Sentences with phrase «acting against the interest of the party»

The Chairman of the Council of Elders, C.K. Tedem explaining the party's decision to suspend its National Chairman, stated that Mr. Afoko was acting against the interest of the party, hence the suspension.

Not exact matches

On the contrary, the mechanics of primary races, it seems, are pushing the GOP to act not only against the interest of the country, but that of the party itself.

If a person pretends such a marriage, and proclaims it to others, the law considers it as a malicious act, subjecting the party against whom it is set up to various disadvantages of fortune and reputation, and imposing upon the public (which for many reasons is interested in knowing the real state and condition of the individuals who compose it) an untrue character; interfering in many possible consequences with the good order of society, as well as the rights of those who are entitled to its protection.

This will allow lawyers to check they can act for you (and any associated clients) against the involved parties (by checking that they don't have any existing conflicts of interest).

The claimants then commenced proceedings against D alleging that, by demanding payment for the further strip, D had acted in breach of a shareholders» agreement requiring each party to use his best endeavours to promote BHL's interests.

Re Commonwealth Institute (In Members» Voluntary Liquidation)[2014] W.T.L.R. 1621 Application by the liquidators for directions in relation to (amongst other matters) a potential claim against the Government estimated to be worth in excess of # 18m; acted for the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (an interested party).

R (Collins) v Nottinghamshire County Council [2016] EWHC 996 (Admin) QBD (Admin Ct), February 11 2016 (2016) 19 CCL Rep 494 Given allegations of financial impropriety against the interested party, the local authority had acted lawfully in suspending its position as an accredited provider of direct payment support services to persons in need of social care

A more accurate model is: politics is a system that 1) selects against skills needed for rigorous thinking and for qualities such as groupthink and confirmation bias, 2) incentivises a badly selected set of people to consider their career not the public interest, 3) drops them into dysfunctional institutions with no relevant training and poor tools, 4) centralises vast amounts of power in the hands of these people and institutions in ways we know are bound to cause huge errors, and 5) provides very weak (and often damaging) feedback so facing reality is rare, learning is practically impossible, and system reform is seen as a hostile act by political parties and civil services worldwide.