E.P.

English translation: respondent's (OR solicitor's) initials

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English term or phrase:E.P.
Selected answer:respondent's (OR solicitor's) initials
Entered by: Yvonne Gallagher

13:34 May 18, 2016
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Law/Patents - Law (general) / Court Decision
English term or phrase: E.P.
This abbreviation appears in a Court Decision (Canada), in the "Appearances" section of the cover page, following the name of the solicitor:

John Doe, Q.C., Solicitor for the Respondent, E.P.

I would appreciate any help in figuring out what this stands for. Thank you!
Veronica Costea
Canada
Local time: 09:28
solicitor's initials?
Explanation:
this case?

https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/5174/index...

E.P. Adolphe, Q.C., for the respondent.
[Page 154]

Solicitor for the respondent: E.P. Adolphe, Calgary.

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Note added at 1 hr (2016-05-18 14:59:51 GMT)
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having seen Helena's link and looking at this again I now think it means

John Doe, Q.C.,

Solicitor for the Respondent, E.P. with "E.P" being the RESPONDENT'S initials

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Note added at 1 hr (2016-05-18 15:03:16 GMT)
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You should be able to work out from your context which person's initials these are...
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Yvonne Gallagher
Ireland
Local time: 14:28
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3 +5solicitor's initials?
Yvonne Gallagher


  

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solicitor's initials?


Explanation:
this case?

https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/5174/index...

E.P. Adolphe, Q.C., for the respondent.
[Page 154]

Solicitor for the respondent: E.P. Adolphe, Calgary.

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Note added at 1 hr (2016-05-18 14:59:51 GMT)
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having seen Helena's link and looking at this again I now think it means

John Doe, Q.C.,

Solicitor for the Respondent, E.P. with "E.P" being the RESPONDENT'S initials

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Note added at 1 hr (2016-05-18 15:03:16 GMT)
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You should be able to work out from your context which person's initials these are...

Yvonne Gallagher
Ireland
Local time: 14:28
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 127
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Helena Chavarria: http://www.gov.pe.ca/courts/supreme/reasons/headnotes/1899.p... // In my link the appearing parties are referred to by their initials; Vera would have to look at the people's names in the original to see whose initials they are.
1 hr
  -> Thanks Helena! So it looks like it's actually respondent's initials here?

agree  Paola Migliaccio
2 hrs
  -> Thanks Paola!

agree  AllegroTrans: seems correct
6 hrs
  -> Thanks Chris!

agree  Veronika McLaren
9 hrs
  -> Thanks Veronika!

agree  Yasutomo Kanazawa
7 days
  -> Tthanks Yasutomo!
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