In recent times, legal aid has
funded key cases that have created new law, be it Colin Ross's successful fight against his local health trust to get life - saving cancer drugs, the Gurkhas» settlement rights claim, or Debbie Purdy's successful bid to clarify the law on assisted suicide.
Not exact matches
«It really comes down to this combination of
funding and mentoring — the two
key areas high - growth startups need,» says Michael Goldberg, visiting assistant professor of design and innovation at
Case Western Reserve University's Weatherhead School of Management where he created an online course that uses Cleveland as a model for other communities.
Brent Sonnek - Schmelz, formerly a principal at a private equity
fund and currently CFO and GC of Soccer Post, (the largest chain of soccer specialty stores in the country) added: «The
key is demonstrating a good market opportunity and explaining a path to growth and profitability that makes sense; and you can have an upside
case, if everything goes perfectly, but be realistic an assume there will be some bumps.»
«Universities Superannuation Scheme, the largest private pension
fund in the United Kingdom, diligently prosecuted this
case as lead plaintiff to assist in securing a fantastic recovery for defrauded investors as well as achieving some
key legal rulings along the way.
They'll share details of their successful approach: how they made the
case for CEP with the
key stakeholders in their communities, found alternate data to support educational
funding requirements, navigated state regulations and are benefiting from increased participation.
A Columbia University oncologist considered one of the
key witnesses in the
case against former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver testified that there «was a pattern» in which the lawmaker would ask the doctor for patient referrals whenever the physician requested help with
funding for his research.
It has smashed the
case for extra direct state
funding of political parties, a
key Cameron policy.
As the work matures, you find that your project is missing deadlines, lacking resources, wasting time, and, in the worst
cases, that
key players — such as
funding agencies — are losing interest.
Each work group was then tasked with designing a research program for a specific
case study using a genomic solution to address a
key environmental challenge, culminating with a presentation of their work to a panel representing potential
funding sources (industry, government, and philanthropy).
Honan, who served as a
case teacher at GFE's conference in San Francisco this fall, summarizes a few
key considerations that are influencing the
funding practices of today's leading educational philanthropies:
•
case studies for inspiration • one - to - one guidance • guides and checklists •
funding advice • links to
key partners • action plans — with recommendations
In 2007 they approved
funding for the first public Waldorf methods high school, in the Sacramento Unified School District; and (3) Three
key findings on urban public schools with Waldorf methods: (a) In their final year, the students in the study's four California
case study public Waldorf - methods elementary schools match the top ten of peer sites on the 2006 California test scores and well outperform the average of their peers statewide; (b) According to teacher, administrator and mentor reports, they achieve these high test scores by focusing on those new three R's — rather than on rote learning and test prep — in a distinct fashion laid out by the Waldorf model and (c) A
key focus is on artistic learning, not just for students but, more importantly perhaps, for the adults.
However, in an article in November, The
Key stated an academy would be expected to write a business
case explaining why it wanted to leave the trust, to be sent to the academy's regional Education and Skills
Funding Agency caseworker.
Gov. Jerry Brown won't have
key education groups helping him make the
case to voters for a bigger and more restrictive state rainy day
fund.
In some
cases, your mortgage will
fund the same day, meaning you could leave your closing meeting with
keys in hand.
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The
key thing is that the more Ecosystem Marketplace raises, the stronger our
case for
funding for news and features.
Peer review tends to be by a small group of friends and close associates, and attempts by third parties to replicate their work are impossible, since climate scientists seldom release their
key data to outsiders, even when, which is often the
case, their work is publicly
funded.
This online hub provides a one - stop resource for all the latest developments shaping the litigation and dispute resolution market, covering
key trends, major
cases, what you need to know about litigation
funding and the cost and billing pressures that lawyers face.
This online hub, in association with Vannin Capital, will provide a one - stop resource for all the latest developments shaping the litigation and dispute resolution market, covering
key trends, major
cases, what you need to know about litigation
funding and the cost and billing pressures that lawyers face.
Does your team need training on DBA insurance and other market developments or a refresher on
key issues and recent
case law relating to litigation
funding?
The
key difference between pure
funders and third party
funders is that the latter invest in a
case in order to make a profit out of it.
Alison Wilson Qualified: 2005 Made partner: 2014
Key cases: Advising a major bank on an FCA investigation into its handling of PPI complaints; advising Standard Chartered Bank in its successful claim against the Ceylon Petroleum Company in connection with oil derivatives; advising a major bank on a multijurisdictional fraud perpetrated against it by a hedge
fund manager, including civil claims and associated criminal investigations.
«The
keys to successfully litigating these issues for policyholder counsel are: (i) focus on the policy language; (ii) think about what happens if the policyholder wins the liability
case; (iii) considering the overwhelmingly common practice of carriers»
funding the defense, argue that the burden of dispelling the expectation of coverage is on the carrier to negate defense coverage; and (iv) recognize that while the incurrence of defense costs can be a catastrophic exposure to the policyholder it can also be so for the carrier, meaning that the policyholder must sensitively respond to the equitable force of the insurer's arguments and not simply rely on «punish the drafter» arguments or what the Nabisco court characterized as» «mom and pop» grocery store argument [s]» (unless one has to).
Melissa Thompson Qualified: 2003 Made partner: 2015
Key cases: Dealing with the management of large - scale protests on sites across the UK; acting for universities targeted following student
funding cuts on three
cases; providing crisis management advice and acted for landowners in connection with protests over controversial shale gas developments in the north of England.
Hans Allnutt Qualified: 2004 Made partner: 2014
Key cases: Advising three separate US companies that suffered cyber attacks, on their European data protection obligations; advising on the recovery of
funds stolen from a professional firm as a result of a phishing attack; advising the MD of a finance broking house following a cyber extortion demand and data breach.
Matt Waudby Qualified: 2003 Made partner: 2014
Key cases: Representing Citigroup in defending a $ 55m Commercial Court claim asserted by Millennium (a
fund in liquidation), in respect of Citigroup's valuation of a portfolio of emerging market derivative transactions; acting for ExxonMobil on a cross-border Commercial Court claim made by the administrators of Lehman Brothers International in relation to the valuation of a portfolio repurchase transaction around the time of Lehman Brothers» insolvency in September 2008.
The sentence stating the
case's holding did boldface and italicize the
key word «not»: «Under this decision, an inherited IRA is not exempt from the claims of creditors in bankruptcy under the Bankruptcy Code exclusion for «retirement
funds.»
Helen Simpson Qualified: 2004 Made partner: 2013
Key cases: Successfully defending an African hedge
fund against an $ 8.7 m claim.
Mark Stefanini Qualified: 2006 Made partner: 2015
Key cases: Advised a Spanish real estate investment
fund in relation to litigation concerning breaches of loan documentation, material adverse change and issues of delay and failure to provide information in relation to the construction of a London hotel.
Tom White Qualified: 2005 Made partner: 2015
Key cases: Advising on a # 250m + negligence claim against a firm of surveyors in relation to the valuation of a large portfolio of commercial properties spread across the country; acting for the Pension Protection
Fund on the first two
cases to reach the court in relation to challenges to the PPF levy.
From the perspective of big corporates, we are tending to see that while they are able to meet the costs of disputes in many
cases, the
key reasons they turn to third party
funding is the risk sharing with the
funder and accounting benefits, such as not having to lock working capital into a lengthy litigation.»
International dispute resolution
funder Vannin Capital, has this week published the second report in its
Funding in Focus series focused on providing insights, case studies and independent opinions on the high growth area of third party litigation funding («TPLF») in key global markets and s
Funding in Focus series focused on providing insights,
case studies and independent opinions on the high growth area of third party litigation
funding («TPLF») in key global markets and s
funding («TPLF») in
key global markets and sectors.
In this post, Simon Burnett, Partner at Balance Legal Capital, gives a brief overview of five
key features that Balance looks for when considering a
case for
funding.
The letter made two
key points: first, that a public
funding certificate provided a measure of protection against adverse costs and second, that once the
case had been allocated to the fast track, the claimant should seek public
funding.
In fact, one of the country's largest lenders to small businesses, the SBA, requires
key man insurance, and, in most
cases, prior to
funding any small business loan.
For small businesses with one or two
key employees or owners, the article says
key person or life insurance coverage may be a smart move to ensure
funds are available to keep the enterprise up and running in the
case of an unforeseen accident.
The advantage here is that you can use even compromised phone or computer in order to make bitcoin payments, while confirmation is still going through device, hence hackers won't be able to retrieve access to your
funds in
case they install malicious program /
key - logger on your computer.
This centralization of several components is a
key problem as it provides hackers with an opportunity to break into the exchanges system and steal sensitive user financial information, user data and in the worst
case scenario transfer
funds from the accounts of users.
Hurting Tether's
case further:
Key figures in the company were named in the Paradise Papers, the company refuses to name which bank (s) its
funds are stored in after Wells Fargo severed ties to it, and almost nothing is known about its CEO.
Clearly this can be dangerous in
case of someone knowledgeable breaking in and finding your two wallets; all they will need to do to gain access to your
funds is to force you at gun - point to surrender the phone
key.
98 % of customers» cryptocurrency
funds are stored in secure offline cold storage, and the private
keys used for authorization of cold storage transactions are held in fragments between offline hard drives and paper, in different locations with backups in
case of losing any pieces.
The recovery private
key ensures that you never lose your
funds in the
case you not able to access your wallet, you can easily recover your coins if you have your wallet private
keys.
This multi-signature wallet, multi-factor wallet uses
keys that are all stored in separate locations, and
Case servers only have access to one of them (which means they don't have access to your
funds).