Sentences with phrase «when high court judges»

It is also concerning to think that it might join that long list of situations where lawyers have been used in a way that has retarded debate on important health issues (such as, in extremis, this memorable episode when a High Court judge criticised Andrew Wakefield for trying to use libel law to silence his critics).

Not exact matches

High Court judge Thokozile Masipa had earlier said the 27 - year - old Olympian was «negligent» in the early hours of Valentine's Day last year when he fatally shot Reeva Steenkamp.

Police joked about arresting Sir Cliff Richard at Wimbledon when investigating a child sex - assault allegation, a journalist has told a High Court judge.

Sir Christopher later became a Queen's Counsel, then a High Court Judge, when he was knighted, at which point Thornberry became entitled to be styled Lady Nugee, although she does not use the title.

The two high court judges would subsequently conclude that Labour leaflets were misrepresentative when it came to how «local» the Liberal Democrats» Watkins was.

«There is that banner headline «Dogara sues Oyegun», but when you go to the main body of the story, you will discover that a case has been filed before the Abuja Federal High Court but the Chief Judge of the High Court has not even assigned that case to a jJudge of the High Court has not even assigned that case to a judgejudge.

The state's highest court will actually be not one, but two judges short when it reconvenes January 4.

No stranger to the high court, Garcia clerked for the late Judith Kaye in the early 1990s, when she served as chief judge.

The man a high court judge notoriously dismissed as an unreliable witness, whose famously fastidious attention to detail was such that when it came to making the case for the most serious foreign policy decision since Suez, he was perfectly content to sling out some 12 - year - old guff he'd lifted straight off the internet.

«It is on record that when anti graft agencies sent invitation letters to judges suspected of corruption, they had rushed to the Federal High Court to obtain interlocutory injunctions to prevent their arrest, investigation and prosecution.

Under government plans to be unveiled on Wednesday, High Court judges will be able to decide when a prisoner is freed meaning convicts will no longer be granted an automatic right to parole halfway through their sentence.

The Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice Ibrahim Auta, had re-assigned the case to Justice Quadri when Justice Ademola was on suspension as a result of the joint trial.

He is a high priced money lawyer who served on the judicial review board and is part of the problem doing nothing when it comes to the family court system and discipling judges.

Our correspondent reports that it all started in the early hours of Saturday when scores of DSS agents besieged the house of a Federal High Court judge at No. 35, Forces Avenue.

Daudu also maintained that the charges filed by a then Deputy Director in the Federal Ministry of Justice, Mr. Muslim Hassan (now a Federal High Court judge), when the office of the Attorney - General of the Federation had not been occupied by any person, were incompetent.

Justice Ibrahim Auta, the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, assigned the case to Justice Quadri when Justice Ademola went on suspension following corruption charge against him and his wife.

And since the March guidance, another relevant decision came down from the high court: In Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International, the judges invalidated a software patent by ruling that a method of financial analysis is an unpatentable «abstract idea,» even when implemented on a computer.

Handed down this month, the unanimous ruling by the state's highest court said Kanawha County Circuit Judge John Hey had overstepped his jurisdiction when he issued the injunction against striking teachers statewide.

That decision will be judged at the highest level in November, when the Supreme Court of Canada considers Groia's appeal of professional misconduct in the trial of former Bre - X executive John Felderhof, who was acquitted in 2007 of securities law charges.

When Mr. Baker died on 17 November 2001 2001 (Baker v Baker [2008] EWHC 977 (Ch), Mr Paul Chaisty QC, deputy judge of the High Court) by his will he left to his widow, Susan, a life interest in their former matrimonial home (owned solely by him) worth around # 340,000, his business worth around # 750,000 - # 950,000 to his four sons and residue of around # 55,000 to be divided equally between the sons and widow.

The Court: But it is well understood also that when the Crown sets out a penalty as being an appropriate one, it's pretty rare for a judge to impose a higher penalty than what the Crown submits is appropriate, given that the Crown is making submissions based on caselaw.

But a High Court judge and Court of Appeal judges concluded they did not have the «jurisdiction» to make such an order because the girl was not habitually resident in the UK when legal proceedings were launched.

When the prosecutor harped on my client's speeding as supporting the charge against him, the judge pointed out the many people coming regularly to court caught for high speed without any charges of DWI.

Using high - tech digital recording systems shows judges and administrators are early adopters of technology when it suits the court's needs.

Reversing the decision of the Court of Appeal and restoring the determination of the trial judge (upheld in the High Court on appeal) the Supreme Court concluded that the facts in the present case did give rise to an inference that the intentions of the parties (to own the property in equal beneficial shares, consistent with their legal ownership) did change when Mr Kernott acquired his own property independently of Ms Jones.

But I do know that, on the days when you know the facts of your case, and when you know the area of applicable law as well as you can, then the intellectual debate which can develop with a High Court judge or in the Court of Appeal is fascinating — and for my money, it represents the high point of my carHigh Court judge or in the Court of Appeal is fascinating — and for my money, it represents the high point of my carhigh point of my career.

The High Court judge, Mr Justice Francis, said that Parliament can not have intended for legal aid not to be available in such cases: «However, it does seem to me that when Parliament changed the law in relation to legal aid and significantly restricted the availability of legal aid, yet continued to make legal aid available in care cases where the state is seeking orders against parents, it can not have intended that parents in the position that these parents have been in should have no access to legal advice or representation... I am aware that there are many parents around the country in similar positions where their cases have been less public and where they have had to struggle to represent themselves.

The judge found that the law society failed to take into account, «in any meaningful way,» the fact Groia had complied with Hryn's rulings on his conduct during the Bre - X trial, and also complied when the OSC complained to the higher courts.

If the judge is found to have used his / her discretion appropriately, then your appeal may not be successful, but when the judge has made a serious mistake, pursuing an appeal to a higher Court may be the right course of action.

It isn't often that an appellate judge seeks to overturn fact findings by the lower court, and it's even less frequent when the judge supports a higher award of attorney fees than that court issued.

This paper starts by assuming that judges are generally risk averse with respect to reversal, and that they provide opinions when they believe that their work will be reviewed by a higher court.

Lady Hale agreed with the judge in the High Court that, when looking at the best interests test in this context, it is whether the transfer is in the child's best interests rather than the eventual outcome.

Brown found that the law society failed to take into account, «in any meaningful way,» the fact Groia had complied with the trial judge's rulings on his conduct during the Bre - X trial and also complied when the OSC complained to the higher courts.

However, on Thursday 3rd November 2016, Waney Squier won the high court appeal battle when a judge cleared her of dishonesty and has had her licence reinstated.

When the responsibility for divorce was transferred from the ecclesiastical to the civil courts, it was still regarded as a serious matter to be dealt with only by High Court judges sitting in London.

[83] For example, Justice David Aston, when he was Senior Family Judge of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, spoke of the importance of case management in all high conflict cases in «High Conflict Families: A Sampling of Ideas and Strategies for Judges» (Paper presented to the National Judicial Institute's High Conflict Custody Cases Seminar, July 2006)[unpublishhigh conflict cases in «High Conflict Families: A Sampling of Ideas and Strategies for Judges» (Paper presented to the National Judicial Institute's High Conflict Custody Cases Seminar, July 2006)[unpublishHigh Conflict Families: A Sampling of Ideas and Strategies for Judges» (Paper presented to the National Judicial Institute's High Conflict Custody Cases Seminar, July 2006)[unpublishHigh Conflict Custody Cases Seminar, July 2006)[unpublished]:

It is not often that a sitting of the High Court occurs in the private residence of a judge at 1 a.m., but it is not the first time that the Irish medical profession has made emergency court applications when treating Jehovah's WitneCourt occurs in the private residence of a judge at 1 a.m., but it is not the first time that the Irish medical profession has made emergency court applications when treating Jehovah's Witnecourt applications when treating Jehovah's Witnesses.

If I could claim to have fully considered the sum of your collective contributions concerning stare decisis as emphasizing the need for judges at first instance to be fully informed of the applicable law and to follow it, then I would have expanded my speculative musings to suggest that notoriety of a lower court decision is what gives it the potential to muscle its way into gaining equal consideration alongside authoritative higher court rulings when the issue before the court is novel.

When I was first appointed to the High Court of Justice of Ontario in March, 1988, the era of having a dedicated court reporter assigned to a judge and traveling with that judge throughout Ontario was coming to anCourt of Justice of Ontario in March, 1988, the era of having a dedicated court reporter assigned to a judge and traveling with that judge throughout Ontario was coming to ancourt reporter assigned to a judge and traveling with that judge throughout Ontario was coming to an end.

When solicitors were granted the same rights of audience, plus the right to be QCs and to be High Court judges, the bifurcation of the legal profession became redundant.

In Northern Ireland, you have to appear in person before a judge in either a county court or a High Court when you divorce or dissolve your civil partnercourt or a High Court when you divorce or dissolve your civil partnerCourt when you divorce or dissolve your civil partnership.

Including contributions by Lady Justice Hale, High Court Judge Sir James Munby, Professor June Thoburn, and grandparent carer Robin Derriman, this Family Rights Group Reader analyses the provisions for Special Guardianship and explores its potential use in meeting children's long term needs when they can not return home.

In some cases, when parents are experiencing high conflict during their divorce, a Guardian Ad Litem is appointed by a judge through the Family Division of the Connecticut Superior Courts.