Sentences with phrase «for form over substance»

Thus in the fall of 1979, [following the decision in Canadian Union of Public Employees, Local 963 v. New Brunswick Liquor Corporation (1979), 79 CLLC 26 14,029 (S.C.C.)-RSB- the Board could give ascendance to its objective of creating a better climate for labour relations problem solving at its hearing by discontinuing recording and avoiding the formality and regard for form over substance that accompanied recording.

Don't settle for form over substance.

Not exact matches

Ultimately, the inter-connectedness of reality and form takes primacy over the Cartesian preference for substance and quality in Whitehead's philosophy (PR xiii).

Left environmentalists lobbied and praised BP and Enron for putting form over substance.

-LSB-...] Bradley, CEO and founder of the Institute for Energy Research, said: «BP put form over substance and took their eye off the ball» and called «Beyond Petroleum» -LSB-...]

Preoccupation with form over substance combined with denial and avoidance behavior are the chief causal factors for human failure — from the individual and family right up to the national level.

If you are a regular follower, you have probably seen these before, but two of my recent essays have been published and are now available for free download and citation: The Unfortunate Triumph of Form over Substance in Canadian Administrative Law (2012) 50:2 Osgoode Hall Law Journal 317.

The first takeaway for employers with labour pains is that substance will prevail over form; notwithstanding calling some workers «independent contractors» they likely are «employees.»

The lower courts» decisions in this case always seemed to me to be too pure for real life, form over substance.

For the majority, the Appellant was really making a complaint of form over substance — that the Appellant was not in fact prejudiced by the Respondent's failure to file and serve a formal notice of application for the summary dismissal (although, at para. 17, the majority accepts that in some circumstances, prejudice may be caused to the opposite partFor the majority, the Appellant was really making a complaint of form over substance — that the Appellant was not in fact prejudiced by the Respondent's failure to file and serve a formal notice of application for the summary dismissal (although, at para. 17, the majority accepts that in some circumstances, prejudice may be caused to the opposite partfor the summary dismissal (although, at para. 17, the majority accepts that in some circumstances, prejudice may be caused to the opposite party).

We are unwilling to fortify the armory of those who attack the law as famous for its ability to elevate form over substance.

* While the procedural rules must of course be observed, the need to achieve the right result for that person requires an emphasis on substance over form.

Remember, you are looking for a job and with resumes it is always substance over form.