Sentences with phrase «of public law cases»

Mary Ann specialises in cases concerning children and represents parents and children in a wide variety of public law cases.

Jessica has acted and advised in a variety of public law cases.

Tofiq specialises in cases concerning children and represents children, parents and relatives in a wide variety of public law cases.

Jenny specialises in cases concerning children and represents parents and children in a wide variety of public law cases.

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«So when Trump says he wants to «open up» libel law, he really means (if he has the slightest knowledge of the law) that he wants to open up — to change — the First Amendment, which, beginning in 1964, has been held to require in cases brought by public figures, proof that what was said was false, and that the newspaper knew or suspected that it was false.

«While not every case will be appropriate for admissions of wrongdoing, the SEC required JPMorgan to admit the facts in the SEC's order — and acknowledge that it broke the law — because JPMorgan's egregious breakdowns in controls and governance put its millions of shareholders at risk and resulted in inaccurate public filings.»

But like that case of Nativity scenes being given special protected spaces on public property, that is a special support for a religious purpose and so violates the law.

Where positivist reason dominates the field to the exclusion of all else - and that is broadly the case in our public mindset - then the classical sources of knowledge for ethics and law are excluded.

But if that is the case, why are there so few public statements, with the «conservative» label attached to them, that tell us exactly what policy should be in the matter of education, welfare provision, environmental protection, planning law, urbanization, infrastructure, and everything else that matters to the ordinary citizen?

Readers familiar with the American case law will recognize this as a version of the «endorsement test» our own courts use to evaluate the constitutionality of public nativity scenes.

The Conseil went beyond American case law, though, in announcing presumptive rules for display of a crèche that depend on whether the display is inside or outside a public building.

He litigated major law reform and class action cases in the federal court of appeals and Supreme Court on Social Security, Medicaid, Aid to Families with Dependent Children, SNAP / Food Stamps and other public benefits issues, and the rights of children born out of wedlock.

Public advertising by baby - milk manufacturers is explicitly banned in the WHO code and in Bangladeshi law, but Ahmed takes me to a doctor's waiting room in a Dhaka suburb whose walls are adorned with posters showing healthy - looking babies, and the names of baby - milk manufacturers (not Nestlé, in this case).

He was also within the law if he talked to them about the rationale for the decision in that case based on (and not outside of) the judgment and related material in the Abu Ramadan case, which judgment and material is part of the public record.

The case, which was brought by the Public Interest Law Unit (PILU) and North East London Migrant Action (NELMA), is one of several legal battles against Theresa May's «hostile environment».

For example, China's Public Security Bureaus are granted such vague and wide - ranging powers to sentence individuals to re-education through labour that it is often difficult to make the case that an instance of detention was in clear violation of the law.

Olisa Agbakoba, SAN, declared: any court ruling on present corruption cases should take cognisance of law as it takes of public opinion.

While the government in some limited cases can legitimately place restrictions on the public's right to access certain information, attempts of the Nigerian authorities to justify the total closure of information related to the names of public officials from whom funds were recovered on the basis of «ongoing criminal investigation» and «presumption of innocence goes far beyond the limitations allowed under international law, and would promote secret recoveries.»

· Amend The Penal Law To Prohibit Undisclosed Self - Dealing By Public Officials: To address the Supreme Court's decision in Skilling, which severely hampered the federal government's ability to prosecute cases involving deprivation of «honest services» by public officials, New York State should enact a felony - level crime of «Undisclosed Self - Dealing» to target public officials who further their own financial self - interest while purporting to be acting on behalf of their constituents or government empPublic Officials: To address the Supreme Court's decision in Skilling, which severely hampered the federal government's ability to prosecute cases involving deprivation of «honest services» by public officials, New York State should enact a felony - level crime of «Undisclosed Self - Dealing» to target public officials who further their own financial self - interest while purporting to be acting on behalf of their constituents or government emppublic officials, New York State should enact a felony - level crime of «Undisclosed Self - Dealing» to target public officials who further their own financial self - interest while purporting to be acting on behalf of their constituents or government emppublic officials who further their own financial self - interest while purporting to be acting on behalf of their constituents or government employer.

Reinvent Albany has analyzed the Freedom of Information Law requests received by numerous New York State and City agencies in an effort to identify what agency information and data the public is interested in, and to make a case for publishing that information online.

Thelegislation is part of a broader package of laws designed to improve enforcement of election laws, ease voter registration, strengthen anti-bribery laws, and provide district attorneys with greater power to prosecute public corruption cases.

Its scope is relatively narrow — the court can not strike down a law or tell the public body what the outcome of a case should have been.

So, even in the case of the president as complete public property, where does the law end and where does sociology begin?

The Schneiderman case lies at the intersection of two areas of the law with which Singas is familiar: sexual crimes and public corruption.

«The lurid details underlying the case — where county contracts and legislation were traded for personal favors — were laid out for all to see, leaving the public now to wonder whether even the most brazen acts are beyond the grasp of the law.»

«The rules of law apply regardless of who is investigating a case, but our concern is that there will be pressure on a special prosecutor to indict an officer for the sake of public perception and that does not serve the ends of justice,» Lynch said.

Commission members, Cuomo and legislative leaders are negotiating to craft a new package of ethics laws that would include some parts of an anticorruption bill known as the Public Trust Act that the governor proposed after several corruption cases involving state lawmakers.

You really do actually have to study the case law of the Immigration Tribunal to appreciate the extent to which these cases walk the moral balance of British justice, endanger the public and frankly, for many people outside of parliament, make human rights dirty words.

The defendants said it includes a description of one public corruption case — the prosecution of former Bridgeport (Connecticut) Mayor Joseph Ganim — with an outdated summary of the law that applies to corruption cases, and want the display covered or removed before their trial starts.

On this much, most agree: That the Supreme Court took McDonnell's case means a good number of the justices think that U.S. public corruption law is worth examining.

The panel of judges stated at a minimum the NYPD's case raised «a possibility of endanger [ment]» that was enough to merit an exemption to the Public Officers Law.

The Joint Commission on Public Ethics settled its case against Fred Hiffa, formerly of Ostroff, Hiffa, & Associates, Inc., following allegations that he had violated the state's lobbying gift ban in 2006 by hiring Matthew Libous in 2006, retaining the Binghamton lawmaker's son for $ 4,166 a month for one year to a Westchester County - based law firm.

The judicial Power shall extend to all Cases, in Law and Equity, arising under this Constitution, the Laws of the United States, and Treaties made, or which shall be made, under their Authority; — to all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls; — to all Cases of admiralty and maritime Jurisdiction; — to Controversies to which the United States shall be a Party; — to Controversies between two or more States; — between a State and Citizens of another State; — between Citizens of different States; — between Citizens of the same State claiming Lands under Grants of different States, and between a State, or the Citizens thereof, and foreign States, Citizens or Subjects.

Bashir advised members of the public to take advantage of the alternative conflict resolution department of the command to resolve similar cases instead of taking laws into their hands.

The Buffalo Public Schools — where six of the other eight board members sought Paladino's removal — has paid $ 122,474 for legal services to a Syracuse law firm hired to represent the district in the case, according to district records.

But Cuomo was limited because he lacked full powers to police public corruption, as state law dictates the A.G. can only pursue a small class of cases.

The League, along with Citizen's Union, also wants the legislature to adopt a law that requires the same changes, just in case the constitutional amendment, which requires the approval of two consecutively elected legislatures, plus a public vote, does not ultimately pass.

If the County of Erie is not the defendant, but an individual associated with the county is the defendant, determine if the provisions of the Public Officers law that authorizes and in some cases requires defense and indemnity for governmental employees have been complied with,

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The Brennan Center for Justice, Citizens Union, Common Cause New York, the League of Women Voters of New York City, and New York Public Interest Research Group submitted a friend - of - the - court brief this week, urging the federal district court hearing the case to uphold the law.

The director of public prosecutions was instructed by the law lords to draw up guidelines indicating the various factors for and against prosecution in such cases.

The BHA's Head of Public Affairs Naomi Phillips commented, «Recent years have seen some of the most compelling challenges to the law and policy on assisted dying in the UK and, if successful, this case could be key in affecting some change in this area.

With three weeks to go in the legislative session, advocates are still pushing for passage of a Child Victims Act that would do away with the statute of limitations on child sex abuse cases, create a one - year window so survivors who can't bring cases under current law could do so, and treat public and private institutions the same.

«The question in these difficult cases is not whether a local prosecutor, including one with understandably close ties to his or her fellow local law enforcement officers, is capable of setting aside any personal biases in deciding whether to, or how vigorously, to pursue the case,» Schneiderman wrote, adding, «the question is whether there is public confidence that justice has been served, especially in cases where homicide or other serious charges against the accused officer are not pursued or are dismissed prior to a trial by jury.»

Percoco's attorney, Barry Bohrer of New York City, told news outlets there that Percoco not only denies breaking any laws, a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in July, which made it more difficult to prosecute public corruption cases, should help him.

Governor Cuomo and the state's district attorneys are pushing for laws to make it easier to prosecute bribery and public corruption cases, in the wake of recent scandals in Albany.

An ethics case involving two Woodstock Town Board members has depleted the ranks of the Ethics Board and raised lingering questions about matters such as due process, the rights and responsibilities of public officials, and the soundness of the local law at the heart of the case.

Corcoran is a former Albany County Court special prosecutor and private attorney of 19 years standing who also served as past chairman of the Albany County Ethics Commission and a hearing officer who adjudicated cases involving violations of the public health law.

In a retrial, the government's case would probably be streamlined a bit, said Jennifer Rodgers, executive director of the Center for the Advancement of Public Integrity at Columbia Law School.

All the Orange County legislators were provided with documentation of factual cases of civil forfeiture abuse; law enforcement agencies and local municipalities using the proceeds of forfeiture properties, cash and cars to balance their budgets; articles from conservative think tanks like The Heritage Foundation against this law and public comments from citizens, attorneys and former police officers expressing their view against this law.