Sentences with phrase «in unanimous decision»

Announced earlier this month, the case of NASA v Nelson resulted in a unanimous decision by the Supreme Court to allow the standard federal employment background check — typically the National Agency Check... Read more»

In a unanimous decision Thursday cheifs from across the Province have agreed on a resolution that could attach demerit points to your license if you're caught looking at your mobile phone while behind the wheel.

In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court decided in favour Kiselbach and SWUAV and laid out a more flexible version of the legal test for courts deciding whether to grant public interest standing in future.

In the unanimous decision written by Cromwell J., the Court outlined the main reasons for the development of public standing law:

Recently, the Supreme Court of Canada, in British Columbia (Forests) v. Teal Cedar Products Ltd. 2013 SCC 51, stated in a unanimous decision (by Justice Marshall Rothstein) that the B.C. Arbitration Act does not grant to an arbitrator jurisdiction to award equitable relief, unless the parties agree to it under s. 23 of the act.

In its unanimous decision, the SJC commented that as a result of Mr. Cooper's cross-examination of the Herald reporter who wrote the stories about Judge Murphy, the reporter's credibility at trial was left «in tatters.»

In a unanimous decision, the Court held that testimony about juror statements made during deliberation is not admissible to show dishonesty during voir dire.

In a unanimous decision, the court ruled that while there is «continuing confusion» among courts in Kentucky, criminal contempt hearings for jurors should be open to the public.

OTTAWA — In a unanimous decision Friday, the Supreme Court of Canada stuck to its guns on a controversial ruling it issued last year that set strict timelines for criminal trials.

If a news organization can show it made every attempt to be fair and to confirm that the contents of a story are true, it has a defence to a defamation lawsuit, «even if it got some of its facts wrong,» a three - judge appeal panel said in its unanimous decision.

In a unanimous decision released on July 17th, 2008 the Supreme Court of Canada rejected the claim by the Privacy Commissioner that it has the right to review documents over which solicitor - client privilege is claimed to determine whether the claim is justified.

Very much related to this future of the gig economy, yesterday the California Supreme Court ruled in unanimous decision in favor of independent contractors seeking employee status from a delivery service.

In a unanimous decision released in July 2013, the Supreme Court clarified the rules relating to conflicts of interest.

In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court established that the Fourteenth Amendment creates a right...

In a unanimous decision, the Court accepted Federation arguments that a claim that documents should be exempt from disclosure because they are protected by solicitor - client privilege should not be subject to a public interest override provision.

Now in a unanimous decision, the Washington State Supreme Court has reaffirmed that if someone qualifies as indigent, courts need to give them access for free.

In a unanimous decision in Lizotte v. Aviva 2015 QCCA 152, the Quebec appeal court found that the provincial legislature made no provision under the Quebec Act respecting the distribution of financial products and services allowing for solicitor - client privilege or litigation privilege to be set aside.

In its unanimous decision in Tran v. Canada (Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness), released on October 19, the Supreme Court of Canada confirmed that a 12 - month conditional sentence is not equivalent to imprisonment for the purpose of s. 36 (1)(a) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA).

Langdon & Emison represented the plaintiff in Baker v. General Motors, a landmark lawsuit resulting in a unanimous decision by the U.S. Supreme Court, where for the first time evidence was admitted into court proving an automaker's deliberate choice of profits over human safety.

The Supreme Court, in a unanimous decision, held that the laws prohibiting bawdy houses, living off the benefits of prostitution and communicating in public with clients infringed the rights of prostitutes by depriving them of security of the person.

The Federal Court of Appeal, in a unanimous decision written by Mr. Justice Nadon, in the case of WESTSHORE TERMINALS LIMITED & OTHERS v.

In a unanimous decision issued on April 13, 2018, the NLRB upheld an Administrative Law Judge's («ALJ») decision ordering the production and disclosure to the Union of individual overscale contracts entered into between the Colorado Symphony Association and certain of its musicians.

In a unanimous decision, the SCC addressed two central questions before dismissing the appeal and finding the ITA provisions contrary to s. 8 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms («Charter»).

In a unanimous decision, the tribunal - which had been constituted under the auspices of the World Bank's International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) Additional Facility Rules (the Additional Facility)- ruled that it lacked jurisdiction over NSPI's claims because NSPI was not an «investor» who had made a qualifying «investment» in Venezuela as called for by the Canada - Venezuela Bilateral Investment Treaty (Canada - Venezuela Treaty).

In a unanimous decision by the Ontario Court of Appeal greater clarity has emerged as to the available defences for banks under the Bills of Exchange Act, R.S.C. 1985 c. B. 4 («BEA») with respect to employee cheque fraud.

In its unanimous decision Monday, the Supreme Judicial Court said that neither the plain meaning of the words «reversal of a judicial decision» nor their intended meaning supports the challenge.»

After the Divisional Court hearing, Zander predicted that the government would lose its case in the Supreme Court, perhaps in a unanimous decision of all 11 justices.

In a unanimous decision released Sept 28, 2017, the Alberta Court of Appeal («ABCA») upheld a judicial review decision which found that the majority of a grievance arbitration panel («Majority Panel») had improperly decided that Suncor's random drug and alcohol testing policy was unenforceable.

In a unanimous decision written by Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, the Court rejected the VE Holding analysis and held that a domestic corporation «resides» only in its state of incorporation.

In a unanimous decision written by Justice Breyer, the Supreme Court affirmed the Federal Circuit on both issues.

In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court indicated that women are entitled to preventive withdrawal during pregnancy, even if it is as a substitute teacher for the Commission scolaire des Patriotes.

On May 19, 2017, the Texas Supreme Court held in a unanimous decision in Lightning Oil Co. v. Anadarko E&P Onshore, LLC that an oil and gas operator does not commit trespass when...

In a unanimous decision written by Associate Justice Sotomayor, the Supreme Court vacated the damage award.

In a unanimous decision, the SCC held that the stay of the proceedings was improper and the complaints should proceed.

In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court (Phillips, Rodger, Hale, Collins & Kerr LLJ) reversed the decision in the Court of Appeal, finding that the English connections in this case were «substantial, if not overwhelming», and that there was a «very large disparity between what the husband received and what the wife received such as to create real hardship and a serious injustice».

«In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court this week allowed the appeal of Times Newspapers Limited against a decision of the Court of Appeal which had held that held that it could not rely on Reynolds qualified privilege...»

In the unanimous decision, the appeal court agreed that Judge Lenehan had made several errors in law.

In a unanimous decision, the court in Orlowski v. State Farm Mutual Auto.

In the unanimous decision, the Court held that the text message search did not violate the Fourth Amendment's protections against unreasonable search and seizure because it was legitimately work - related.

«The right not to be denied reasonable bail without just cause is an essential element of an enlightened criminal justice system,» Justice Richard Wagner wrote in a unanimous decision.

In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court of Canada dismissed the appeal in Canada (Attorney General) v. PHS Community Services Society and ordered the minister of health to grant an immediate exemption to the safe injection facility.

However, in unanimous decision, the appeal court upheld the argument of the counsel to the Attorney - General of the Federation, Chief Emeka Ngige (SAN) that Justice Abang was held in error in granting some of the injunctive reliefs sought by Kashamu upon inadmissible evidence.

Last year the firm decided to replace its legal software system and in a unanimous decision, has chosen SOS Connect, from Solicitors Own Software (SOS), for integrated practice management, case management and customer relationship management.

In a unanimous decision, the Alberta Court of Appeal reversed an arbitration board's decision that struck down Suncor's random drug and alcohol testing policy.

In a unanimous decision, the Court held that Omar Khadr's rights as a child, his rights to legal counsel, -LSB-...]

The SCC, however — in a unanimous decision written by Justice Michael Moldaver — made clear the constitutional obligation to weigh proportionality rests with the court, not the prosecutor:

In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court of Canada has provided valuable guidance to patent agents and litigators as to how Canadian patents will be read and enforced (Teva Canada Limited v Pfizer Canada Inc, 2012 SCC 60).

In a unanimous decision handed down in June in Riley v. California, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that police must first obtain a warrant to search the contents of someone's cell phone in all but the most extraordinary circumstances.

A landmark 2009 lawsuit brought against utilities by six states was blocked by the U.S. Supreme Court in a unanimous decision in 2011.

In 2012, the Supreme Court of Tennessee, in a unanimous decision, upheld the Tennessee law that requires both written notice and the opportunity for a hearing.