Sentences with phrase «court with members of the public»

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The Post reports that these databases, searchable by any member of the public, will be maintained by local media outlets — with courts providing details of credit defaults, and banking regulators updating banks on the blacklist.

In my estimation, the Chief Justice went overboard especially when the matter before the Supreme Court had nothing to do with the interpretations of the titles of members of parliament either assigned to themselves or as they are often addressed by their constituents or the general public.

In the legal profession to which I belong (now as an unlicensed non practicing lawyer) it is punishable misconduct to tell untruths and half - truths as an officer of the court or in one's private dealings with members of the public.

- Administering the New York State and Local Retirement System for public employees, with more than one million members, retirees and beneficiaries and more than 3,000 employers; - Acting as sole trustee of the $ 129 billion Common Retirement Fund, one of the largest institutional investors in the world; - Maintaining the State's accounting system and administering the State's $ 12.6 billion payroll; - Issuing reports on State finances; - Managing the State's assets and issuing debt; - Reviewing State contracts and payments before they are issued; - Conducting audits of State agencies and public benefit corporations; - Overseeing the fiscal affairs of local governments, including New York City; - Overseeing the Justice Court Fund and the Oil Spill Fund Acting as custodian of more than $ 9 billion in abandoned property and restoring unclaimed funds to their rightful owners;

The court documents which appear below and reveal that Huntley, who pleaded guilty to corruption charges in January, recorded meetings with nine different people, seven of whom were elected officials and two others who had previously worked as a consultant or staff member to a public official.

The attacks on the High Court in Kumasi, the recent attacks on a Member of Parliament in Brong Ahafo and other reported incidents of highhandedness by perceived political agents have to be denounced forcefully and dealt with in a firm and swift manner that will inspire public confidence».

The party helped get Controller John Liu and Public Advocate Bill DeBlasio elected last fall along with a slew of City Council members - only to then see its finances challenged and dragged into court.

SUFFERN, NY (08/11/2014)(readMedia)-- Susan M. Kent, president of the New York State Public Employees Federation, will be testifying today at a legislative hearing held by state Sen. David Carlucci and Assembly Member Eileen Gunther to discuss how the U.S. Supreme Court's Olmstead Decision is affecting services to people with developmental disabilities in New York.

Secondly, it was entirely because of the public - spiritedness and good will of prison officers, probation officers, policemen and court staff, all of whom responded to the events with horror, as did every decent member of society, and decided to put the public interest first.

Calls on the Commission, by the end of 2013, to submit a legislative proposal establishing an effective and comprehensive European whistleblower protection programme in the public and in the private sector to protect those who detect inefficient management and irregularities and report cases of national and cross-border corruption relating to EU financial interests and to protect witnesses, informers, and those who cooperate with the courts, and in particular witnesses testifying against mafia - type and other criminal organisations, with a view to resolving the difficult conditions under which they have to live (from risks of retaliation to the breakdown of family ties or from being uprooted from their home territory to social and professional exclusion); calls also on the Member States to put in place appropriate and effective protection for whistleblowers.

This has been preceded by a flurry of media headlines, subjecting him to an open - air political trial and a trial in the court of NPP public opinion supported with earlier pressure from some leading Members of New Patriotic Party (NPP) on Government, to commence prosecution of former NDC Government appointees including Dr. Stephen Kwabena Opuni for alleged acts of corruption for over a year now.»

The proposed amendment establishes a redistricting commission every 10 years beginning in 2020, with two members appointed by each of the four legislative leaders and two members selected by the eight legislative appointees; prohibits legislators and other elected officials from serving as commissioners; establishes principles to be used in creating districts; requires the commission to hold public hearings on proposed redistricting plans; subjects the commission's redistricting plan to legislative enactment; provides that the legislature may only amend the redistricting plan according to the established principles if the commission's plan is rejected twice by the legislature; provides for expedited court review of a challenged redistricting plan; and provides for funding and bipartisan staff to work for the commission.

In the interview with the Observer Mr Corbyn also offered his first public comments on the Court of Appeal's judgement to bar around 130,000 members from voting in the leadership contest in a ruling which upheld the initial decision of Labour's ruling body.

BIOTECHNOLOGY is up in court next week, when a lay jury of 16 members of the British public will deliver its verdict on the rights and wrongs of tinkering with plant genes.

She faces court cases challenging teacher tenure and job protections, the defection of historically loyal Democrats, growing apprehension over the Common Core, diminishing ranks, public relations campaigns painting her union as greedy and a complicated chessboard of state and local members with a variety of interests.

Iowa recently passed an Act 10 - inspired law with similar policies affecting public - sector workers and their unions.1 Other states and members of Congress are considering enacting such policies, and with its ruling on Janus v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), the U.S. Supreme Court may act to weaken public - sector unions and teachers» ability to collectively bargain.2

Working in forms across the artistic spectrum, from bronze sculpture to collage and printmaking, Paolozzi's works have permeated the cultural landscape of the UK with public works at Tottenham Court Road and the British Library as well as being one of the founding members of the ICA.

Claiming he was motivated by a desire to share knowledge with «interested members of the bar and public» after being so «struck by the evidence» on display during the trial, the lawyer said he thought that «it would be helpful for individuals not in court to see and thereby gain a better understanding of the evidence.»

In this case, the Court found that ClientEarth could not rely on the Aarhus Convention to challenge the Public Access to Documents Regulation (Regulation 1049/2001) in order to obtain commissioned studies on compliance by Member States with EU environmental law in the context of infringement procedures.

The mission of the State Law Library is to provide access to legal information consistent with the research needs and concerns of Montana's courts, legislature, state officers and employees, members of the bar of the Supreme Court of Montana, and members of the general public.

The chief justice and individual members of the court play a public role, making the case for legal aid funding by giving speeches, visiting with individual legislators, meeting with newspaper editorial boards and authoring op ‐ ed pieces.

The problem is that most members of the public with a civil legal problem will never get anywhere near a court or tribunal without the sort of initial advice legal help paid for.

In effect, this case can be read as tacit acceptance of AG Cruz Villalón in his Opinion in Fransson, who proposed that the oversight by the Court of the exercise of public authority by the Member States be limited to those cases where there was «a specific interest of the Union in ensuring that that exercise of public authority accords with the interpretation of the fundamental rights by the Union».

For many members of the public, court is their only real interaction with attorneys.

Polly's talk provided a brilliant exposition of how the courts have grappled with the scope of the duty to consult on public bodies in the face of budget cuts and the possible direction of future challenges in this area on behalf of members of the public who may be affected by such proposals.

In remarks at last week's annual conference of the state bar association, Justice Barry Albin encouraged members of the legal profession and the public to defend New Jersey's courts against attacks by the other two branches based on dissatisfaction with court decisions.

His Lord Denning - like ruling in the 2012 case of Romspen Investment Corp. v. 6176666 Canada Ltée., was Kafkaesque in describing his frustration at a missing document and with MAG's division running the courts, noting: «The entity that operates that part of the Court's administration system — the Court Services Division of the Ministry of the Attorney General — seems completely indifferent to the unnecessary costs it is causing to the members of the public who use our Court.»

As the Supreme Court of Canada recognized in VIA Rail, people with disabilities are members of the public.

The plaintiffs challenged eight restrictions on judicial conduct: 1) the prohibition on judicial candidates campaigning as a member of a political organization, 2) the prohibition on judicial candidates making speeches for or against political organizations or candidates, 3) the ban on judicial candidates making contributions to political causes or candidates, 4) the prohibition on judicial candidates from publicly endorsing or opposing candidates for public office, 5) the prohibition on judges from acting as a leader or holding office in a policitical organization, 6) the prohibition on judicial candidates knowingly or recklessly making false statements during campaigns, 7) the ban on judicial candidates making misleading statements, and 8) the prohibition on candidates making pledges, promises, or committments in connection with cases, controversies, or issues that are likely to come before the court.

As EU law is according to Eco-Swiss a public policy ground which requires national courts to review arbitral awards for their compatibility with EU law, this means that any arbitral awards where the arbitration seat is in an EU Member State, or the recognition and enforcement of the award in an EU Member State is sought, can be successfully challenged in front of national EU courts.

Immigration: All aspects of immigration, asylum, nationality and refugee law with particular emphasis and expertise in: asylum and human rights cases; overlap between asylum and extradition law; representing children subject to immigration control; representing victims of trafficking and other vulnerable clients; detention and deportation; immigration issues in adoption and surrogacy cases; immigration for family members of British and settled people; EEA - related matters, in particular relating to third - country national family members; appeal work in FTT and UT and the higher courts; public law challenges to Home Office in judicial review; and immigration bail.

«The union filed charges with the state's Public Employment Relations Board alleging that the court has refused to bargain over mandatory issues, withheld information from the union so it can bargain properly and has threatened the jobs of union members at the bargaining table.

Where a court having jurisdiction under Articles 8 to 15 contemplates the placement of a child in institutional care or with a foster family and where such placement is to take place in another Member State, it shall first consult the central authority or other authority having jurisdiction in the latter State where public authority intervention in that Member State is required for domestic cases of child placement.

To the extent that Palmer suggests a generally applicable proposition that legislative purpose is irrelevant in constitutional adjudication, our prior cases — as indicated in the text — are to the contrary; and, very shortly after Palmer, all Members of the Court majority in that case joined the Court's opinion in Lemon v. Kurtzman, 403 U. S. 602 (1971), which dealt with the issue of public financing for private schools and which announced, as the Court had several times before, that the validity of public aid to church - related schools includes close inquiry into the purpose of the challenged statute.

As a result of various problems with the PACER system, the average member of the public has no meaningful access to federal court records.

Committee members also relied upon data from surveys of judges, attorneys, and mental health professionals who work with children, reviews of court files, and a public hearing.

It is the responsibility of members of the public who attend court proceedings or access court judgments to inform themselves of the circumstances under which publication bans may be in effect and to ensure compliance with those bans.

The Ohio Supreme Court agreed with the lower court's ruling that Ohio's Good Samaritan statute protects both medical professionals and members of the general public from liability, whether they are rendering medical care or other emergency assistCourt agreed with the lower court's ruling that Ohio's Good Samaritan statute protects both medical professionals and members of the general public from liability, whether they are rendering medical care or other emergency assistcourt's ruling that Ohio's Good Samaritan statute protects both medical professionals and members of the general public from liability, whether they are rendering medical care or other emergency assistance.

Both solutions will occur because the power of the news media and of the internet, interacting, will quickly make widely known these types of information, the cumulative effect of which will force governments and the courts to act: (1) the situations of the thousands of people whose lives have been ruined because they could not obtain the help of a lawyer; (2) the statistics as to the increasing percentages of litigants who are unrepresented and clogging the courts, causing judges to provide more public warnings; (3) the large fees that some lawyers charge; (4) increasing numbers of people being denied Legal Aid and court - appointed lawyers; (5) the many years that law societies have been unsuccessful in coping with this problem which continues to grow worse; (6) people prosecuted for «the unauthorized practice of law» because they tried to help others desperately in need of a lawyer whom they couldn't afford to hire; (7) that there is no truly effective advertising creating competition among law firms that could cause them to lower their fees; (8) that law societies are too comfortably protected by their monopoly over the provision of legal services, which is why they might block the expansion of the paralegal profession, and haven't effectively innovated with electronic technology and new infrastructure so as to be able to solve this problem; (9) that when members of the public access the law society website they don't see any reference to the problem that can assure them that something effective is being done and, (10) in order for the rule of law, the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and the whole of Canada's constitution be able to operate effectively and command sufficient respect, the majority of the population must be able to obtain a lawyer at reasonable cost.

In Tarbuk v Croatia, the Court held that the State is justified in enacting, in the context of its criminal policy, any amnesty laws it might consider necessary, with the proviso, however, that a balance is maintained between the legitimate interests of the State and the interests of individual members of the public.

e. Computers Members of the public and the media are permitted to use portable computers in Provincial Court provided that they do not disturb the proceedings or interfere with the operation of the court's own electronic equipment, and that the computers are used solely for the purpose of note - taCourt provided that they do not disturb the proceedings or interfere with the operation of the court's own electronic equipment, and that the computers are used solely for the purpose of note - tacourt's own electronic equipment, and that the computers are used solely for the purpose of note - taking.

In its judgment in Tsakouridis, the Court held that Article 28 (3) of Directive 2004/38 is to be interpreted as meaning that the fight against crime in connection with dealing in narcotics as part of an organised group is capable of being covered by the concept of «imperative grounds of public security» which may justify a measure expelling a Union citizen who has resided in the host Member State for the preceding 10 years.

For each of the Bills, the Ministry of Law had consulted extensively with stakeholders from the Supreme Court, the Attorney - General's Chambers, the Law Society, members of the legal profession and the public.

By engaging directly with unrepresented persons experiencing family court issues, and incorporating feedback from other access to justice stakeholders, including lawyers, community service providers, judges and members of the public, points of difficulty within the system are identified and addressed.

The Court of Appeal's decision is a helpful reminder to municipalities of the onus on them as occupiers when providing members of the public with sporting and recreation venues.

The mission of the Office of Research and Justice Statistics is to support the Arkansas Judiciary, employees of the judicial branch, attorneys, and members of the public with relevant and accessible data to improve the court system's efficiency, accessibility, and fairness to all.

The messaging here is extremely concerning, particularly as courts are now already at risk of becoming more and more hostile and inaccessible to members of the public with increased security measures being put into place.

A bag of wind (1878) · A blatherskite (1890) · A cowardly slanderer and a bully (1907) · A dim - witted saboteur (1956) · A parliamentary babe and suckling (1890) · A parliamentary pugilist and political bully (1875) · A servile follower of the government (1878) · A trickster (1919) · Above the truth (1962) · Abusing his position in the House (1877) · Ass (1970) · Attempted to misrepresent (1961) · Attempting to distort the facts as he had in the past (1956) · B and B gang (1964) · Bullshit (1973) · Canadian Mussolini (1964) · Cheap political way (1960) · Coming into the world by accident (1886) · Crook (1971) · Deceive (1977) · Deceived (1960) · Deliberate distortion (1968) · Deliberate falsehood (1961) · Deliberate malignity (1962) · Deliberately deceived (1960) · Deliberately distorted (1972) · Deliberately misleading (1977) · Deliberately misled (1959) · Deliberately misstated the truth (1960) · Deliberately trying to pervert (1960) · Demagogue (1963) · Devoid of honour (1960) · Dictatorial attitude (1961) · Disgracing the House (1896) · Dishonest (1959) · Dishonest answers (1968) · Dishonest insinuations (1960) · Dishonest performance (1960) · Does not have a spine (1971) · Evil genius (1962) · Fabricated a statement (1961) · Fabrication (1959) · False (1961) · False representations (1975) · False statement (1961) · Falsehood (1976) · Falsify (1964) · Fraud (1960) · Fraudulent character (1962) · Grovelling in the dirt in order to get an office (1900) · Has not got the guts (1959) · Honourable only by courtesy (1880) · Hypocrites (1961) · Hypocritical (1961) · Hysterical (1943) · Idiot (1962) · Ignoramus (1961) · Illegal (1977) · Illegal (actions)(1976) · Insolent and impertinent (1890) · Insolent and irresponsible reply (1962) · Inspired by forty - rod whiskey (1881) · Intentional deceit (1961) · Irresponsible Members (1969) · Irresponsible reply (1962) · Joker in this House (1960) · Kangaroo court (1960) · Lacking in intelligence (1934) · Lie (1959) · Lies (1976) · Living politically by deceit (1899) · Members have aligned themselves with the murderers in Quebec (1970) · Mislead (1958) · Misleading the public (1960) · Misrepresenting his constituency (1909) · Nazi (1962) · Nefarious (1960) · Not telling the complete truth (1964) · Not telling the truth (1960) · Obstruct the operation of government (1957) · Obstructionist (1961) · Offensive (1964) · Pompous Ass (1967) · Reneged promises (1962) · Scarcely entitled to be called gentlemen (1876) · Scurrilous (1961) · Seeking cheap notoriety (1919) · Shameful conduct (1960) · Sick animal (1966) · Silly reason (1961) · Sitting for his constituency by the grace of the leader of the Government (1884) · Slanderous accusations (1960) · Small and cheap (1960) · Stealing (1960) · Stooping to pretty low motives (1956) · Talking twaddle (1898) · The political sewer pipe from Carleton County (1917) · Theft (1960) · To hell with Parliament attitude (1961) · Trained seal (1961) · Treason (1957) · Trickery (1959) · Underhanded (1961) · Untrue statement (1961) · Violated his oath (1967) · Wilfully misled (1970)

The charters — developed following consultation with stakeholders and court users — set a consistent standard across all crown, county and magistrates» courts, the Probate Service and the Royal Courts of Justice of what people can expect when attending as a claimant, juror, victim, witness, defendant or member of the pcourts, the Probate Service and the Royal Courts of Justice of what people can expect when attending as a claimant, juror, victim, witness, defendant or member of the pCourts of Justice of what people can expect when attending as a claimant, juror, victim, witness, defendant or member of the public.

The study looks at substantive law on the issue in the Member States (not the cup of tea for this blog) but kicks off with good overview of the challenges of sovereign immunity; applicable law (particularly with respect to choice of law; with inspiration being sought in the Belgian Private International Law Act, Article 90 (lex furti as a principle — the place from which the object was removed, but with corrections), and the issue of the application of foreign public international law by the courts.