Recently, a long - time member of The Law Society of Manitoba challenged those provisions as being outside the statutory
authority of The Law Society, and as lacking in... [more]
That, in turn, would have clarified the substantive issues before the court on judicial review and allowed the court to determine whether that definition is reasonable (or correct, if that is the applicable standard) and within the legislative
authority of the law society to apply.
Not exact matches
We, the president and the members
of the commission, wish to affirm that our obligations under civil
law must certainly be followed, but even beyond these civil requirements, we all have a moral and ethical responsibility to report suspected abuse to the civil
authorities who are charged with protecting our
society.
This «monistic drive» thus seeks «a oneness
of society,
law, and
authority.»
Modernity's emphasis on secularism involves three elements - a) the desacralisation
of nature which produced a nature devoid
of spirits preparing the way for its scientific analysis and technological control and use; b) desacralisation
of society and state by liberating them from the control
of established
authority and
laws of religion which often gave spiritual sanction to social inequality and stifled freedom
of reason and conscience
of persons; it was necessary to affirm freedom and equality as fundamental rights
of all persons and to enable common action in politics and
society by adherents
of all religions and none in a religiously pluralistic
society; and c) an abandonment
of an eternally fixed sacred order
of human
society enabling ordering
of secular social affairs on the basis
of rational discussion.
However, if he remains true to his Divine Will as reflected in the
Law, it will not be sufficient for him to raise up religious truth in a sporadic fashion without any line
of direction or fulfilment: «if God is the Environer
of the soul
of man, then from the very beginning
of man there must be, within his personality and within the complex
of human
society a God - evoked and God directed line
of spiritual truth, and good, and spiritual
authority».
The economic reforms Leo proposes in Rerum Novarum can never succeed within the confines
of Enlightenment philosophy — within, say, a social contract understanding
of society,
authority, and
law, where the common good is the sum total
of private goods determined by a calculus
of self - interest.
The state is at the service
of civil
society and arises from it since, inevitably, there are clashes
of interests at a civil level which need an
authority to provide binding policies and
laws to fairly resolve competing interests.
Since moral relativism has to a large extent replaced the old clear - cut lines
of authority, the burden placed upon the
law today by our
society is a virtually insupportable one.
Nonetheless, there is an expectation on the part
of society that the
law will speak from on high as well as in the people's midst, and that it will make straight what would otherwise remain twisted, crooked lines; it will establish order in the stead
of anarchy and chaos; it will retain a semblance
of purity amid vile motives and human deceits; it will speak with godlike
authority and power in a godless age.
State and
society were integrated with the
authority of one or other single «established» religion whose sanction determined the
law of citizenship and social structure.
First Things is not wavering in our commitment to the sanctity
of life, the integrity
of marriage, the freedom
of the Church, and the humanizing power
of moral truth and the proper
authority it exercises in
law and
society.
Big Hans was a forceful character and, although
law abiding, a man with the same drive that got his brother into trouble with the peace - keeping
authorities, and later his son into collision with some
of the establishment structure
of society.
Marriage, family, faith, honor, loyalty, sanctity, and respect for
authority and the rule
of law brought about a free and fair
society.
The blockchain, the technology that underpins the digital currency Bitcoin, looks increasingly as though it could revolutionise aspects
of society ranging from commerce to
law, and certainly ownership — even as «sharing economy» companies like AirBnB and Uber test the boundaries
of civic
authority and the limits
of personal property.
The centrality
of traditional practices in Somali
society is such that most
of the legal interventions even when it comes to sexual violence tends to be undertaken by clan or community
authorities through the customary
laws structures.
He concluded that among «inclusive displays on places like the courthouse lawns, the Ten Commandments can convey a «secular moral message» about the primacy and
authority of law, as well as the «history and moral ideals»
of our
society and legal tradition.»
However, according to Edward Shills35, civil
society is sustained by national collective self - consciousness becauseits normative basis is a collective willingness to accept thelegitimacy
of the
law and
of authority, which enhances pluralityof interests and ideals.
For those
of you who are not clear on who's who and what's what when it comes to
authority over dogs in Pennsylvania, here's a crash course: there are two sets
of laws — the Dog
Law that is enforced by dog wardens and Section 5511
of the Crimes Code that is enforced by humane
society police officers.Â
What's more, a single hoarding case involving dozens if not hundreds
of animals can easily bankrupt a local humane
society and severely strain volunteer resources, and the nuisance and cost to local
authorities and
law enforcement officials is ongoing.
It can be difficult to hold governmental bodies accountable based on regulatory
authority using the modified Anns / Cooper test in conjunction with Edwards v. the
Law Society of Upper Canada..
[i] Privilege being the jurisdiction
of the courts, it would be for the
law societies to reconcile the confidentiality rule rather than to pretend to the
authority to change privilege
Law societies would be prudent never to bar the use
of particular platforms or technologies absent clear
authority to do so.
Again, failure to do by the
Law Society so will likely result in loss
of responsibility and
authority.
Doing so is a legitimate and appropriate exercise
of regulatory
authority, and is essential for
law societies as they move towards compliance - based regulation;
However Canada tax lawyers and those elsewhere are answerable to their
law societies that have been formed through provincial legislation, giving them the
authority of issuing or revoking
law licenses.
The
Law Society's position can be contrasted with that
of the Solicitors» Regulation
Authority (SRA), which made it plain in June 2012 that it was working to April for the referral fee ban and reinforced this in its consultation paper in October.
The notion that one
law report series has greater
authority because
of a loose association with a
law society or bar association is one that I have never really understood.
As follows from earlier case
law (as translated into guidelines by the Commission in COM (2009) 313 final), when assessing whether the residence
of an individual constitutes an unreasonable burden on its social assistance system, national
authorities are required to take account
of «social factors» such as the level
of connection
of the EU citizen with the
society of the host Member State and any considerations pertaining to age, state
of health, family and economic situation.
The
Law Society of Upper Canada created the
Law Society Medal shortly after Ontario stopped appointing QCs, with no special statutory
authority.
One example is the U.K.'s Solicitors Regulation
Authority, which handles all regulatory activities on behalf
of The
Law Society but operates independently from it.
Much as I am loath to use the term, «fascist» is what comes to mind here, and not simply because
of a «quiet» — if not secret —
law that baldly usurps civil space and much
of civil
society, arrogating
authority to a small group
of state officials.
The
Law Society has named former chief executive
of the NHS Litigation
Authority Catherine Dixon as its new chief executive.
Professor Ryan Alford has filed a Notice
of Application in the Ontario Superior Court, asking for a declaration that the requirement is both unconstitutional and outside the
law society's statutory
authority.
The
Law Society has accused the Solicitors Regulation
Authority (SRA)
of seeking to create a «Wild West marketplace» in legal services
My analysis on that point was, though, premised on principles
of administrative
law — my claim was that the Court was correct to hold that the Law Society of Manitoba acted within its statutory authority in requiring lawyers to complete mandatory continuing professional development, and in automatically suspending them if they failed to do
law — my claim was that the Court was correct to hold that the
Law Society of Manitoba acted within its statutory authority in requiring lawyers to complete mandatory continuing professional development, and in automatically suspending them if they failed to do
Law Society of Manitoba acted within its statutory
authority in requiring lawyers to complete mandatory continuing professional development, and in automatically suspending them if they failed to do so.
One way to lessen the burden
of due diligence in this context would be if a certifying
authority (like a
law society or professional association) did due diligence on a number
of SaaS providers based on a jurisdiction's rules or guidelines, and then certified that provider.
The Tribunal is entirely independent
of the
Law Society and the Solicitors Regulatory
Authority.
If the constitution
of a country collapses, or if its
authority is seriously challenged, ordinary
law loses its power to command and
society itself is propelled toward anarchy.
His application, submitted in French, adds that a federal
authority can not substitute or infringe upon the judicial
authority of provinces and
law societies.
The Solicitors Regulation
Authority is the independent regulatory arm
of the
Law Society and the Legal Ombudsman is the independent complaints handling body who will consider certain types
of complaints within specific timescales.
This applies to determining what constitutes a reasonable limit on a right...» with this in mind, do the
law societies have the
authority to deny accreditation in light
of the decision in Trinity Western University v. British Columbia College
of Teachers?
The leading
authority was Bolton v
Law Society [1994] 2 All ER 486, in which it was stated that it would require a very strong case to interfere with sentence in such a case because the disciplinary committee were the best possible people for weighing the seriousness
of the professional misconduct.
The compulsory levy to fund the
Law Society should be dropped, the Solicitors Regulation
Authority (SRA) has said in its response to a Ministry
of Justice (MoJ) review
of legal services regulation.
There shall be no interference by a public
authority with the exercise
of this right except such as is in accordance with the
law and is necessary in a democratic
society in the interests
of national security, public safety or the economic well - being
of the country, for the prevention
of disorder or crime, for the protection
of health or morals, or for the protection
of the rights and freedoms
of others.»
«Although trial judges have the responsibility and
authority to control courtroom proceedings, Mr. Groia is wrong to assign the exclusive responsibility for the conduct
of trial lawyers to them,» the
law society says in its factum at the Supreme Court.
If we discover that any information shared via Consensus has been passed on to any third party in an inappropriate way or without consent
of the disclosing party, we reserve the right to terminate the relevant users» registration with Consensus and refer any matters to New Zealand
authorities and the New Zealand
Law Society.
Rather confusingly, the
Law Society is both a corporate group (consisting
of The
Law Society, Solicitors» Regulation
Authority (SRA) and Legal Complaints Service (LCS)-RRB- and the professional body which forms part
of that group.
The NSPCC and the
Law Society say this means financial considerations could deter local
authorities from issuing care proceedings in favour
of lower - cost strategies where the child is not represented.
But given my own personal experience as someone who made a deliberate choice not to bring forward a complaint
of sexual harassment to the
law society, and who later wrote about that experience on SLAW knowing that quite a few members
of the Calgary bar would know exactly who I was talking about, I am also less inclined to presume that the person who doesn't go to the
authorities has no truthful story to tell.