Sentences with phrase «against justice secretary»

Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy, who protested against justice secretary Chris Grayling's ban on prisoners receiving books earlier this year, has been made a dame in the new year's honour's list.

It began a campaign that fought and fought against justice secretary Chris Grayling's plan to prevent prisoners receiving books.

Not exact matches

Because no legal action can be taken against him in France, French Nazi hunters have come to the U.S. to get our Justice Department to punish Bettencourt by prohibiting him from entering the country, much as was done with Kurt Waldheim, erstwhile UN General Secretary and President of Austria.

A statement issued by the Judicial Secretary, Justice Alex B. Poku - Acheampong said the move is in furtherance of «the recent groundswell of public revulsion and media and civil society advocacy against the menace of illegal mining, commonly referred to as «galamsey».

This is a fascinating statement, in which the justice secretary appears to argue against his own position.

Protest against prisoner book ban takes unusual new direction, after bestselling author announces she» l name the villain of her new novel after the justice secretary

The Justice Secretary insisted today that violence against prison staff «will never be tolerated».

«The Commission's investigation report dated 5th March 2015 addressed to the Secretary to the Government of the Federation stated as follows: «The facts as they are now against Justice Umar raised a mere suspicion and will therefore not be sufficient to successfully prosecute for the defence.

The Justice Secretary Ken Clarke has launched a stinging attack on the media for acting like a «lynch mob» against Jeremy Hunt and Baroness Warsi.

David Miliband voted for the iraq war, for 90 days» detention without trial, which was defeated despite him, for setting control orders at the instance of the Secretary of State for Justice instead of the Lord Chief Justice and against giving suspects the right to see the evidence against them.

Just before last week's unanimous passage of a Senate bill making it easier for 9/11 families to sue Saudi Arabia and other foreign terror sponsors, U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer and other proponents of the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act stuffed an amendment into the final draft allowing the attorney general and secretary of state to stop any litigation in its tracks.

The justice secretary, who has been arguing against eurosceptics for the duration of his 42 - year parliamentary career, hit out at those calling for a referendum on Britain's membership of the EU in the wake of the eurocrisis.

In his first «Crooked Hillary» tweet of 2018, Trump accused the Justice Department of being part of the «deep state» and urged prosecution against a top aide to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and former FBI Director James Comey.

The FBI is reportedly working to release to the public several documents at the heart of its decision not to recommend charges against Clinton for her use of a private email server during her tenure as secretary of state and the Justice Department's ultimate decision to follow the FBI's recommendation.

Justice secretary Chris Grayling is the first Cabinet minister to attempt to exclude Scottish MPs from voting against his department's controversial changes.

The most contemptible voice in the midst of these events is that of David Gauke, the ridiculously entitled «Justice Secretary», who claims to be on the side of homeowners against burglars.

But Justice Secretary Michael Matheson warns against complacency in dealing with exploitation.

Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday, March 9, 2016 dismissed the «no - case» submission brought by the embattled National Publicity Secretary of the People's Democratic Party, PDP, Olisa Metuh, who is standing trial on a 7 - count charge bordering on illegal diversion of funds meant for the procurement of arms preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.

Several ministers, including Justice Secretary Chris Grayling, voted against the measure which was carried by a majority of 254.

Handing down a judgment on a judicial review brought against education secretary Nicky Morgan by six parents, Mr Justice Warby has ruled that an assertion made when the new GCSE was released in February was likely to lead schools to rely exclusively on the qualification to meet their legal obligations.

The Administrative Court has declared that the proposed residence test for civil legal aid is discriminatory and unlawful, following a successful judicial review challenge against the Secretary of State for Justice.

As a pupil, Zac was also involved in: R (on the application of RWE Generation UK Plc) v Gas and Electricity Markets Authority [2016] 1 CMLR 17, a challenge against a decision modifying the charges imposed on users of the National Grid (as a pupil assisting Gerard Rothschild); Speed Medical Examination Services Ltd v Secretary of State for Justice [2015] EWHC 3585, a judicial review challenging reforms to the process for handling whiplash claims (as a pupil assisting Gerard Rothschild); and an application for interim relief by a company that had been redesignated under a European Union sanctions regime (as a pupil assisting Maya Lester).

Highlights include a London arbitration relating to a US $ 2 billion African urban project, a landmark decision on legal professional privilege in Hong Kong's highest court after a document summons by the HK Secretary for Justice, a # 1 billion joint venture dispute between two global oil companies, and action against various defaulting clients of a renowned English financial institution.

The Justice Secretary set his hat against the Prime Minister last week as the cabinet split over the EU vote.

In Noel Douglas Conway v The Secretary of State for Justice [2018] EWCA Civ 16, the Court of Appeal gave an unusually detailed judgment granting permission to appeal against the decision of the Divisional Court in Conway, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for Justice [2017] EWHC 640, refusing permission for the applicant to judicially review the criminalisation of physician - assisted suicide under the Suicide Act 1961.

Defending criticism of the government for not sufficiently supporting the Human Rights Act, the Justice Secretary Jack Straw blamed the atrocity of 9/11 in New York in 2001 for shifting the political climate and public opinion against the protection of traditional freedoms.