Sentences with phrase «governed under the rule of law»

But not until it can be dealt with in the courts — as befits a country governed under the rule of law.

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Furthermore, the rules governing companies listed on the NYSE and incorporated under Delaware law require us to submit certain matters to a vote of shareholders for approval, such as mergers, large share issuances or similar transactions, and the approval of equity - based compensation plans.

That access could be extended under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (pdf), recently affirmed by a Supreme Court ruling, says Kathy Cerminara, a law professor at Nova Southeastern University in Florida and an expert in law governing treatment at the end of life.

Publicly funded but privately managed, charter schools are legally held to a far higher degree of accountability under the law in exchange for freedom from many of the rules that govern the operation of public schools.

Disputes regarding Entrant's participation in SBOTB shall be governed by and interpreted under the laws of the State of California, U.S.A. without regard to any conflict of law rules.

The Hilton Honors Program Terms and Conditions are governed by and are to be construed under the laws of the State of New York, U.S.A, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules or provisions that would cause the application of any other state laws.

In a first case, C - 431 / 11 UK v Council, the CJEU dealt with the choice of legal basis for a measure implementing an European Economic Area (EEA) Agreement as regards social security systems and ruled that it was precisely one of the measures by which the law governing the EU internal market is to be extended as far as possible to the EEA, with the result that nationals of the EEA States concerned benefit from the free movement of persons under the same social conditions as EU citizens.

To ensure the effectiveness of the right of the victims to claim damages the European Commission presented on 11 June 2013 a proposal for a directive on certain rules governing actions for damages under national law for infringements of the competition law provisions of the Member States and of the European Union (COM (2013) 404 final).

However this power «enjoys any form of immunity from the rules of the EC Treaty on freedom of establishment, can not, in particular, justify the Member State of incorporation, by requiring the winding - up or liquidation of the company, in preventing that company from converting itself into a company governed by the law of the other Member State, to the extent that it is permitted under that law to do so».

Victims of pedestrian accidents in Chicago are entitled to certain rights and protections under the law, but the victims must pursue this relief within a time period specified by the legal rules governing their claims.

The Court of Appeal affirmed the motion judge's ruling that, by choosing Ontario law as the governing law, the parties imported the obligations under the Act but not the jurisdictional limit contained within the Act.

101 Incidents of ethical violations resulting in professional discipline and even criminal prosecution are on the rise.102 Faced with declining profit margins, firms have been accused of «overworking files» and overstaffing projects in an effort to increase billable hours.103 And they have bent the rules governing conflicts of interest.104 One survey indicated that one - third of the 30,000 clients interviewed felt dissatisfied with the representation they received from their attorneys, citing primarily a failure to communicate and inadequate attention given to their cases, suggesting that law firms are under pressure to increase their case loads without hiring new associates to staff them.105 The recent decline in professionalism is even further evidenced by a decline in pro bono commitment.106 Thus, new graduates face even heavier workloads, increased pressure to meet high billable requirements, and fewer pro bono opportunities.

2 - 23.2 (1) A lawyer must not practise law in an MDP unless (a) the lawyer and all members of the MDP are in compliance with Rules 2 - 23.1 to 2 - 23.12 and the Professional Conduct Handbook, (b) all lawyers who are members of the MDP have obtained express permission under this Division to practise law in the MDP, (c) all non-lawyer members of the MDP are of good character and repute, (d) all members of the MDP agree in writing (i) that practising lawyers who are members of the MDP will have actual control over the delivery of legal services by the MDP, (ii) that non-lawyer members of the MDP will not interfere, directly or indirectly with the lawyer's (A) obligation to comply with the Act, these Rules and the Professional Conduct Handbook, and (B) exercise of independent professional judgement, (iii) to comply with the Act, these Rules and the Professional Conduct Handbook, and (iv) to cooperate with and assist the Society or its agents in the conduct of a practice review, examination or investigation, and (e) all members of the MDP who are governed by the regulatory body of another profession agree to report to the MDP any proceedings concerning their conduct or competence.

The contracts were governed by Swiss law and the disputes were determined under the Rules of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), before a panel of three arbitrators in Lausanne, Switzerland and Paris, France.

Under our system, which is governed by the rule of law, decisions as to which evidence is to be produced or admitted is for the courts.

In this class of cases, we think the rule of action which should govern the civil courts, founded in a broad and sound view of the relations of church and state under our system of laws, and supported by a preponderating weight of judicial authority, is that whenever the questions of discipline or of faith or ecclesiastical rule, custom, or law have been decided by the highest of these church judicatories to which the matter has been carried, the legal tribunals must accept such decisions as final and as binding on them in their application to the case before them.

Andrey acted as an advocate in numerous complex cross-border cases before Russian courts of all levels and arbitral tribunals acting under the ICC, SCC, LCIA, SIAC and ICAC Rules, governed by English, Swiss, French, German, Dutch, Russian and Cypriot law.

[3] Although lawyers who serve as third - party neutrals do not have information concerning the parties that is protected under Rule 1.6, they typically owe the parties an obligation of confidentiality under law or codes of ethics governing third - party neutrals.

The High Court decision follows hard on the heals of the House of Lords» decision [2008] UKHL 6; [2008] 2 WLR 311, [2008] 2 All ER 1, of 30 January 2008, where the law lords effectively changed the law, (reversing a previous House of Lords» ruling in Stubbings v Webb [1993] AC 498, 1993] 1 All ER 322, which held that claims arising from intentional assaults were governed by s 2 of LA 1980), and held that an intentional assault fell within LA 1980, s 11, and was therefore subject to a three - year limitation period, which could be extended by reference to knowledge (s 14), or at the court's discretion (s 33), rather than under LA 1980, s 2, which while providing for a more generous six - year limitation period, was nevertheless not extendable in any circumstances by the court.

Insofar as section 15 (2) of the policy permits disclosures that might be permitted under American ethics rules but are not permitted under Canadian ethics rules, the proposed policy risks conflict with the existing law governing lawyers in our country and could create a messy situation for lawyers trying to determine how to conduct themselves in accordance with the law.

Under the NPRM, the proposed definitions of law enforcement and oversight, and the rules governing disclosures for these purposes Start Printed Page 82529overlapped.

To the extent that an applicable state law precludes disclosure of protected health information that would otherwise be permitted under the final rule, state law governs.

Your lawyer can do all the heavy lifting for you, using the correct Florida Statutes, Rules Governing the Admissibility of Speed Measuring Devices under the Florida Administrative Code, Rules of Evidence, Rules of Traffic Court Procedure & Legal Precedents known as «Case Law».

Any dispute, controversy, proceeding or claim of whatever nature arising out of or in any way relating to the Terms and the rights created hereby shall be governed, interpreted and construed by, under and pursuant to the laws of Queensland, Australia, without reference to conflict of law principles, notwithstanding mandatory rules.