Sentences with phrase «broadly drafted laws»
It argues that the rule of law is being undermined by broadly drafted laws that, in practice, allow the regulators or prosecuting authorities to decide what is illegal, eg s 75 of the Banking Act 2009 gives the Treasury the power to disapply or modify the effect of any law without Parliamentary approval, and the financial services industry as a whole increasingly relies on «principles - based regulation».
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«Another important aspect of the new laws is that employees in corporations of any size will not be able to bring an unfair dismissal claim if the employer can show that their employment was terminated because of what the Bill describes as «genuine operational reasons»» «The genuine operational reasons provision is very broadly drafted and includes economic, technological or structural reasons» said Mr Drake - Brockman «This would allow an employer to successfully counteract an unfair dismissal claim in nearly all situations which result in a genuine redundancy».
NELP is working with allies to ensure accountability by lead companies that structure their businesses without responsibility for their workers, by drafting legislation, enforcing broadly scoped labor and employment laws, and promoting employer best practices.
In a statement, Airbnb spokesman Nick Papas said the 2010 state law that makes it illegal for people to rent out their homes for less than 30 days if they are not living in the home was «drafted too broadly» and was intended to target illegal hotels.
To prevent those loopholes, Tubiolo — who consulted health professionals, researchers and law enforcement to help draft the bill — said lawmakers attempted to broadly define substances, casting the widest net possible.
The Arbitration Law is also expected to modernise the UAE's arbitration regime and bring it more in line with international best practice; currently, there are just 16 provisions governing arbitration in the UAE, set out in Articles 203 to 218 of the CPL.. These are broadly drafted and a key concern for arbitrating parties has been the wide scope for challenges permitted (or at least not expressly prohibited) under the CPL; it is not uncommon for parties to face several months (if not years) of litigation in order to enforce arbitral awards in the UAE.
The question triggered consideration of Rule 1.05 (b) of the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct which, like Rule 2.03 of the Alberta Code of Conduct, is broadly drafted: «A lawyer shall not knowingly: (1) reveal confidential information of a client or former client to: (i) a person that the client has instructed is not to receive the information; or (ii) anyone else, other than the client, the client's representatives, or the members, associates, or employees of the lawyer's law firm.»