Court Laws

Subject: Court Laws Mon Feb 15, 2010 5:16 am

Being judged by your fellow leaders is a new system being put into place in an attempt to give EG members a fair chance to have their case heard by someone besides the Leader who kicked them out or blacklisted that member.

It's easy how this new system will work, like a court of law.

SECTION 1: INTRODUCTION

1. If a member thinks he or she has been kicked out (DNR'd) wrongfully, that member has the right to file on the EG forums for an appeal to be heard by the judges from the Evolution Gaming Network.
2. It should take no more then two weeks for the accused member to have a verdict for his or her case.
3. Members will need witnesses and proper paper work in order to be heard.
4. The Leader or person who has banned/kicked out the member must prosecute with evidence and witnesses.
5. In the event the Leader doesn’t show up the case will be dismissed without the accused member having any penalties.
6. Other types of cases can be filed for the EG court to hear.

SECTION 2: SENTENCING

1. Penalties for the member will have to be decided by the judges hearing the cases.
2. The judges panel will deliberate for as much time as needed. Deliberation will not start until the proper steps are taken.
3. Each member is allowed one appeal per offense, no member will be charged with the same offense twice.
4. If a member commits the same offense twice, no appeal will be needed, ban will be automatic and permanent.

SECTION 3: CONTEMPT OF COURT

1. Any member that files a case does not have the right to argue at any time with the judges panel.
2. The judges panel runs the court and in the event the member or anyone else gets out of line with the judges panel, then the judges panel has the right to throw out the case or the members disrupting the court. So lets try and keep the hearings professional and civil for all members.
3. If the member who filed a case is thrown out of the EG court for disrupting a court session they may not be able to appeal their case. This will be decided by the judges and the judge who threw the member out.
4. See EG Motion's topic about posting in the area.
5. ANYONE, other than a Judge, Mod, Global Mod, or Admin, who overrules the court's decision in any way or goes against it WILL BE PUNISHED.

SECTION 4: PROCEDURES WHILE APPEAL IS BEING PROCESSED

1. Members who have filed a case and are awaiting to be heard will give up regiment or sector tags and their status until their case is heard within two weeks of the incident at hand.
2. Members have the choice to leave the Evolution Gaming Network while waiting for their case to be heard.
3. If the Leader of the member who has filed a case does not want that member in his or her sector, that member will have to leave or be put into a sector where he or she can stay until court time. The where abouts of the member will be decided by the Leaders of each Sector or Regiment.
4. If the member is in a new area, he or she will not try and cause trouble for that Leader. If the member does try and make trouble the leaders have the right to make that member leave EG and it will help the case of the Leader.

SECTION 5: CONDUCT AND AUTHORITY OF PRESIDING JUDGES

1. New Judges will be voted in by the current judges in place.
2. The Chief Justice will preside over every case and have the final say over every case with the help of the other presiding judges.
3. A judge must excuse themselves in any case that would be considered a conflict of interest.
4. If the judge doesn’t step down and the court finds the case to have been a conflict of interest on the judges part, then the judge will be warned. After a judge has THREE offenses he or she will be removed from their position. The Chief Justice cannot be removed or replaced since he was appointed to run the court and helped create it.
5. If a judge is caught not being fair towards members that have filed a case, he or she will then lose his or her judgeship.
6. Judges have the full right to issue a subpoena to any member who is needed for the advancement of a court case. Anyone who goes against the court case will be held in forums contempt, which will be a one day ban from posting. Contempt punishment will increase with each issue.
7. A judge has the right to pass any case for a few days to give Evolution Gaming Network or the member who has filed the case an opportunity to find a witness that needs to testify in any given case.
8. Members or Leaders have TWO weeks from time of incident or discrepancy to file for a case to be heard by the judges. If the discrepancy has been longer than two weeks, then the case CAN be thrown out.

All case filings must be filed in the EG APPELLATE COURT area of the EG forums located below:

EG Appellate Court

EG believes that by holding an Appellate Court that we can better serve our ever growing Community one member at a time. By giving every EG member an opportunity to have their case heard, is yet another way to give all members a second chance to be a member of the EG Gaming Network.

SECTION 6: DISCLAIMERS AND OTHER POLICES/REGULATIONS

1. The EG Gaming Network will not be at any time held responsible for the outcome of any EG held court preceding.
2. By filing a case with the leadership of EG, you have given up your right to be considered a member of the EG Gaming Network.
3. EG management has a ZERO tolerance for members that break the code of conduct and or any laws of the land.
4. The Evolution Gaming Network will continue to report any laws being broken that we have knowledge of to the proper authorities.
5. The Evolution Gaming Network is not a court-of-law and only uses the EG Court hearings in order to give everyone a fair and balanced hearing before taking membership privileges away from our members.
6. The Evolution Gaming Network will not be held reasonable for members who chose to purchase a gamer tag with "EG" in their name.
7. The Evolution Gaming Network does not ask members to buy a EG gamer tag to become a member of the Evolution Gaming Network, we only encourage members that would like to receive rank within the Evolution Gaming Network to have a gamer tag if that member wants one.

All EG Leaders have an Open Door Policy to speak with members on any issues that a member may have. We do encourage our members and Leaders to try and work through any issues they may have, our Leaders should try to bring in a mediator to work through these issues.