Sentences with phrase «for legal complaints»

The others relate to complaints handling: of these the first is the efficiency of the process centred on the proposed Office for Legal Complaints (OLC), and the second is its overall cost.

England and Wales About Blog The Legal Ombudsman for England and Wales was set up by the Office for Legal Complaints (our Board) under the Legal Services Act 2007.

The Office for Legal Complaints is the board of the Legal Ombudsman.

From there, we can complete paperwork for any legal complaints, claims or counterclaims, and motions you wish to make.

[23] Nicholas Peacock, «The Office for Legal Complaints,» in Guide to the Legal Services Act 2007, ed.

Chair of the Office for Legal Complaints Wanda Goldwag (left) commented: «I am thrilled to have someone with Rebecca's expertise in complaint - handling and ombudsman services on board at the Legal Ombudsman.»

It is not the mere servant of government or the newly created Office for Legal Complaints.

LeO is overseen by the Office for Legal Complaints.

They have sat on bodies such as the Council of the Inns of Court, and have acted in the high - profile recent judicial review challenges relating to the Bar Standards Board, QASA, and the Legal Ombudsman (Office for Legal Complaints).

Not exact matches

CVS, for example, began limiting prescriptions to seven days and prioritizing lower - dose drugs, and a number of legal complaints have been leveled against opioid manufacturers, who have been accused of using misleading marketing tactics that may have caused more patients to get hooked on potentially addicting painkillers.

The reforms, in essence, would create an independent panel composed mostly of laypersons to oversee the profession, and an independent office for the investigation of complaints against lawyers (a real life, «highly successful» example is the Office of the Legal Services Commissioner in New South Wales, Australia).

Apple has taken its legal attack on Qualcomm's patent licensing business global, filing two complaints in Chinese courts challenging the way Qualcomm gets paid for its cellular intellectual property.

Wagner: While the Intel case is an offshoot of the excess fee and stock drop cases and utilizes many of the same legal theories, I doubt the new complaint will open up new opportunities for the plaintiffs» bar, since its underlying facts are fairly unique, specifically that an individual account plan offered alternative investments.

The company provides a Compliance and Ethics Hotline for reporting legal or ethical violations and complaints regarding accounting, internal accounting controls or auditing matters.

While the USPTO does not investigate complaints or participate in any legal proceedings against invention promoters / promotion firms, under the American Inventors Protection Act of 1999, the USPTO will provide a public forum for the publication of complaints concerning invention promoters / promotion firms.

At the first complaint, Tyee swiftly publishes a correction and apology, but Canwest pursues suit for nearly a year before settling out of court for legal costs.

The complaint points out in paragraph 31 that Cohen had a legal responsibility under New York Rules of Professional Conduct for attorneys to communicate to Donald Trump all material information regarding the Stormy hush money agreement.

According to the New York Times, «Known as the Freelance Isn't Free Act, the measure requires anyone hiring a freelance worker to agree in writing to a timetable and procedure for payment, and increases the potential awards to freelancers bringing legal complaints against those who have failed to pay them promptly.»

The FHTM legal team is so bent on blaming Mr. Isaacs for every negative comment or complaint made against them anywhere that they are blinded by the fact that others despise them as well of not more than he ever did.

He agreed to pay a $ 300,000 fine for misleading the committee during the investigation, and in the process dodged conviction on the actual charges through a combination of finessing some legal definitions, sheer self - confidence and raw political power (as Speaker of the House at the time of the complaints, he appointed the ethics committee.

Forty - five leading pro-life advocates, including Gary Bauer of the Family Research Council, James Dobson of Focus on the Family, Clarke Forsythe of Americans United for Life, Wanda Franz of the National Right to Life Committee, and Ralph Reed of the Christian Coalition, signed a much heralded joint «Statement of Pro-Life Principle and Concern» published in First Things in 1996 in which the primary legal complaint was made that Roe «wounded American democracy» by removing the issue of abortion from «democratic concern.»

The extradition was welcomed by lawyers for a legal advocacy organisation, The Guernica Group, and the Spanish Association for Human Rights, who in 2008 filed a criminal complaint before the National Court on behalf of the victims.

«The promptness of the German authorities» intervention following our complaint - points out the President of the Consortium, Nicola Bertinelli - is related to the fact that, after years of legal action, we obtained European Union legislation that leaves no room for doubt regarding protection, and which also includes the obligation of «ex officio» PDO protection in all EU member states, which have direct responsibility in terms of vigilance.»

• Effective and accessible dispute resolution arrangements to allow industry participants to address complaints or disputes without the need for intervention by a regulator or formal legal recourse.

It was hard to get the legal victory, and once that was secured, it's been difficult to get the consent decree enforced to the point of Carlson filing her recent complaint with the Office for Civil Rights.

Now, though, the newly elected top prosecutor in the county has dropped the charges, saying there was no legal basis for the criminal complaints against Mark Haller and Katherine Keylor, who oversaw the state's school lunch program.

A special feature in this movie is that the filmmaker anticipates possible legal complaints lodged by Nestlé: It shows again and again discussions with a lawyer about deficiencies in evidence for the allegations by the Whistleblower.

Despite these clear legal obligations, Palmer said, «Our organizations have received many complaints and questions from parenting employees and students who do not know their lactation rights, have faced difficulties when they need to pump milk on the job or during the school day, and do not know who to turn to within the school community for help.»

The group has also lodged complaints about the exclusion of asylum seekers from the scheme and the vague legal definition used for eligibility.

The Republican candidate for the vacant seat of the New York State Assembly's 145th District, Mickey Kearns, is facing a formal complaint that he violated state campaign laws by accepting individual and corporate contributions for the upcoming special election over the legal limit.

The pronouncement of Justice Baba Yusuf followed a complaint by Dasuki's lawyer Mr Adeola Adedipe that the legal team for Dasuki had not been allowed to have direct access to him in spite of a court order made on April 6.

He noted widespread concerns that the present system of legal remedies for complaints with the press are «slow and expensive» and concluded: «It is only sensible that better ways forward are considered.»

The complaint alleges Mr. Silver had no involvement in the firm's asbestos practice and had never performed «any legal work whatsoever» for either law firm's clients.

The complaint, brought by the office of U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, focuses on Silver's outside legal work, primarily for the law firm Weitz & Luxenberg, where Silver served as of counsel.

The complaint said Skelos, an attorney, has been paid over $ 2.6 million since 1994 by a law firm for which he did not appear to perform actual legal work, but instead was paid to refer clients and meet with them about legislative matters.

After years of legal complaints and evaluations that called for an upgrade of the sewer system, the county turned to green infrastructure — such as rain gardens and green roofs — that was implemented in 2008 with the help of Onondaga County Executive Joanie Mahoney, Speer said.

Prosecutors said Silver has pocketed $ 6 million in the past dozen years from two law firms — Weitz & Luxenberg and Goldberg & Iryami, which was not formally named in the complaint — in exchange for no discernible legal work.

On Wed., Jan. 20th, parents of 13 students, along with Public Advocate Letitia «Tish» James, City Council Education Committee Chairperson Daniel Dromm and five legal assistance nonprofits, filed a federal civil rights complaint against Success Academy for systemic practices that violate the rights of children with disabilities.

Savino and other Democrats pushed for legal protections for workers who filed complaints about shoddy pay practices.

According to court papers, the charges against Griffin were noncriminal complaints and included: failure to promptly disburse funds held in escrow; failure to cooperate with the grievance committee; failure to respond to communications from clients; neglected legal matters entrusted to him; failure to file a retainer and / or closing statement as required; and failure to account for funds received as fiduciary.

An interview with Maya Wiley, former legal counsel to Bill de Blasio, professor at New School, and chairwoman for the Civilian Complaint Review Board.

BOROUGH PRESIDENT DIAZ & CONGRESSMAN ESPAILLAT FILE DISCIPLINARY GRIEVANCE AGAINST NEW YORK ATTORNEY FOLLOWING OUTCRY FROM CONSTITUENTS Today, Congressman Adriano Espaillat (NY - 13) and Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr. sent a letter and filed a formal legal complaint to the Departmental Disciplinary Committee for the First -LSB-...]

Attorney Elizabeth Beacham White, legal counsel for the PAC, called the filing «a frivolous complaint filed by a liberal activist group that harasses conservative leaders.»

[19][34] Interviewed for The Guardian in October 2010, Rahman dismissed the complaint and insisted that, like the electoral campaign, he meets all his own expenses and legal costs.

And it may be why so many politicians from all parties in both houses of parliament ask for my advice about defamation, privacy and other legal matters, and why Lord McAlpine asked me to act for him in his libel complaints, one of which involved the wife of an MP.

At a time of national reckoning for women who were victims of sexual abuse, Ms. Killian's campaign has sought to show that Ms. Mayer dropped the ball in addressing sexual misconduct complaints when, before running for the Assembly, she served as legal counsel to the Senate Democrats.

New York City's Public Advocate Letitia James and City Councilman Daniel Dromm joined the complaint, along with the Legal Aid Society, MFY Legal Services, the Partnership for Children's Rights, and the New York Legal Assistance Group.

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The most common complaint about the 2013's The Purge — even among those (like me) who otherwise liked the film — is that it sort of wasted its very clever «all crime is legal for one night» premise by focusing on one fairly basic «home invasion» story.

Characterizing its practice as a «general practice for a specialized clientele,» the firm provides legal advice and expertise to handle any and all needs of a school district, including fair dismissal personnel issues, allegations of employment discrimination and EEOC complaints, other personnel disputes, student discipline issues, student tribunal hearings, civil rights claims, personal injury actions, federal and state constitutional claims and other litigation, special education and other legal issues involving disabled students, contracts, leases and other business needs, policy and rule development, construction disputes, bond and SPLOST issues and other financial matters.