Sentences with phrase «powers of an adjudicator»

The court presided over by Justice Kweku Ackaah - Boafo held the Lands and Natural Resources Minister exceeded his powers by assuming the powers of an adjudicator.

Not exact matches

He said he was «very pleased when David Cameron committed to Government consideration of how the Groceries Code Adjudicator can be given a wider remit and greater remit and greater powers to protect our dairy farmers.»

We heard about the new supermarket adjudicator appointed under the UK's mandatory supermarket code of conduct, and how she intended to exercise her powers, including by the imposition of «punitive fines» based on a percentage of turnover in the event of repeated abuses of market power down the supply chain by the supermarket majors.

In previous articles, we have written about how Canadian Human Rights legislation confers broad powers on adjudicators to make damage awards for wage and other financial loss, for damage to dignity, feelings or self - respect, and for exemplary damages to drive home the heinous nature of impugned conduct; to order employers to institute educational programs; or to do other pro-active things to secure compliance with the Code.

In the recent case of Bintai Kindenko Pte Ltd v Samsung C&T Corp [2017] SGHC 321 ¸ the Singapore High Court further clarified what would amount to a breach of natural justice on the part of the adjudicator, such that the Court would exercise its power to set aside the adjudication determination.

It is, as Adjudicator Shime observed in Bell v. Ladas, supra, and as has been widely accepted by other adjudicators and academic commentators, an abuse of power.

Referring to his powers under The Human Rights Code, the adjudicator made it clear that there could be significant financial exposure to a business owner when the effects of sexual harassment on an employee trigger a lengthy period of unemployment.

They are appointed to short, fixed terms (usually of three to five years» duration), and governments routinely exercise their reappointment power in a capricious, ideologically motivated fashion, with incoming governments clearing the decks of appointees remaining from the prior government or removing those who deliver unpopular decisions (or, apparently just as often, refusing to reappoint adjudicators for no discernible reason whatsoever).

However, where a question of law falls into one of four correctness categories, the presumption is rebutted and correctness applies (Capilano at para 24): These are (i) constitutional questions regarding the division of powers; (ii) issues «both of central importance to the legal system as a whole and outside the adjudicator's specialized area of expertise»; (iii) «true questions of jurisdiction or vires»; and (iv) issues «regarding the jurisdictional lines between two or more competing specialized tribunals».

This Division also amends the Wage Earner Protection Program Act to transfer to the Canada Industrial Relations Board the powers, duties and functions of adjudicators under that Act and makes consequential amendments to other Acts.

In enacting Division XIV of Part III of the Code, Parliament created another forum besides the courts to hear complaints of unjust dismissal and granted Code adjudicators remedial powers common law judges are without.»