Sentences with phrase «by the high court which»

The court of appeal backed a judgement by the high court which found the detained fast - track system was so unfair as to be unlawful.

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It is asking the Irish High Court to refer the case to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), which would then decide whether to ban the use of «model contracts» — common legal arrangements used by thousands of firms to transfer personal data outside the 28 - nation bloc.

The high court's action was a blow to Vivendi SA's Capitol Records (vivef) and units of Sony (sne), which warned of rampant online copyright abuse if a ruling by a lower court shielding Vimeo from liability remained in place.

But that kind of targeted tracking would not require broad access to records of people unconnected to terror suspects and their known associates, which is hinted at by both Sen. Udall's remarks and the high rate of modifications imposed on Section 215 orders by the FISA court.

In Brooke Group Ltd. v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp., 98 the Supreme Court formalized this premise into a doctrinal test.The case involved cigarette manufacturing, an industry dominated by six firms.99 Liggett, one of the six, introduced a line of generic cigarettes, which it sold for about 30 % less than the price of branded cigarettes.100 Liggett alleged that when it became clear that its generics were diverting business from branded cigarettes, Brown & Williamson, a competing manufacturer, began selling its own generics at a loss.101 Liggett sued, claiming that Brown & Williamson's tactic was designed to pressure Liggett to raise prices on its generics, thus enabling Brown & Williamson to maintain high profits on branded cigarettes.

Our selfish isolationism, our refusal to participate in the effort to build a world order of peace and justice through the League of Nations, our aloofness from the World court, our scuttling of the London Economic Conference, our interference with the free flow of goods by high tariffs, our Oriental Exclusion Act, our arming of Japan for her war upon China, are a few of the counts in the indictment which the God and Father of all mankind must bring against us.

During the High Court hearing, counsel Nick Armstrong told the judge it was the only occasion on which a teacher had been killed by a pupil in a British classroom and the family were anxious «that all the lessons that can be learned from this enormous tragedy are learned».

The High Court had granted the Commonwealth of Australia special leave to appeal the decision in Director, Fair Work Building Industry Inspectorate v Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union [2015] FCAFC 59 (1 May 2015), in which the Full Federal Court concluded that they should not have any regard to the figures agreed by the parties in relation to penalties.

As written by the Express, the west London side insist that Costa is still their player and must return to the English capital in order to full - fill his contractual obligations, which the player claims went out the window after boss Conte told him that he was not part of the Italians plans for this season, with the two's battle set to be continued in High Court if peace can not be agreed between the two.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has reacted to «a story entitled, CJN, Okonjo - Iweala, Fayemi, Fayose, Others Under Probe - EFCC, which appeared in The Punch Newspaper of today Wednesday September 6, 2017 regarding a list of high profile persons, including the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, former Finance Minister, Ngozi Okonjo - Iweala, Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Kayode Fayemi and Justice Abdu Kafarati of the Federal High Court, who are said to be currently under investigation by the Commisshigh profile persons, including the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, former Finance Minister, Ngozi Okonjo - Iweala, Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Kayode Fayemi and Justice Abdu Kafarati of the Federal High Court, who are said to be currently under investigation by the CommissHigh Court, who are said to be currently under investigation by the Commission.

Chief Akin Olujinmi, SAN; counsel to the Minister, in the letter said the decision of the panel to go ahead with the sitting and summoning Dr Fayemi to appear before it, in spite of the pendency of the suit no HAD / 57/2017 at the Ado - Ekiti High Court, amounted to contempt of court, which is redressible by an order of committal to prCourt, amounted to contempt of court, which is redressible by an order of committal to prcourt, which is redressible by an order of committal to prison.

«We also seize this opportunity to call on the government of President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately obey the judgment by Honourable Justice Mohammed Idris of the Federal High Court, Lagos which ordered publication of the spending of recovered stolen funds by the governments of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, former PresidentUmaru Musa Yar» Adua, and former President Goodluck Jonathan.»

The latest high court defeat for the hapless Grayling — his ninth in succession — came with the handing down of a judgment by Mr Justice Singh yesterday which could expose HM Prison Service to a whole world of trouble.

As an astute lawyer of your calibre and with your long association with the British legal system, I am very sure you know of the latter enactment, by declaring the court of High Commission, which James 11, had endeavoured to reestablish under the name of the commissioners for Ecclesiastical Caucus, to be illegal, put an end for ever to the attempts of the crown to set up courts where men might be tried in an uncertain and arbitrary manner, and which had proved such a fertile source of tyranny in the case of the then star chamber.

Mr Justice McCombe's ruling at the high court, which upheld a ruling originally made by a district judge at Salford magistrates court, is to be challenged at the supreme court.

An election petition to which section 229 (3) applies may be presented to the High Court by 1 or more of the following persons:

The Electoral Commission must remove the name of every person from the Corrupt Practices List at the expiration of 3 years from the date of the conviction or report in respect of which his or her name is entered on the list, or sooner if so ordered by the High Court.

Every election petition to which section 229 (3) applies shall be tried by the High Court, and the trial shall take place before 3 Judges of the court to be named by the Chief JusCourt, and the trial shall take place before 3 Judges of the court to be named by the Chief Juscourt to be named by the Chief Justice.

The Supreme Court had on Friday dismissed an appeal filed by the governor challenging the verdict of an Abuja Federal High Court which ruled in favour of Akeredolu's opponent in the primaries that produced, Mr. Segun Adams.

Gloria demanded 50 % of Nii Lamptey's estate and other properties which he hotly disputed by asking the High Court to allow the DNA results to be entered in evidence.

Akufo - Addo is credited with helping to preserve the peace of the country by the statesmanlike manner in which he accepted the adverse verdict of the Court, at a time of high tension in the country.

Despite his frail health, the Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olisa Metuh on Wednesday showed up at the Federal High Court, Abuja, for his trial which borders on a seven - count charge of criminal breach of trust and money laundering to the tune of N400m brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

The conviction was later overturned by the High Court, which found «there was no evidence to suggest that any of the followers of the appellant's «tweet» found it to be of a menacing character or, at a time when the threat of terrorism is real, even minimally alarming.»

In its ruling, the high court narrowed the definition of what constitutes an «official act» by a politician, making it more difficult for prosecutors to obtain convictions in cases in which it can not be made clear to jurors exactly what a politician did in return for money or services received from someone or an entity hoping to improperly influence government.

The ruling by the three - man panel at the High Court, which the Government is appealing, means Mrs May must seek parliamentary approval before formally starting the two - year countdown to Brexit.

Suspended First Vice Chairman of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Sammy Crabbe, has served notice he will appeal the dismissal of his suit by a High Court Judge in a case in which he prayed the court to nullify the suspension, which he insists was unconstitutiCourt Judge in a case in which he prayed the court to nullify the suspension, which he insists was unconstituticourt to nullify the suspension, which he insists was unconstitutional.

The statement read in part, «The commission, which preferred 24 charges against the ex-banker before Justice Babatunde Quadri of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, accused him of transferring N78, 521, 431.61 from the Federal Government Pension funds into private accounts held by nonpensioners in contravention of Section 15 (2)(b) of the Money Laundering Act 2011.

She had by then served the Lagos State Government for 38 years out of which 20 years were spent on the High Court Bench.

There are strong indications that the Supreme Court will today decide on the tenure of the five state governors which was elongated by a Federal High...

The disqualification was challenged by the PPP, which was given the opportunity by an Accra High Court to correct the errors but that decision was appealed by the EC at the Supreme Court.

A copy of the order has revealed that the fresh suit was filed by Saraki the same day a similar one which he filed before Justice Ibrahim Buba of the Lagos Division of the Federal High Court was struck out for lack of jurisdiction.

Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Debra James ruled that the Orthodox practice of Kaporos, during which chickens are slaughtered before the high holy day of Yom Kippur to atone for sins, can proceed, knocking down a challenge by a Brooklyn animal - rights group.

An Accra High Court dismissed an application filed by the disputed Parliamentary Candidate, Nii Noi Nortey, which sought to set aside a default judgment thereby setting the pace for the opposition.

Anin Yeboah JSC, a justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana has stated categorically that the instant application brought before the Supreme Court by Dr. Zanetor Rawlings to invoke the court's supervisory jurisdiction is frivolous and unmeritorious one which did not merit the intervention of the highest court of the Court of Ghana has stated categorically that the instant application brought before the Supreme Court by Dr. Zanetor Rawlings to invoke the court's supervisory jurisdiction is frivolous and unmeritorious one which did not merit the intervention of the highest court of the Court by Dr. Zanetor Rawlings to invoke the court's supervisory jurisdiction is frivolous and unmeritorious one which did not merit the intervention of the highest court of the court's supervisory jurisdiction is frivolous and unmeritorious one which did not merit the intervention of the highest court of the court of the land.

The Lagos Division of the Court of Appeal on Friday nullified a ruling by the Federal High Court (FHC) which prohibited the arrest of Buruji Kashamu by Nigerian law enforcement agencies.

The appeal court panel led by Yargata Nimpar overturned the ruling which was delivered by Okon Abang of the Federal High Court in court panel led by Yargata Nimpar overturned the ruling which was delivered by Okon Abang of the Federal High Court in Court in 2015.

The 4 - 1 majority ruling in favour of an application brought before the Supreme Court by lawyers for Dr. Zanetor Agyeman — Rawlings was given on Thursday May 19 2016 in which the panel led by Justice William Atuguba stayed proceedings in the high court case against the candidature of Dr. Zanetor Agyeman - Rawlings pending the interpretation of article 94 (1)(a) of the 1992 constitution on June 2 Court by lawyers for Dr. Zanetor Agyeman — Rawlings was given on Thursday May 19 2016 in which the panel led by Justice William Atuguba stayed proceedings in the high court case against the candidature of Dr. Zanetor Agyeman - Rawlings pending the interpretation of article 94 (1)(a) of the 1992 constitution on June 2 court case against the candidature of Dr. Zanetor Agyeman - Rawlings pending the interpretation of article 94 (1)(a) of the 1992 constitution on June 2 2016.

Meanwhile, Dr Nduom himself has welcomed the ruling by the Accra High Court which nullified his disqualification from the 2016 presidential race.

BY PAUL SCHINDLER Amidst the shocked reaction to the Supreme Court's Hobby Lobby ruling ---- which opens up the possibility of religious exemptions being used as corporate get - out - of - jail free cards regarding employee nondiscrimination protections ---- there was a less - noticed bit of good news on the last day of the high court's sesCourt's Hobby Lobby ruling ---- which opens up the possibility of religious exemptions being used as corporate get - out - of - jail free cards regarding employee nondiscrimination protections ---- there was a less - noticed bit of good news on the last day of the high court's sescourt's session.

The appeal is challenging the orders made by Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court in Abuja on June 29 and October 14, 2016, which the Independent National Electoral Commission acted on by dropping Jegede and replacing him with Ibrahim as the party's standard bearer in the forthcoming election in the state.

The convictions of the governor and his wife were overturned by the high court, which significantly narrowed the definition of official acts of misconduct.

An Accra High Court on Wednesday, struck out a case in which the PPP was protesting a GHc50, 000 and GHc10, 000, fixed by the Electoral Commission as filing fees for presidential and parliamentary candidates respectively, as part of the nomination process.

The Federal High Court sitting in Awka presided over by Justice Muhammed Salihu, Friday, set aside the interim order made on Monday last week, which directed...

Suswam, who is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission before Justice Ahmed Mohammed of the same Abuja Division of the Federal High Court, was absent from court on health grounds on Tuesday, which had been scheduled for the continuation of his tCourt, was absent from court on health grounds on Tuesday, which had been scheduled for the continuation of his tcourt on health grounds on Tuesday, which had been scheduled for the continuation of his trial.

The Supreme Court has abridged the date for the hearing of an application filed by Ghana's Electoral Commission (EC) challenging a high court decision which overturned its disqualification of flagbearer of the Progressive People's Party (PPP) Papa Kwesi Ndoum from the December 7 presidential Court has abridged the date for the hearing of an application filed by Ghana's Electoral Commission (EC) challenging a high court decision which overturned its disqualification of flagbearer of the Progressive People's Party (PPP) Papa Kwesi Ndoum from the December 7 presidential court decision which overturned its disqualification of flagbearer of the Progressive People's Party (PPP) Papa Kwesi Ndoum from the December 7 presidential race.

He had on October 6, 2015 attempted to commit suicide while his trial was going on, by jumping down from a window in the court room which is situated in the third floor of the high court complex.

Nnamdi Kanu was granted bail on a lesser charge but was rearrested on two occasions until the government filed higher charges relating to terrorism and treason and found courts which rightly on the basis of the more severe charges refused bail; Dasuki's case is more complicated - today there are valid orders of bail made by several courts in his favour, but he has consistently been re-arrested and a charge of leaving the army improperly over two decades ago is now being added to his alleged crimes -LRB-!)

The plaintiff noted that the Asset Management Company of Nigeria (AMCON) had taken over the airline on Feb. 8 which was challenged by its management via two suits already pending before the Federal High Court, Lagos.

Gulak, the ultimate poseur with an over-exaggerated sense of self, told journalists that a high court had thrown out an application by Uche Secondus, PDP's acting National Chairman, which sought to stop an earlier ruling that Secondus should vacate his position within 14 days.

The Lagos Division of the Court of Appeal on Friday nullified a ruling by the Federal High Court (FHC) which prohibited the arrest of Senator Buruji Kashamu by Nigerian law enforcement agencies.