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20 Apr 2010, 7:47 am
In administrative law, hearing before most administrative tribunals (such as the Landlord and Tenant Board, the Social Benefits Tribunal, and the Human Rights Tribunal, just to name a few,) can take place by telephone if requested by one of the parties. The tribunals generally are willing to grant such a request if a party has [...] [read post]
29 Apr 2013, 1:38 am
Authors: B Jayant Kumar and Saurabh Mishra The Supreme Court of India at various instances also has opined that as environment cases involve assessment of scientific data it would be desirable to have the setting up of “environmental courts on a regional basis with a professional judge and two experts keeping in view the expertise Read more... The post National Green Tribunal: A Step Towards Environment Justice? appeared first on The Lex-Warrier. [read post]
20 May 2013, 11:57 am
Leitner Center for International Law and Justice at Fordham Law has launched its new visual overview of the international criminal tribunals, in which it
provid[es] an introduction to the work of the international tribunals and the conflicts which led to their establishment. …
This new 90-page report, providing analysis and information through written summaries and detailed visualizations, aims to make the work of the courts more accessible to the general public and legal professionals… [read post]
22 May 2012, 8:16 pm
Attorney John L. Fossum, of the Fossum Law Office, LLC was named as Certified Criminal Law Specialist by the Minnesota State Bar Association. According the announcement from the MSBA:
The certified specialist designation is earned by leading attorneys who have completed a rigorous approval process, including an examination in the specialty area, peer review, and documented experience. Certified attorneys have demonstrated superior knowledge, skill and integrity in their specific field and can… [read post]
8 Dec 2011, 3:35 am
I participated as a witness at the South Africa session of the Russell Tribunal on Palestine which took place last month in Cape Town, from 5-7 November. The Tribunal was founded in the 1950s by the philosopher Bertrand Russell, and originally hosted by Jean-Paul Sartre. Formally calling itself the International War Crimes Tribunal, it deliberated over two sessions in 1967 on the issue of American foreign policy and military intervention in Vietnam. The overall aim, according to… [read post]
22 May 2012, 8:16 pm
Attorney John L. Fossum, of the Fossum Law Office, LLC was named as Certified Criminal Law Specialist by the Minnesota State Bar Association. According the announcement from the MSBA:
The certified specialist designation is earned by leading attorneys who have completed a rigorous approval process, including an examination in the specialty area, peer review, and documented experience. Certified attorneys have demonstrated superior knowledge, skill and integrity in their specific… [read post]
30 Apr 2013, 7:10 am
The draft Employment Tribunals and the Employment Appeal Tribunal Fees Order 2013 (the “Order”) has just been published by Parliament, giving us an insight into how the new Employment Tribunal fee structure will operate when it comes into force, expected to be this summer. Under the Order, Claimants will have to pay fees to the Employment Tribunal both to submit their claim, and for the case to be heard at a final hearing. Fees will depend on the type of claim being brought… [read post]
17 May 2012, 9:09 am
Lexum, the legal technology firm that developed the Canadian Legal Information Institute (CanLII), has introduced Decisia, a new cloud-based service for managing decisions of courts and other tribunals.
According to the description of the service, Decisia includes templates and forms enabling standardization of frequently produced types of decisions.
Click here for videos describing Decisia. [read post]
9 Apr 2012, 11:11 am
John L. Fossum, along with former U.S. Ambassdor Robert Flaten, United States District Court Judge John Tunheim, Assistant United States Attorney John Docherty and Professor Barbara Frey of the Human Rights Program at the Institute for Global Studies at the University of Minnesota. Details of the program, registration information, and bios of the speakers are available here.
Topics include the genocide… [read post]
15 Mar 2013, 3:29 am
“Employment tribunals are to become the ‘last resort, not the first port of call’ after the government’s announcement today that it has accepted proposals in a fundamental review of procedure for tribunals.”
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Law Society’s Gazette, 14th March 2013
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk [read post]
9 Apr 2012, 11:04 am
Photo of the International Criminal Court, The Hague, Netherlands
John L. Fossum, along with former U.S. Ambassdor Robert Flaten, United States District Court Judge John Tunheim, Assistant United States Attorney John Docherty and Professor Barbara Frey of the Human Rights Program at the Institute for Global Studies at the University of Minnesota. Details of the program, registration information, and bios of the speakers are available here.
Topics include the genocide in Rwanda, the International… [read post]
17 Feb 2011, 3:02 am
The first wind energy appeal to the Ontario Environmental Review Tribunal is moving quickly. The Kent Breeze approval was issued November 12, 2010. The Erickson appeal was filed on November 29. A preliminary hearing was held January 11. The hearing of the appeal began February 1 and will conclude March 25. Several of the appellants’ witnesses will testify by teleconference from other countries;Presenter status was allowed to another objector.
The appellants have requested the… [read post]
2 Mar 2011, 8:16 am
You don’t usually see so many Daily Mail readers moved to write a comment on a news story about a change in the law, well not that I am aware of anyway, but this report about a shift in power from employee to employer has certainly got them going! Over 130 readers left comments about the proposed increase from one to two years continuous service plus the requirement to pay a fee of up to £500 before employees can lodge a tribunal claim …. is this the thin end of the wedge for the compensation… [read post]
22 May 2012, 1:33 am
“Individuals who spend all their time working for a single client will not necessarily form part of an ‘organised grouping of employees’ whose employment will transfer under the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) (TUPE) Regulations when their work is taken back in-house, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has said.”
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OUT-LAW.com, 21st May 2012
Source: www.out-law.com [read post]
11 Jun 2010, 9:55 am
It's IntLawGrrls' great pleasure to welcome Kate Gibson (right) as a guest blogger.Kate's the Co-Counsel of Jean-Baptiste Gatete, a defendant before the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. She's also a member of the defence legal team for Radovan Karadži?, the former Bosnian Serb leader now on trial at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. She has previously worked in defence at the ICTR on the Government II case, and the Military I case, where she worked for… [read post]
2 Dec 2010, 3:58 am
As predicted, the first major renewable (wind) energy approval has been appealed to the Environmental Review Tribunal. Notice of the appeal was posted on the EBR Registry. I was glad to see, though, that this applicant doesn’t allege human health impacts. Because of the relatively narrow grounds of the appeal, it seems quite possible that it can be settled without a full scale hearing.
Application for Appeal Initiated by:
Bill Wachsmuth
Decision under Appeal:
A Renewable Energy… [read post]
9 Apr 2012, 11:04 am
Photo of the International Criminal Court, The Hague, Netherlands
John L. Fossum, along with former U.S. Ambassdor Robert Flaten, United States District Court Judge John Tunheim, Assistant United States Attorney John Docherty and Professor Barbara Frey of the Human Rights Program at the Institute for Global Studies at the University of Minnesota. Details of the program, registration information, and bios of the speakers are available here.
Topics include the genocide in Rwanda, the… [read post]
3 Aug 2011, 8:20 pm
Nouvelle taxe de 35 euros pour engager une procédure en justice à compter du 1er octobre 2011 : La Presse s'est faite l'écho d'une certaine émotion lorsque certains ont appris que saisir le Conseil des Prud'hommes coûterait bientôt (à compter du 1er octobre 2011) une somme de 35 euros. La raison en était principalement que cette procédure est historiquement gratuite. Néanmoins, l'instauration [read post]
25 Nov 2011, 3:48 am
Orgaworld Canada, a composting company, has won a hard-fought appeal for permission to compost disputed wastes at its Ottawa facility, despite MOE fears about potential odours. The disputed wastes include pet faeces, urine, and organic waste in plastic bags. In rejecting the Ministry of the Environment’s ultraconservative approach to the Orgaworld application, the Environmental Review Tribunal has set an important precedent for odour issues across the province.Orgaworld did not… [read post]
8 Aug 2010, 1:04 am
On this day in ...... 1942, the same day that The New York Times published a report that President Franklin D. Roosevelt "continued study" of death-penalty recommendations made by a special military commission he had convened, the United States executed 6 would-be saboteurs by electrocution at a jail in the District of Columbia. They were among 8 men who'd traveled by submarine from their native Germany and landed months earlier on the U.S. coast. During a recess in their July trial, defense… [read post]