Given that the Tribunal can not award punitive damages or legal costs and typically does not award damages for lost future earning capacity and future therapeutic treatment (all of which were awarded in Olympia), it would appear that civil actions should be given serious consideration in situations where
an alleged breach of the Code involves factually complex or serious acts of misconduct.
Note: Sections 15, 41B and 50A of the Public Service Act 1999 make provision for dealing with
an alleged breach of the Code of Conduct (within the meaning of that Act) by an APS employee or a former APS employee.
Not exact matches
The competition regulator has initiated Federal Court proceedings against Perth - based franchise chain Pastacup and its co-founder Stuart Bernstein for
alleged breaches of the Franchising
Code of Conduct.
But he's been sent home, suspended, while his department «investigates» him for an
alleged breach of the public service Values and Ethics
Code.
It
alleges the TV show
breached ABC's
Code of Conduct, including making a number
of inaccuracies, misrepresentations and omissions.
In addition, he backed the creation
of a new independent body to oversee the ministerial
code of conduct and investigate
alleged breaches - currently, only Tony Blair can order a probe into his ministers» behaviour.
The prosecution had
alleged, among other asset declaration
breaches, that the Senate President while being a public officer, operated bank accounts outside Nigeria, and failed to declare the foreign accounts to the
Code of Conduct Bureau while being governor and a senator during the period.
As allegations that Fox had
breached the ministerial
code mounted — it was
alleged that Werritty was improperly using business cards claiming he was an adviser to Fox, and had gained access to high - level meetings — an inquiry was launched by the Ministry
of Defence's permanent secretary and by the then cabinet secretary, Gus O'Donnell.
Part
of the charge against Dasuki was that he misappropriated and engaged in
alleged criminal
breach of trust by dishonestly transferring the sum
of N3.5 billion into the account
of Dalhatu Investment Limited, an offense punishable under Section 315
of the Penal
Code.
He identifies and mitigates risks to Nokia by managing and conducting internal investigations into
alleged breaches of law and Nokia's
code of conduct.
Dispute between two leading US based management consultancies over a team move in Dubai (UAE): High Court claim in England based entirely on UAE law, including
alleged breaches of contract (governed by UAE law) article 64
of the Commercial Transactions
Code, articles 120 and 127 of the UAE Labor Law, articles 246 and 282 of the Civil Transactions c
Code, articles 120 and 127
of the UAE Labor Law, articles 246 and 282
of the Civil Transactions
codecode.
On 29 November Italy's Antitrust Authority launched non-compliance proceedings against Ryanair, the Irish air line for
alleged unfair commercial practices and
breach of the Italian Consumer
Code.
Conducted an internal investigation on behalf
of a Government regulator into
alleged insider dealing activities, fraud and
breaches of corporate governance
codes for a public company in the insurance and financial services sector.
In addition I have conducted numerous investigations in respect
of alleged breaches by Local Authority Councillors
of the Members»
Code of Conduct.
The CMSA also establishes two committees — the Discipline Committee and the Appeals Committee — which are designed to hear and determine complaints about
alleged breaches of professionalism (including
alleged violations
of the
Code of Ethics).
She
alleges that the BSB infringed her right to a fair trial in
breach of ECHR, art 14, read with art 6 and submits that the defendant's rules are applied in such a way that, although the
Code of Conduct
of the Bar applies to all barristers in England and Wales, it particularly disadvantages ethnic barristers who make up only a small proportion
of the membership
of the Bar.
Specifically, the Union
alleged that Vanderpol had
breached sections 6 (1) and 6 (3)(d)
of the Labour Relations
Code, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 244 (the «
Code»), which prohibit an employer from interfering with the formation, selection or administration
of a trade union, and seeking to compel or induce an employee to refrain from becoming or continuing to be a member
of a union.
Acting for a provider
of reverse text billed premium rate services in proceedings before the PhonepayPlus Tribunal concerning
alleged breaches of the PhonepayPlus
Code of Practice (2016)
He litigates in multiple areas
of employment law and defends against individual and class action lawsuits
alleging violations
of wage and hour laws, discrimination, wrongful termination, harassment,
breach of contract, labor
code section 132a claims, and other related matters.
Charney Lawyers represented Ms. Hambrook in her claim before the Ontario Labour Board and the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal for
alleged breaches of section 53 (1) and 74 (1)(viii)
of the Employment Standards Act and section 5 (1), 9, 10 (2) and 24
of the Human Rights
Code.
He
alleged breach of contract, fraud, violation
of California Business & Professions
Code and negligent misrepresentation.
The BSB proposes to apply the civil standard to
alleged breaches of the professional
code occurring after 31 March 2019.
In this recent Statement
of Objections, the Commission
alleges that Google has
breached EU antitrust rules by: requiring manufacturers to pre-install Google Search and Google's Chrome browser and requiring them to set Google Search as default search service on their devices, as a condition to license certain Google proprietary apps; preventing manufacturers from selling smart mobile devices running on competing operating systems based on the Android open source
code; giving financial incentives to manufacturers and mobile network operators on condition that they exclusively pre-install Google Search on their devices.
Acting in long running SDT proceeding involving multi handed
alleged offences ranging from
breach of referral
code to mortgage fraud.
They concluded: «The registrar (RECO) simply failed to prove that the registrant, Helmut Klingel, had
breached any
of the sections
of the
Code of Ethics he was
alleged to have
breached...... There was simply no evidence presented at the hearing to support such allegations.»