Sentences with phrase «legal test case»

It may also serve as a legal test case.

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The case is seen as a new test for Norway's legal system, as the country tries to forget the name of the perpetrator behind the deadliest carnage on its soil since World War II.

In 1990, the Supreme Court of Canada had created a sophisticated legal test on workplace anti — discrimination claims, but, as the Court acknowledged in Tawney Meiorin's case, this test had proven to be complicated and challenging to use.

When your venture aims to do something no one has done before — in our case, develop and commercialize the first - ever in vitro diagnostic blood test to aid in the evaluation of patients with suspected TBI, also known as concussion — you want an attorney and a law firm that will take the time to understand your unique needs and clear legal roadblocks before you can even anticipate them.

Unconscionable conduct (agrees with NFF that they have not provided protection and support reforms «to provide transparency in the supply chain» and recognise that «certain classes of suppliers... are predisposed to suffering from a special disadvantage...»; misuse of market power (legal framework must «level the balance of market power in negotiations...», «ensure transparency in the transmission of market prices» and «not allow for final market risks to be borne by the primary producer» and provide «transparency of contract processes» - specifically, Canegrowers supports effects test and a process giving ACCC greater power to «regulate anti-competitive behaviour and impose penalties», shifting «the decisions framework from the judicial system to a regulatory system» which would make it more accessible to small producers); collective bargaining (notes limits of Sugar Industry Act (Qld); authorisation and notification approval costly and limited and not a viable alternative - peak bodies should be able to «commence and progress collective bargaining with mills on behalf of their members» and current threshold too restrictive)» competitive neutrality (mixed outcomes - perverse outcomes in the case of natural monopolies - suggest remove «application of competitive neutrality provisions to natural monopoly essential services»)

In disputed paternity cases, a legal process including DNA testing will conclude with a court order stating whether the man in question is the child's biological father.

This time the cases of Sheldon Silver, former speaker of the Assembly, and Dean Skelos, former majority leader of the Senate, are being watched nationwide as test cases of federal prosecutors» ability to win public - corruption convictions under a new legal standard.

The budget also removed the requirement for individuals in correctional facilities to give written consent for HIV testing, encouraged high - risk populations to use condoms by prohibiting prosecutors from using them as evidence in prostitution cases, and made it legal to possess syringes obtained through a syringe access program.

Before the introduction of the residency test, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) described the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offences Act (Laspo) as «targeting legal aid at the most serious cases which have sufficient priority to justify the use of public funds&raLegal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offences Act (Laspo) as «targeting legal aid at the most serious cases which have sufficient priority to justify the use of public funds&ralegal aid at the most serious cases which have sufficient priority to justify the use of public funds».

Bringing the case to the nation's highest court is the ultimate legal test for a policy that generated early chaos for the new administration.

The Committee would find it very helpful to be provided with copies of the legal advice on the scope of the offence given to you in relation to your review of the Mulcaire case last autumn: both before and after the 1 October case conference at which you first learned of the DPP's willingness to test a broader interpretation of the section 1 offence.

A long - simmering murder case in Potsdam connected to the strangulation of a 12 - year - old boy is shaping up as an important legal test of a cutting - edge method of teasing DNA evidence out of microscopic amounts of biological matter.

The coming retrials of two former New York state politicians, Sheldon Silver and Dean Skelos, are being watched nationwide as test cases of federal prosecutors» ability to win public - corruption convictions under a new legal standard.

Although academics don't warrant a «class privilege,» she said, academic - participant confidentiality can be awarded on a case - by - case basis, provided it meets the criteria of an existing four - step legal principle, known as the Wigmore test, which balances public interest in maintaining confidentiality against the court's interest in getting at the truth.

Just in case, Olsthoorn has set up a $ 500,000 legal defence fund that clients may access if the government does decide to test his plan in court.

This test kit carries legal backup since the results have been used in court cases successfully.

This argument is based on a legal theory that has never been tested before, and the outcome — at least at the first stage of the litigation — may be heavily influenced by which three judges happen to be randomly assigned to sit on the panel that hears the case; a broad range of political viewpoints are represented on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, which hears such cases.

In its Judgment of 20 September 2012 in case T ‑ 154 / 10 French Republic vs. European Commission, the General Court of the EU (GC) has established a new test of «bankruptcy - proofness» as an advantage contrary to Article 107 (1) TFEU that may generate a significant shake up in the control of State aid granted (implicitly) to establishments of an industrial and commercial character (EICC, or EPIC in their French acronym)-- ie legal entities governed by public law which have distinct legal personality from the State, financial independence and certain special powers, including the performance of one or more public service tasks.

We have assisted tens of thousands of British Columbians over the years through law reform, test case litigation, systemic advocacy, delivery of public legal education, summary advice, workshops and representation of clients before administrative tribunals and the courts.

If a referral does not meet the relevance test (i.e. the judge has not explained why the questioned legal provision is relevant for the specific case), the SCC dismisses the question and remands the case back to the ordinary court.

French magistrates who were testing case prediction technology by legal AI start - up Predictice as part of a Ministry of Justice - supported test project, have said that they see...

The question before the Court was whether, once the UK has chosen to provide legal assistance in cases where it may be under no duty to do so, could it refuse such assistance to those who otherwise qualify save for the residence test?

When I began my teaching career, at Georgetown, I taught a traditional legal writing course with writing assignments drawn from a variety of doctrinal areas, paying more attention to skills I wanted to teach — e.g. analyzing statutes, using elements tests, analogizing and distinguishing cases, synthesizing case and statutory law, etc. — than to integrating any particular area of doctrine.

French magistrates who were testing case prediction technology by legal AI start - up Predictice as part of a Ministry of Justice - supported test project, have said that they see no «additional value» in the system, as compared to the capabilities they have already.

To qualify for legal aid, there is a means test (based on any savings the baby has) and a merit test that simply requires that there's enough reason for us to investigate the case.

In a case brought by the Public Law Project, the Court ruled unanimously that the test was outside the scope of powers granted by the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 because it introduced a criterion which had «nothing to do with need».

Testing a strategy against outcomes data from similar prior cases, and exploring alternatives if the prospects for that strategy look unpromising, represents the power and promise of legal analytics.

Legal Aid for cases in the Magistrates Court is now means tested and also depends on the merits of your case.

Wayne van der Meide, regional manager of case management and litigation for Legal Aid Ontario told the National Post that his organization wants to encourage Ontario judges to employ cultural assessments, allocating funds for test cases.

Be this as it may, the case - law continues to classify business practices in categories depending on their form, and this in turn determines the corresponding legal tests for establishing whether the practices in question are abusive or legitimate.

The case was brought by the British Columbia government, which wanted to test the constitutionality of the law before taking legal action against members of a breakaway Mormon sect that practises polygamy at their Bountiful settlement in the southeast of the province.

Freshfields has won the mandate from German car giant Volkwagen (VW) to work on a raft of legal cases in the UK and Europe stemming from the emissions test rigging scandal that the company is currently embroiled in.

Doug Sarro, Osgoode Hall Law School's 2013 Gold Medallist, says the facts and holdings of individual cases are less important than the legal tests they applied.

«Although the long - term ethical and legal consequences of genetic testing for employment matters, insurance contracts, and preventive medicine and treatment are not yet fully known, cases of alleged genetic discrimination have been emerging in different parts of the world, prompting calls from concerned citizens for government action,» says.

there is no arguable case that the Agency erred in law by departing from the legal test for assessing the economic conditions within which the financial impact of the 1P1F policy should be considered (Air Canada's issue 4);

The Court concluded that Ms. Flatt's evidence did meet the second element of the family status test — that breastfeeding during work hours is a legal obligation — and concluded that breastfeeding in this case was a personal choice.

If the test comes in to have access to legal aid for civil and family cases a person will have to prove that:

The case was brought by the Public Law Project, a national legal charity that promotes access to justice, on the basis that the residence test would, if implemented, violate fundamental constitutional rights guaranteed by the common law and the European Convention on Human Rights, as incorporated into United Kingdom law by the Human Rights Act 1998.

If you have been charged with a DWI or breath test refusal offense in the Berkeley area, our legal staff has the expertise to see that your case gets the proper treatment.

The test will exclude many people from access to legal help and representation in civil and family cases, including children who have been in the UK for a number of years, victims of trafficking, and even British nationals (unless they can show that they have lived here for at least a year).

There are limited cases where the test will not be applied (for instance, in domestic violence injunctions applications) but there are many situations where the test will prevent crucial legal advice and help for those most in need.

There is no arguable case that the Agency erred in its application of the legal test in this respect.

In the test case that came before the Supreme Court in 2010, Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project, the Court held that it was constitutional to prohibit a group of humanitarian legal professionals (including a retired U.S. judge) «from engaging in certain specified activities, including training PKK members to use international law to resolve disputes peacefully; teaching PKK members to petition the United Nations and other representative bodies for relief; and engaging in political advocacy on behalf of Kurds living in Turkey and Tamils living in Sri Lanka.»

The company has three main offerings: Anvi Insight, which is the doc review tool and is in Beta testing; Anvi Intelligence, which is its legal research tool based at present on local case law; and the third service line, Anvi Robot, which is a machine learning document generation tool.

That said, more than 25 years ago we got our start developing our case management software in a working legal environment, giving us our name and our first client base, as well as providing us with hands - on testing in a real - world setting that helped us develop the product our customers love today.

With cuts to family legal aid due in 2013, and government plans to charge for child support assessments on the horizon, there is some irony in the obligation imposed by Art 15 for the provision of free legal advice (subject to a merits test) in 2007 Convention cases.

Did you know that other cases prescribe legal tests that must be applied to determine your entitlement to a statutory remedy, the existence of which the statute doesn't even hint at?

NPR legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg says today that the case «is the ultimate test of whether the Constitution imposes significant limits on punitive damages in each and every case of misconduct.»

In each case, we draw on the knowledge of our traditional M&A practice teams, our International practice and our tested network of firms outside of the United States to offer clients a seamless and efficient legal solution for multijurisdictional M&A engagements.

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