Sentences with phrase «favour of the party calling»

OPPOSING PARTY DISOBEYING SUMMONS (12) When an opposing party has been served with a summons under subrule (3), the court may make a final order in favour of the party calling the witness, adjourn the case or make any other appropriate order, including a contempt order, if the opposing party,

Not exact matches

The coalition's junior party is now calling for the media plurality rules laid down by the last government to be dropped in favour of stricter ones.

For instance, they struck a bargain with the Liberal Party (the so - called «Lib - Lab Pact») in a desperate bid to cling to power in 1977, by the terms of which Labour agreed to take on board certain policy proposals favoured by the Liberals, including electoral reform.

[60] In April 2012, in the midst of a debate about the nature of political party funding, Miliband called on David Cameron to institute a # 5,000 cap on donations from individuals and organisations to political parties, after it had been suggested that the government favoured a cap of # 50,000.

Everyone from the General Secretary, Johnson Nketia to the NDC's Chairman, Kofi Poturphy, must be kicked out at the party's next congress in favour of what Mr. Smith called new «die - hard selfless people.»

In a jibe at what critics see as Mr Brown's control freakery, Mr Milburn calls on him to change the culture of Labour Party politics and to follow Barack Obama's lead by adopting an open, engaging politics «that favours dialogue over monologue».

The government suffered an embarrassing defeat last night as 11 Conservatives defied their party whip to vote in favour of Grieve's amendment calling for MPs to be given a meaningful vote on the final Brexit deal.

Sources said the party's ruling body was ready to accept a compromise deal on the so - called McDonnell amendment, named after the shadow chancellor, who is in favour of reducing the number of MPs needed to nominate a leadership candidate.

Organising the meeting, the Campaign for Labour Party Democracy's George McManus reminded delegates that the Labour Party had rejected CLPD's calls to reject austerity in favour of an emergency budget at last year's National Policy Forum.

To act as a witness is to present yourself for series of questioning both by your lawyer (or the lawyer acting on behalf of the party in whose favour you were called to testify) and the lawyer at the opposing end.

We call that optimal relief, maximized in favour of the wronged party.

Long - time supporters of the New Democratic Party, Liberals, Conservatives, Bloc Québécois and the Green Party, from every region across the country, have been calling their elected representatives to stand up for the best interest of Canada's children in a divorce by voting in favour of Bill C - 560.