Sentences with phrase «of jurisdictional disputes»

Within months, Secretary Salazar pushed through clarification of jurisdictional disputes between the MMS and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) in an effort to simplify the complex labyrinth of environmental and multi-agency procedures that make offshore wind approval an onerous seven - to - nine - year process.

The charges in question were apparently based on a strict and rigid interpretation of the SoPs, with the result that the labourers in question were prevented from carrying out work they had been performing safely and skillfully for decades, that was assigned to them under collective agreements, and that in some cases had already been the subject of jurisdictional dispute decisions by the Ontario Labour Relations Board (OLRB).

Not exact matches

Other jurisdictional disputes may also impede the gathering of the Council.

The patriarch of Antioch has threatened to withdraw his participation in the Council if this jurisdictional dispute is not resolved in his church's favor.

With pro-Constantinople forces promoting the Council and pro-Moscow forces generally opposing the endeavor, the majority of primates remain inert with their attention being consumed by local concerns and jurisdictional disputes.

It would be natural, then, to make Orthodox theological anthropology the overarching theme of the Council and to address all other questions — such as jurisdictional disputes, ecumenical dialogue, and human rights — as embraced in the common Orthodox vision for the renewal of humanity.

«The City of Troy continues to be unfairly involved in the jurisdictional dispute between the New York State Attorney General's Office and the Rensselaer County District Attorney.

Schneiderman's report clearly rankled Mayor Patrick Madden, who said in a statement: «The city of Troy continues to be unfairly involved in the jurisdictional dispute between the New York state attorney general's office and the Rensselaer County district attorney.»

Part of the dispute is jurisdictional — the Assembly version amends environmental conservation law, the Senate bill changes general business law.

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The Court also makes reference to Recital 16 of the Regulation which underlines that the special rules of jurisdiction based on a close connection between the court and the dispute are meant to safeguard legal certainty as to the place of jurisdiction and to avoid that the respondent is exposed to a jurisdictional venue that he or she could not have reasonably foreseen.

Advising a trustee in bankruptcy in relation to a dispute in respect of vested assets with jurisdictional issues.

Koza Ltd v Koza Altin Işletmeri AS: acted (with Richard Morgan QC) in a dispute over shareholder control of an English subsidiary of a major Turkish conglomerate and the recognition of a Turkish trusteeship, with a related jurisdictional dispute.

He has much experience of handling matters in offshore jurisdictions and of multi jurisdictional disputes generally.

She regularly works with Partners to advise on a range of issues in employment and partnership disputes and exits, including enforceability of restrictive covenants in traditional partnerships and LLPs, discrimination, whistleblowing and jurisdictional issues.

Represented a broadcaster in a major non-construction jurisdictional dispute leading to an amendment by the Ontario Labour Relations Board of a collective agreement scope clause.

He has for example acted in long - running litigation arising out of the privatisation of the railways of Kenya and Uganda, represented a European state in a dispute in relation to satellite surveillance services, a German bank in its claims arising out of a major fraud to sell non-existent tickets to the Beijing Olympics, a state oil and gas company in relation to a subsea drilling project in the Caribbean, and for a large Russian bank in a major jurisdictional dispute (VTB v. Nutritek).

He has been instructed in several jurisdictional disputes raising issues relation to satisfaction of the criteria for permission to serve out of the jurisdiction and forum conveniens.

Arish has acted on a wide array of commercial disputes in the English Courts and in English seated arbitrations, including cases involving civil fraud, breaches of fiduciary duty, complex contractual claims, negligence claims, economic torts, shareholder, joint venture, partnership and insolvency disputes and jurisdictional battles (amongst others).

The monopoly of dispute settlement maintained by the EU courts under Art. 344 TFEU obliges the Member States to settle disputes concerning the interpretation or application of the Treaties by no other means than the ones provided for in the latter and thereby strengthens the jurisdictional order of competences within the EU.

The decision states that while court hearing fees are permissible in principle, those that present «undue hardship» to litigants, such that they are discouraged from accessing the court system, violate core jurisdictional principles within the Constitution: «The historic task of the superior courts is to resolve disputes between individuals and decide questions of private and public law.

Recent cases include: Axiom Litigation Financing Fund (acting for the «receiver / liquidator» of a Caymans Islands fund: # 110m dispute); Frauntled Management Limited v Featherwood ($ 13m investment dispute before the BVI Court of Appeal); BBX Capital Asset Management v Royal Bank of Canada & Ors ($ 30m Cayman dispute relating to transaction to defraud creditors / sham trusts); Trinity Management Group Ltd v Burke Consolidated Ltd (s. 184I / s.175 BVI dispute); Maruti Holdings PTE Limited v Sinclair Strategies Limited (BVI jurisdictional challenge); QVT Fund & Ors v China Zenix Auto International Limited (s. 184I and s184C BVI dispute: interim injunction) In addition, the international nature of commercial fraud often results in Paul advising in relation to proceedings before off - shore courts such as in VTB v Nutritek (advised on interim relief in Cayman Islands and maintenance of BVI injunction in light of UK Supreme Court decisions) and in other off - shore jurisdictions such as Jersey, Guernsey and Nevis.

He is also regularly involved in multi-jurisdictional disputes, involving complex jurisdictional issues or concurrent foreign proceedings or where the substantive law of the English proceedings is not English law.

It was a jurisdictional dispute between the French and Turkish governments involving the collision of two steamships.

In the commercial context, claims of this size (generally, between $ 1,500 and $ 25,000, though the jurisdictional limits of actions heard in Small Claims Courts vary depending on the state and county in which the claim is brought) typically arise from consumer disputes, or disputes among parties to a services contract.

VTB Capital v Nutritek & Others [2012] EWCA Civ 808: Appeared for the Claimant in the Court of Appeal in a complex jurisdictional dispute relating to a US$ 350m fraud claim

Curran Law Office successfully argued a UCCJEA motion in a jurisdictional dispute which established Wisconsin as the home state of our client's minor child.

Stephen Smith is renowned for his work in civil fraud litigation (typically claims for breach of fiduciary duty, deceit and misrepresentation), especially in connection with freezing injunctions, asset tracing, disclosure orders, jurisdictional and forum disputes, sham trusts and committals to prison for contempt of court.

Just as the JT commented in Assas that the interim injunction preserves the status quo pending determination of the dispute; the interim injunction also preserves the status quo pending determination of the jurisdictional challenge under the Decree itself.

Instructions include disputes relating to charterparties, bills of lading, ship / yacht building, ship / yacht sale, ship finance (mortgages, guarantees and assignments), ship brokers, shipping pools, casualties, oil pollution, FPSO & other offshore vessels, general average, P&I calls, marine insurance, duties of classification societies, formal investigations and limitation of actions, plus related arbitral and jurisdictional issues.

An understanding of jurisdictional issues and the «conflict of laws», the body of law used to determine the law to be applied to a dispute, is often central to an international or cross-border contract dispute.

David has particular experience in art litigation and related jurisdictional disputes, including the standard terms and conditions of all the major auction houses and London art dealers.

Understanding of jurisdictional issues and the «conflict of laws», the body of law used to determine the law to be applied to a dispute, is often central to an international or cross-border contract dispute.

He has extensive experience of commercial litigation (including advisory work) in a wide variety of areas, both in the English Commercial Court (and on appears therefrom) and also domestic and international arbitrations, such as carriage of goods, sale of goods, fraud claims, asset tracing, insurance and reinsurance, contractual and non-contractual termination, jurisdictional disputes, worldwide and other freezing orders, anti-suit injunctions, arbitration disputes, service out of the jurisdiction, guarantee disputes, bills of exchange, and documentary credits.

Thus, even though under other circumstances Article 2 (b) may provide jurisdiction for disputes arising out of an economic transaction rather than an investment, because the Canada - Venezuela Treaty governed and under the Treaty there was no investment, the alternative jurisdictional basis was not available.

To avoid jurisdictional disputes, lawyers advising parties who wish the DIFC Courts to have jurisdiction should pay special attention to the drafting of contracts and the execution of their transactions to ensure that any dispute will fall within the jurisdiction of the DIFC Courts.

One of the projects the Onion Lake Treaty Governance Office began work on was establishing a Cree jurisdictional dispute resolution process.

Jordan's Principle established that where intergovernmental disputes over payment for services exist, the level of government that has first contact assumes all costs of child services and continues to pay them until a settlement regarding jurisdictional disputes is reached.

He also provides counsel on strategy for dispute avoidance and resolution, and deals with conflict of laws and jurisdictional matters.

Jeremy's practice has been consistently noted for its breadth, but he specialises in heavy financial and contractual disputes, complex international jurisdictional battles and has a wealth of experience in Russian business and fraud matters.

The lawyers in Miami together have decades of experience representing multinational companies and sovereign nations in international litigation and transnational arbitration, including complex jurisdictional disputes concerning common law and civil law issues.

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Advising an agricultural client on a dispute relating to significant defects in the design and construction of plant and machinery, dealing with complex cross-border and jurisdictional issues.

But none of this works if our trial court judges allow themselves to get pulled into family disputes in a way that exceeds their jurisdictional authority.

Representative matters have included the removal of an international health insurance dispute from state to federal court and enforcement of an international arbitration agreement and jurisdictional matters involving the ability of a federal court to hear an action to set aside an arbitration award issued in an arbitration involving two foreign parties.

The best * Richmond Family Lawyers are adept at arguing for both equal and unequal of family property including real estate, bank accounts, investments, pensions, CPP, businesses, partnerships, professional practices and capably handling international asset claims and jurisdictional disputes.

For more than 25 years, Richard has advised U.S. corporations with regard to a wide variety of complex labor relations matters, such as large - scale union organizing and decertification campaigns, strikes and secondary boycotts, union jurisdictional disputes, and successor employer claims.

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