Sentences with phrase «areas of law such»

Collaborative Practice is widely practiced in family law, and has been shown to be be effective in other areas of law such as in employment, partnership disputes and probate, and other civil disputes.

I know my case was a complex one, involving multiple areas of law such as disciplinary, tax, indemnity, financial settlement, cross border issues, non - disclosure clauses and employer references.

In fact, there is evidence that where ABS have been there has been little impact on providing great access to the most under - serviced areas of law such as family and criminal matters.

More modern areas of law such as employment law, intellectual property law and health and security tend to be based on statute rather than on common law.

In its broadest sense, Aboriginal law is the law concerning Aboriginal people; thus this area of law touches on many other areas of law such as property law, constitutional law, or family law.

The issue appears to be a particular problem in specialized areas of law such as intellectual property and Aboriginal law.

As for Wolters Kluwer, it is increasingly focusing its products on the larger - firm market and on highly regulated and specialized areas of law such as corporate finance, securities, tax, banking and health.

The development of such legal infrastructure is necessary given: (1) the dependence of every legal service upon e-records; (2) e-records are the most frequently used kind of evidence; and, (3) other widely used areas of the law such as privacy and access to information, electronic commerce, taxation, and criminal law, are dependent upon e-records.

For subscribers to Loislaw, a key feature has been access to Wolters Kluwer's library of some 125 treatises in areas of law such as bankruptcy, business, employment, insurance, intellectual property, real estate and others.

The collection includes 129 titles covering areas of law such as bankruptcy, business, construction, elder law, employment, estate planning, family, litigation, health, insurance, pension and benefits, personal injury and real estate.

The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 («LASPO») wholly or partially removed areas of law such as housing, debt, welfare benefits and private family law from the scope of legal aid.

Non-lawyer competitors are taking an increasing share of the traditional marketplace, particularly in the more commoditized areas of law such as wills, simple business agreements, divorce applications and real estate transactions.

The firm has concentrated on areas of law such as litigation, real estate, corporate and commercial.

«We also need to restructure areas of law such as insolvency, competition and tax law otherwise businesses of all sizes could end up losing out.

DLA Piper has also developed a legal empowerment programme that involves providing legal education modules to people from disadvantaged communities on areas of the law such as police stop and search powers and neighbourhood housing disputes, helping to improve individuals» knowledge of the law and their rights.

We routinely handle cases in areas of law such as catastrophic / excess liability; ERISA; class actions; construction practices; general commercial litigation; insurance coverage and bad faith; insurance fraud; insurance professional liability; life health and disability; medical professional liability; product liability; subrogation; and toxic and environmental torts.

The reason is that they can encompass different areas of law such as negligence, strict liability, and workers» compensation law.

Areas of law such as «refugee family reunion, deportation and claims for the right to remain in the UK for children and young adults» are no longer eligible for legal aid.

Have law societies considered educating lawyers only in areas of law such as human rights, landlord and tenant or other narrow areas of law so not only could their education be cheaper but the ability to operate without the expectation to know everything though limiting can also be liberating and effective?

Lexis has a series of US - centric blogs and news called Lexis Communities in a dozen areas of law such as bankruptcy, tax, international and patent law.

It involves, for example, contracting with guests and customers, suppliers, employees and professional advisers; complying with regulations / laws by central and local government (licensing, health and safety, food standards, consumer protection all spring to mind); also you need to be aware of the hotelier's liability as an occupier and his liability for the property of guests and of many other areas of the law such as race relations, sex equality and potential legal issues arising from the letting of banqueting rooms and the hiring of entertainers, to name just a few.

These are law firms that specialise in a particular area of law such as media, intellectual property or shipping.

Ferenbok says if you're looking for a specialist in an area of law such as employment and regulatory issues then boutiques work well.

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If you currently are taking advantage of such programs (for example, by teaching in low - income areas or working in nonprofits or fields such as nursing or law enforcement), consolidating your loans could affect the terms of that forgiveness.

For fear of losing business, some lawyers are wary of referring clients to other attorneys, even if they have expertise in a particular area, such as tax law.

«The implications of blockchain technology are far - reaching, not only in financial services, but in other areas such as healthcare, government, law, education, technology and more.»

Also targeted for steep spending rollbacks are the agency's monitoring and enforcement of compliance with environmental laws, as well as regional projects intended to benefit degraded areas such as the Chesapeake Bay, Puget Sound and the Gulf of Mexico.

This is particularly so in a case such as this that involves a largely unexplored area of the law and which would benefit from the full record that a trial provides.»

Through the collection of in - app data to identify certain individuals such as law enforcement officers, Greyball will show these target users that there are no Uber rides available in the area, or show mock - ups of the app with fake rides.

is a crucial book in the area of law and religion — published in 2013, it defends the view that there is no compelling moral or legal reason to provide special protection to religion as such.

The vast majority of case law in this area has held that such consumer fraud actions are preempted by the FDA and that there is no private right for an individual to bring a case in this area.

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The first such panel explored the role of law in the construction of neoliberalism globally through a discussion of changes not only to the content but also to the focus and aim of law in the areas of international property, competition, and investment law.

Malliotakis also touched on familiar criticisms of Mayor de Blasio, saying that he «ties the hands of law enforcement» and ignores the will of City residents in areas such as his plan to build 90 shelters for the homeless and his newly adopted goal of replacing Rikers Island with jails throughout the City.

While the policy notes that «New York's legal code is relatively accessible compared to other states,» it suggests that the state commit to including its laws on a platform such as America Decoded, adopting the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau's eRegs tool to make the laws more accessible, and instituting an «open by default» policy in the area of IT purchasing, data and research.

His view of the legislature is as a body that oversees issues which cross town lines, such as waste management, flooding, roads, emergency management and law enforcement; he feels that, «It is under - performing in almost all areas of its responsibility.»

The 2017 - 18 budget repealed section 438 of the state Economic Development Law, which states, «Any business located in a tax - free NY area must submit an annual report... such information shall be sufficient for the commissioner [of economic development] and the commissioner of taxation and finance to monitor the continued eligibility of the business and its employees to participate in the Start - Up NY program and receive the tax benefits.»

Betty Rosa, the Regents chancellor and a former New York City school administrator, noted the current evaluation law has created a situation under which teachers in fields not covered by state tests, such as physical education, often find themselves rated on the basis of student achievement in areas that are tested, such as English and math.

In his originating summons, Ajibola sought for 13 reliefs and these include a declaration that the «State of Osun Local Government Areas (creation and administration) Law, 2015» and «State of Osun Local Government Areas (creation and administration) amendment (No. 1) Law, 2017» having been enacted by the legislative body that is not known to the constitution and for the State not known to the 1999 constitution, and having been assented to by the governor in that manner, they are as such illegal and unconstitutional.

«By implementing this plan... no group or individual would be able to easily flout the conventions and laws of our county, nor will one area be able to have such a disproportionate impact on all of our tax bills, resources, and services.

WHEREAS, while there are some areas of the legislation that the Orleans County Legislature finds encouraging, such as addressing glaring shortcomings in the mental health system, the strengthening of Kendra's Law and Mark's law, as well as privacy protections for certain pistol permit holders, by - and - large, we find the legislation does little more than negatively impact lawful gun ownership; Law and Mark's law, as well as privacy protections for certain pistol permit holders, by - and - large, we find the legislation does little more than negatively impact lawful gun ownership; law, as well as privacy protections for certain pistol permit holders, by - and - large, we find the legislation does little more than negatively impact lawful gun ownership; and

New York's attorney general has filed a lawsuit against an Albany - area health insurer that he says broke the law by denying coverage for expensive hepatitis C treatments until patients showed advanced symptoms of the disease such as moderate to severe liver scarring.

«Faced with this dramatic situation, many look to the system of unemployment protection to try to determine the reasons why the percentage of the unemployed receiving no economic assistance, those who have fallen out of the system, has reached such alarming levels and to what extent receiving unemployment payments might have a negative effect on the possibility of rejoining the workforce,» comments Professor Daniel Pérez del Prado, of the Work and Social Security Law area that is part of the Social and International Private Law Department of the UC3M.

There may not be enough time to explore opportunities at school, such as other areas of law.

At the University of Illinois Urbana — Champaign, political statistician Wendy Tam Cho has designed algorithms to draw district maps that use the criteria mandated by state law, but do not include partisan information such as an area's voting history.

Other experts, such as Frank Pasquale, a law professor at the University of Maryland in Baltimore, suggest that the government should regulate or audit for bias only in specific areas, such as elections.

The study identifies many current issues, caused by inter alia inherent limits of law, such as the dissolution of geographical boundaries leading to legal rules with unclear legal scope, rapid technical and business development, as well as the legal complexity in this area of law.

Dr Bachmann originally became involved in this area of research through his role as Rule of Law Subject Matter expert for the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation's (NATO) study on hybrid threats facing Europe — diverse issues such as terrorism, organized crime, failed states and how a mass influx of migrants might lead to political instability in certain countries.

• More effective management and protection of large areas outside of formally protected areas; • Increased law enforcement combined with improved legal frameworks and stiffer sanctions for poachers; • Coordination across all sectors on land use and protection of natural resources with a priority on conserving great ape populations; • Conservation advocacy for wildlife and law enforcement to effect behavior change; • An enhanced understanding of diseases such as Ebola to guide conservation actions; • Monitoring of great ape abundance and distribution, habitat loss, and illegal activities.

By applying systems engineering to challenges such as maintaining social stability, the Chinese government aims to «not just understand reality or predict reality, but to control reality,» says Rogier Creemers, a scholar of Chinese law at the Leiden University Institute for Area Studies in the Netherlands.