Sentences with phrase «in public law cases»

We have therefore been working with a wide range of organisations and individuals to respond to the government's recent consultation on Court Orders which includes statutory guidance on pre proceedings practice in public law cases.

«Whilst encouraged that alternative dispute resolution, including piloting mediation in public law cases, is mentioned in the review, we think the review could have gone much further in how this could be used when children are on the edge of care.

David has advised and acted in public law cases.

John also has a strong background in public law cases, including human rights, administrative, regulatory and constitutional law.

A huge backlog has accumulated in the preparation of reports under the Children Act 1989 (CA) s 7 and in the appointment of guardians in public law cases.

The Court of Appeal handed down judgment last week in a public law case concerning the application of the principles of substantial compliance to the apparently mandatory duties of local authorities to use prescribed traffic signs and road markings.

He approved of Laws LJ's comment in R (Mahmood) v Secretary of State for the Home Department to the effect that «that the intensity of review in a public law case will depend on the subject matter in hand», [10] before adding: «In law context is everything».

Not exact matches

«So when Trump says he wants to «open up» libel law, he really means (if he has the slightest knowledge of the law) that he wants to open up — to change — the First Amendment, which, beginning in 1964, has been held to require in cases brought by public figures, proof that what was said was false, and that the newspaper knew or suspected that it was false.

The U.S. has strict laws that punish misrepresenting the truth about people in public forums, but a new case before the Supreme Court could make even presenting innocuous, but mistaken information a punitive offense.

Case in point, the M - Beta hotel's public restrooms have two signs: one for each gender, in accordance with the North Carolina state law, but above them are signs that say «All Genders Welcome Restroom.»

«While not every case will be appropriate for admissions of wrongdoing, the SEC required JPMorgan to admit the facts in the SEC's order — and acknowledge that it broke the law — because JPMorgan's egregious breakdowns in controls and governance put its millions of shareholders at risk and resulted in inaccurate public filings.»

That's actually how my case was made public — it was a human rights law that happened to be on the books in New York.

In case you haven't noticed, there is a public law litigation boom in Canada currently underwaIn case you haven't noticed, there is a public law litigation boom in Canada currently underwain Canada currently underway.

The botched case led to a major public inquiry and eventually a change in the law to allow Dobson to be tried twice for murder.

Where positivist reason dominates the field to the exclusion of all else - and that is broadly the case in our public mindset - then the classical sources of knowledge for ethics and law are excluded.

But if that is the case, why are there so few public statements, with the «conservative» label attached to them, that tell us exactly what policy should be in the matter of education, welfare provision, environmental protection, planning law, urbanization, infrastructure, and everything else that matters to the ordinary citizen?

The Conseil went beyond American case law, though, in announcing presumptive rules for display of a crèche that depend on whether the display is inside or outside a public building.

The public - policy recommendations include providing state - supported marriage and family education, developing a «family - friendly» workplace, and moving toward a modified «fault» divorce law in cases involving dependent children.

A thoughtful public may eventually decide that they are not merely unwilling but unable to make a theological case for their position, Since there are so many more people who support reproductive choice, they may succeed in foot - dragging the nation away from a prohibition - era scenario, and may thus win respect for law.

Twenty years ago, when I wrote the amicus curiae brief for the National Jewish Commission on Law and Public Affairs (COLPA) in the Supreme Court in Lemon v. Kurtzman — the landmark case on aid to parochial schools — I truly believed we could win.

He litigated major law reform and class action cases in the federal court of appeals and Supreme Court on Social Security, Medicaid, Aid to Families with Dependent Children, SNAP / Food Stamps and other public benefits issues, and the rights of children born out of wedlock.

Public advertising by baby - milk manufacturers is explicitly banned in the WHO code and in Bangladeshi law, but Ahmed takes me to a doctor's waiting room in a Dhaka suburb whose walls are adorned with posters showing healthy - looking babies, and the names of baby - milk manufacturers (not Nestlé, in this case).

He was also within the law if he talked to them about the rationale for the decision in that case based on (and not outside of) the judgment and related material in the Abu Ramadan case, which judgment and material is part of the public record.

For example, China's Public Security Bureaus are granted such vague and wide - ranging powers to sentence individuals to re-education through labour that it is often difficult to make the case that an instance of detention was in clear violation of the law.

While the government in some limited cases can legitimately place restrictions on the public's right to access certain information, attempts of the Nigerian authorities to justify the total closure of information related to the names of public officials from whom funds were recovered on the basis of «ongoing criminal investigation» and «presumption of innocence goes far beyond the limitations allowed under international law, and would promote secret recoveries.»

· Amend The Penal Law To Prohibit Undisclosed Self - Dealing By Public Officials: To address the Supreme Court's decision in Skilling, which severely hampered the federal government's ability to prosecute cases involving deprivation of «honest services» by public officials, New York State should enact a felony - level crime of «Undisclosed Self - Dealing» to target public officials who further their own financial self - interest while purporting to be acting on behalf of their constituents or government empPublic Officials: To address the Supreme Court's decision in Skilling, which severely hampered the federal government's ability to prosecute cases involving deprivation of «honest services» by public officials, New York State should enact a felony - level crime of «Undisclosed Self - Dealing» to target public officials who further their own financial self - interest while purporting to be acting on behalf of their constituents or government emppublic officials, New York State should enact a felony - level crime of «Undisclosed Self - Dealing» to target public officials who further their own financial self - interest while purporting to be acting on behalf of their constituents or government emppublic officials who further their own financial self - interest while purporting to be acting on behalf of their constituents or government employer.

Reinvent Albany has analyzed the Freedom of Information Law requests received by numerous New York State and City agencies in an effort to identify what agency information and data the public is interested in, and to make a case for publishing that information online.

The Second Circuit found that a new Supreme Court decision narrowing public corruption laws in a case involving former Virginia Gov. Robert McDonnell required different instructions than those used by Manhattan U.S. District Judge Valerie Caproni.

Harman v United Kingdom is still considered a significant case in British public law.

So, even in the case of the president as complete public property, where does the law end and where does sociology begin?

It will be watched nationwide as a test case, indicating how much federal law has been weakened in public corruption cases.

The Joint Commission on Public Ethics settled its case against Fred Hiffa, formerly of Ostroff, Hiffa, & Associates, Inc., following allegations that he had violated the state's lobbying gift ban in 2006 by hiring Matthew Libous in 2006, retaining the Binghamton lawmaker's son for $ 4,166 a month for one year to a Westchester County - based law firm.

Instead, he repeatedly broke the law by stealing public funds and, in this case, filed false disclosure forms to conceal his financial dealings,» DiNapoli said.

In some cases, agencies have made rulings that even contradict the written law, creating interesting legal questions and damaging to some degree the public trust.

The judicial Power shall extend to all Cases, in Law and Equity, arising under this Constitution, the Laws of the United States, and Treaties made, or which shall be made, under their Authority; — to all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls; — to all Cases of admiralty and maritime Jurisdiction; — to Controversies to which the United States shall be a Party; — to Controversies between two or more States; — between a State and Citizens of another State; — between Citizens of different States; — between Citizens of the same State claiming Lands under Grants of different States, and between a State, or the Citizens thereof, and foreign States, Citizens or Subjects.

The Buffalo Public Schools — where six of the other eight board members sought Paladino's removal — has paid $ 122,474 for legal services to a Syracuse law firm hired to represent the district in the case, according to district records.

The League, along with Citizen's Union, also wants the legislature to adopt a law that requires the same changes, just in case the constitutional amendment, which requires the approval of two consecutively elected legislatures, plus a public vote, does not ultimately pass.

If the County of Erie is not the defendant, but an individual associated with the county is the defendant, determine if the provisions of the Public Officers law that authorizes and in some cases requires defense and indemnity for governmental employees have been complied with,

Personal Info Birthplace: Staten Island, NY High School: Brooklyn Tech High School (public - requires entrance exam) Higher Education: SUNY New Paltz, University of Buffalo Law School NY19 Connection: Attended SUNY New Paltz, 1970 - 1974; Returned to live in Kingston in 1981 and thereafter moved to Woodstock where he has resided through today Length of Residency in NY19: Kingston, NY and Woodstock, NY since 1983; greater than 34 years Prior Job History: Served as a Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) Volunteer working with Native American tribes in Nebraska, Western Nebraska Legal Services attorney between 1977 - 1980; Ulster County Public Defender's Office in the 1980s and early 1990s, Law Offices of Dave Clegg practicing predominantly personal injury law and elder abuse cases until prpublic - requires entrance exam) Higher Education: SUNY New Paltz, University of Buffalo Law School NY19 Connection: Attended SUNY New Paltz, 1970 - 1974; Returned to live in Kingston in 1981 and thereafter moved to Woodstock where he has resided through today Length of Residency in NY19: Kingston, NY and Woodstock, NY since 1983; greater than 34 years Prior Job History: Served as a Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) Volunteer working with Native American tribes in Nebraska, Western Nebraska Legal Services attorney between 1977 - 1980; Ulster County Public Defender's Office in the 1980s and early 1990s, Law Offices of Dave Clegg practicing predominantly personal injury law and elder abuse cases until preseLaw School NY19 Connection: Attended SUNY New Paltz, 1970 - 1974; Returned to live in Kingston in 1981 and thereafter moved to Woodstock where he has resided through today Length of Residency in NY19: Kingston, NY and Woodstock, NY since 1983; greater than 34 years Prior Job History: Served as a Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) Volunteer working with Native American tribes in Nebraska, Western Nebraska Legal Services attorney between 1977 - 1980; Ulster County Public Defender's Office in the 1980s and early 1990s, Law Offices of Dave Clegg practicing predominantly personal injury law and elder abuse cases until prPublic Defender's Office in the 1980s and early 1990s, Law Offices of Dave Clegg practicing predominantly personal injury law and elder abuse cases until preseLaw Offices of Dave Clegg practicing predominantly personal injury law and elder abuse cases until preselaw and elder abuse cases until present.

The director of public prosecutions was instructed by the law lords to draw up guidelines indicating the various factors for and against prosecution in such cases.

The BHA's Head of Public Affairs Naomi Phillips commented, «Recent years have seen some of the most compelling challenges to the law and policy on assisted dying in the UK and, if successful, this case could be key in affecting some change in this area.

«Donations have never and will never affect City Hall's work, in this case enforcing the law against bad actors who threaten public safety and take affordable housing off the market,» spokesperson Melissa Grace told the Daily News.

With three weeks to go in the legislative session, advocates are still pushing for passage of a Child Victims Act that would do away with the statute of limitations on child sex abuse cases, create a one - year window so survivors who can't bring cases under current law could do so, and treat public and private institutions the same.

«The question in these difficult cases is not whether a local prosecutor, including one with understandably close ties to his or her fellow local law enforcement officers, is capable of setting aside any personal biases in deciding whether to, or how vigorously, to pursue the case,» Schneiderman wrote, adding, «the question is whether there is public confidence that justice has been served, especially in cases where homicide or other serious charges against the accused officer are not pursued or are dismissed prior to a trial by jury.»

Percoco's attorney, Barry Bohrer of New York City, told news outlets there that Percoco not only denies breaking any laws, a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in July, which made it more difficult to prosecute public corruption cases, should help him.

Governor Cuomo and the state's district attorneys are pushing for laws to make it easier to prosecute bribery and public corruption cases, in the wake of recent scandals in Albany.

In a retrial, the government's case would probably be streamlined a bit, said Jennifer Rodgers, executive director of the Center for the Advancement of Public Integrity at Columbia Law School.

«And finally, in pending and future cases, to the extent any public official has a pension interest that accrued while engaging in criminal conduct, we will use federal forfeiture law to claw back an appropriate dollar amount commensurate with that pension where appropriate.»

But this outsized role for the New York Attorney General, the head of the Law Department and the chief lawyer representing the state, hasn't always been so — in fact, the move to law enforcement leader prosecuting major public corruption, financial industry malfeasance, and other cases is a new phenomenon largely ushered in by SpitzLaw Department and the chief lawyer representing the state, hasn't always been so — in fact, the move to law enforcement leader prosecuting major public corruption, financial industry malfeasance, and other cases is a new phenomenon largely ushered in by Spitzlaw enforcement leader prosecuting major public corruption, financial industry malfeasance, and other cases is a new phenomenon largely ushered in by Spitzer.

Under the new law, the fee would be raised to $ 2,500 per lot and be mandatory, except in cases where town officials saw real potential for public parkland or playgrounds to be carved out of a development as an alternative to the fee.