Sentences with phrase «disproportionate penalties»

Still, there are instances in our state where there are widely disproportionate penalties placed on children.

• It has led to the imposition of disproportionate penalties on parties for breaches which have little effect on the course of the litigation.

It is overly prescriptive, overly broad and has penalties that, if applied as written, can lead to disproportionate penalties on companies who are trying to comply,» says Michael Fekete, partner at Osler Hoskin & Harcourt LLP.

It proves too much because the enormity and duration of the historical crimes to be redressed make it impossible to define a proportionate penalty, since they make it impossible to ascertain what a disproportionate penalty would be.

Overdraft fees are flat and fixed; debit card overdrafts bear the most disproportionate penalty.

Not exact matches

Westerners can denounce Muslim practices like the death penalty for apostasy (a very rare occurrence, by the way), but are we also willing to condemn violence perceived to be committed by «our» side — things like invasions, occupations and drone attacks that kill a disproportionate amount of civilians?

Inevitably, the death penalty has been imposed most frequently, on the poor, and in this country it has been imposed in disproportionate numbers on blacks.

The CIOT says there is a big risk that the GAAR penalties will be deemed incompatible with the European Convention on Human Rights if they are disproportionate or do not comply with the principles of legal certainty.

Aaron Swartz faced an imminent trial for having downloaded some four million articles from a not - for - profit scholarly archive, and a possible penalty of 35 years in prison and a $ 1 - million fine, which some call disproportionate to his actions

The case was settled through the charge of $ 7.5 million reimbursements and commitments from the two companies, this is to further eliminate disproportionate interest fees and penalties.

Criminal proceedings and associated penalties were disproportionate when applied to mass illegal downloading

The Court of Appeals ruled that the liquidated damages under the contract were so disproportionate to any actual damages that they were unenforceable penalty.

«While I consider a three year penalty to be excessive and disproportionate for Mr. Lewis, I am not prepared to find that it is so at a level that would be grossly disproportionate and / or would outrage standards of decency.

It is anticipated that these changes will urgently address the disproportionate impact that penalties for unauthorised driving and fine default licensing sanctions have on vulnerable sectors of the community.