Sentences with phrase «given wide discretion»

But states have been given wide discretion as to the definition of «sufficient means».

While such cases are likely to raise human rights issues, and thus import into the judicial consideration questions of proportionality and a relatively intensive scrutiny of the decision, it remains the case that, given the wide discretion afforded to the minister under IA 2005 and the nature of the competing interests, the courts are likely to be wary to intervene other than in the clearest of breaches.

Juries are given wide discretion and latitude in determining the amount of damages it will award to the victim.

All this suggests that Bharara will continue to be given wide discretion in how he conducts his job.

FUSE's management agreements with public school systems gave it wide discretion over spending on salaries, rents, curriculum, equipment and other items.

Nonetheless the Court's view may have significant repercussions for third - country nationals, as it gives wide discretion to national courts to assess the facts of each case.

The practice direction gives a wide discretion and «appropriate revisions» might involve or lead to:

Not exact matches

Witnesses repeatedly criticized IFRS for stripping auditors of their ability to «exercise prudent judgment» — which is another way of saying it gives management wide discretion when reporting financials.

On August 17, 2017, the Department of Education announced its illegally gutting of the gainful employment regulation by allowing all failing programs to enroll students without warning them, allowing all programs to appeal ratings based on data that may significantly overstate the actual earnings of their graduates, and giving Secretary DeVos wide discretion to change a program's rating.

its illegally gutting of the gainful employment regulation by allowing all failing programs to enroll students without warning them, allowing all programs to appeal ratings based on data that may significantly overstate the actual earnings of their graduates, and giving Secretary DeVos wide discretion to change a program's rating.

But, as I also said, the court is given wide latitude in determining who it permits to intervene, and I'm not willing to guess how that discretion will be used here.

Given discretion is so wide it is no wonder that a City partner recently confided to me that he approached costs awards in arbitration with the same fear as a naturist being asked to operate a barbecue.

The first is the wide element of discretion accorded to divorce courts in England about the treatment of parties» assets, which makes it very difficult to predict the outcome in any given case.

The Family Law (Divorce) Act 1996 gives the Irish courts extremely wide discretion over the distribution of a divorcing couples assets.

According to this extensive story from the New York Times, «Where Faith Abides, Employees Have Few Rights» (Nicole Bengiveno, 10/9/06), courts have expanded the «ministerial exception» — which gives religious institutions wide discretion over employment - related decisions related to a «core expression of religious belief» — to apply in situations that do not, on their face, implicate religious issues.

The judge pointed out, however, that the court had a wider discretion under CPR Pt 32, which gave the court express powers to control the evidence it will receive.

The court has a wide discretion to make such order as it thinks fit for giving relief in respect of the matters complained of in an unfair prejudice petition.

The 1996 act gives arbitration tribunals a wide discretion to decide on matters, subject to the parties» right to agree on this.

[49] The Rule, as written, gives the registrar wide discretion in determining the appropriate tariff amount.

In other words, there was no agreement to build the house in a «rustic» manner; (2) however, because the contract gave the Respondent a «free - hand» in designing and building the Appellants» house, it was open to him to build the house in a rustic manner if he so wished; (3) notwithstanding any such wide discretion, «the argument in relation to rusticity can not be used to whitewash every flaw in the Respondent's work»; (4) the Appellants did not act unreasonably in not signing the Respondent's daughter's defects list; (5) some of the DJ's critical comments about the Appellants» conduct (including accusations that they were «squeezing» the Respondent for more) appeared to be «rather excessive and unnecessary», and were «best avoided».

In addition to concerns about the wide discretion that might be given to the judiciary to take what might be seen as «political» decisions, it is also far from clear that the provisions relating to the interpretation of retained EU law under Clause 6 of the Bill allow for a smooth transition.

Given the narrow ambit of the coroner's discretion as to how far he may enquire into a death there is a tranche of case law developing to enable the coroner's court to be more wide - ranging in its investigations into death.

There is bound to be an element of uncertainty in the use of the wide discretionary powers given to the court under the 1973 Act, and no doubt there always will be, because as social circumstances change so the court will have to adapt the ways in which it exercises discretion.»

Against the backdrop of the NHS legislation which gives trusts wide discretion in remuneration decisions, this fell short of ultra vires.

National arbitration statutes generally contain only limited provisions on disclosure and recognise parties» autonomy to determine procedural issues, while institutional rules usually give tribunals a wide discretion in relation to disclosure, ranging from ordering parties to produce any documents they consider relevant (Art 22 (1)(e), LCIA Rules), to granting them a general mandate to establish facts through appropriate means (Art 25, ICC Rules).

The national authorities have a wide margin of discretion in the imposition of necessary environmental controls, and A1P1 gives no general expectation of compensation for adverse effects.

This move by Sessions gave federal prosecutors wider discretion in enforcing federal drug law, but was ultimately aimed at slowing investment in the pot industry, which is exactly what is happening.