Sentences with phrase «vulnerable parties»

Children are vulnerable parties in any type of legal action, but particularly in the midst of a family law dispute or divorce.

This is gravely immoral and in open contradiction to the principle, recognised also in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, that the best interests of the child, as the weaker and more vulnerable party, are to be the paramount consideration inevery case.»

Presiding over its first COP, the small Pacific island nation aimed to highlight both the needs of vulnerable parties as well as island nations» climate action leadership.

Alabama doesn't specifically have vulnerable user laws, which are traffic laws that favor the most vulnerable party in any accident situation.

For example: • Ethical considerations argue for the development of a process for overseeing adaptation efforts that is participatory, that is, represented by individuals from all geographic areas, and include the active input from all interested parties, especially the most vulnerable parties experiencing the most severe impacts of climate change, as well as transparent.

We understand how vulnerable both parties feel when they are dividing their lives, and ending a marriage for good — whether it was a commitment of six months or sixty years — and we want to help get you through this process with the most thorough approach possible.

It certainly has some features of misconduct, most notably in his effective refusal to adjudicate the parties» case, and in the contempt with which he treated the poor, racialized and vulnerable parties who appeared before him.

If vulnerable parties are involved in litigation, it may be useful to impart that emotions are contagious.

One of the major criticisms of the New York scheme has been the way it places the burden for helping vulnerable parties on debt - laden law students and recent graduates with sky - high billable hour targets, rather than on senior, better - paid members of the profession.

Stripping away the lawyer as equalizer creates a presumption of disadvantage for some of the more vulnerable parties.

The companion animals we deal with in our profession are vulnerable parties in the professional relationship we establish with them and their guardian, much like young children are in counseling relationships between a psychologist, a child and their parents.

In family proceedings, legal aid could be used in European Convention 1950 exceptional case funding for vulnerable parties and children, and many of the criminal proceedings measures are already available, but not used, in family proceedings, as Lady Hale has pointed out in Re A (Sexual Abuse: Disclosure)[2012] UKSC 60.»

Fargeat follows both sides — Jen and the men — of the film's encounters, including a standoff on a rocky, hillside road and grisly game of cat - and - mouse in the house, which subversively turns the man into the naked, vulnerable party.

Aside from legislative protection, contract law contains a number of other protections for all parties or for vulnerable parties, including laws on mistake and misunderstanding, and the newish (for the common law) duty of good faith.

Fiduciary obligations aim to protect the vulnerable party in work relationships involving a high level of trust and confidentiality.

As the vulnerable party in such employment relationships, employees are provided a measure of protection through employment law legislation.

The pilot projects activities were found to have adequately tested the elements of the Panel's recommendation re cameras in the courtroom, as validated by 6 out of 7 lawyers who agreed that the pilot clarified that an amendment to the Courts of Justice Act would be practical and beneficial; opinion was divided on the key points that should be included in such an amendment, though most agreed that protection must be given to vulnerable parties and sensitive information;

From 27 November 2017 a new FPR 2010, Pt 3A came into force, accompanied by a new PD 3AA, as to the participation of, and giving of evidence by, vulnerable parties (including children) in family proceedings.

Students of mediation certainly believe that some kinds of dispute should not be mediated, notably ones where one party is asserting a clear right, especially a right given by law to a vulnerable party.