Sentences with phrase «independent ruling body»

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While Xi has tried to improve the rule of law, the party has repeatedly refused to allow the establishment of an independent body to fight corruption.

«We've come to a point in cryptocurrencies where an independent body must step up to establish and enforce the rules of the game.»

The Church of England's responses to complaints of historical abuse have incited calls for responsibility for safeguarding to be transferred from its ruling bishops to an independent body.

The Advisory Panel on the proposed General Anti Abuse Rule (GAAR) should be wholly independent, with no representatives of HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), say the two leading professional bodies for tax practitioners.

However, he also stressed «the important thing» is that new rules brought in under this government mean MPs» claims are now assessed by an independent body, rather than a committee of fellow MPs.

Schneiderman's sweeping legislation, however, appears to have gained an added push from the Senate's Independent Democratic Conference (IDC)-- an eight - member body that has formed a ruling coalition with Senate Republicans.

The Independent Oil and Gas Association knocked Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's ultimatum to the Delaware River Basin Commission, which called upon the body to begin an environmental review of its draft natural gas extraction rules or be sued.

I've been skeptical of their arguments, which requires a court to rule on the goings on in an independent legislative body.

He said there is the need to strengthen the rule of law and to empower professional and independent national bodies tasked with the responsibility to manage the election.

School sites would be protected from CEC late or partial payments, changes in attendance boundaries, admission rules, reporting requirements, and other actions without review by an independent body or through financial compensation.

Charter school governing bodies are often subject to various business regulations, such as ethical financial practices, and public body rules, such as open meeting laws, and like all public school districts, must have an annual independent financial audit in accordance with state rules.

Additions and deletions of companies from the index are made strictly in compliance with specific rules supervised by the FTSE Actuaries Share Indices Steering Committee, an independent body.

«Some voluntary programs are even writing the rules for regulated carbon markets as governments outsource a growing list of market functions to independent bodies — leaning on their accumulated experience with carbon offset projects.»

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 Divisional Court of Ontario has upheld a ruling that lets complaints heard by professional bodies like the Office of the Independent Police Review Director (OIPRD) or College of Physicians and Surgeons be brought to the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal (OHRT) as well.

(correct test for Barrister appeals; whether outside the ex improviso rule, prosecutor may call evidence after prosecution and defence case closed; use of debarring orders against prosecutor; whether tribunal may «enter the arena» and strongly request the attendance of a prosecution witness; whether BSB has power to summons witnesses; whether prosecutor may communicate with disciplinary judge behind the back of the defence; whether such communication redolent of actual bias of judge where judge wishes prosecutor good luck on appeal; whether apparent bias doctrine can be engaged by post-trial conduct of judge; legal effect of serving BSB prosecutions department officer being 1 of 4 appointing members of the COIC «Tribunals Appointments Body» (TAB); whether TAB ultra vires the Bar's Constitutions; whether open - ended power of removal of member of COIC pool without cause, unlawful given position of BSB Chair and senior staff on COIC; whether ECHR Article 6 guarantees against pressure on disciplinary judges to conform with a prosecutorial mentality; whether disciplinary judges Art. 6 «independent» within Findlay v United Kingdom given key role of BSB prosecutions department in appointing disciplinary judges; serious non-disclosure by BSB of notes of secret meeting between BSB and disciplinary judge until day before appeal and despite requests and application for disclosure by defence)

Simpson was reacting to two recent B.C. Supreme Court decisions that found the decisions by the Workers» Compensation Appeal Tribunal — the independent body that hears appeals of WorkSafeBC rulings — were «patently unreasonable» in denying the claims made by Cima and Erskine.

About time an independent body, which is not confined by the rules and regulations of ORE to start breaking that myth.