Sentences with phrase «likely suffer harm»

Ms. Wormald would have likely suffered the harm despite all of the factors considered by the trial judge.

Not exact matches

There is certainly evidence that children who experience * long - term * neglect or unresponsiveness on the part of their parents are likely to suffer harm as a result, but that doesn't mean we can assume that sleep training has the same effect.

The Home Office agrees that torture survivors shouldn't be detained, because of the heightened risks to their welfare, but their new «Adults At Risk» policy requires survivors to supply detailed evidence that they are likely to suffer harm before they can qualify for release.

The United Nations defines violence against women as «any act of gender - based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual or mental harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or in private life.»

«Victims of these scams not only stand to lose large sums of money, but also are likely to suffer harm to their immigration status.»

What's more, a 2015 study in the Journal of Adolescent Health found that transgender youth are two to three times as likely as their peers to suffer from depression and anxiety disorders, or to attempt suicide or harm themselves.

On the flipside, the study shows that ex-prisoners who are obese, suffer from various chronic diseases or have had a history of self - harm or suicidal behaviour are less likely to return to custody.

It is 16 - year - olds from not well - off families, those who find it difficult to afford ordinary things, and those who have been affected the most by the recent economic crisis, who were also most likely to suffer from poor mental health and to have self - harmed.

Animal welfare organisations say BST causes unacceptable harm to cows, which are more likely to suffer from mastitis, a painful inflammation of the udder.

The plaintiffs moved for a preliminary injunction, arguing that they were likely to prevail on the merits because SB 302 was clearly unconstitutional and that Nevada's public school children will suffer irreparable harm because the education savings accounts will divert substantial funds from public schools.

The study, Vulnerability and Adaptation of US Shellfisheries to Ocean Acidification, breaks new ground by identifying the communities along our nation's shores that will most likely suffer long - term economic harm from ocean acidification, revealing a mosaic of vulnerability to ocean acidification nationwide.

The strawman is aTTP's repeated assertion that the words «dangerous» (able or likely to cause harm or injury) and «catastrophic» (involving or causing sudden great damage or suffering) are not commonly tossed around by anti-CO2 advocates in the climate debates.

Willfully inflict (or attempt to inflict) unjustifiable physical and / or mental suffering under circumstances likely to produce great bodily harm or death;

At the same time, we see no indication that consumers are likely to suffer harm from online legal matching services that would justify banning them.»

This is done because the harm suffered by each of them individually is likely not enough to bring a lawsuit, but as a group, it is.

(ii) the moving party has no valid defence in the proceeding; and (b) the harm likely to be or have been suffered by the responding party as a result of the moving party's expression is sufficiently serious that the public interest in permitting the proceeding to continue outweighs the public interest in protecting that expression.

On the other hand the welfare checklist contains six other factors to be taken into account including: l the child's needs; l the likely effect of any change; l any harm which the child has suffered or is likely to suffer; and l how capable each of the child's parents is in meeting the child's needs.

While it is not possible or appropriate to avoid litigation in every divorce or dissolution, children are much less likely to suffer long - term emotional or psychological harm when an out - of - court solution can be reached.

The better you understand how accident victims are compensated for their injuries, the more likely you are to secure an insurance settlement that fully accounts for the harms you suffered as a result of your accident.

Damages For Future Harm and Expenses - So long as future damages such as pain and suffering, disability, loss of enjoyment of life, medical expenses, and lost wages are proven more likely than not to be incurred, those losses are recoverable as well.

The nature of the harm, its severity, the possibility of future pain and the duration of which the litigant is likely to be in pain influence the monetary value of the pain and suffering.

In the meantime, if it should happen that Ms. Taylor is not present for the end of the story because she exercised her right to end her life in accordance with the exemption, I am not persuaded that the nature of any harm suffered by the public as a result offsets the likely final and irrevocable nature of the harm to Ms. Taylor if a stay is granted.

This suggests that even if the order is set aside on appeal, Google will suffer irreparable harm as a result of compliance with the court order in the interim, because its clients will think less of it or because it is more likely to be the target of injunction applications.

In this particular case, it appeared that the harm suffered or likely to be suffered by the plaintiff was rather low, and suffered before the alleged distribution to third - parties occurred,

Connor's local authority instituted an investigation under the Children Act 1989 (ChA 1989), s 47, on the basis that they had «reasonable cause to suspect that a child is suffering, or is likely to suffer, significant harm», and arranged a child protection conference to consider his case.

With respect to the second and third factors, the children would likely suffer serious psychological and emotional harm if now forced to return to Nigeria against their will.

As plaintiffs have shown that they are likely to succeed on the merits of their First Amendment claim, are likely to suffer irreparable harm absent an injunction, and that the balance of equities and public interest favor an injunction, the court will grant plaintiffs» request to enjoin Proposition 65's warning requirement for glyphosate.

«We know that victims and bully - victims are more likely to develop physical health problems, suffer from anxiety and depression and are also at increased risk of self - harm and suicide.»

This Act also sets out the steps that local authorities must take if they have reasonable cause to suspect that a child in their area is suffering, or is likely to suffer, significant harm.

The social worker can only do this if they have good reason to believe that the child is suffering or is likely to suffer «significant harm».

A court can only make certain orders about a child, like care, supervision or adoption orders, if it is satisfied that, when Children's Servicesfirst got involved in protecting the child, s / he was suffering or was likely to suffer significant harm, and that the harm was due to the parents» care not being what is normally expected of a parent.

The Children Act 1989 A bullying incident should be addressed as a child protection concern when there is «reasonable cause to suspect that a child is suffering, or is likely to suffer, significant harm».

A good social care assessment supports professionals to understand whether a child has needs relating to their care or a disability and / or is suffering or likely to suffer significant harm.