Sentences with phrase «as civil defence»

In The Reduction of Urban Vulnerability: Revisiting 1950s American Suburbanization as Civil Defence, Kathleen Tobin quotes political scientist Barry Checkoway:

Not exact matches

Retrieving the dead is itself a potentially lethal endeavor: Last week, a member of the Civil Defence Force was killed when a bomb buried under the ruins of a home exploded as he tried to free bodies trapped there.

As the vision for the connecting tunnel between Folkestone and Calais became more concrete, Ministry of Defence (MoD) civil servants and senior military officers drew up the nuclear plan in order to thwart a possible invasion by the Soviet army from Calais, The Independent has discovered.

Civil defence and current expenditure on previous military activities — such as veterans» benefits, demobilization and weapon destruction — are excluded.

Tragedy struck in Lafia, the Nasarawa State capital today (Friday) as some men of the Nigeria Police and the Nigerian Security Civil Defence Corps opened fire on some of the protesting workers of the state who gathered over non-payment of their salaries.

«Security engagements are in top gear, as we are working with the Federal Road Safety Corps, Nigerian Navy, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) and the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA).

Partnership activities often include not only defence and military cooperation, but also subjects as broad as civil - military relations, civil emergency planning, or scientific and environmental research.

The incident described as a reprisal attack, occurred barely 24 hours after the Joint Task Force, comprising the Nigerian Navy, Nigerian Army and the National Security and Civil Defence Corps NSCDC, had launched series of attacks at the pipeline vandalism syndicate in the area, which led to series of arrest and startling discoveries.

As a result of this, often cosy relationships are formed between defence contractors, politicians and civil servants.

Scores of policemen as well as personnel of the Department of State Services (DSS) and Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have taken over the venue located on Federal Housing Road in the Ekiti capital as the accreditation process commenced.

The defence secretary spoke out as the coalition was accused of spoiling tactics after it responded to a call for heterosexual couples to be granted the same rights to enter into civil partnerships by announcing plans for a review that would be delayed for five years once the legislation is passed.

In his remarks, the GOC emphasized the recurrent need for vigilance, alertness and decisive action as well as coordination / synergy among all the security agencies such as the Nigerian Navy, Nigeria Customs Service, Nigeria Security Civil Defence Corps Nigerian Immigration Service, and Nigerian Police Force deployed to the area.

The town hall session had Dr. Dare Ayeni, a lecturer of Democratic Studies and Public Policy represented by a public policy analyst, Demola Olarewaju, and a Chief Superintendent of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps in Ekiti State, Mr. Yusuff Odunayo as discussants.

«This exercise will therefore be conducted with the involvement of other security agencies such as the Nigerian Police and Nigeria Security, Department of State Services, Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, Nigeria Customs Service and National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, just to mention a few.

This was as the judge ordered that other respondents in the matter, namely: the Inspector - General of Police, the Commandant General, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps and the Attorney - General of the Federation be served personally.

At least 717 people have been killed in a stampede at the annual Hajj pilgrimage, Saudi Arabia's civil defence directorate said, as the death toll continued to rise.

In its reaction, a civil society organisation, the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights, said the President's use of Hausa in his salah message was discriminatory as more than half of the population would not understand him.

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has commended the Federal Government for banning the production and importation of codeine as active pharmaceutical ingredient for...

The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) said yesterday that it has drawn out a training curriculum to ensure professionalism and efficiency as well as adequate on the job preparation in protection of life and property...

we called in security personnel, such as Police, Civil Defence and the Department of state security DSS to restore sanity and it was at this point that I went there.There was total lawlessness as hoodlums have taken over.

A teenager simply identified as Kofo was killed by a stray bullet when some hoodlums clashed with personnel of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Idi Oro area of Ibadan during Saturday's local government election in Oyo State.

A teenager simply identified as Kofo was killed by a stray bullet when some hoodlums clashed with personnel of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in...

The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) said yesterday that it has drawn out a training curriculum to ensure professionalism and efficiency as well as adequate on the job preparation in protection of life and property especially as it concerns the activities of private security guards in the country.

According to him, his administration also issued the first green bond that would act as a catalyst for investments in renewable energy and afforestation projects «as we have established the Agro Rangers Unit within the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps to protect the investments recorded in agricultural sector across the country.»

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), has urged residents of Oyo State not to panic as a result of the expected relocation of criminals due to the planned deployment of Close Circuit Camera (CCC), in strategic places by the Lagos State Government.

Former Defence Secretary John Hutton has accused Emily Thornberry of being a «mouthpiece» for the anti-Trident lobby as Labour's civil war erupted once again.

The federal government had massively deployed security personnel comprising the police, soldiers, members of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps and operatives of the State Security Service, SSS, in Osun so as to maintain order during the election.

• until 31/12/2012 subjects resident in the areas affected by the recent earthquake, as identified by the Civil Defence.

In addition, there is the fact that the AGW scam hotted up after the «green» anti-nuclear and Communist Moscow - based World Peace Council propaganda lobby transferred its attention from exaggerating nuclear war exaggerating nuclear war and downplaying deterrence and civil defence for political support of groupthink Marxism (censoring all deviants from groupthink convention) to CO2 scare - mongering, as Delingpole explains in Watermelons.

«Civil government, so far as it is instituted for the security of property, is in reality instituted for the defence of the rich against the poor, or of those who have some property against those who have none at all.»

Acknowledging the issues were novel, the motions judge in SC v. NS concluded that the defendant / accused had breached the deemed undertaking of confidentiality when he used for his criminal defence the plaintiff's documentary productions from the civil case without first seeking directions from the court as to whether and how he could do so.

After establishing itself as the biggest family law presence in what is described as the «magic circle», Vardags expanded to include private client, civil litigation and criminal defence departments and can now offer a bespoke solution for all her clients» legal needs.

As a civil liberties lawyer, I find the Crown's defence of this application troubling on two points.

Legal 500 (http://www.legal500.com/firms/3364/offices/6645) recognises Tuckers as a Tier 1 firm in criminal defence and civil liberties.

At civil law, the website might sue you for making a defamatory statement, but as long as the statement is true, then you are still permitted to make the statement, and even if the statement turns out to be false (that the website turned out to be legal), then the defence of reportage (now known as the defence of Publication on a Matter of Public Interest, Defamation Act 2013 s. 4) would protect you, since you are arguably spreading information which is in the public interest.

Kubik represented a wide range of clients during her career as a civil litigator, including representing them in personal injury cases, insurance defence and estate litigation.

The chief constable submitted that that the criteria for self - defence in civil law should be the same as in criminal law.

However, there is a provision in our Rules of Civil Procedure that permits a plaintiff to unilaterally discontinue its lawsuit against a defendant, provided the lawsuit has not advanced past the stage of exchanging the claim and the defences (known more technically as the «close of pleadings»).

This paper is a guide for defence lawyers and insurers as they confront insurance fraud in civil liability and accident benefits claims, including detecting, reacting to, and proving fraud.

The government proposes that mandatory notification may apply, as a minimum, to civil nuclear, defence, telecommunications and the transport sector.

We have 2 criminal defence lawyers who handle the court circuits in all of our communities, a family lawyer who gives advice and handles family law matters, and a poverty / civil lawyer who handles files such as landlord / tenant issues, employment law problems and human rights complaints among other things.

I started my career working as an insurance defence litigator with Parlee McLaws and then spent nine years with Alberta Justice in civil litigation - where I represented the Administrator of the Motor Vehicle Accident Claims Fund and defended claims brought against the Province of Alberta.

Our newest team member joined our group in February and practicing as senior criminal defence and civil litigation counsel.

As provided in paragraph A of Endorsement No. 3 of the policy, a «civil litigation transaction» is defined as the commencement of a proceeding or a defence to a proceeding (see the full definition in the endorsementAs provided in paragraph A of Endorsement No. 3 of the policy, a «civil litigation transaction» is defined as the commencement of a proceeding or a defence to a proceeding (see the full definition in the endorsementas the commencement of a proceeding or a defence to a proceeding (see the full definition in the endorsement).

pleading possible defences (such as illegality) in civil proceedings, which may strengthen the company's case in those proceedings but would undermine the position it has taken in relation to an investigation; or

As an extension of his significant practice in the areas of insurance, civil liability and product liability, Robert has, for some 25 years, represented clients in numerous aviation matters, acting primarily on behalf of Canadian, American, British and French insurers, whether in defence or subrogation.

Marlys has served as a Director, Secretary, Treasurer and Second Vice President of The Advocates» Society, a Director of the Criminal Lawyers» Association, a Director of and subsequently Special Advisor to the Association in Defence of the Wrongly Convicted, and a Director and currently Vice President of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association.

Acknowledging the issues were novel, the motions judge in the case concluded that the defendant / accused had breached the deemed undertaking of confidentiality when he used for his criminal defence the plaintiff's documentary productions from the civil case without first seeking directions from the court as to whether and how he could do so.

The Claimant persuaded the Employment Judge that the Limitation Act acted merely as a very strong defence as civil courts can in fact consider claims that existed more than 6 years prior to issue.

In a rare speech last week, Lord Justice Jackson cited supportive comments from practitioners as he laid out a spirited defence of his civil justice reforms.