Despite their different meanings, lawyers commonly but incorrectly
use res judicata and collateral estoppel interchangeably.
Not exact matches
So, you can put
Judicata or ROSS or whatever on your proposal, and it makes you look really high tech and efficient because you
're using AI even if effectively you
're not actually changing much.
Vexatious Litigants: Where claims have already
been adjudicated, litigants
are barred from
using re-litigating, based on the doctrine of
res judicata.
In this article, Dr Faraj Ahnish, Managing Partner, Abu Dhabi, consider the UAE Courts» application of the
res judicata doctrine and differences to its
use in Common Law jurisdictions.
The words «without prejudice» in their general adaptation, when
used in a decree, mean that there
is no decision of the controversy on its merits, and leaves the whole subject in litigation as much open to another suit as if no suit had ever
been brought... When the words «without prejudice» appear in an order or decree, it shows that the judicial act done
is not intended to
be res judicata of the merits of the controversy.
Analytics tools such as those
used by Ravel and other start - ups including Casetext,
Judicata, JustisOne and Lex Machina greatly reduce the amount of time and money that lawyers need to spend on legal research - an area that has not traditionally
been seen as an area where savings can
be made.