"To hear the evidence" means to listen and consider the information or proof presented in a legal or investigative context, in order to make a decision or form an opinion based on that evidence.
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If the parents are still unable to reach an agreement, the matter will be decided by a Justice
after hearing evidence at a trial.
The court will
hear evidence on how your accident happened and how your injuries have affected your life.
This approach avoids the time and expense of
hearing evidence about other issues that shouldn't affect the outcome if domestic violence is confirmed.
The
court heard evidence stating that the lack of educational provision was due to the risks posed by children to others and staff shortages.
The
jury heard evidence that she went to her primary care doctor and was sent to 8 weeks of physical therapy.
Our lawyers prepare every case for trial, with an understanding that many cases are often decided before a
judge hears evidence.
The trial judge
also heard evidence and made findings about what the value of the business was, taking these limitations into account.
The education select committee has been reviewing exclusions and
recently heard evidence about the way zero tolerance behavior policies potentially reduce inclusion.
As much as lawyers like to have confidence in their trial strategies, having actual
people hear the evidence and weigh in on it provides insight that can't be gained anywhere else.
The new law will allow courts to
hear evidence anonymously where witnesses are fearful of the consequences of being identified.
Consequently the tribunal refused to
hear evidence on the remaining trade secrets.
The first part considered ethics and standards in the British media and
heard evidence from figures across the industry.
It is usually held to decide an issue or a number of issues that requires that the
court hears evidence.
The judge had ruled the jury should not
hear evidence of this incident at the trial.
The mediation process is not binding on the parties, and the mediator does
not hear evidence.
A judge will
hear evidence about whether the move is in the child's best interest and may either authorize the move or deny it.
The judge essentially said that no jury that
heard the evidence presented could have reasonably concluded that the accused was guilty of murder beyond a reasonable doubt.
The crux of the appellant mother's argument was that the trial judge erred in
hearing evidence in the absence of the self - represented mother and that the trial judge was biased.
The arbitration involved two main hearings in Lagos two years apart, the second of
which heard evidence from 11 witnesses and experts and involved closing submissions that ran to nearly 800 pages.
Both the federal and state grand juries
began hearing evidence in late 2015, and de Blasio had recently met with prosecutors from both offices.
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Before hearing any evidence on the allegations set out in the notice of hearing, the hearing committee must determine whether
After
hearing evidence over two weeks of trial and two days of argument, Justice Macintosh awarded the Plaintiff $ 0 for past or future income loss or loss of earning capacity and only $ 53,000 in total.
In Minnesota, a panel of twenty - three citizens
who hear evidence against a person accused of a crime and determine whether that person should stand trial.
However, the Texas Supreme Court ultimately reversed the court of appeals» judgment and remanded the case for a new trial, holding that the trial court abused its discretion in allowing the jury to
hear evidence regarding spoliation and in submitting a spoliation instruction.
However, the tribunal
heard evidence today that serving prime ministers could choose to suspend the Wilson Doctrine without publicly disclosing they had done so.
Separate grand juries have reportedly begun
hearing evidence related to the state and federal corruption investigations into the de Blasio administration.
Neville Lawrence has today issued the following statement re: the Undercover Policing Inquiry through his solicitors, Hodge Jones & Allen: «I have grave concerns about how Chairman Mitting has been handling the anonymity applications by police officers, consistently granting them anonymity after
hearing evidence behind closed doors and disclosing almost nothing to the lawyers representing...
Hodge said: the department had been forced to follow up allegations brought to the committee's attention after
MPs heard evidence from whistleblowers who alleged that private companies were at the centre of fraudulent activity.
The Investigatory Powers
Tribunal heard evidence this morning of the widespread interception of calls by prisoners to their MPs.
Over the next two days the Leveson
Inquiry hears evidence from Andy Coulson and Rebekah Brooks, testimony that — if you believe an increasing number of commentators — could be hugely damaging to David Cameron.
In the July 2011 issue of Canadian Lawyer, we wrote about «hot tubbing» — the term was coined in Australia to describe the procedure of organizing all experts in a case into a panel and
hearing their evidence concurrently.
The Inquest
heard evidence as to how Surrey Police (who were also implicated) have transformed working arrangements in this field.
If the arbitrator decides not to deal with the negligence claim, then the negligence claim needs to be dealt with in the court and the judge may not be able to
hear evidence with regards to whether the fee was written down and so on,» he continues.