Sentences with phrase «upon the court system»

The Committee's Report makes no reference to the impact of the unaffordable legal services problem upon the court system and its unacceptable levels of delay.

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The plan calls upon churches to, among other things, «adopt» street gangs and allow troubled youths to use church properties as safe havens; intercede for youth in the juvenile court system; provide vocational training to inner - city residents; organize capital for micro-enterprises; develop educational curricula heralding the achievements of blacks and Latinos; initiate neighborhood crime watch groups; and establish counseling programs for battered women and the men who abuse them.

«This measure also gives our state's court system better guidelines and provides for both the surrender of firearms upon a domestic violence crime and a provision to return the firearms if the order of protection is lifted.»

«Every New Yorker depends upon the hardworking men and women of our court system,» Avella said in a statement.

«For the seventh time since the late - 1980s, we are called upon to assess the constitutionality of the Texas school finance system, a recondite scheme for which the word «Byzantine» seems generous,» the Supreme Court said in its decision.

Clearly, this book is to prove very relevant given the ongoing court cases across the country (see a prior post on these cases here) regarding teachers and the systems being used to evaluate them when especially (or extremely) reliant upon VAM - based estimates for consequential decision - making purposes (e.g., teacher tenure, pay, and termination).

The ultimate purpose of these lawsuits is to use the court system to halt or curtail what is otherwise legal oil and natural gas development, and to assign full blame for climate change on companies — despite the fact that we all rely upon oil and natural gas in daily life.

Strathy's comments were intended as a broader indictment of the crushing costs imposed upon litigants in an increasingly process - laden system but if the courts are ever to get a handle on spiralling fees in the criminal law sphere, attention must be turned to the daily grind of the local set - date docket.

«Legal researchers do not have to satisfy the world's hunger for information, they have to satisfy the court's expectation of presenting authoritative information that can withstand the challenges of a system that relies upon that authority to drive the decision it makes.»

Because not all governments and court administrators have developed appropriate systems for e-trials, some judges have taken it upon themselves... [more]

«In America, where the stability of courts and of all departments of government rests upon the approval of the people, it is peculiarly essential that the system for establishing and dispensing justice be developed to a high point of efficiency and so maintained that the public shall have absolute confidence in the integrity and impartiality of its administration,» the canon stated.

As consumers get more and more fed up with Google's «Zombie Traffic» and new algorithms that «improve» search, and place the businesses the consumers were searching for into bankruptcy court, in favor of directories like Yelp and Findlaw, attorneys are scrambling to find a legal type of search engine based upon the original link / vote based system that made Google great.

If, instead of bringing counterclaims in the original lawsuit, the defendant brings a separate lawsuit against the plaintiff, the plaintiff could seek to either (1) consolidate the cases if they are filed in the same court system (i.e. a federal case and a federal case, or a New York State case and a New York State case), or (2) move to dismiss the new lawsuit because the claims were required to be brought in the original lawsuit as mandatory counterclaims, or (3) move to stay proceedings in the second lawsuit pending resolution of the first lawsuit, or (4) move to dismiss the claims in the second lawsuit on the merits if it is apparent from the face of the countersuit that it does not state a claim upon which relief can be granted or was filed in the wrong court.

The New Jersey Criminal Law Resource is a blog tracking and commenting upon topics of interest related to New Jersey's criminal justice system and criminal practice and procedures from lawyers who appear in New Jersey's courts all over the state.

The Intervenor submits that this Court must avoid a sentencing decision which could be viewed as sanctioning a system whereby sentencing is put on a sliding scale depending upon the characteristics and / or disabilities of the victim.

This past April, the BC Court of Appeal cautioned that not all parties who rely upon a title may be treated equally: the Court suggested that the safeguards the system offers to bona fide purchasers may not be fully extended to mortgage lenders.

It is burning your criminal justice system to the ground and cutting adrift those, usually the most vulnerable, who depend upon our courts.

This policy promotes the interests of litigants generally by saving them the expense of trial of disputed issues, and it reduces the strain upon an already overburdened provincial Court system».11

Strathy also touched upon the urgent need for the province to tackle the disproportionate number of aboriginal people who are incarcerated, as well as expanding the Unified Family Court system.

The fundamentals Sir Geoffrey's fundamental complaint is that the system of appointing silks is a «glorification of advocacy» and that by concentrating upon its stated aim of identifying excellence in higher court advocacy, it excludes the majority of solicitors from obtaining the status of QC.

To engraft the Court's constitutional requirement onto the Act would destroy the system by preventing a sentencing judge from relying upon a presentence report for relevant factual information uncovered after the trial.

But, while the mediation of courts is based upon the principle of judicial impartiality, disinterestedness, and fairness pervading the whole system of judicature, so that courts may as near as possible be above suspicion, there is, on the other side, an important issue at stake: that is, that causes may not be unfairly prejudiced, unduly delayed, or discontent created through unfounded charges of prejudice or unfairness made against the judge in the trial of a cause...

Another problem that seems to be spreading within the court system is that of the unlawful detention of defendants whom the court has ordered be released upon acquittal, suspended sentence, or bail.

Lord Rodger relied upon Bankovic v Belgium (Application 522507 / 99)(2001) 11 BHRC 435, where the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) held at para 65 that the scope of Art 1 is «determinative of the very scope of the contracting parties» positive obligations and, as such, of the scope and reach of the entire convention system of human rights» protection» and «article 1 of the convention must be considered to reflect this ordinary and essentially territorial notion of jurisdiction, other bases of jurisdiction being exceptional and requiring special justification in the particular circumstances of each case».

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Due to societal norms, men may think the court system disfavors granting spousal support to a husband upon divorce.

Each divorce process may vary slightly, depending upon where you live and what your court system is like.

The way that your divorce hearing will be conducted varies depending upon where you live, and how your particular court system operates.

I am hopeful adequate funding will soon be restored to the California courts to ensure litigants have their day in court in a timely, efficient, and effective manner, so that our judicial system, designed to enforce the rule of law upon which our system is premised, will continue to receive the respect it justly deserves.

She has guided a range of social service organizations to understand their performance and improve upon it: programs that serve fathers, new mothers and their infants, young adults disconnected from school and work, adults with disabilities, and families involved with the court and welfare systems.

I agree incompetence abounds, but there are also some professionals attempting to work in this arena of family court where the diagnostic professionals income in some part is dependent upon repeat clientele sent from the legal system one way or another.

Please note that the inclusion of any individual on the below list does not necessarily indicate the existence of any licensing or other violation, but only that we obtained or have been made aware of information of interest relevant to the subject matter of child custody evaluations or other issues bearing upon mental health practitioners and the functioning of the family court system.

No matter how the hybrid team is shaped, the divorcing couple «opts out» of the judicial system, works with their team of professionals to achieve a peaceful resolution of their family's concerns, and then an agreed upon judgment is submitted back to the court for the Judge's signature.

The divorcing couple «opts out» of the judicial system, works with their team of professionals to achieve a peaceful resolution of their family's concerns, and then an agreed upon judgment is submitted back to the court for the Judge's signature.

Hi Steve: Do you think that RECO was surprised by the large claim volume because some Realtors relaxed their vigilance regarding shady practices knowing that they could avoid court action if a complaint was lodged against them, or, because consumers, upon becoming aware of the new insurance scheme, decided to pursue what could be described as frivolous claims due to the ease of claiming vs going through the court system?