Sentences with phrase «against a complainant for»

In one instance, those actions constituted retaliation against a complainant for reporting sexual assault.

The Court further determined the Tribunal erred when it neglected to draw an adverse inference against the complainant for not calling his doctor or any attending physician to give evidence of his alleged disability.

Throughout the proceeding, the employer requested that an adverse inference be drawn against the complainant for his failure to call his doctor or any attending physician to establish a disability.

Not exact matches

His lawyer Robert Richter told Wallington in his final submissions two weeks ago that the complainants might have testified against one of the church's most powerful men to punish him for failing to act against abuse by clerics.

Defence lawyer Robert Richter told Wallington that complainants might have testified in court last month against the former archbishop of Melbourne and Sydney to punish him for failing to act against abuse within the church.

The complainant in the sexual harassment and retaliation case against Assemblywoman Angela Wozniak, C - Cheektowaga, is considering a run for her office.

«We have visited the command and demanded for reasons for their arrest, charges against them and the complainant statement which have not been made available to us,» he said.

Silver apologized for bungling the initial set of allegations against Lopez and seeking a confidential settlement with the initial complainants.

This is in fact explicitly provided for in the Police Reform Act, when a complainant can appeal to the IPCC against the outcome of a supervised investigation.»

On February 6, 2013, Mr. Benjamin Edelman (the Complainant) filed a third - party complaint under 14 CFR 302.401 against British Airways PLC (British Airways), alleging that the carrier failed to properly disclose and provide adequate justification for carrier - imposed surcharges and to comply with the Department's «full fare» advertising rule on its On Business company travel website.

If sending a letter is not helpful the next step would be for you, the complainant, to file an affidavit against the owner of the animal.

Justice Moldaver then turns to what is described as practical considerations for law enforcement and the administration of justice, at paras. 183 - 6, suggesting that (a) the disclosure of text messages received by a complainant could be challenged by a sender who is alleged to have abused the complainant and thus exposes vulnerable complainants such as children, people with mental disabilities and the elderly (b) the increased need for warrants could strain police and judicial resources in an overburdened criminal justice system and (c) at the trial stage, these repercussions could complicate and prolong proceedings where defendants have standing to challenge searches conducted against collateral targets in large prosecutions.

The case pits the non-profit Alliance, which represents single mothers across British Columbia, and two individual complainants, against the provincial government and the Legal Services Society, the non-profit organization responsible for providing legal aid in British Columbia.

If the communications had been elicited by the police investigation, Ghomeshi's counsel Marie Henein would have had considerably less leverage for undermining the State's case against her client, which turned entirely on the credibility and reliability of the two complainants.

Regina v. M.S. (2012) Application by complaint for a section 810 restraining order / peace bond against Mr. M.S. (former husband of the complainant) due to allegations of criminal harassment and threaten bodily harm, withdrawn prior to the hearing in the Ontario Court of Justice.

In Carosella, the complainant in an historic sexual assault case went to a crisis centre for advice about laying charges against the defendant.

The complainant made several allegations against each registrant, e.g., a registrant did not supervise clinical exercises properly by allowing students to take responsibility for treatment; a registrant was not aware of results of treatment, putting patients at risk; registrants did not act properly as nurses when aware of the risks the complainant posed to others; the complainant's confidentiality was breached; and a registrant acted outside her authority as a Langara College instructor.

After the College investigated and dismissed the complaints, the complainant asserted the Inquiry Committee had failed to review relevant physiotherapy records, and he filed further complaints against Registrant 3, whom he alleged indicated surgical intervention would worsen the cysts, and Registrant 4, for failing to include in her report the fact the complainant told his physiotherapist of back pain.

For example, Justice Zuker, of the Ontario Court of Justice, recently issued a strongly - worded judgment railing against stereotypes, and providing examples of how certain assumptions continued to be used to discredit sexual assault complainants: R. v. Ururyar, 2016 ONCJ 448.

The purpose of s. 36 (3) is to encourage the reporting of complaints of professional misconduct against members of a health profession, and to ensure that those complaints are fully investigated and fairly decided without any participant in the proceedings — a health professional, a patient, a complainant, a witness or a College employee — fearing that a document prepared for College proceedings can be used in a civil action.

The Ontario Business Corporations Act (OBCA) provides broad remedial options for directors, officers, shareholders, and other «complainants» to correct oppressive or prejudicial actions by or against a corporation.

Meanwhile a telephone helpline for complainants and an «independent observer» are two new procedures introduced to make it easier to lodge a complaint against a barrister.

Looking for aggravated assault cases in which an aboriginal offender suffering from an anxiety disorder uses a knife against a pregnant complainant but cooperates with police upon arrest and was under restrictive bail conditions awaiting sentencing?

Where an investigator for a regulatory body sends emails to two complainants who have alleged fraud against a member, the investigator may be protected from a claim for «defamation» arising from the content of his emails (e.g., where he confirms to the recipients that the body is prosecuting the member for professional [mis] conduct for the fact that he recklessly [carried out certain conduct]»), based on the defence of «absolute privilege».

In that surrender form, the complainant has clearly indicated that he has ticked against the name of LIC of India for annuity payout.

For example, complainants can bring malpractice suits against those in the medical field or faulty product suits against manufacturing concerns.

In the litigation of fault divorce, the term used in the counterclaim to accuse the plaintiff (complainant) of adultery, if initially stated as a ground for divorce against the defendant (respondent).

The basis for filing a complaint against a REALTOR ® should be an allegation by the complainant that a REALTOR ® violated one or more of the articles of the Code of Ethics of the National Association of REALTORS ®.