Sentences with phrase «by ensuring fairness»

FCC should live up to its mandate by ensuring fairness, justice and equity in appointments and distribution of infrastructure across the country.»

Not exact matches

The process of granting loans to businesses is regulated by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to ensure fairness and guarantee nondiscrimination and disclosure of all aspects of the process.

In fairness, there's no doubt over Hazard's inclusion as he was crucial in Chelsea's win at Bournemouth, and he's joined by two teammates in defensive duo Antonio Rudiger and Cesar Azpilicueta who kept things tight at the back at the Vitality Stadium to ensure that the Blues left with all three points.

Similarly, in the emergency Budget we began the process of rebalancing the tax system to reward work and ensure fairness, by cutting income tax for the lowest - paid and increasing Capital Gains Tax.

• Income Tax Threshold: To protect low - income earners and ensure fairness in our income tax administration, government will review the current income tax thresholds by pegging the tax - free threshold to the current minimum wage.

Though speeches were generally brief — in part as a kindness to those who attended the outdoor ceremony on a bitterly cold day — each speaker managed to hit on that idea of fairness as the goal for the next four years, whether by creating and preserving affordable housing or ensuring that «equal pay for equal work» isn't merely a slogan.

«And fairness: making sure we are all in it together by ensuring those with the broadest shoulders bear the largest burden and making sure that the unfairness of the something for nothing culture in our welfare system is changed.»

Abdullahi added that the National Assembly acted in the national interest to ensure equity and fairness is achieved in the distribution of projects and to ensure that all sections of the country have representation in the national budget as guaranteed by the Nigerian constitution.

«This comprehensive package - the most progressive set of reforms in the nation — will guarantee fairness for the accused by reshaping New York's antiquated bail system, ensuring access to a speedy trial, improving the disclosure of evidence in the discovery process, transforming asset forfeiture procedures and implementing new initiatives to help individuals transition from incarceration to their communities.»

«He ensured that I was not cheated out by the exclusion of my name from the LLB class list at the Faculty of Law after my first university exams when I had qualified for placement on the programme by merit... His actions almost 43 years ago contributed in no small measure to my position, my passion for the defence of truth, fairness, integrity, transparency and merit in public life, and he must be publicly acknowledged for once.»

Thanks to Gov. Andrew Cuomo's intervention, the UFT on Feb. 16 reached a groundbreaking agreement in Albany on an appeals process for teacher ratings that includes the independent validation by a neutral third party that the union insisted upon to ensure fairness.

In a statement by the President's Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, Buhari said the government had not mistreated those standing corruption trials in any ways, adding that the administration would continue to ensure justice and fairness to all.

Regarding dispositions, NCATE expects institutions to ensure that candidates «demonstrate dispositions that value fairness and learning by all students.»

Adherents of the Fourteenth Amendment believe that the federal government has a duty to ensure fairness by directing funds to underresourced communities and holding states accountable for the performance of all students.

Require that public charter schools be free and open to all students just as traditional public schools are, and that students be selected by lottery to ensure fairness if more students apply than a school can accommodate;

These standards support academic rigor and ensure fairness by defining the expectations for success for all students.»

A statement on the Leeds City Council website by Councillor Judith Blake said: «We do not feel this basic principle of fairness has been adhered to in this case and will be looking with colleagues nationally at the possibility of raising a legal challenge to ensure Ofqual and the government put this right.»

The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) helps ensure the accuracy, fairness, and privacy of the information provided by consumer reporting agencies.

This means EuropeFX is required to operate by a set of strict guidelines to ensure transparency and fairness in its dealing with traders.

I threw in the lawyer as a means of setting the parties» expectations from the get go and a check to ensure the (relative) fairness of the results generated by the support and asset division program, but I suppose that reasonable people with a very «normal» relationship and separation could do it all on line.

[10] And, quite apart from avoiding the multiplicity of actions — the mischief sought to be avoided by s 8 of the Judicature Act and R 1.3 of the Alberta Rules of Court, a proposition for which there is also ample case authority — the chambers judge properly adhered to the urging of the Supreme Court of Canada in Hryniak v Mauldin, 2014 SCC 7 (CanLII), [2014] 1 SCR 87 to the effect that courts are obliged to resolve legal disputes in the most cost - effective and timely method available, provided the process selected ensures fairness between the parties.

Although limited to the statutory scheme found in Alberta, the Pridgen case stands for the proposition that university administrators should ensure that Baker procedural fairness is applied by providing full reasons to explain the rationale for decisions, especially where penal sanctions are invoked.

[14] The legislature's definition of «catastrophic impairment» is intended to foster fairness for victims of motor vehicle collisions by ensuring that accident victims with most health needs have access to expanded medical and rehabilitation benefits.

These implied legal rights have been created by the courts over time, to ensure a measure of fairness.

If the objective is «ensuring the appearance of fairness in the eyes of the public», there are a lot of better places to start than by keeping the best lawyers out of the courtroom.

Civil legal aid ensures fairness for all in the justice system regardless of how much money a person has by providing assistance in legal matters that have the potential to devastate lives.

One could fairly argue that a prospective application of the statute best achieves this goal — it reduces costs by lowering the PJI rate on new claims, while still «ensuring fairness» by maintaining the old rate on existing claims.

«The Citizens team has listened to the needs of their clients in the legal community and done a great job coming up with an innovative solution that helps law firms ensure the fairness of our legal system by contributing to civil legal aid for low - income and vulnerable Ohioans,» said Angela Lloyd, Executive Director of the Ohio Legal Assistance Foundation.»

... we are all of the view that, substantially for the reasons given by the Judge, theBaker factors do not require the Council to give Mr. Black an oral hearing in order to ensure that he is afforded procedural fairness in all the circumstances of the case.

Ensuring that the rules of procedural fairness are adhered to by administrative bodies may present new challenges to the business lawyer, as the courts increasingly draw on administrative law principles to protect the interests of First Nations communities.

It also found the court failed to play its proper gatekeeper role by not excluding this testimony so as to ensure the integrity and fairness of the proceedings.

As the state's oldest and largest non-profit, public interest law firm with offices statewide; Legal Aid helps ensure justice and fairness for all by providing civil legal aid to the most vulnerable in our society.

However, with «openness» and «transparency» being the watchwords of our times, there appears to be an increasing expectation that sufficient reasons will be given to ensure fairness to those affected by such decisions.

Be administered by an arm's length entity with a strong governance structure and investment strategy to ensure efficient management, accountability, transparency and fairness

Conventional fair use may require only a single test to determine fairness, but the Canadian fair dealing / fair use hybrid comes close by ensuring that virtually all uses will meet the purposes standard and proceed to the second - stage, six - factor analysis described above.

By confirming a low threshold for the first - stage purposes test, the Court has ensured that virtually all purposes will pass the first stage and be considered on the basis of the fairness of the use, not the intended purpose (which is itself only one of the six factors in the second - stage test).

Deposits provided by the two participating parties are used to ensure fairness and incentivise them to complete the transaction.

Perhaps the most important thing any mediating party can do to ensure a satisfying and successful mediation experience is to prepare for the mediation discussions by seeking clarity as to individual desired outcomes and perceived standards of fairness.

Adhering to basic concepts of procedural fairness during divorce, child custody proceedings and other family law matters, helps to ensure that those entering the courtroom come away from the process feeling they were treated fairly by the judicial system.

The intention of the Code of Ethics, which is reproduced with minor changes in terminology by every real estate board and association in North America, is intended to ensure that Realtors are treating their clients and their colleagues with respect, fairness and honesty.

The NATIONAL ASSOCITION of REALTORS ® ensures fairness and sound real estate practices, by maintaining expertise and professionalism in each of its REALTOR ® members.

The court also noted that by removing the original sanction and giving her a new hearing, the association had taken added steps to ensure fairness.