Sentences with phrase «as breaches of regulations»

Amanda Pinto QC, a tenant at 5 Paper Buildings and co-author of Corporate Criminal Liability, questions why the authority has chosen to deal with substantial offences, such as fraud and misleading conduct, as breaches of regulations rather than crimes.

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Small businesses are sued for a wide variety of reasons, from breach of contract to product defects to employee relations to noncompliance with federal regulations (such as the Americans with Disabilities Act).
These developments include major data privacy breaches such as the Equifax leak, the troubling revelations about the use of personal data assembled by Facebook for marketing and political manipulation, and the introduction of the European Union's General Data Privacy Regulations, which establish new facts on the ground regarding compliance for globally active companies.
WASHINGTON — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Wednesday that federal regulation of Facebook and other Internet companies is «inevitable» — an acknowledgement that comes as Congress is considering how to respond to a massive privacy breach at the social media giant.
Animals Australia has written to the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture seeking answers as to why Emanuel Exports hasn't had their export licence suspended — given the extensive evidence of non-compliance with regulations on ships, and their track record of regulatory breaches in importing countries.
Breaches of the regulations are also leaving children exposed to promotional techniques such as premium offers and spokescharacters in advertisements for unhealthy foods.
The sponsor's logo was deemed by the club as a potential breach of FA regulations and comes after growing pressure on the UK government to look harder at the gambling advertising from betting companies in broadcast media and club sponsorships.
That this House is concerned that the provisions of the Infant Formula and Follow - on Formula Regulations 2007 are disrespected in the UK, as evidenced by the current promotion for Nestlé SMA infant formula by Tesco in breach of Article 23 of that regulation, the near identical labelling of infant and follow - on formula to make them cross-promotional in breach of Article 19 of that regulation, the widespread advertising of infant formula brand names and logos in breach of Article 21 of that regulation and the use of idealising text and images on labels in breach of Article 17 of that regulation; therefore rejects the Department of Health's proposals to decriminalise certain of those requirements, such as labelling provisions in planned draft legislative proposals, related to EU Regulation 609/2015 which will replace these 2007 regulations; and stresses that any move to a system of Improvement Notices must have the purpose of speeding up compliance and be backed by prosecutions rather than giving companies who have flouted the law for many years additional timeRegulations 2007 are disrespected in the UK, as evidenced by the current promotion for Nestlé SMA infant formula by Tesco in breach of Article 23 of that regulation, the near identical labelling of infant and follow - on formula to make them cross-promotional in breach of Article 19 of that regulation, the widespread advertising of infant formula brand names and logos in breach of Article 21 of that regulation and the use of idealising text and images on labels in breach of Article 17 of that regulation; therefore rejects the Department of Health's proposals to decriminalise certain of those requirements, such as labelling provisions in planned draft legislative proposals, related to EU Regulation 609/2015 which will replace these 2007 regulations; and stresses that any move to a system of Improvement Notices must have the purpose of speeding up compliance and be backed by prosecutions rather than giving companies who have flouted the law for many years additional time regulation, the near identical labelling of infant and follow - on formula to make them cross-promotional in breach of Article 19 of that regulation, the widespread advertising of infant formula brand names and logos in breach of Article 21 of that regulation and the use of idealising text and images on labels in breach of Article 17 of that regulation; therefore rejects the Department of Health's proposals to decriminalise certain of those requirements, such as labelling provisions in planned draft legislative proposals, related to EU Regulation 609/2015 which will replace these 2007 regulations; and stresses that any move to a system of Improvement Notices must have the purpose of speeding up compliance and be backed by prosecutions rather than giving companies who have flouted the law for many years additional time regulation, the widespread advertising of infant formula brand names and logos in breach of Article 21 of that regulation and the use of idealising text and images on labels in breach of Article 17 of that regulation; therefore rejects the Department of Health's proposals to decriminalise certain of those requirements, such as labelling provisions in planned draft legislative proposals, related to EU Regulation 609/2015 which will replace these 2007 regulations; and stresses that any move to a system of Improvement Notices must have the purpose of speeding up compliance and be backed by prosecutions rather than giving companies who have flouted the law for many years additional time regulation and the use of idealising text and images on labels in breach of Article 17 of that regulation; therefore rejects the Department of Health's proposals to decriminalise certain of those requirements, such as labelling provisions in planned draft legislative proposals, related to EU Regulation 609/2015 which will replace these 2007 regulations; and stresses that any move to a system of Improvement Notices must have the purpose of speeding up compliance and be backed by prosecutions rather than giving companies who have flouted the law for many years additional time regulation; therefore rejects the Department of Health's proposals to decriminalise certain of those requirements, such as labelling provisions in planned draft legislative proposals, related to EU Regulation 609/2015 which will replace these 2007 regulations; and stresses that any move to a system of Improvement Notices must have the purpose of speeding up compliance and be backed by prosecutions rather than giving companies who have flouted the law for many years additional time Regulation 609/2015 which will replace these 2007 regulations; and stresses that any move to a system of Improvement Notices must have the purpose of speeding up compliance and be backed by prosecutions rather than giving companies who have flouted the law for many years additional timeregulations; and stresses that any move to a system of Improvement Notices must have the purpose of speeding up compliance and be backed by prosecutions rather than giving companies who have flouted the law for many years additional time to comply.
Because the Vienna Convention provides its own system of remedies by way of declaration of persona non grata and breach of diplomatic relations, even manifest abuse can not be relied on to justify forcible entry as a form of reprisals for breach of the obligation under Article 41 of the Convention to respect the laws and regulations of the receiving State.»
Austin believes that Grayling could be in breach of regulation 105 of the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986, which makes it an offence to open the door of any vehicle on any road (or causing or permitting a door to be opened) so as to injure or endanger any person.
Citi News on Wednesday published a petition in which a section of the EC staff known as concerned staff of the Electoral Commission accused the EC boss of breaching public procurement regulations, and disregarding administrative procedures...
As early as last March, staff were threatening industrial action in protest over management style; five months later, the Health and Safety Executive closed the plant for breaches of employment regulationAs early as last March, staff were threatening industrial action in protest over management style; five months later, the Health and Safety Executive closed the plant for breaches of employment regulationas last March, staff were threatening industrial action in protest over management style; five months later, the Health and Safety Executive closed the plant for breaches of employment regulations.
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Violation of test security is a serious matter with far - reaching consequences... A breach of test security may be dealt with as a violation of the Code of Professional Responsibility for Teachers, as well as a violation of other pertinent state and federal law and regulation.
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Humane Service Officers also respond to and investigate complaints of animal abuse, excessive barking, roaming or injured animals, as well as other animal related activities that are breaches of City Regulations.
The Metropolitan Police are also investigating the role of over 300 companies or organisations, and «keeping an open mind» on the possibilities of pursuing both corporate and individual manslaughter charges, as well as charges relating to fraud, misconduct, health and safety breaches, and breaches of fire safety regulations.
Destroying emails to cover up a breach of IPCC regulations by a lead author is not illegal, as the IPCC has no force of law.
The regulations do confirm that the data breach report provided to the commissioner as described above can also be considered a «record» of the breach of security safeguards.
«Finally, there may be prosecutions brought by the Health and Safety Executive and / or the Crown Prosecution Service against the local authority and its management company for breaches of relevant health and safety law including regulations designed to prevent injury or death by fire such as the Housing Act 2005, Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm (England) Regulations 2015 and Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Orregulations designed to prevent injury or death by fire such as the Housing Act 2005, Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm (England) Regulations 2015 and Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) OrRegulations 2015 and Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order (2005).
The court concluded the firearm possessions offences are too broad and captured conduct that was closer to a licensing infraction, such as a spouse who finds herself in possession of her husband's firearm and breaches the regulations.
In a case brought by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA), the partners of Clyde and Co solicitors admitted they allowed a client account to be used as a banking facility, acting against SRA accounting rules and in breach of existing obligations under the then - current money laundering regulations (2007).
Projects partner Nick Purnell and corporate partners Christopher Duffy and Simon Gamblin, all of who are based in London, admitted that they had allowed the firm's client bank account to be used as a banking facility, which breached a number of regulations under the SRA Accounts Rules 2011 and the Money Laundering Regularegulations under the SRA Accounts Rules 2011 and the Money Laundering RegulationsRegulations 2007.
Mr. Grossman updated the chapter «Products Liability Claims and Chapter 93A,» which covers the products liability state of the law, including attorney general regulations regarding scope of rulemaking authority, as well as regulations concerning breaches of warranty and protection of public health, safety and welfare.
Held, inter alia, the 2006 Regulations did not go further than EU law requires by conferring a power to award damages in respect of loss or damage suffered by an economic operator in the case of any breach, as opposed to only a «sufficiently serious» breach, of the Regulations, as per the Francovich conditions.
This limitation period does not apply to any incident involving conduct that breached some law or regulation other than the Police Act, such as the Criminal Code of Canada.
We have extensive legal and practical knowledge of how public procurements should be run, enabling us to quickly advise on whether a breach of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 or associated EU principles has occurred, and the strategic options available as a result.
«The offences cognizable by military commissions may thus be classed as follows: (1) Crimes and statutory offences cognizable by State or U.S. courts, and which would properly be tried by such courts if open and acting; (2) Violations of the laws and usages of war cognizable by military tribunals only; (3) Breaches of military orders or regulations for which offenders are not legally triable by court - martial under the Articles of War.»
Certain stakeholders, including the Privacy Commissioner, advocated immediate implementation of the Regulations, citing the «lengthy period of consultations on the Regulations and the frequency of data breaches involving the information of Canadians» as well as «the need to align the Regulations more closely with those of the breach reporting requirements of the GDPR given that many Canadian organizations must comply with both Canadian and European law.»
Our team is on hand 24/7 to provide clients with crisis support when faced with major incidents and investigations by regulatory bodies, such as the Police, HSE, Local Authorities, Environment Agency and Fire Services, for breaches of health & safety, fire safety, food safety, trading standards and related regulations.
15)- scope and application of Articles 27 and 28 of the Brussels Regulation — whether proceedings in England to enforce the settlement and the jurisdiction agreements involved the same cause of action as proceedings in Greece alleged to be in breach of the settlement and the jurisdiction agreement.
This warrant was directed towards alleged breaches of the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003 which deal with, insofar as this blog is concerned with, the rules concerning direct marketing to individuals by electronic means.
The Appellants argued s. 185 applied in the circumstances; that a cyclist should be considered the same as a motorist where there is a breach of the TSA or the Use of Highway and Rules of the Road Regulation, Alta Reg 304/2002 («Road Regulation») because both statutes impose the same duties on cyclists and motorists.
Insofar as future contracting parties or customers wish to trust or empower their builder / contractor with such wide discretionary powers (e.g. for design and / or materials used), it would be imperative to expressly provide for the «style» of building, and to also expressly state that any works which breach building regulations, were functionally flawed, or were a result of poor workmanship, would constitute defects and must be rectified.
(a) that the Claimants contracted with the Defendants to purchase package holidays at the Club Aguamar Hotel and stayed at the Club Aguamar Hotel between the dates set out in the schedule to the order, and (b) that the Claimants suffered gastric or other illness of various durations, and / or personal injury, and / or distress, inconvenience, loss and damage as a result of improper performance of the provision of services under the holiday contract, in respect of which the Claimants hold the Defendant liable (i) under the Package Travel, Package Holidays and Package Tours Regulations 1992, and / or (ii) by reason of breaches of the said contracts of various dates for the provision of holidays, made in writing, and within the jurisdiction of this Court, and / or (iii) by reason of the Defendant's negligence during the said period, and / or (iv) by reason of the Defendant's misrepresentations made on various dates and inducung the Claimants to enter the said contracts for the provision of holidays.
The private right of action (most likely to be done as class actions) were one such example of potentially serious consequences for what might otherwise be a minor breach of the statute or its regulations.
Pain, suffering and loss of amenity and / or diminution in value and / or loss of enjoyment of holidays and / or losses and expenses sustained by them during their stays at the Hotel Torremolinos Beach Club Hotel between October 2000 and July 2002 as a result of the Defendants» alleged breach of contracts, the Defendants» and / or suppliers of other services failure to properly perform their obligations to the Claimants in accordance with the Package Travel, Package Holidays and Package Tours regulations 1992.
To facilitate compliance with the new data breach reporting regime under PIPEDA, the proposed Regulations provide for implementation at the same time as the related statutory requirements under Division 1.1 of PIPEDA, and allow for a lag period between the publication of final Regulations and their coming into force.
Our civil litigators deal with complex issues in areas such as civil liability (product liability, bodily and psychological injuries, material damages and economic loss), business contracts, professional regulation and liability, defamation, commercial litigation and extraordinary remedies, disputes relating to successions, wrongful dismissal actions, and claims of discrimination, sexual harassment and breach of fiduciary duties.
The original and replacement tenancies will be treated as the same tenancy for the purpose of certain legal proceedings — at the moment landlord's claims for breach of covenant, and tenants» claims for breach of statutory duty — the act permits further classes of litigation to be added by regulation.
His request to take them as a block was refused and he later brought tribunal proceedings to establish that the BBC was in breach of the Working Time Regulations (SI 1998/1833).
One concern for businesses may be the record - keeping obligations imposed by the proposed regulations, says Thompson, which require records of breaches to be kept for 24 months after the day on which the organization determines the breach has occurred, and notes that a report made to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner may be used by the organization as its «record of the breach
Careful analysis of the combined effect of EA 2002 and the regulations therefore shows that it is not the case, as is sometimes believed, that because breach of contract claims are excluded from Sch 4 — and therefore a grievance is not a necessary precondition to a tribunal claim — an employee who brings an (unnecessary) grievance within three months and presents his breach of contract claim within six months will be out of time — subject to reasonable practicability.
In the event that any information under our control is compromised as a result of a breach of security, the Innocence Project will take reasonable steps to investigate the situation and, where appropriate, notify those individuals whose information may have been compromised and take other steps, in accordance with any applicable laws and regulations.
These new rules from Transport Canada, which may ultimately become codified as a regulation, may assist the court in determining whether a drone operator breached the requisite standard of care.
The NDA is appealing the Court of Appeal decision that it is not necessary for a claim to be issued in the 10 - day standstill period, as long as it is issued within the 30 - day limitation period from date of knowledge of a breach of the procurement regulations.
Following Energy Solutions, we anticipate more suppliers will be prepared to bring claims seeking damages for the losses they believe they have incurred as a result of alleged breaches of procurement regulations.
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