Sentences with phrase «claims of privilege in»

In addition to the rhetoric from the SFO, the decision to litigate a claim of privilege in the ENRC case and the challenge to Barclays» assertion of privilege shows that the SFO is willing to challenge privilege claims that it considers unfounded.

Not exact matches

Alsup said Uber includes lawyers in meetings to effectively render them as privileged communications — and that Uber uses it to its advantage under claims of privilege.

One is the world - wide revolutionary situation, in which subject peoples of Asia and Africa are rising to claim their independence and their right to a fair share in the opportunities of life, and in which nonwhite peoples are challenging the exclusive privilege and world dominance of the white man.

Conversely, Christians claiming similar persecution on the grounds of their faith in places like the United Kingdom, the Vatican or the United States of America might specify what they mean by privilege itself in the face of the consequences of their faith in the locales mentioned before.

That allowed the NCR's guns to be turned on to an even larger target: «The cover - up is the product of secrecy, privilege and a lack of accountability that are major elements of the clerical culture in which the sex abuse scandal flourished... It was made worse because officials either ignored or downplayed the claims of victims and went to great lengths in many cases to protect the abusers.»

Although the empowerment of its own members is an important goal for every marginalized social group, by claiming an authority based in epistemic privilege the group reinscribes the values and practices used to socially marginalize it by excluding its voice, silencing it and commanding its obedience to the voice of the dominant group.

Most Pulayas were agricultural labourers and were held in bondage (adirna) or in a client relationship with their high caste landlords Part of the «privilege» of being such a client relationship was a right to claim bare maintenance from the landlord, and to a small share in the produce of the land It was a highly exploitative and oppressive system

It is natural and appropriate to be scandalized that such claims should be made of just these all - too - well - known groups, faithless to their self - descriptions, thoroughly assimilated to the value system of the larger culture in which they live, complacent and at ease, often trivial and banal, subtly using the rhetoric of the faith to sanction their privileges and to obscure society's injustices.

Churches which are tempted to be clerical and male dominated are called to be living communities in which all members can exercise their gifts and share the responsibilities... Churches are tempted to be exclusionist and privileged but are called to be servants of a Lord who is the crucified Christ who claimed no privilege for himself but suffered for all.

Arthur Hertzberg is right when he claims that the privilege of nationalism is proper and necessary for Jews, but he errs egregiously when he substitutes the charge of anti-Semitism for an explanation of Israeli complicity in oppressive policies.

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The former chair of the parliamentary standards and privileges committee - which regulates Commons expenses - resigned his position when it emerged he had claimed nearly # 30,000 for a second home in which he rarely stayed.

Where the argument fails, however (and indeed is entirely backward) is in its claim of privilege for the church.

entitled to protection under either a claim of privilege or confidence, and in any event a system

«The further suggestions in Lord Carey's statement that recent court judgments which have not upheld claims of unlawful discrimination against Christians in the workplace are a threat to the social order and a step away from barring Christians from any employment is scaremongering, and a desperate cry from those unrepresentative few who are trying to retain the kind of privileges for religion that have no place in our society.»

«As opposed to advocating for a more level playing field for those off all religions and none by stating thatChristian Churches have a unique position in British society and a particularly strong claim to be heard, he is supporting the increasingly strident lobbying of a minority of Christians for more influence in our public life and greater privilege for those with Christian beliefs.

In the latest government filing, Eastern District prosecutors said they specifically want complete copies of documents that have been submitted to them only in redacted form because of a claim of attorney - client privilege by the Town of Oyster BaIn the latest government filing, Eastern District prosecutors said they specifically want complete copies of documents that have been submitted to them only in redacted form because of a claim of attorney - client privilege by the Town of Oyster Bain redacted form because of a claim of attorney - client privilege by the Town of Oyster Bay.

Humanists and other secularists — including religious people who believe in a secular state — have long campaigned for an end to «religious privilege» and «religious discrimination»; at the same time, many Muslims have claimed that there is a prevalent «Islamophobia» in society; recently, representatives of some Christian churches are claiming that Christians are being «marginalised» as a consequence of «aggressive secularism» excluding them from public life.

The heated debate over a non-binding budget resolution in the Senate that morphed into claims of «white privilege» is, naturally, be interpreted different ways by the leadership of the Independent Democratic Conference and the mainline Democrats.

At the time, the Dudley was the second library in the city and a direct result of a petition circulated by citizens in South Buffalo who claimed that they wanted library privileges even though they were far removed from the main library in downtown Buffalo.

But he ended up shutting down his own highly touted investigative body, the Moreland Commission, when its members began to hone in on the root of all problems in Albany: outside money earned by lawmakers, and specifically lawyers who have long claimed they couldn't disclose details of their work — including their clients — because that would be a breach of lawyer - client privilege.

The panel, appointed in early July by Gov. Andrew Cuomo in response to this year's torrent of public corruption scandals, last month sent letters to both chambers requesting that members deriving more than $ 20,000 in outside income disclose their sources, and that lawmakers who are attorneys disclose their civil or criminal clients — an element of transparency that the Legislature has resisted for years, claiming it violates attorney - client privilege.

The prime minister, defensive about his background and claims that he is out of touch with ordinary folk, had insisted he was not in politics «to defend privilege, I'm here to spread it».

And, not to be forgotten, there's the actual reason for the by - election in the first place: the resignation of Denis MacShane, in disgrace, after the Commons» standards and privileges committee pilloried him over his expense claims.

And yet, it's hard for me to buy into the claim laid out in the «Collaborators» videos that this album will change the course of electronic and popular music, for the greatest successes of the record seem to result from the extraordinary material privilege — in terms of the high level of musicianship and impressive quality of analog production technology — that Daft Punk clearly enjoyed while crafting the album.

Their schools, meanwhile, can in one breath claim the privileges of being public, but in the next enjoy the freedom of the private sector.

A low deductible plan will not require you to fork over as much in the event of a claim, but you will pay higher monthly premiums for that privilege.

From there, it expanded into a three - year project, which investigated the privileges inherent in an image and how an individual can claim an identity when rendered in the sameness of a group.

In making work in his «own image,» he exposes the prejudices, privileges and presumptions inhabiting Frank Stella's famous dictum, «What you see is what you see,» and Andy Warhol's claim, «Just look at the surface of my paintings, and there I am.&raquIn making work in his «own image,» he exposes the prejudices, privileges and presumptions inhabiting Frank Stella's famous dictum, «What you see is what you see,» and Andy Warhol's claim, «Just look at the surface of my paintings, and there I am.&raquin his «own image,» he exposes the prejudices, privileges and presumptions inhabiting Frank Stella's famous dictum, «What you see is what you see,» and Andy Warhol's claim, «Just look at the surface of my paintings, and there I am.»

Of all the lame arguments used to sell Americans on the proposition that wind power, an industry propped up by Soviet - style production quota in 29 states and numerous other policy privileges, deserves another renewal of the 20 - year - old production tax credit (PTC), the lamest is the claim that the PTC helps protect us from extreme weatheOf all the lame arguments used to sell Americans on the proposition that wind power, an industry propped up by Soviet - style production quota in 29 states and numerous other policy privileges, deserves another renewal of the 20 - year - old production tax credit (PTC), the lamest is the claim that the PTC helps protect us from extreme weatheof the 20 - year - old production tax credit (PTC), the lamest is the claim that the PTC helps protect us from extreme weather.

He added: «These companies call in outside lawyers, who make a lot of money by doing an investigation and are the first to interview key witnesses at the coal face, then claim privilege — it is absolutely ludicrous.»

Where a workplace accident has occurred, and the employer has statutory duties under sections 18 and 19 of the OHSA and simultaneously undertakes an internal investigation, claiming legal privilege over all materials derived as part of that investigation, an inquiry is properly directed to a referee under Rule 6.45 to determine the dominant purpose for the creation of each document or bundle of like documents in order to assess the claims of legal privilege.

Atlas argued that the document should only be produced for inspection by the court if necessary, and that it was not necessary to do so in order for the court to uphold its claim of privilege.

RBS claimed legal advice privilege in «transcripts, notes or other records» of interviews conducted by or on behalf of the bank with its employees and ex-employees as part of internal investigations after the rights issue, but before litigation was contemplated.

In the recent case of DA v. LA disclosure documents produced by Vancouver collaborative high net worth divorce lawyers were ordered to be poroduced by the collaborative lawyers despite claims of privilege.

To illustrate, this means statements made in court, including court documents like the Statement of Claim by which a sexual abuse plaintiff starts a lawsuit, are protected by absolute privilege.

In practice, investigatory authorities often accept claims of privilege and do not insist on the disclosure of privileged documents.

This is because the relevant authorities will apply those rules, and not the rules of the country where the document was created or the communication was made, in assessing any claim to privilege.

Nothing in that description would «enable other parties to assess the validity of the claim of privilege» (Rule 26 (2.1)-RRB-, or to anticipate that anything like a pain journal existed among the «notes and documents», even in the most general terms.

In saying that, I recognize the concern of the plaintiff that to isolate the information the defence does seek, its expert may well have consequent access to irrelevant information or that over which other family members may claim privilege.

Rule 26 deals with disclosure obligations in most BC Supreme Court lawsuits and subrule 26 (2.1) requires that «the nature of any document for which privilege from production is claimed must be described in a manner that, without revealing information that is privileged, will enable parties to assess the validity of the claim of privilge `.

The description in the plaintiff's affidavit of documents failed to provide any information that would have made the defendants aware of a document in the «category of subject» of the pain journal or enabled them to assess the validity of the claim of privilege.

Would the public interest and the proper administration of justice outweigh in importance any public interest that may be protected by upholding the claim for privilege?

[10] In order that proper assessment may be made as to the propriety of a claim of litigation or dominant purpose privilege it is necessary that sufficient particulars of the documents be given.

Green rattled through a lengthy catalogue of the SFO's recent achievements: two additional deferred prosecution agreements; a conviction rate by defendant of 89.5 % in the 2016 to 2017 financial year; 14 new investigations; 43 individual and corporate defendants charged and awaiting trials; and a successful challenge to claims of legal professional privilege made by ENRC.

The attempt to disclose privileged material to the government in the context of an investigation, while still claiming privilege and confidentiality over that same material as to other third parties, is called «selective waiver».

Yes, in the case of Allen v. Allen, Record No: 0562-16-4 (Feb. 2017), where the Virginia Court of Appeals ruled wife waived her privilege by claiming to be a good and faithful wife and husband's stock purchase was treated as a deferred compensation plan.

64 (1) If a trade union has obtained a certificate by fraud, the Board may at any time declare that the trade union no longer represents the employees in the bargaining unit and, upon the making of such a declaration, the trade union is not entitled to claim any rights or privileges flowing from certification and, if it has made a collective agreement binding upon the employees in the bargaining unit, the collective agreement is void.

Interestingly, the court stated that just because a claim for litigation privilege fails in a document production application the party is free to raise the claim again at trial and the trial judge will need to consider whether the documents can stay out of evidence for grounds privilege.

it is only common sense that where a claim of privilege is contested, a court would normally require something more than counsel's opinion offered in the course of argument.