Sentences with phrase «landmark high court decision»

The government had appealed a landmark High Court decision that parliament must vote on the triggering of Article 50, which starts a two - year deadline for an EU member to complete its withdrawal from the political bloc.

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says the decisions behind a landmark High Court ruling earlier this year provides the impetus for the Federal Government to reform electoral laws.

Fugitives from British justice can not use Northern Cyprus to dodge punishment for their crimes, High Court judges have ruled in a landmark decision.

(See Robert Costrell's analysis of the landmark Hancock decision, page 28, to see how Massachusetts's highest court addressed the adequacy question.)

The lawsuit is the first of what many analysts expect will be numerous legal challenges around the country following a landmark decision in June by a California Superior Court judge who struck down the tenure system there as unconstitutional under state law, saying it unfairly saddled students in high - needs schools with low - performing teachers.

In addition, the Federal District Court decision in the landmark Debra P. vs. Turlington (1981) case directed that students must be provided with ample opportunity to learn the material tested when high stakes, such as high school graduation, are in place.

Sixty - two years after the landmark Brown v. Board Supreme Court decision that desegregated America's public schools, the education system is still struggling with a number of issues in classrooms, including segregation, the opportunity and achievement gaps, school funding discrepancies, improving high school graduation rates, and college enrollment and persistence.

Join NSBA General Counsel Francisco Negrón and members of the NSBA legal team for a review of key decisions from the high court during its 2015 term, including its landmark same sex marriage ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges.

Plaintiffs» legal position is in opposition to the landmark decision of the United State Supreme Court in ACSTO v. Winn, where the High Court upheld a similar tax - credit scholarship program in Arizona.

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In a landmark decision in June 2014, the high court ruled that police must first obtain a production order or warrant from a judge.

A recent landmark UK High Court decision found the supermarket chain Morrisons vicariously liable...

David is generally instructed in high profile and heavyweight cases in the High Court, frequently involving conspiracy and economic torts, unlawful competition, team moves, the protection of confidential information, post-termination restraints, wrongful termination / expulsion, carried interest and bonus disputes (where he has acted in most of the landmark decisions such as Horkulak v Cantor Fitzgerald, Keen v Commerzbank and Anar v Dresdner Kleinwort), as well as claims arising in a regulatory context which raise important reputational issues, and whistleblowing and discrimination claims in the Employment Tribuhigh profile and heavyweight cases in the High Court, frequently involving conspiracy and economic torts, unlawful competition, team moves, the protection of confidential information, post-termination restraints, wrongful termination / expulsion, carried interest and bonus disputes (where he has acted in most of the landmark decisions such as Horkulak v Cantor Fitzgerald, Keen v Commerzbank and Anar v Dresdner Kleinwort), as well as claims arising in a regulatory context which raise important reputational issues, and whistleblowing and discrimination claims in the Employment TribuHigh Court, frequently involving conspiracy and economic torts, unlawful competition, team moves, the protection of confidential information, post-termination restraints, wrongful termination / expulsion, carried interest and bonus disputes (where he has acted in most of the landmark decisions such as Horkulak v Cantor Fitzgerald, Keen v Commerzbank and Anar v Dresdner Kleinwort), as well as claims arising in a regulatory context which raise important reputational issues, and whistleblowing and discrimination claims in the Employment Tribunal.

Mr. Whitney's representative work includes a series of successful outcomes pursuing false advertising claims against product review websites, a landmark victory clarifying copyright fair use and parody on behalf of several well - known musicians; a defense win dismissing copyright infringement claims brought by a putative class of attorneys against the leading legal research websites; a favorable outcome for a high - end beauty products company in a trademark and trade dress action against a manufacturer of knock - off products; a district and appellate court decision dismissing all claims by a proposed class against an international bank for alleged violations of, among other things, the Federal False Marking Act, RICO and the CAN - SPAM Act; and counseling prominent art museums and galleries on domestic and international copyright issues.

Highlights include a London arbitration relating to a US $ 2 billion African urban project, a landmark decision on legal professional privilege in Hong Kong's highest court after a document summons by the HK Secretary for Justice, a # 1 billion joint venture dispute between two global oil companies, and action against various defaulting clients of a renowned English financial institution.

A firm of conveyancers has been held liable by the High Court for a # 500,000 property fraud perpetrated by their client, in a landmark decision defining obligations owed by a seller's solicitor to a purchaser.

The Court of Appeal has upheld the High Court's landmark 2014 decisions in Cartier to grant an injunction against...

The Court of Appeal has upheld the High Court's landmark 2014 decisions in Cartier [1] to grant an injunction against internet service providers which required them to block access to certain websites which sell counterfeit goods.

Notable mandates: Plan of arrangement to separate FirstService Corp. and Colliers Realty; acquisition, development, financing, and sale of multiple utility scale solar projects for Canadian Solar; representation of Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. in landmark decision of Federal Court and Federal Court of Appeal on right to dismiss unionized employees without cause; representation of developers on significant condo and mixed use projects including Art Shoppe Condos and The One; initial public offerings for Imperus Labs and Nutritional High.

She has been involved in numerous landmark German and European trademark cases, including obtaining the first higher court decision world - wide on the liability of e-commerce platform providers for trademark infringement.

The contribution of Eddie Mabo in campaigning for Indigenous land rights and for his role in a landmark decision of the High Court of Australia which overturned the legal doctrine of terra nullius («nobody's land») which characterised Australian law with regard to land and title was also recognised.

Photo / painting above: Eddie Koiki Mabo (c. 29 June 1936 — 23 January 1992) from the Torres Strait Islands known for his role in campaigning for Indigenous land rights and for his role in a landmark decision of the High Court of Australia which overturned the legal doctrine of terra nullius («land belonging to nobody») which characterised Australian law with regard to land and title

As a result, the NSW Government supports the recognition by Australian law of native title rights held in relation to land by Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people as established in the landmark 1992 Mabo (No. 2) decision of the High Court of Australia.

Despite the High Court's landmark decision, Australian courts, governments and non-Indigenous people have struggled to accept fully the rights of Indigenous peoples to their lands, waters and territories.