Sentences with phrase «society intervened in the case»

The charities Rethink Mental Illness, Mind and the National Autistic Society intervened in the case to provide evidence based on the experiences of their members and supporters.

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Duddington also provides discussion of the issue of conscience in contemporary society, citing a number of high - proile cases in which the state has intervened on issues of religious conscience and human rights.

Media Legal Defence Initiative, the Open Society Justice Initiative, Index on Censorship, English PEN, Global Witness and Human Rights Watch jointly intervened in the case to express serious concern about the costs of defending libel and privacy claims in the UK.

West Coast LEAF intervened in this case jointly with the Community Legal Assistance Society because we wanted the Court to understand the access to justice implications of the case.

We were recently granted permission from the BCCA to intervene in Law Society of British Columbia v Trinity Western University and Brayden Volkenant, the ongoing case about Trinity Western University's («TWU») proposed law school admission policy.

The team has acted in many of the leading SEN cases, including intervening for the National Autistic Society in A v Essex, the first Supreme Court case to consider the right to education for disabled children.

West Coast LEAF and the Community Legal Assistance Society (CLAS) were jointly granted leave to intervene in Denton v British Columbia, a case that addresses whether a claimant who was denied workers compensation benefits is barred from challenging that denial on equality grounds under the Charter because she did not raise the argument at an earlier stage of her case.

The National Secular Society (NSS) has criticised the EHRC for intervening in the cases of Eweida, Chaplin, Ladele and McFarlane.

Desmond Hudson, chief executive of the Law Society, which intervened in the case, says: «The relationship between a solicitor or barrister and his or her client is a precious human right, tested and refined by centuries of common law.

The Law Society is to intervene in a Court of Appeal case that could lead to legal professional privilege being extended beyond the legal profession.

West Coast LEAF (Women's Legal Education and Action Fund) intervened in the case in coalition with the Community Legal Assistance Society (CLAS) at both the BCSC and BCCA levels to highlight the impact of harassment, removals and exclusions on the marginalized population of street homeless in Vancouver and on the need for a flexible and contextual approach to proving discrimination in human rights law.

West Coast LEAF has been paying close attention to this case since 2014, and is intervening at the BCCA to argue in support of the Law Society's decision to deny accreditation to TWU's law school.

This week, West Coast LEAF, in coalition with the Community Legal Assistance Society, intervened in a case that will determine how difficult it will be for a marginalized group — in this case, homeless people — to address discrimination Read More

West Coast LEAF, in coalition with the Community Legal Assistance Society, intervened in that case to argue that evidence requirements for discrimination cases should not unfairly disadvantage already marginalized people.

On behalf of Canada's law societies, the Federation of Law Societies of Canada regularly intervenes in selected cases to defend these values.

The society is seeking leave to intervene in the case of Akzo Nobel Chemicals and Akcros Chemicals v Commission.

The Law Society had intervened in the case to ensure that the court was aware of the difficulties that the LSC's decision was likely to cause.

The Law Society, which intervened in the case on the issue of legal professional privilege, also welcomed the judgment.

Legal professional privilege should extend to communications between company personnel and in - house lawyers in cartel investigations, or so the Law Society will try to persuade the European Court of Justice (ECJ) to rule if it succeeds in intervening in an upcoming case.

Given the importance of the issue under consideration, the Court of Appeal permitted the Law Society, the Bar Council and the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales to intervene in the case.

• Performed case management duties by following up on patients with mental illnesses • Provided support to families and care givers of patients with mental illnesses • Intervened in situations that required supportive and therapeutic counseling • Acted as advocates for patients for reintegration into society • Assisted health care professionals in administering medication and observing changes