Sentences with phrase «on allegations of bias»

It was the second time that the tribunal would dismiss an application seeking the disqualification of the chairman based on allegation of bias.

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On Tuesday morning, VP of Search Tom Stocky wrote a post denying the allegations of political bias, adding that Facebook's team of news curators merely shepherd topics already identified by its algorithm.

To address allegations of bias, Facebook is bringing in two outside advisors — one to conduct a legal audit of its impact on underrepresented communities and communities of color, and another to advise the company on potential bias against conservative voices.

He said, «It is our holding that the defendant / applicant's allegation of bias is merely founded on conjecture.

But ruling on the application, the tribunal held that the comment credited to him was unverified and that the defence failed to meet the legal standard of proving allegation of bias against him.

Saraki, had in his motion filed on June 13, 2016 sought the tribunal's order compelling its chairman to disqualify himself over allegation of a bias statement credited to him during the proceedings of June 7.

But ruling on the application, the tribunal, held that the comment credited to him was unverified and that the defence failed to meet the legal standard of proving allegation of bias against a judge.

For example, a United States court held that the mere fact that the tribunal President and the counsel of one of the parties both served on the same board of directors and were members of the same organization was insufficient to justify a refusal, where the party bringing the challenge had provided no evidence that they had otherwise communicated with each other.889 A Hong Kong court has equally affirmed this high burden of proof, finding that the party opposing enforcement had failed to prove its allegation that the tribunal's deliberations had been affected by the alleged bias of one member.890

Beaudoin J. held that he did not have a conflict of interest and was not biased, but given the allegations made by Rancourt involving his personal grieving over the loss of his son, he was unable to continue and decide the remaining matters involving Mr. Rancourt with impartiality given the statements made by Mr. Rancourt on July 24, 2012.

AA Law v Lord Chancellor Advised a criminal legal aid firm on the merits and prospects of success of claim against Lord Chancellor concerning the 2015 criminal legal aid duty provider procurement exercise and then drafted particulars of claim in a complicated claim involving allegations of race discrimination and subconscious bias.

When it is alleged that a person has engaged in discrimination on the basis of social disadvantage, the onus of proving that the discrimination is based on a negative bias or stereotype lies on the person making the allegation.

In support of his allegation of bias, the employee placed emphasis on the trial judge's negative reaction to counsel's failure to bring to the court's attention a decision that questioned a procedural ruling that the trial judge had made earlier; describing his failure to bring the case to the court's attention as «bad advocacy.»

Collective decision making also shields the judicial institution from allegations of bias, because it is much harder to show that all three judges on a panel have the same bias than it is to conjure up some plausible grounds for bias involving a single judge.

Parties who raise issues of conflict of interest based on a past role of an adjudicator usually frame that objection as an allegation of an apprehension of bias.

Absent any evidence linking a generalization to a particular witness, the Court in RDS indicated at para 133 that the allegation of bias that an individual witness was prejudged base on generalizations may have have merit, and should be avoided.