has made emergency court applications when treating Jehovah's Witne
Court occurs in the private residence of a
judge at 1 a.m., but it is not the first
time that the Irish medical profession has made emergency
court applications when treating Jehovah's Witne
court applications when treating Jehovah's Witnesses.
The test for Varying Child Custody Parenting Arrangements is a
high one to prevent disappointed parties from routinely returning to
court with the hopes they may obtain a better outcome from another
judge within a very short
time period.
High Court and
Court of Appeal
judges will be able to work part -
time, under new Ministry of Justice (MoJ) proposals to improve judicial diversity.
In a statement on Thursday UK
time, Denham's office said: «A
High Court judge has adjourned the ICO's application for a warrant relating to Cambridge Analytica until Friday.