Sentences with phrase «exemplary damages against»

However, if it is still thought to have a useful role to play in the context of police abuse of power, it is necessary for juries to be able to make an award of exemplary damages against the chief constable when a claim is made against him alone under s 88 of the Police Act 1996.»

The judgment included $ 250,000 in punitive and exemplary damages against Annie Lam and her store Lam Chan Kee, a business that operated at the Pacific Mall in Markham, Ont.

Not a lot of cash for Bell Canada, but exemplary damages against a big telco is not common at all.

Motion to be heard 12 (1) If a defendant against whom a proceeding is brought or maintained considers the whole of the proceeding or any claim within the proceeding has been brought in response to their expression or public participation, the defendant may, subject to subsection (2), bring an application for one or more of the following orders: a) To dismiss the proceeding or claim, as the case may be; b) For costs and expenses; c) For punitive or exemplary damages against the plaintiff.

Not exact matches

In no event shall the arbitrator be entitled to award either party exemplary, treble or any other form of punitive damages against the other, regardless of the claims raised.

Fourteen Conservative MPs voted against David Cameron's proposals on press regulation earlier this evening - or, rather, against the amendments to the Crime and Courts Bill which set out proposals for exemplary damages in relation to newspapers and websites that refuse to be regulated by the new regulator.

The Court, according to counsel to the plaintiff, Inibehe Effiong, a Lagos based human rights lawyer, was to established whether Luke and his security aides had fallen foul of the law, against his client and sought damages amounting to N100million as well as additional N400million as exemplary damages.

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Ball's countersuit against Mann seeks «exemplary and punitive damages»

While Oregon's judicial review ensures that punitive damages are not awarded against defendants entirely innocent of conduct warranting exemplary damages, Oregon, unlike the common law, provides no assurance that those whose conduct is sanctionable by punitive damages are not subjected to punitive damages of arbitrary amounts.

Ms Couch brought a claim in tort against the Department of Corrections in which she sought exemplary damages.

Obtained summary judgment on claims of unfair trade practices which would have given rise to exemplary damages in a lawsuit against an equine veterinarian.

Obtained a multi-million dollar jury verdict for actual and exemplary damages on behalf of a plaintiff manufacturing company against defendants that interfered with the company's proposed lending transactions.

Mr. Papp subsequently brought a claim against Stokes for wrongful dismissal, where he sought: (a) $ 65,000 in damages for wrongful dismissal; (b) $ 500,000 in damages for defamation; (c) $ 200,000 in punitive, exemplary and aggravated damages; and (d) $ 30,000 in damages for intentional infliction of mental suffering.

The RFP states that ICBC will require that lawyers retained to act as part of a legal team for ICBC decline to act against it in bringing actions which include allegations of bad faith or claims for punitive, aggravated or exemplary damages.

The contentious area of aggravated and exemplary damages as they relate to actions against the police have been clarified by the recent ruling by the Court of Appeal in Rowlands v Chief Constable of Merseyside Police [2006] EWCA Civ 1773, [2006] All ER (D) 298 (Dec).

``... by choosing one's defendant carefully — in this case by bringing an action against the chief constable alone — or if it were thought that the doctrine of exemplary damages had little or no part to play in this context.

The court considered submissions made on behalf of the defendant that it should now be recognised that it is wrong in law to award exemplary damages relying on the speech of Lord Scott in Kuddus v Chief Constable of Leicestershire Constabulary [2001] UKHL 29, [2001] All ER (D) 30 (Jun), and considered the arguments for and against the award of exemplary damages put out in some detail in the Law Commission's Report on Aggravated, Exemplary and Restitutionary Damages (1997)(Law Comexemplary damages relying on the speech of Lord Scott in Kuddus v Chief Constable of Leicestershire Constabulary [2001] UKHL 29, [2001] All ER (D) 30 (Jun), and considered the arguments for and against the award of exemplary damages put out in some detail in the Law Commission's Report on Aggravated, Exemplary and Restitutionary Damages (1997)(Law Com Ndamages relying on the speech of Lord Scott in Kuddus v Chief Constable of Leicestershire Constabulary [2001] UKHL 29, [2001] All ER (D) 30 (Jun), and considered the arguments for and against the award of exemplary damages put out in some detail in the Law Commission's Report on Aggravated, Exemplary and Restitutionary Damages (1997)(Law Comexemplary damages put out in some detail in the Law Commission's Report on Aggravated, Exemplary and Restitutionary Damages (1997)(Law Com Ndamages put out in some detail in the Law Commission's Report on Aggravated, Exemplary and Restitutionary Damages (1997)(Law ComExemplary and Restitutionary Damages (1997)(Law Com NDamages (1997)(Law Com No 247).

Chitrakar v. Bell TV Damages — Exemplary or punitive damages — Violation of privacy Chitrakar applied for relief against Bell TV under s. 14 (1) of the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA), because Bell TV ordered a credit report without his cDamages — Exemplary or punitive damages — Violation of privacy Chitrakar applied for relief against Bell TV under s. 14 (1) of the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA), because Bell TV ordered a credit report without his cdamages — Violation of privacy Chitrakar applied for relief against Bell TV under s. 14 (1) of the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA), because Bell TV ordered a credit report without his consent.