Sentences with phrase «judgments against governments»

As a litigation lawyer, Bob has successfully served as co-lead trial counsel in several anti-terrorism cases, obtaining and collecting judgments against the Government of Cuba.

Not exact matches

These government benefits are safe from collection if the government or a private lender sues you and gets a judgment against you.

I share the view expressed by objective and reasonable members of the public that because the government was the 1st defendant / respondent against whom the Supreme Court made declarations of unconstitutional conduct in paying the judgment debt to Alfred Agbesi Woyome, the government has been pretending for purely political reasons at each turn to take steps to enforce the judgment and orders of the court only to deliberately abort them.

Socio - Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has begun contempt proceedings against the Federal Government, Mr. Abubakar Malami (SAN), Attorney - General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, and Alhaji Ahmed Idris Accountant - General of the Federation «for failing to comply with the judgment ordering publication of the spending of recovered stolen funds since return of democracy in 1999.»

«SERAP therefore believes that the swift enforcement and implementation of this landmark judgment by the government of President Muhammadu Buhari will be litmus test for the President's oft - repeated commitments to transparency, accountability and the fight against corruption, and for the effectiveness of the Freedom of Information Act in general.»

That was why the President was reported to have terminated my appointment against his better judgment as reported by Alhaji Bature on 24th March 2015: «But, handlers of the late president were reported to have insisted he sacks the rebellious AG or risk planting a dangerous and bad precedence for other appointees in government.»

When that is done, the government can only do one thing, they can only appeal against that judgment or apply to set it aside.

The court judgment followed the legal action entered against the Federal Government of Nigeria and Dr. Ngozi Okonjo - Iweala by the Socio - Economic Rights Agenda (SERAP) pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act.

It is shameful that the Federal government is sponsoring rally against court judgments.

In a judgment dismissing the claim, Justice Rilwan Aikawa held that following the decision of the Supreme Court in the case of Attorney General of Ondo State vs Attorney General of the Federation and 36 Others (2002), that ICPC had a statutory duty to investigate allegations of corrupt practices made against any person or authority in Nigeria and that neither the claimants nor the court has the discretion to stop a statutory agency of government from performing its duties.

Saraki's appeal filed through his lead counsel, Mr. Joseph Daudu (SAN), is challenging the majority judgment of the Court of Appeal in Abuja delivered on October 30, 2015, which affirmed the jurisdiction of the CCT to try him and the competence of the charges of false assets declaration preferred against him by the Federal Government.

The source added, «The judgment of the Federal High Court was against the Federal Government; so, the process was stopped.

Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State has declared that the state government will appeal against the Friday's judgment of an Ibadan High Court which declared the...

The court made the declaration in a judgment delivered in a suit filed by the Ekiti State Government against the EFCC, the Inspector - General of Police, the Speaker, Ekiti State House of Assembly, the Clerk, the state's Auditor General and the Accountant General.

The Federal Government had on June 22, 2017 filed an appeal against the June 14, 2017 judgment of the CCT acquitting Saraki.

A statement by the Special Adviser on Communications to the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Hakeem Bello, on Thursday said N119, 369,520,000 liability had resulted from a judgment entered against the government over a litigation from a metering contract awarded by a previous administration in 2003.

McGregor is Alfred Jones, an expert on fishing and a government functionary tasked against his will and his better judgment into helping a visionary Yemeni sheik achieve his dream of bringing sport fishing to the desert, and not just to help his people find a novel way to pass their time.

The Contractor hereby agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Government, its officers and employees from and against all claims, demands, damages, liabilities, losses, suits and judgments (including all costs and expenses incident thereto) which may be suffered by, accrue against, be charged to or recoverable from the Government, its officers and employees by reason of injury to or death of any person other than officers, agents, or employees of the Government or by reason of damage to property of others of whatsoever kind (other than the property of the Government, its officers, agents or employees) arising out of the operation of the aircraft.

Exemption laws have been enacted by every state as well as the federal government to protect the property of debtors against the claims of judgment creditors and, once a bankruptcy case is filed, the trustee.

For example, a government - backed loan in default can subject the borrower to an administrative wage garnishment (that is, a garnishment without the creditor first obtaining a court judgment) of 15 % of disposable income, and this would be in addition to any state law garnishment by another creditor (under New York law, of several creditors have judgments against a debtor, only one at a time can garnish 10 % of wages, but a government student loan can be imposed on top of a state law garnishment.A borrower can also lose tax refunds if in default on a government student loan.

Borrower can not be delinquent on any tax or non-tax debts and there can be no judgment liens against the borrower's property for a debt owed to the Federal Government.

The thoughtful, detailed analysis and judgment of the proposed move by the federal government to create a national securities regulator shows how little improvement there really is likely to be for the individual investor in solving key problems: high fees for mutual funds, costly access to government of Canada securities, lack of fiduciary responsibility by the industry towards investors, inadequate civil court recourse against misbehaving financial firms, priority given to financial system protection over investor interests.

Following a judgment by a Dutch court that the government must step up the fight against climate change, a prominent international lawyer recently proposed that the International Court of Justice rule on climate science so that the scientific disputes in this area can be settled.

Residence test: the Supreme Court this month granted permission to Public Law Project to appeal against the judgment of the Court of Appeal, which in November 2015 found in favour of the government that the proposed residence test for civil legal aid is not unlawful.

This case follows on from the recent judgment in Sanum Investments Ltd v Government of the Lao People's Democratic Republic [2016] SGCA 57, in which the Singapore Court of Appeal found that an investor - State arbitral tribunal did have jurisdiction to hear claims against the Government of Laos.

«I conclude that all the claims of Imperial [Tobacco] and the other tobacco companies brought against the government of Canada are bound to fail,» Supreme Court Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin wrote in the long, complex, and unanimous 9 - 0 judgment.

A passionate advocate for individuals who have been harmed by the actions of others, Steve has won numerous top 10 verdicts in Georgia, including a $ 43.5 million jury verdict for Terhune v. Forum Group Corp et al., the state's largest judgment on record against a nursing home facility; a $ 40 million jury verdict for Jenkins v. Lambert, the # 1 largest jury verdict in Georgia for 2016; and a $ 11.5 million verdict for Bilbrey v. United States of America, one of the largest verdicts ever secured against the United States government.

To the extent that the government can use its coercive power to define elements of an offense, render a judgment against you (in civil court) and enforce it, as cpast observes, it is government action.

In Moloney v Alberta (Administrator, Motor Vehicle Accident Claims Act), the Alberta government refused to issue a driver's licence to John Moloney because he has unpaid judgment for personal injury damages against him.

So, when a money judgment is entered against a state government (which does not include local governments for this purpose) this happens only with multiple layers of state government consent to the process and the exact source and timing of the appropriation to pay it.

The same issue comes up at the state level when a court awards a money judgment against a state or local government with taxing power, or holds that a state government has insufficiently funded education as required by a state constitution.

By Article 25, each party state undertakes to recognise such judgments in other party states with the exception of judgments made against the government of the requested party or its employees in respect of acts taken on its behalf, as well as judgments where recognition or enforcement would be inconsistent with its international treaties.

It said it should be treated in the same way as a state and relied on Article 25 (c) of the Riyadh Convention, submitting that recognition of mutual judgments should not apply to judgements issued against the government of a contracting state.

The FPSW Order requires offerors for government contracts to disclose whether there have been any «administrative merits determination, arbitral award or decision, or civil judgment... rendered against the offeror within the preceding 3 - year period» for violations of any of 14 federal labor laws and equivalent state laws.

The Ecuadorian government has long denied that it was involved in obtaining the judgment against Chevron, insisting that the court's proceedings were objective and apolitical.

A default judgment — which can be multimillions of dollars — allows the plaintiff to seek enforcement of that judgment against the financial and other assets of the foreign government held in the US.

Chevron brought charges against Ecuador before the International Arbitration Tribunal in an attempt to prevent the government from enforcing the judgment in other countries.

[Dave Lieber / Dallas News, Volokh in September and related on similar schemes here (takedown request against one of Volokh's own posts) and here (private default judgment cited in request to Google to deindex government documents), earlier here, etc..]

In summary, the Court has (by majority of 8 to 3) dismissed the Government's appeal against the Divisional Court's judgment, and has ruled that the Government has no power under -LSB-...]

Other cases include successful judgments in leading personal injury decisions, such as Monks v. ING and Gardiner v. MacDonald, successful defence of liability waiver in Isildar v. Kanata Dive Supply, as well as a number of claims (including constitutional challenges) against the federal government.

One can guess the direction that Lord Justice Jacob's judgment is going to take from his opening lines: «It is one of the glories of this country that every now and then one of its citizens is prepared to take a stand against the big battalions of government or industry.

«Just last week, the TUC's analysis of official government statistics painted a worrying picture of those facing sexism, racism, disability discrimination at work being priced out of court, and statistics from the Registry Trust show a 19 per cent drop in county court judgments against businesses in the first half of 2016.»

Our efforts representing US nuclear sector clients in damage claims against the federal government related to spent nuclear fuel disposal have led to multiple judgments in excess of $ 100 million in contested trials.

Also, often, different procedures apply and different limitations apply when a foreign government seeks to enforce a claim for a money judgment against a private individual abroad.

Certificate of Deposit: you can get this certificate from the Rhode Island General Treasurer if you bring to him or her two things: $ 60,000 in cash or securities (such as a government bond or note, which can be legally purchased by savings banks), and proof that, if you were ever involved in an accident before, there are no records of unsatisfied judgments against you in the county you live in.

The Charlotte BBB reports that last year only two mortgage foreclosure rescue companies operated in the Charlotte area, but now the number has now jumped to 15 — six of which have government actions against them including cease and desist requests, temporary restraining orders or consent judgments.