In his Insurance Law column, Jonathan Dachs restates the "general, well-settled and widely known" rules for interpreting insurance policy provisions and uses case law to show how the courts are often ...

The interpretation of statutes is so often decisive in cases of national importance, which touch all our lives. Specifically, I want to talk with you about how courts are relinquishing the power to ...

Canons of Interpretation and Construction. It is an accepted fact that words have no proper or specific meaning until they are put into a context of situation. A word may bear: (a) the meaning put ...

“The motion for a new trial shall be made promptly after the jury is discharged, or in the discretion of the court not later than 10 days thereafter.” Rule 59(b), SCRCP (emphasis added). Knowing the ...

Pereira v. Sessions is not the immigration case that everyone will be watching this month, but it is definitely worth a glance. At first blush, this case looks like a hyper-technical and relatively ...

A federal appeals court in Denver is considering a controversial question: Does a “bump stock” — a firearm add-on that allows bullets to be fired in rapid succession — turn an ordinary rifle into an ...

D M Harish School of Law, HSNC University, Mumbai recently hosted Haresh Jagtiani, Senior Counsel, Oasis Counsel & Advisory, to deliver a lecture on ‘Interpretation of Statutes’. In her opening ...

The Town of Hingham has received Judge Christine Roach's 32-page Memorandum and Order of Findings and Rulings in the litigation between the Town (Plaintiff) and Aquarion (Defendant). The Court’s ...

However, in Ugwu v.Ararume, the Supreme Court in interpreting Section 34(2) of the Electoral Act, held that a political party shall give cogent and verifiable reasons before a candidate can be changed ...