Sentences with phrase «immunity than courts»

They have consistently decided more cases involving state immunity than courts in any other Canadian jurisdiction.

Not exact matches

In its consideration of the case, the court gave a clearer view than had the Court of Appeal on the subject of public interest immunity (see especially paras [15] and [16]-RRB-, which might be thought central to the court gave a clearer view than had the Court of Appeal on the subject of public interest immunity (see especially paras [15] and [16]-RRB-, which might be thought central to the Court of Appeal on the subject of public interest immunity (see especially paras [15] and [16]-RRB-, which might be thought central to the case.

Arguably, then, the real difference between the Court of Appeal and the motions judge was less the stage when immunity is determined than the nature of the burden of proof to establish its (in) applicability.

The KRG relied on a decision by Court of Final Appeal of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in Democratic Republic of Congo and others v FG Hemisphere Associates LLC [2011] HK CFAR 395 where the Court followed Mighell in the context of the PRC rule of absolute immunity, rather than restrictive immunity which does not operate in respect of commercial transactions.

- The general court shall have the power to act in relation to cities and towns, but only by general laws which apply alike to all cities or to all towns, or to all cities and towns, or to a class of not fewer than two, and by special laws enacted (1) on petition filed or approved by the voters of a city or town, or the mayor and city council, or other legislative body, of a city, or the town meeting of a town, with respect to a law relating to that city or town; (2) by a two - thirds vote of each branch of the general court following a recommendation by the governor; (3) to erect and constitute metropolitan or regional entities, embracing any two or more cities or towns or cities and towns, or established with other than existing city or town boundaries, for any general or special public purpose or purposes, and to grant to these entities such powers, privileges and immunities as the general court shall deem necessary or expedient for the regulation and government thereof; or (4) solely for the incorporation or dissolution of cities or towns as corporate entities, alteration of city or town boundaries, and merger or consolidation of cities and towns, or any of these matters.