Sentences with phrase «to be unrepresented»

LIFT is a not for profit that provides legal information to people who are unrepresented in family court.

When at least one party is unrepresented by counsel, the terms «Appearing in person», «Appearing for the...» or «Appearing on their own behalf» come below the style of cause.

In family law, for example, 70 % of litigants are unrepresented.

What happens if the buyer is unrepresented by a broker?

In essence, the seller is unrepresented in the transaction.

The Applicant was unrepresented before Justice Kiteley with respect to the events that occurred in 1994 and 2005.

No authoritative ruling is possible in the absence of the relevant evidence, or likely while the majority of claimants are unrepresented and equipped with only a rudimentary secondary understanding of the legal issues involved.

It features works that span the mid-19th through 20th centuries by renowned artists, many of whom have been unrepresented at the MFA, and a grouping of 18 works by Brazilian artists of African descent.

We're talking about the Crown's duty, especially in criminal cases, especially where the defendant is unrepresented.

Often the parties are unrepresented so the tribunal member should also be able to explain all the relevant rules & laws and make sure the parties understand the potential consequences, while maintaining impartiality.

Consideration should also be given to whether the reporting or disclosure restrictions will provide sufficient protection from the risk, whether the safety of the parties in cases where the court considers there are particular physical or health risks against which reporting restrictions may be inadequate to afford protection, and the extent to which the court should, of its own motion, take steps to protect the welfare of any vulnerable adult or child who is unrepresented before the court.

The research is very, very clear that while judges believe that they will intervene and give the word is, deference to the unrepresented, that the results of someone being unrepresented are catastrophic.

He commenced his lawsuit against the defendants in January 1996, but being unrepresented without a lawyer, he has faced challenges and delays in navigating the court system.

However, given that the reports also show that the significant majority of litigants without counsel are unrepresented because they can't afford to hire a lawyer, it seems that these particular litigants can not afford to retain counsel even at their highest earning years.

Within our existing system, you can't design a divorce «trial» that costs the client $ 10,000 unless that client is unrepresented.

Instead, they would have to bring a «small claim» and, in doing so, would have to pay their own legal costs or face being unrepresented.

Regrettably, it is still the case that families are unrepresented in many inquests where the state should be held to account.

It is characteristic of this sacred book, or religious literature, that in it the religious element emerges directly out of the crude stuff of human life as it is lived in its many phases; and few of these phases are unrepresented.

If Flanagan obstructs, shortchanging the residents of a district that has been unrepresented for too long due to Dirty Dean's corruption and conviction, Kaminsky should pull out some newspaper articles describing how quickly the TEAPubs swore in George Amedore (seventy votes ahead of his opponent who ended up unseating him after the recount was finalized).

Note that many areas of the U.S and the world are unrepresented by such certified specialists (while you may still be able to find qualified pelvic rehab therapists).

Kawamoto came in during a tumultuous time for the company, facing product stagnation and an overreliance on sedans and sport coupes while Honda was unrepresented in the fast - growing sport utility vehicles and minivan segments.

Re Robert's point, there's going to be unrepresented cash drag on the portfolio's performance vs. performance numbers for the indices that are fully invested throughout the year.

Until this month, Ding Yi, Zhang Enli, Zhao Yan and Xu Zhen were unrepresented in French national collections.

The gift of these two works will be significant additions to Leeds Art Gallery and the Whitworth, where the artist was unrepresented in both collections.

It was a large task: The Walker Museum of Art in Minneapolis had acquired a work in 1998 but otherwise Shiraga was unrepresented in almost every major U.S. museum.

The husband is unrepresented.

The primary users are unrepresented parties, and nothing about the system is designed for that.

Young legal aid life: our latest column for Legal Voice on a day in the life of young legal aid lawyers was written by YLAL committee member Katherine Barnes about her experience acting in an appeal against a child's education, health and care plan in which the child's mother was unrepresented due to the withdrawal of legal aid for representation in education cases.

In court a judges» duties become significantly more challenging when one or both of the parties to a proceeding is unrepresented.

Again this is typical of lawyers not understanding why there are unrepresented litigants.

The vast majority of the litigants in these cases are unrepresented and many of them would benefit by being represented.

The courageous argument of the tenants — or at least one of the two who participated in the second tier appeal, the landlords being unrepresented after two previous outings at which they were victorious and submissions being made by an advocate to the court — was that the landlords had been under an obligation to mitigate their loss and had failed to do so by forfeiting the lease despite knowing of the tenants» plight.

There is a broad consensus in the literature that early information is enormously helpful to separating families, especially — but not only — where spouses are unrepresented.

«We see it repeatedly; typically there are higher awards if the employer is unrepresented,» Simes says.

It also noted that a judge may have greater latitude to question witnesses where the accused is unrepresented.

Data secured under the Freedom of Information Act reveals that in November and December 2013 over half (52 %) of all parties attending court proceedings about child matters were unrepresented.

The matter came before the family court when directions were given by a Deputy District Judge with specific reference to Practice Direction 12J CHILD ARRANGEMENTS AND CONTACT ORDERS: DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND HARM, requiring the father, who had throughout been unrepresented, to write down any questions that he wished to put to the mother, so that they could be put to her by the court.

CIVIL JUSTICE: CONFRONTING THE FORECLOSURE CRISIS: Despite the increase in pro bono volunteers who have stepped up to provide legal assistance, 63 % of homeowners appearing for mandatory court settlement conferences are unrepresented, and the percentage is even higher in New York City.

Court statistics show that more than 85 % of tenants facing eviction are unrepresented, while almost 90 % of landlords have attorneys.

Figures published in the Appeals Commission Annual Report for 2015 show that for the year 2013 - 2104, 14 % of parties before the Appeals Commission were unrepresented, 43 % were represented by the Office of the Appeals Advisor and 43 % by other representation.

Mr. Martin is unrepresented.

The strengths and weaknesses of team members are well matched for what we do, but Dr. Reeves presentation will launch some discussion and thought amongst the three of us as to which perspectives are unrepresented in how we think.