Sentences with phrase «law took this award»

Volunteer - run social enterprise Barefoot Law took this award for its free legal advice programme in East and Central Africa

Not exact matches

State - by - state winner - take - all laws to award electoral college votes were eventually enacted by 48 states AFTER the Founding Fathers wrote the Constitution.

The Minority members on the committee, Dr. Dominic Ayine and James Klutse Avedzi, contend that the «Ministry of Trade and Industry failed or neglected to take account of possible violations of foreign corrupt practice laws and regulations in the conception, design and organization of the Expatriate Business Awards.»

The Ministry of Trade and Industry failed or neglected to take account of possible violations of foreign corrupt practice laws and regulations in the conception, design and organization of the expatriate business awards.

County Legislator Kevin Holmquist says one of the reasons it took so long to award a contract for the software, was the state's new gun control law, called the NY SAFE Act.

Speech class topics list including twenty five of the best from art awards and air travel to fashion models and Hippie temporary community gatherings for Censorship in Turkey is regulated by domestic and international legislation, the latter (in theory) taking precedence over domestic law, according to

This comedy presents the story of a white college student who desperately wants to enroll in the Harvard Law School, but since his wealthy father refuses to help him pay the $ 54,000 he needs, so he begins taking tanning pills to darken his skin so he will be eligible to win the Bouchard Fellowship which is only awarded to African - American students.

After awarding her the bottle, the bartender reveals his other line of work: as one of eleven time - traveling agents for the Temporal Bureau, a law enforcement organization designed to prevent crime before it takes place.

He also directed the Academy Award - winning drama Philadelphia, about a lawyer battling AIDS who takes on his law firm for discrimination; Rachel Getting Married, about a family wedding drama; and Something Wild, the 1986 cult comedy starring Melanie Griffith and Jeff Daniels.

Ra'anan Alexandrowicz's brilliant The Law in These Parts, which won the Grand Jury Prize in the World Cinema Documentary Competition, and Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi's moving 5 Broken Cameras, which won the Best Director Award in the same category, take different approaches to making an indisputable case against Israel in the endless conflict in the occupied territories.

The HSUS honored law enforcement officials from across the country at the 2010 Humane Law Enforcement Awards ceremony, which took place in Washington, D.C., on Oct. law enforcement officials from across the country at the 2010 Humane Law Enforcement Awards ceremony, which took place in Washington, D.C., on Oct. Law Enforcement Awards ceremony, which took place in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 22.

Meanwhile, 10 practice awards highlight the variety of legal work taking place in Africa as it continues to attract investment from international law firms, keen to benefit from the continent's economic growth.

Now in their fourth year, the Eclipse Proclaim Modern Law Awards took place last night at the Hurlingham Club, London, and celebrated talent and success in entrepreneurship, market development, business management, and best practice in the modern legal services arena.

It's been a couple years since we last posted a roundup of Clawbies «acceptance speeches», but over the last few days, so many of the winning and finalist blogs in the 7th annual Canadian Law Blog Awards took the time to comment that we thought it would be nice to share them.

If pro bono is an important part of your law firm, showing public support for the attorneys who are giving their time through annual awards or even small email shout - outs will prove how seriously you take volunteering.

Article V (1)(d) provides that the composition of the arbitral authority must have been in accordance with the agreement of the parties, or in the absence of an agreement, the law of the country where the arbitration took place, failing which recognition and enforcement of the award may be refused.

While commercial parties may turn to arbitration as the choice dispute resolution mechanism in its transaction document, parties are advised to be alive to the fact that by adopting certain institutional arbitration rules within the arbitration agreement and conducting the arbitration under the auspices of those institutions, they will be taken to have agreed to waive their right to recourse against the award by way of appeal on a question of law in the context of domestic arbitrations.

Although article V (1)(d) moves beyond the text of the 1927 Geneva Convention, it is not as liberal as certain arbitration statutes, which attach even less importance than the New York Convention to the law of the country where the arbitration took place at the recognition and enforcement stage.854 As explained in the chapter on article VII, 855 the Convention sets only a «ceiling», or the maximum level of control, which courts of the Contracting States may exert over foreign arbitral awards.

Dentons took home the International Law Firm Innovation Award for its efforts to build the world's largest free - to - use lawyer referral programme, Nextlaw Global Referral Network.

The awards, hosted by Legal Week and The American Lawyer, recognise transatlantic deals, cases and law firm strategy, and will take place on 8 June at One Whitehall Place.

UK law firms to take home awards included Simmons & Simmons, which was named Employment Firm of the Year, and Watson Farley & Williams, which came out top in the Shipping and Maritime Firm of the Year category.

Macfarlanes scooped the coveted Law Firm of the Year award, Mishcons managing partner Kevin Gold took home the Editor's Award for Law Firm Leader of the Year and LV won Legal Department of the award, Mishcons managing partner Kevin Gold took home the Editor's Award for Law Firm Leader of the Year and LV won Legal Department of the Award for Law Firm Leader of the Year and LV won Legal Department of the Year.

Until the new UAE Federal Arbitration Law is enacted, enforcing an onshore Dubai - seated arbitration award through the Dubai courts will continue to be fraught with difficulties, including uncertainty (there is no system of binding precedent in the UAE), significant delay (enforcement proceedings can take up to three years), and costs (legal costs are not recoverable in the Dubai Courts).

Fieldfisher (pictured) saw off competition from firms including Clyde & Co and Kirkland & Ellis to take home the coveted Law Firm of the Year award.

Unafraid to take on the most difficult and long - running cases, where other law firms have failed, Linda has won multi-million pound awards for both individuals and in class actions up to and including the High Court.

And you may keep in mind that our law firm does not charge you any fees up front, but rather takes the fees as a percentage of the settlement or jury award which we obtain on your behalf for your injuries and other damages.

The awards, which took place at the Ritz - Carlton in Dubai on Thursday (11 May), were attended by nearly 400 lawyers from private practice and in - house legal departments, and saw an array of international and regional law firms recognised for their legal work alongside leading legal departments, including Pepsi - Cola International, which was named Legal Department of the Year (Large Team).

[82]... in an age of global commerce, one should take care to ensure that Ontario's common law does not end up taking a more restrictive approach to the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments than found in its statutes concerning the recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards.

A New Zealand law firm that encourages its professionals to take naps if they are sleepy has won the country's top work - life balance award.

Sue James, of Hammersmith & Fulham Law Centre, took home the top award for outstanding achievement.

Hosted by Legal Week, in association with The City of London Law Society, the flagship awards will take place on 24 November at a 1,100 - capacity marquee in Finsbury Square.

For the first time, the InnovAction Awards will also present Honorable Mentions to entries that have taken an existing innovation in the practice of law, transformed it in a unique and valuable way, and made it better than before.

As an award - winning Houston vehicle accident law firm, we have what it takes to get you the money you deserve for your injuries, medical bills, time off of work, and vehicle repairs.

For almost 130 principles and rules of transnational law, like «venire contra factum proprium», «duty to mitigate» or «compensation for expropriation», the TransLex - Principles provide the user with their black letter text and comprehensive references taken from international arbitral awards, domestic statutes, international conventions, standard contract forms, trade practices and usages, other sample clauses and academic sources.

Among the big winners was RPC, which took home the Law Firm of the Year award, while Allen & Overy senior partner David Morley scooped the Editor's Award for Managing / Senior Partner of the award, while Allen & Overy senior partner David Morley scooped the Editor's Award for Managing / Senior Partner of the Award for Managing / Senior Partner of the Year.

However, the third paragraph of recital 12 complicates matters as it provides that where a member state court exercising jurisdiction under the Brussels I (recast) or national law has determined that an arbitration agreement is null and void, inoperative or incapable of being performed, the court's judgment on the substance of the matter can be recognised or enforced in accordance with Brussels I (recast)(although this is expressed as without prejudice to the competence of member state courts to decide on recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards in accorded with the New York Convention which «takes precedence over» Brussels I (recast)-RRB-.

In practice, one reason that the business is actually unlikely to sue you in this situation (unless they discovered that more than $ 50,000 was taken) is that having lost your job and paid them $ 50,000 you may not be able to pay even a large judgment if it was awarded against you (although such a judgment, if entered, would probably not be dischargeable in bankruptcy under U.S. law).

• The night in pictures — a photo gallery from the evening • The winners in pictures — a photo gallery of the awards presentations • The awards as they happened: take a look back at our live blog • Law Firm of the Year: why we selected the firms on the shortlist

The 2nd Annual Law Digest Awards took place in Lagos, Nigeria on Friday 4 November.

The Bill, if passed, will only apply to proceedings that commence on or after the date the Bill comes into force, therefore, the HRTO will not be able to award costs for any currently existing Applications, even if the hearing takes place after the Bill becomes law.

During law school, he took up karate, and continued after graduation until he was awarded a black belt in 1991.

In 2017, Erika's company swept the 2017 LMA Your Honors Awards for website design, with three of its law firm clients taking the top prize in the three different website categories.

For opacity of statutory provision the consequences of s 44 must take a Kafka award; and in what follows I feel I am only guessing at the law (unless I've missed something very simple).

Advised a European state on whether an LCIA award can be set aside on account of alleged failures to take into account EU law.

In awarding Linklaters «Best Law Firm» in Japan for the seventh time in the last 10 years, FinanceAsia said: «Among the international firms in Tokyo that wrestle with the complexities of reconciling Japanese and overseas legal requirements, Linklaters again stood out to take the prize of Best Law Firm.

She was awarded the Law Foundation of Ontario's «Community Commitment Award» for extensive commitment to community service as she was involved in many student organizations and legal clinics where she took leadership roles.

They might be unknown to many of my younger colleagues, so I'll take the liberty of naming a few (without details of their distinguished careers): McGill's Marianne Scott had just recently been appointed National Librarian of Canada; Diana Priestly was just finishing her tenure as founding Law Librarian at the University of Victoria; Balfour Halévy, Osgoode's founding Chief Law Librarian, was still in charge at Osgoode and leading the charge nationally; Tom Shorthouse was centre - stage at the University of British Columbia (and wherever there was a piano); Edmonton was doubly - blessed with Lillian MacPherson (passionate about both women's studies and Iceland) at the University of Alberta and Shi - Sheng Hu (reluctant to discard superseded loose - leaf supplements) at the courthouse; the dynamic duo of Denis Marshall (at Queen's University, always so kind and supportive) and Denis Le May (at Laval, always so full of spritely humour) was in full swing; Ann Crocker was hard at work at the University of New Brunswick (though she hadn't yet been awarded the Order of Canada) as was Guy Tanguay at Sherbrooke; while Vicki Whitmell was re-inventing the law firm library at OslLaw Librarian at the University of Victoria; Balfour Halévy, Osgoode's founding Chief Law Librarian, was still in charge at Osgoode and leading the charge nationally; Tom Shorthouse was centre - stage at the University of British Columbia (and wherever there was a piano); Edmonton was doubly - blessed with Lillian MacPherson (passionate about both women's studies and Iceland) at the University of Alberta and Shi - Sheng Hu (reluctant to discard superseded loose - leaf supplements) at the courthouse; the dynamic duo of Denis Marshall (at Queen's University, always so kind and supportive) and Denis Le May (at Laval, always so full of spritely humour) was in full swing; Ann Crocker was hard at work at the University of New Brunswick (though she hadn't yet been awarded the Order of Canada) as was Guy Tanguay at Sherbrooke; while Vicki Whitmell was re-inventing the law firm library at OslLaw Librarian, was still in charge at Osgoode and leading the charge nationally; Tom Shorthouse was centre - stage at the University of British Columbia (and wherever there was a piano); Edmonton was doubly - blessed with Lillian MacPherson (passionate about both women's studies and Iceland) at the University of Alberta and Shi - Sheng Hu (reluctant to discard superseded loose - leaf supplements) at the courthouse; the dynamic duo of Denis Marshall (at Queen's University, always so kind and supportive) and Denis Le May (at Laval, always so full of spritely humour) was in full swing; Ann Crocker was hard at work at the University of New Brunswick (though she hadn't yet been awarded the Order of Canada) as was Guy Tanguay at Sherbrooke; while Vicki Whitmell was re-inventing the law firm library at Osllaw firm library at Osler.

His sheer dedication enabled him to become one of the youngest to be designated by the Supreme Court and thus saw him take on challenging and pinnacle cases that India would not forget and evidently so, as Gopal was honoured with the National Law Day Award for Outstanding Jurist, in 2009 by the President of India, for his consistent professional excellence and adherence to the highest traditions of the Bar.

In some respects this latest example of higher courts» preference for lumping losses of contracted - for amenities or expectations within the bucket of general awards could be said to be disappointing, and sets a course which may take the civil law further away from the consumer - favoured compensation culture of professional and trade complaints agencies.

Awards are presented for law practice innovations within law firms and legal departments that have never been done previously, or that take an existing innovation to the next level of originality and performance.