Sentences with phrase «liberalisation of»

Today, however, many of the existing specialised international tribunals have been created in the context of a particular regime, such as one which promotes, for example, the liberalisation of international trade rules, the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms, or the economic integration of a regional organisation.

The loosening of the regulations in the Shanghai FTZ was announced in 2013 with the aim of testing liberalisation of the Chinese market in key areas such as telecoms, financial and legal.

It is welcome to see Prof Mayson starting his paper from a position of neutrality insofar as he resists the easy / lazy argument that liberalisation of legal services as a result of LSA 2007 inevitably will lead to advice deserts — or indeed the opposite (that competition is some kind of panacea).

This white paper analyses the impact of the recent liberalisation of funding regimes in these two key Asian jurisdictions; looking in detail at the changes, anticipating future developments and providing practical tips for practitioners.

Its language emphasises investment protection rather than the liberalisation of the investment policies of developing countries.

As we have witnessed with the liberalisation of the third party funding environment in Singapore and Hong Kong, forward - looking jurisdictions have concluded that funding plays an important role in the disputes process and they will be at a competitive disadvantage if they preclude funding»

Due to the above reason, under strong foreign pressure from jurisdictions such as the US and European Union, liberalisation of the market for rice and foreign lawyers has become a serious issue in Japanese diplomacy for a while.

Douglas Scott director Jonathan Nolan says: «Budgetary pressures born of the ongoing liberalisation of the legal services market and economic uncertainty mean that law firms are engaged in a balancing act — they want to create opportunity but at a price they are comfortable with.»

An overwhelming majority of India's top legal professionals and business leaders have come out in support of the liberalisation of the country's legal market, according to new research.

The case arose from arbitral proceedings that were held in Frankfurt but concerned the 2004 liberalisation of the Slovak health insurance market.

-LSB-...] by granting DEI and maintaining in its favour quasi-monopolistic lignite exploration rights which ensure that it has privileged access to the most attractive fuel in Greece for the purposes of generating electricity, the Hellenic Republic thereby created inequality of opportunity between economic operators on the wholesale electricity market and thus distorted competition, maintaining or reinforcing DEI's dominant position and excluding or hindering any new entrants, despite the liberalisation of the wholesale electricity market.

In particular, since the liberalisation of the gaming sector in 2001, which turned Macau into the largest gaming hub in Asia, a large number of Hong Kong based businesses — e.g. construction companies, property developers, hotel operators and high end luxury retailers — have set up in Macau, which has resulted in «imports» of common law based concepts.

In a major decision on the liberalisation of India's legal market, the nation's top court has ruled that foreign law firms are still not permitted to establish permanent offices in the country, but that they are allowed to advise on non-Indian law matters on a temporary basis.

Additionally, this government's continued thrust on economic, regulatory and fiscal reforms with the abolition of FIPB, liberalisation of FDI in single brand retail, pharma and real estate services, introduction of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code and GST are likely to catalyse more M&A deals.

Indeed, the Court considers that the sustainable development chapter «plays an essential role in the agreement» (para. 162) and that the agreement operates under a form of conditionality «by making liberalisation of that trade subject to the condition that the Parties comply with their international obligations concerning social protection of workers and environmental protection» (para. 166).

The Court's language might nonetheless suggest that such a decision is not entirely up to the political discretion of these two institutions by stating that «liberalisation of that trade [is made] subject to the condition that the Parties comply with their international obligations concerning social protection of workers and environmental protection» (para. 166).

31 It follows that OCTs benefit from the liberalisation of the movement of capital provided for in Article 63 TFEU in their capacity as non ‑ Member States.

Launched in 2012, in response to the liberalisation of Legal Services in the UK, in the form of the Legal Services Act 2007 and the Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act (LASPO) in 2012, Modern Law Magazine has established itself as one of the leading B2B publications in the legal industry.

60 Consequently, as the Commission observes, to regard the rules on patentable subject - matter in Article 27 of the TRIPs Agreement as falling within the field of the common commercial policy rather than the field of the internal market correctly reflects the fact that the context of those rules is the liberalisation of international trade, not the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States of the European Union.

Due to Australia's plentiful reserves of cheap coal, the liberalisation of the power industry has favoured its use, especially that of Victorian brown coal, which has become the primary fuel source for generation in the four southern states of the NEM.

«With some tightening of the MA15 + category, the retention of the existing [refused classification] category and no liberalisation of the existing games market, the outcome today is a significant improvement from what had been previously put to ministers for their approval,» ACL spokesman Rob Ward said.

I'm glad to see the liberalisation of arts here, and look forward to these continued positive changes.

Joint publication, with China's State Development Research Centre, of Opening China's gold market in a new era: Related policy research and suggestions, proposing liberalisation of the country's gold market

Of course, the fall of the Iron & Bamboo Curtains, and the gradual liberalisation of many statist nations in its wake, finally unleashed a multitude of countries & nigh on two billion people to become active participants in the world market economy.

All prices are on - the - road without insurance, and the car marks the first time Honda Malaysia is announcing OTR prices without insurance in light of the country's liberalisation of comprehensive motor insurance on July 1, 2017.

German scientists campaign for liberalisation of stem cell law ahead of crucial parliamentary vote

Gay men and women have benefited from a general liberalisation of our culture.

But he said that the liberalisation of shop opening hours in the 1980s had created a situation where «we all shop for seven days» and that it was time «to reflect whether retail therapy is the best way to spend our weekends».

On entering Parliament in 2001, Mr Cameron rose rapidly through the ranks, serving first on the Home Affairs Select Committee, which recommended the liberalisation of drug laws.

«These, added to the major restructuring of the corporation and the liberalisation of the downstream sector, are pointers to the determination and focus of the new NNPC under this administration.

Nick Clegg has gone further than ever before in calling for a liberalisation of Britain's drug laws, saying that «if you are anti-drugs you should be pro-reform».

It was a pretty smart piece of policy, albeit that you're never going to solve the housing crisis without massive liberalisation of planning laws and building on the green belt (which I still think could be a huge vote - winner for Labour).

In January 2006 he criticised Westminster MPs over the introduction of civil partnerships in the UK, and Holyrood members over the liberalisation of divorce laws in Scotland, [82] In July 2006 he opposed proposals to change the law which would require Catholic adoption agencies to place children with homosexuals in the same way as with heterosexuals, calling them totalitarian.

Keeping quiet: Brian Paddick has made no comment as yet on the stats released on the liberalisation of the cannabis laws

The Conservatives» liberalisation of the British economy in the 1980s and 90s was much - needed and long overdue but there is no question that these reforms changed parts of the North beyond recognition in a very short period of time.

You would suddenly have a very large economy, with considerable political clout and a long history of advocating for liberalisation of services, joining a relatively out - of - the - way trade arrangement.

Jacqui Smith reclassified cannabis from a Class C to a Class B drug when she was in Cabinet, following a liberalisation of the law under David Blunkett and Tony Blair a few years earlier.

Business groups and unions had strongly opposed liberalisation of opening hours in England and Wales, arguing that it would give large supermarkets such as Asda and Tesco a greater competitive edge over small retailers.

Only last week a cross-party group of MPs called for the liberalisation of cannabis laws during a Westminster Hall debate in parliament.

Globalisation and the interconnected liberalisation of markets is a genie out of its bottle and is not going to be reversed despite the primal howls.

It pointed out that the effective implementation of a new foreign exchange mechanism and liberalisation of the fuel sector in Nigeria would face fresh hurdles as the UK withdraws from the EU.

But despite uncertainties, there is little doubt that in the current times when China is also considering further liberalisation of its capital account, IIAs will continue to play an important role in China's economic diplomacy in the years to come.

The need for a new and broader agenda for the liberalisation of trade and investment is more broadly acknowledged.

However, rather than implying a swift liberalisation of illicit drugs, Sefatian suggested another direction: re-introducing the cultivation of plants such as poppy and cannabis under state supervision; legalisation of cannabis and opium use under specific circumstances outlined by ad hoc laws, for instance, only in private places and for opium — as he told me — only for people above a certain age.

To some extent, it is more of the same: continue the substantial trade liberalisation of the past three decades.

A liberalisation of contractor laws could provide the federal government with a much - needed win in the Senate, with key independent senator and former building industry tycoon Bob Day a long - time advocate of independent contracting.

However, she said that «her spirit fought to live» and now firmly opposes any liberalisation of the law.

The liberalisation of the movement of capital since 1974 has greatly facilitated the recycling of «dirty money» - from the sale of drugs and arms through to that generated by white collar criminality - in legalised tax havens and, thanks to banking secrecy, through the financial and industrial organisations otherwise respected in countries «of excellence» reputed for their professionalism and democratic institutions.

One could say, I'm complaining about the gradually liberalisation of Christian ethics.

We have seen in our own case how liberalisation of financial markets has led to pressures to liberalise product markets (through ongoing tariff reductions and other forms), to bring more competition in the provision of infrastructures (such as transport, communications and power generation), and to free up the labour market (through, for example, enterprise - based wage bargaining).