Sentences with phrase «court over reforms»

Miliband urged other party leaders to «respond to this call for changing the system», in a move which puts the ball firmly on their side of the court over reforms of MPs» earnings.

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Poland's Western allies have expressed concerns over government plans to reform the constitutional court, saying it contravened democratic standards.

Last April, facing a Federal Court lawsuit launched by unions over the HD Mining workers, the federal government introduced reforms to the program, including removing a provision that allowed employers to pay temporary foreign workers up to 15 per cent less than the prevailing Canadian wage.

A giant wrecking ball still hangs over this construction site, however: the Supreme Court decision on a 26 - state constitutional challenge to the health reform.

While my efforts to persuade the Board of Selectmen, the town manager, and the Rec Department director to allocate permits in a more equitable fashion, and to use their power to make sure that the programs using town - owned facilities met minimum standards for inclusiveness and safety, fell on deaf ears (we ended up being forced to use for our home games a dusty field the high school had essentially abandoned), I returned to a discussion of the «power of the venue permit» 10 years later in my 2006 book, Home Team Advantage: The Critical Role of Mothers in Youth Sports, where I suggested that one of the best ways for youth sports parents to improve the safety of privately - run sports programs in their communities was to lobby their elected officials to utilize that power to «reform youth sports by exercising public oversight over the use of taxpayer - funded fields, diamonds, tracks, pools, and courts, [and] deny permits to programs that fail to abide by a [youth sports] charter» covering such topics as background checks, and codes of conduct for coaches, players, and parents.

Since he took over as Justice Secretary, Chris Grayling has been pushing ahead more productively with cuts to legal aid, reform of the courts system and a new, more accountable prison regime.

In January 2012, in a speech in Strasburg, Prime Minister David Cameron set out an agenda for reforming the ECtHR which would reduce the number of admissible cases, and thus the backlog, by ensuring that the Court did not act as a small claims court or Court of Fourth Instance and did not go over national decisions where it did not neeCourt did not act as a small claims court or Court of Fourth Instance and did not go over national decisions where it did not neecourt or Court of Fourth Instance and did not go over national decisions where it did not neeCourt of Fourth Instance and did not go over national decisions where it did not need to.

Mr. Seabrook, the union leader who has been a proud obstacle to plenty of the reform efforts aimed at Rikers Island by Mr. de Blasio over the last several years — he filed court documents to try to stop a new use of force policy and has held City Hall press conferences decrying the mayor's policies and telling him to «shape up or ship out» — pointed to something that would probably be an even larger obstacle to closing down the city's controversial jail complex: resistance from residential neighborhoods who don't want inmates nearby.

Reform Party Presidential Candidate Roque De Le Fuente has joined with Green Party nominee Jill Stein to file a lawsuit over Oklahoma ballot access laws in federal court.

Over 100 immigration reform advocates, many from uptown communities, gathered outside a Lower Manhattan court building this past Fri., Oct. 25th, for a candlelight vigil commemorating families affected by deportations.

Cuomo's proposal, which he said was designed to mitigate the impacts of the U.S. Supreme Court's 2010 Citizen United decision, comes as talks over ethics reform have stalled at the state Capitol.

Justice and The Howard League for Penal Reform join over 35 other charities and NGOs to urge MPs to support the Lords amendments to the criminal justice and courts bill.

Strathclyde was appointed a companion of honour and praised by Cameron for his «assured handling» of Lords business, which included tricky manoeuvres over the now shelved reform of the House of Lords and rebellions among coalition peers on issues including secret courts and NHS reform.

The new coalition points to a number of potential changes to the constitution that they would like to see, including the creation of a public financing system for campaigns, election reforms like same - day registration, court reforms to make it easier to navigate the judicial system and the ability for local municipalities to exercise greater control over issues they traditionally need state authority to manage.

Under the government's plans for legal reform, the Dowlers would not have been able to go to court over phone hacking.

The education clauses of state constitutions have also provided the legal foundation for the wave of court - ordered school funding equalization reforms over the past three decades.

With Court Win, «Parent Trigger» School Reform Moves to Crucial Vote With a court ruling last week permitting the vote to go forward, parents who signed the petition last winter now have the chance to cast a ballot on the charter school operator they want to take over their neighborhood school next Court Win, «Parent Trigger» School Reform Moves to Crucial Vote With a court ruling last week permitting the vote to go forward, parents who signed the petition last winter now have the chance to cast a ballot on the charter school operator they want to take over their neighborhood school next court ruling last week permitting the vote to go forward, parents who signed the petition last winter now have the chance to cast a ballot on the charter school operator they want to take over their neighborhood school next fall.

A few examples of responsibilities include middle and high school reform, smaller learning communities, continuation high schools, court and community schools, independent study, Partnership Academies, Regional Occupational Centers and Programs, gender equity compliance, business and industry partnerships, and oversight of state and federal programs totaling over $ 1 billion in annual revenues.

The state promised the Supreme Court that they would implement ESHB 2261's reforms «over a ten - year period, beginning in 2009 and concluding in 2018,» which would «increase state funding of basic education by billions of dollars.»

That many in the school reform movement have either been reluctant or outright hostile about working with Black Lives Matter and criminal justice reform activists on addressing issues that are tied to schools (including overuse of harsh school discipline and the penchant of traditional districts to refer children to juvenile courts), has also made it easy for NEA and AFT to win over some activists.

Economic reform seems to be hitting a limit in Argentina, where the courts are forcing the government to cap natural gas rate increases at 400 % year over year for individuals.

We have assisted tens of thousands of British Columbians over the years through law reform, test case litigation, systemic advocacy, delivery of public legal education, summary advice, workshops and representation of clients before administrative tribunals and the courts.

In an unprecedented move that reflects a climate of judicial concern over the BC Justice Reform initiative, the three Chief Justices of BC's courts issued a five page statement on judicial independence today.

The lack of clarity here over the role of provincial consent has led Pal to concludes that its possible that only the general amending formula can be used for electoral reform, and the matter should be referred to the Court on this issue specifically.

With a headline reading «Justices reject tort reform provision,» the Houston Chronicle reported over the weekend that a small part of the brutal 2003 Texas «tort reform» law was struck down by the Texas Supreme Court because its retroactivity provision was «designed to protect one company from a lawsuit brought by a man dying of asbestos exposure,» specifically Crown Cork & Seal Inc. of Pennsylvania.

21.12 (1) A judge presiding over the Family Court shall be deemed to be a judge of the Ontario Court of Justice for the purpose of prosecutions under Part V (Child Protection) and Part VIII (Adoption and Adoption Licensing) of the Child, Youth and Family Services Act, 2017, the Children's Law Reform Act, the Family Law Act and the Family Responsibility and Support Arrears Enforcement Act, 1996.

The American Bar Association and its nearly 400,000 members — indeed, all practicing lawyers in the United States — are gratified that the House and Senate conferees on the financial markets reform legislation have recognized the importance of maintaining the historic role of state supreme courts» regulatory authority over the practice of law.

Pidgeon noted that Lemieux was doing a good job building a team to preside over implementing reforms to the Quebec Civil Code and was extremely concerned with the efficiency of the courts and judges.

By contrast the Lib Dems promised reviews of the civil legal aid scheme, the court fees hikes, the reforms of the defence market and many of the other «access to justice» policies that they signed up to as part of the Coalition over the previous five years.

But the real long term damage being done isn't in this or that decision over the right to strike, assisted suicide, national securities regulators, Senate reform or who is entitled to sit on the Court.

Reforms aimed at speeding up cases moving from enforcement to bankruptcy proceedings are showing some initial success, with the Guangdong courts handling over 43,000 in the second half of 2017, of which 10,000 were handled by the Shenzhen courts.

As this blog has mentioned previously, the judicial reforms for the most part have retained the pyramid structure of Chinese courts, where the court president, vice presidents, and division chiefs have administrative authority over judges.

Consider the various A2J, court reform, legal futures and other reports that have been issued over the years.

This includes over 25,000 decisions of International Courts and Tribunals, over 30,000 treaties and international agreements (including the League of Nations and UN Treaty Series), international law journals and law reform materials.

With Congress in gridlock over proposed patent reform legislation and four Justices concerned about the potential threat of both patent trolls and business methods to innovation, you can expect many more petitions to the Supreme Court to address these issues.

The adoration of rules was a pretext for yet another abasement to the National Rifle Association, which is suing the state in federal court over the modest gun reforms the Legislature passed in response to the Valentine's Day massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland.

Judicial Oversight Over the Interstate Placement of Foster Children: The Missing Element in Current Efforts to Reform the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (PDF - 301 KB) Sankaran (2009) Capital University Law Review, 38 Examines the role juvenile court judges play in making placement decisions for foster children, the need for judicial oversight in ICPC placements, and how to incorporate more oversight without interfering with the sovereignty of States.