Sentences with phrase «witness under a party»

The new Rule 32 - a permits judges in the Commercial Division to require that direct testimony of a witness under a party's...

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The former First Lady and 2012 presidential aspirant of the National Democratic Party (NDP) Nana Konadu Agyeman - Rawlings has said successive Parliament under Presidents John Evans Attah Mills and John Mahama are responsible for some of the worst crimes the nation has ever witnessed.

A bulk nomination schedule may be withdrawn under subsection (1) by notice, on a form provided by the Electoral Commission, signed by the secretary of the party and witnessed by a Justice of the Peace or a solicitor.

All requests for the testimony of the Contractor or its employees, and any intention to testify as an expert witness relating to: (a) any work required by, and / or performed under, this contract; or (b) any information provided by any party to assist the Contractor in the performance of this contract, shall be immediately reported to the Contracting Officer.

In his book, the author recounts that Boston, then a city of 15,000 inhabitants and under British Army occupation, witnessed numerous conflicts between the local populace and soldiers following the Boston Tea Party eighteen months prior.

Under Rule 706 of the Federal Rules of Evidence, a court may «appoint any expert witnesses agreed upon by the parties, and may appoint expert witnesses of its own selection.»

If a lawyer asked a third party to befriend a witness under false circumstances in person, the conduct would be deemed unethical.

USING ANSWERS OF WITNESS NOT AVAILABLE FOR TRIAL (17) The trial judge may give a party permission to read into evidence all or part of the answers or information given under rule 20 (questioning) by a person who is unable or unwilling to testify at the trial, but before doing so the judge shall consider,

OPPOSING PARTY DISOBEYING SUMMONS (12) When an opposing party has been served with a summons under subrule (3), the court may make a final order in favour of the party calling the witness, adjourn the case or make any other appropriate order, including a contempt order, if the opposing pPARTY DISOBEYING SUMMONS (12) When an opposing party has been served with a summons under subrule (3), the court may make a final order in favour of the party calling the witness, adjourn the case or make any other appropriate order, including a contempt order, if the opposing pparty has been served with a summons under subrule (3), the court may make a final order in favour of the party calling the witness, adjourn the case or make any other appropriate order, including a contempt order, if the opposing pparty calling the witness, adjourn the case or make any other appropriate order, including a contempt order, if the opposing partyparty,

Three general indicators of threshold reliability justifying admission of a statement include «(i) the statement is made under oath or affirmation following a warning on the significance of the oath and the availability of sanctions for giving a false statement; (ii) the statement is videotaped in its entirety; and (iii) the opposing party has a full opportunity to cross-examine the witness respecting the statement» (at para. 32).

Ensure steps have been taken to locate the responsible party or witnesses, which is a requirement for a hit and run claim under Section 24 of the Act.

FAILURE TO SERVE EXPERT WITNESS REPORT (27) A party who has not followed a requirement under subrule (23), (24) or (26) to serve and file an expert witness report, may not call the expert witness unless the trial judge allows othWITNESS REPORT (27) A party who has not followed a requirement under subrule (23), (24) or (26) to serve and file an expert witness report, may not call the expert witness unless the trial judge allows othwitness report, may not call the expert witness unless the trial judge allows othwitness unless the trial judge allows otherwise.

Deposition: Oral testimony that is taken under oath in which one party presents questions to the other party or relevant witnesses.

Although I will return to this matter in my discussion on the disclosure of records held by third parties, we must recall that, under certain circumstances, the defence will be unable to lay the foundation for disclosure of a certain item until the trial has actually begun and witnesses have already been called.

If you can not move under your own power, ask others, including police officers, to get personal contact information from all parties and witnesses.

It is (iii) which remains the critical area and which, though not seriously under challenge in Kennedy v Cordia, was directly addressed by the court: «[51] Impartiality and other duties: If a party proffers an expert report which on its face does not comply with the recognised duties of a skilled witness to be independent and impartial, the court may exclude the evidence as inadmissible.»

The ultimate requirement for experts under Part 35 and 25 Civil Procedure Rule and other such protocols, and indeed the RICS guidance to surveyors acting as expert witnesses, is to maintain an expert's ultimate duty to the Court in preparing and presenting evidence, and obviously not to their instructing parties.

As a matter of law, where it is sought to obtain material from third parties, upon whom there is no prior duty of disclosure, a defendant or indeed the Crown may obtain a summons under the Criminal Procedure (Attendance of Witnesses) Act 1965 or the Magistrates Court Act 1980, s 97.

Under our rules of evidence and given the fact that parties have the right to cross-examine witnesses, you don't enjoy those protections in a courtroom.

Rule 16.4 (Written witness statement in evidence) Previously, under section 9 of the Criminal Justice Act 1967, if a party objected to a written witness statement being used as evidence instead of the witness giving oral evidence, the objection had to be made within 7 days.

These are pre-trial interviews under oath of the various parties and witnesses that usually take place in the lawyer's offices.

Under Rule 90.614, a party is entitled to cross-examine a witness regarding any prior inconsistent statements they made.

A party to arbitral proceedings can also apply to the court under section 43 of the 1996 Act to secure the attendance of a witness (including a third party witness) in order to produce documents or provide oral testimony.

Responsibilities include questioning parties, issuing subpoenas for production of witnesses and documents, holding conferences, ruling on objections and evidence admissibility, receiving exhibits, assessing witness credibility, and maintaining an atmosphere of fairness, impartiality, and due process under the law.

One of the mechanisms which the Court has adopted, consistent with its obligation under s. 82 (1), is to permit the parties to tender the evidence - in - chief of their witnesses in the form of a written statement which may either be verified by the witness in Court, or by consent of the other parties, and tendered without formal proof.