Sentences with phrase «pecuniary interest in»

So, a contractor or the closing attorney, who both have a pecuniary interest in the transaction and get paid for the transaction to occur, can be notaries at closing.

From that point, Mr. Ford clearly had a pecuniary interest in the matter before Council, as he would be relieved of the reimbursement obligation if the motion passed.

[45] Did Mr. Ford have a pecuniary interest in that matter?

in addition to showing that they have no personal, proprietary or pecuniary interest in the litigation that would justify the proceedings on economic grounds, the plaintiffs must show that it would not have been possible to effectively pursue the litigation in question with private funding

And given the ability to leverage a charitable interest in the Kentucky Kernel case and a pecuniary interest in the Hulk Hogan lawsuit, use of litigation funding devices will continue to grow, increasing the access to justice.

At a meeting of the Council, held on July 29, 2008, after his bid to purchase the land had been made, Robert Tuchenhagen disclosed his pecuniary interest in the sale as required by the Municipal Conflict of Interest Act, 2001, S.O. 2001, c. 25 («MCIA»).

Let me state that I have no pecuniary interest in this of any kind.

I have no shares or any kind of pecuniary interest in the fossil fuel sector or current commercial engagement to support that sector's interest directly or indirectly.

It strikes me as bizarre that anyone in this so called debate can declare no pecuniary interest in it, yet people in our time (early 21st century) are the beneficiaries of the way our economy is run whilst unborn future generations are not being properly represented in our decision making process.

That any sane nation, having observed that you could provide for the supply of bread by giving bakers a pecuniary interest in baking for you, should go on to give a surgeon a pecuniary interest in cutting off your leg, is enough to make one despair of political humanity.

The tide is turning Rob Ellison — sorry if your pecuniary interests in maintaining the status quo somehow suffer, but at least a few billion others will benefit from less economic waste and misuse of agricultural land and products.

Those like you, Basil, who call upon the authority of journals and persons in the climatology field (who obviously, like yourself, demonstrate a serious lack of understanding of such matters as thermodynamic equilibrium, entropy and unbalanced energy potentials) epitomise the process whereby the greatest hoax of all time has been, and continues to be promulgated by those with personal pecuniary interests in maintaining the status quo.

Not exact matches

These shares do not include 1,213,435 shares, valued at approximately $ 247,856,233 on March 20, 2015, that Mr. Pearson, as the grantor, previously contributed to the J. Michael Pearson grantor retained annuity trust, for which he is not the trustee and in which he has no pecuniary interest; however, the shares in this trust remain subject to the same selling restrictions as applicable to Mr. Pearson.

«The Umuahia rally has also shown that the APC leaders are not in any way interested in the welfare of Nigerians but in their selfish, political and pecuniary interests.

The letter did thank Robinson for appointing a new accounting officer in April 2016, but also cautioned that there were a number of further instances of non-compliance with the Academies Financial Handbook, including failing to publish on its website relevant business and pecuniary interests of members, trustees, local governors and accounting officers.

For each trustee and local governor who has served at any point over the past 12 months, their full names, date of appointment, term of office, date they stepped down (where applicable), who appointed them (in accordance with the trust's articles), and relevant business and pecuniary interests including governance roles in other educational institutions must be recorded.

But the NUT is concerned that those working as advisers on daily pay rates of up to # 840 in schools which are underachieving could have their impartiality compromised by a potential pecuniary interest when inspecting a school.

(b) It shall be unlawful for any seller to evade or attempt to evade this section by inducing a buyer to become obligated to another creditor in which the initial creditor has a pecuniary interest or with whom the initial creditor has an arrangement for exchange of customers.

As you, Bill, should realize, it is difficult for an honest peer review officer — even one who does not have a personal pecuniary or professional interest in the support of a particular point of view — to contest an assertion in a manuscript which is clearly supported by a previously peer - reviewed article, a copy of which has come to said review officer along with the manuscript in question, all highlighted and redlined «with circles and arrows and a paragraph on the back of each one explaining what each one was to be used as evidence against us.»

The conflict provisions do not apply if the pecuniary interest is too remote or insignificant in nature.

The MCIA prohibits a member of municipal council from taking part in discussions or voting on any matter in which he or she has any pecuniary interest.

But in Schlenker v. Torgrimson, the Court of Appeal for British Columbia considered whether elected officials had a pecuniary interest when the sums involved didn't directly fatten their own wallets.

At a meeting of Toronto City Council on February 7, 2012, the respondent spoke to and voted on a matter in which he allegedly had a pecuniary interest.

Justice Charles Hackland found Ford had contravened the act by voting on a matter in which he had a pecuniary interest; the strict provisions of the legislation meant his seat would have to be declared vacant.

Indeed, proving that officials in smaller municipalities do not have a pecuniary interest can be troublesome, because there is a smaller pool of volunteers willing to run for posts, he suggests.

To this end, «a party to a civil case is entitled to have the jury qualified by the court as to any insurance carrier with a financial interest in the case,» Ford Motor Co. v. Conley, 294 Ga. 530, 550 (2014), for even when the insurer may not be a direct party to the action, a relationship with a non-party insurer with a pecuniary interest may sway a putative juror's vote.

Following several years of judicial procedures, the Austrian Supreme Court made a preliminary reference to the European Court of Justice on two issues, of which the most interesting one concerns whether the environmental impact assessment also serves to protect an individual against pecuniary damages as a result of the decrease in the value of his or her property.

Section 5 of the MCIA clearly and broadly states that where a member, «has any pecuniary interest... in any matter,» and is present at a meeting of council, he or she is to disclose his or her interest and must neither take part in the discussion of nor vote on the matter.

They are prohibited from proposing, discussing or voting on any matter in which they may have a pecuniary interest.

(4) In case of a dispute in respect of an insured person's entitlement to statutory accident benefits or in respect of the amount of statutory accident benefits to which an insured person is entitled, interest on the benefits in dispute is calculated at the prejudgment interest rate described in subsection 128 (3) of the Courts of Justice Act that is used for past pecuniary loss, and is payable for the period that begins on the date on which an application to the Licence Appeal Tribunal is brought under subsection 280 (2) of the Act and ends on the date a settlement is reached or a decision is issued that finally disposes of the disputIn case of a dispute in respect of an insured person's entitlement to statutory accident benefits or in respect of the amount of statutory accident benefits to which an insured person is entitled, interest on the benefits in dispute is calculated at the prejudgment interest rate described in subsection 128 (3) of the Courts of Justice Act that is used for past pecuniary loss, and is payable for the period that begins on the date on which an application to the Licence Appeal Tribunal is brought under subsection 280 (2) of the Act and ends on the date a settlement is reached or a decision is issued that finally disposes of the disputin respect of an insured person's entitlement to statutory accident benefits or in respect of the amount of statutory accident benefits to which an insured person is entitled, interest on the benefits in dispute is calculated at the prejudgment interest rate described in subsection 128 (3) of the Courts of Justice Act that is used for past pecuniary loss, and is payable for the period that begins on the date on which an application to the Licence Appeal Tribunal is brought under subsection 280 (2) of the Act and ends on the date a settlement is reached or a decision is issued that finally disposes of the disputin respect of the amount of statutory accident benefits to which an insured person is entitled, interest on the benefits in dispute is calculated at the prejudgment interest rate described in subsection 128 (3) of the Courts of Justice Act that is used for past pecuniary loss, and is payable for the period that begins on the date on which an application to the Licence Appeal Tribunal is brought under subsection 280 (2) of the Act and ends on the date a settlement is reached or a decision is issued that finally disposes of the disputin dispute is calculated at the prejudgment interest rate described in subsection 128 (3) of the Courts of Justice Act that is used for past pecuniary loss, and is payable for the period that begins on the date on which an application to the Licence Appeal Tribunal is brought under subsection 280 (2) of the Act and ends on the date a settlement is reached or a decision is issued that finally disposes of the disputin subsection 128 (3) of the Courts of Justice Act that is used for past pecuniary loss, and is payable for the period that begins on the date on which an application to the Licence Appeal Tribunal is brought under subsection 280 (2) of the Act and ends on the date a settlement is reached or a decision is issued that finally disposes of the dispute.

advising a monitoring officer in relation to an elected member's non-disclosure of pecuniary interests, as well as regarding the effect on the resulting decision,

«Disinterested» in law still means, or should mean, without a pecuniary or other tangible interest in the outcome of a matter, something our judges should be; but everyone else has grabbed it and uses it to mean «not caring,» leaving «uninterested» high and dry.

The application judge concluded that the Appellant had a pecuniary interest at stake, and that his actions in speaking to and voting on the matter did not result from inadvertence or an error in judgment.

Rix LJ cited with approval a passage in De Smith's Judicial Review (6th edition, 2007, at paras 10 - 065ff) and headed: Policy and Bias, which noted that decision - makers are entitled «to exhibit certain kinds of bias in the exercise of their judgment or discretion on matters of public policy» and while ordinary members of legislative bodies are «entitled, and sometimes expected, to show political bias» they of course ought not to show personal bias or participate in decisions on a matter in which they have a private pecuniary or proprietary interest.

The severe penalty at stake required a strict interpretation of the threshold of how pecuniary interest is defined, as it is not defined in the Act itself.

«When you consider REALTORS ® are about selling homes, their commitment to the issue of homelessness is even more powerful as it's not in their direct pecuniary interest,» Ross said.

The supreme court cited the Restatement of Torts (Second), section 522, stating: «one who, in the course of his... profession, or in any other transaction in which he has pecuniary interest, supplies false information for the guidance of others in their business transactions, is subject to liability for pecuniary loss caused to them by their justifiable reliance on the information, if he fails to exercise reasonable care or competence in obtaining or communicating the information.»