Sentences with phrase «court imposed a penalty»

In 2013, the Federal Court imposed a penalty of $ 1.35 million against Japanese cable supplier, Viscas Corporation, for its part in the conduct.

The Clean Air Act allows people who are affected by illegal air pollution to hold polluters accountable by having courts impose penalties on them.

The court imposed the penalty and explained the reason for it in a footnote to a 2008 unpublished opinion, Espitia v. Fouche.

Not exact matches

The Delaware court found that a jury not only must decide whether there were «aggravating circumstances» that could justify a death penalty, but also must find, «unanimously and beyond a reasonable doubt,» that such aggravating factors outweigh any mitigating circumstances — the critical determination in imposing a death sentence.

In the Middle Ages a number of canonists teach that ecclesiastical courts should refrain from the death penalty and that civil courts should impose it only for major crimes.

«By imposing these penalties, the Court has acknowledged that Woolworths was knowingly concerned in an anti-competitive understanding which they admitted was reached between laundry detergent manufacturers,» ACCC Chairman Rod Sims said.

«Much more important is the magnitude of the penalties imposed and the recognition by the Court that Coles» conduct in its dealings with suppliers was unconscionable and in contravention of the Australian Consumer Law.

The High Court concluded that «in civil penalty proceedings, courts are not precluded from considering and, if appropriate, imposing penalties that are agreed between the parties» (quote taken from judgment summary).

«The Court of Arbitration for Sport (TAS) has today informed Real Madrid CF the award for partially estimating the appeal made by the club against the resolution of FIFA that imposed a penalty of prohibition of registration of players during two periods of signings, reducing it to one, the window corresponding to January 2017,» read a statement from the club.

Under the current system only a court can impose a penalty of more than three points for a speeding offence.

National courts sentenced fraudsters to a cumulative 125 years» imprisonment during 2010 and imposed financial penalties amounting to nearly $ 1.47 billion as a result of OLAF's cases.

The court of appeals handles all appeals except those in the supreme court's exclusive jurisdiction: challenges to the validity of a United States statute or treaty, the validity of a state constitutional provision or statute, cases requiring construction of revenue laws, the title to state office and cases where the death penalty is imposed.

If an EU county fails to communicate measures that implement the provisions of a directive in time, the Commission may ask the Court to impose penalties.

It would not be possible to hide this tactic, and so it should be straightforward to make a legal challenge and for a court to impose some sort of penalty, either financial, or electoral, or both, on the party.

Penalties for Frivolous Lawsuits — Vote Passed (230 - 188, 11 Not Voting) The bill would modify federal rules governing civil lawsuits to require federal courts to impose sanctions on parties that violate the existing prohibition on the filing of frivolous lawsuits, with such sanctions to include monetary penalties to cover the other party's attorneys» fees and othPenalties for Frivolous Lawsuits — Vote Passed (230 - 188, 11 Not Voting) The bill would modify federal rules governing civil lawsuits to require federal courts to impose sanctions on parties that violate the existing prohibition on the filing of frivolous lawsuits, with such sanctions to include monetary penalties to cover the other party's attorneys» fees and othpenalties to cover the other party's attorneys» fees and other costs.

Massachusetts» highest court has reduced penalties imposed against two electric utilities by state regulators for their poor responses to a pair of 2011 storms that left hundreds of thousands of customers without power for days.

The ICAC hearings are tantamount to kangaroo courts, and penalties are imposed directly by state legislation.

Still not satisfied, the telecom giant approached a Lagos High Court in December to quash the fine, arguing that the regulator had no legal grounds to impose such penalty.

A maximum fine of # 20,000 for each charge may be imposed by a magistrates court; however, if the case is committed to the Crown Court the maximum penalty is an unlimited court; however, if the case is committed to the Crown Court the maximum penalty is an unlimited Court the maximum penalty is an unlimited fine.

Uganda recently enacted a harshly anti-gay law, imposing penalties even on those who fail to report homosexual conduct they are aware of, but the courts rejected it on procedural grounds.

Uganda recently enacted a harshly anti-gay law, imposing penalties even on those who fail to report homosexual conduct they are aware of, but the courts in that nation rejected it on procedural grounds.

But the Appellate Division of the New York State Supreme Court recently overturned this decision and ordered the SLA to impose a lesser penalty.

A South African court has sentenced a rhino poacher to 77 years in jail, the heaviest penalty imposed by authorities desperate to halt a wave of poaching that is threatening the population of the endangered animals.

Whenever the court shall determine that a violation of this section has occurred, the court may impose a civil penalty of not more than one thousand dollars for each violation.

The Education Practices Commission may suspend the educator certificate of any person as defined in s. 1012.01 (2) or (3) for up to 5 years, thereby denying that person the right to teach or otherwise be employed by a district school board or public school in any capacity requiring direct contact with students for that period of time, after which the holder may return to teaching as provided in subsection (4); may revoke the educator certificate of any person, thereby denying that person the right to teach or otherwise be employed by a district school board or public school in any capacity requiring direct contact with students for up to 10 years, with reinstatement subject to the provisions of subsection (4); may revoke permanently the educator certificate of any person thereby denying that person the right to teach or otherwise be employed by a district school board or public school in any capacity requiring direct contact with students; may suspend the educator certificate, upon an order of the court or notice by the Department of Revenue relating to the payment of child support; or may impose any other penalty provided by law, if the person:

(a) any fine, penalty, restitution order or other order similar in nature to a fine, penalty or restitution order, imposed by a court in respect of an offence, or any debt arising out of a recognizance or bail;

The exceptions to this rule are: penalties, fines, forfeiture and compensation orders imposed by any court, any liability due to fraud, any obligation to pay aliment, student loans, and money owed to someone who holds a security on your property such as a secured loan or mortgage loan.

Most debts except: fines, penalties, compensation and forfeiture orders imposed by any court; any debt that has been incurred through fraud; student loans; any obligation to pay maintenance to an ex-spouse due under a court order (not Child Support Agency arrears or Child Maintenance Service arrears); and money owed to a creditor whose debt is secured on your property (such as a mortgage or secured loan).

The Misdemeanor Court of the Union of Three Rivers of Cartago imposed the maximum penalty of 30 days in fines.

[FN73] Further, the court declared that the MBTA can be applied to impose criminal penalties on those who did not intend to kill migratory birds, because the guilty act alone was sufficient to make out the crime.

Can the judge impose any kind of penalties on Happer, Koonin and Lindzen for their efforts to deliberately mislead the court in their submission to him?

What penalty would a court impose for killing off a geological epoch?

HUNDREDS of «carbon cops» will police compliance with the carbon tax and will have the power to inspect premises, take companies to court and impose financial penalties.

The Court: But it is well understood also that when the Crown sets out a penalty as being an appropriate one, it's pretty rare for a judge to impose a higher penalty than what the Crown submits is appropriate, given that the Crown is making submissions based on caselaw.

Only, 62 involve civilian death penalties imposed in federal courts (mostly in states that have the death penalty) and another 6 involve death penalties imposed in military courts (mostly in states that allow the death penalty or abroad).

Indeed, the court can impose stiff penalties on parties who neglect this duty.

If the police don't warn the person of the penalties and the person still refuses, then the law says that the court can't impose the penalties the person wasn't warned about.

On July 31, 2015 the Supreme Court of Canada decided that proceedings under Canada's Income Tax Act (ITA) are administrative, not criminal, and a penalty imposed under it is not a «true penal consequence» — and the person on whom such a penalty is imposed doesn't get the protection of Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms» (section 11 (d)-RRB- guarantees of the presumption of innocence, proof of guilt beyond a reasonable doubt, and right to a fair and public hearing.

Applying the fine - tuned penalties doctrine, the Supreme Court found that both clauses imposed a primary obligation, not a secondary one, and were therefore not penalty clauses which would be unenforceable.

The majority of the Supreme Court held that the new test to determine penalty clauses is whether the impugned provision is a secondary obligation which imposes a detriment on the contract - breaker out of all proportion to any legitimate interest of the innocent party in the enforcement of the primary obligation.1

In the case at bar, the Supreme Court overturned an increase in sentence imposed by the Court of Appeal, noting that «if Parliament hopes to sustain mandatory minimum penalties for offences that cast a wide net, it should consider narrowing their reach so that they only catch offenders that merit the mandatory minimum sentences.»

The Court held that in such circumstances the DPA can not impose penalties outside its own Member State and must instead request the DPA in the relevant state to exercise its powers.

The fact that the relationship did not appear to affect Hunter's legal duties played a factor in the court's decision to impose a fairly reserved penalty.

Several endorsing judgments followed with a worrying acceptance on the part of the courts that «lies are told in litigation every day up and down the country and quite rightly do not lead to a penalty being imposed...».

The Austrian law provided that in the event of failure to disclose accounting documents at the latest within nine months of the balance sheet date, the court responsible for maintaining the commercial register had to impose a minimum periodic penalty of 700 Euros on the company concerned, without prior notice or allowing the company an opportunity to make its views known.

The court will hear three appeals, two of which challenge British Columbia's drunk - driving laws and the power of police officers to impose penalties at roadside stops, and another involving the paramountcy of the federal Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act over conflicting provincial statutes.

In South Carolina the family court will impose a heavy penalty on a spouse who commits adultery.

It is clear from the case that the supervisor's prior convictions and unpaid fines weighed significantly in the court's decision to impose a custodial sentence in a case that might otherwise have attracted a significant monetary penalty but not resulted in jail time.

However, they confirm that the courts will impose jail terms where lesser penalties have not deterred the defendant or where the court believes a monetary penalty is insufficient in the circumstances.

If fines are seen both by the government and the courts as the main sentencing option, and the courts are indicating that sentencing courts should not shy away from significant monetary penalties, it seems reasonable to anticipate a significant escalation in the penalties sought against, and imposed on, individuals convicted under the OHSA.