Sentences with phrase «practicability of»

Mobile Testers assess the performance and practicability of mobile applications.

In 1898 I made certain demonstrations before the Examiner - in - Chief of the Patent Office, Mr. Seeley, and it was upon showing him the practicability of the transmission that patents were granted to me.

«We acknowledge that the fact that an accident is unavoidable goes primarily to the reasonable practicability of the measures which a defendant might take, rather than the risk to safety.

A search for [law] turns up 312 results, ranging in dates and topics, for example, from a 2007 article «Alternative Sanctions and Social Norms in International Law: The Case of Abu Ghraib» to an article from 1872 «On the practicability of codifying English law, with a specimen code of the law of evidence.»

I also wonder about the energy efficiency, the CO2 losses and, especially, the practicability of lowering the temperature of 1,000,000 m3 of air by 130 C every 10 seconds.

Marguerite No, I used to in the early days, but after my masters its to do with practicability of scale, of storing them, transport, and when putting into shows, just to keep the over heads down, you want to be able to move them around quite easily.

Although I slip off the bandwagon at times the practicability of Alison's advice helps me get back on track and focused.

By Farman's recent successful flights in a circle, the record of the Wright brothers made in this country over two years ago has in this respect been duplicated; but there are many other points to be considered when one reviews the practicability of aeroplane flight.

For even the apparent success of the reductionist hypothesis in certain areas does not by any means imply the practicability of a «constructionist» one — to reduce everything to simple fundamental laws does not imply the ability to start from those laws and reconstruct the universe.

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Again the question of practicability arises.

Think - tank Activities SOAAN will progress in stepwise fashion in order to develop the outputs mentioned above: Step 1) Review existing science and actions: An overview or survey of the existing science on the topic, including a discussion of the limitations of scope, empirical data, and their reliability and applicability to the organic sector's understanding of best practice; Step 2) Actors engagements: Identification in both public and private sectors of the institutions and individuals active on the topic and their respective roles and networks, so that SOAAN and the organic sector then moves to engage them, along with think tanking activities; Step 3) Think tank: Development of the model, the strategy and promotional / advocacy tools through think tank efforts including piloting cases to gain experience and showcase practicability; Step 4) Synthesis: Publication of the results, tools and recommendations.

This comparison looks at how the two systems impact on five factors: • the positive or negative involvement of fathers in children's and women's lives • wider attitudes about the roles and responsibilities of fathers • equality between women and men and their human rights • the child's right to know his or her natural parents • practicability

Its safety standards, innovation and practicability make it one of the most suitable car seats especially for first time parents.

Aside from the social aspects the tax fails on practicability because in most areas there is a shortage of affordable rented housing to which tenants could downsize.

Readers may gasp at the scope of Mettler's demands for submerged state reform, and her book may well leave many with doubts about its practicability.

We encourage you to challenge our interpretations; applications of data and research; factual assumptions; analytical methodologies; factual, technical, and policy conclusions; practicability assessments; and assessments of the benefits and other impacts of the proposal.

(Some climate experts question the value, or practicability, of setting an upper temperature limit given the complexities of the climate system, which can not be manipulated like a thermostat — not yet at least.

But that does not help me to understand what is the practicability and cost of reversing it.

«Control of Earth's weather and temperature is within the realm of practicability now» says Dr. Joseph Kaplan, chairman of the International Geophysical Year.

The competition jury will also consider the aspects of practicability, innovation and aesthetics.

The expert jury chooses the three best competition entries i. a. by level of creativity, innovation, practicability, social impact, etc..

The judge drew a hard line between the requirements based on «reasonable practicability» in sub-para 4 of Sch 2 of the regulations and the power to dispense based on «reasonableness» in s 20ZA.

The basis of negligence and the test in the Compensation Act 2006, s 1 may well — like «reasonable practicability» above — achieve this ably, but perhaps the reality of what these legal tests mean on the ground is not cutting through media coverage of no win no fee or the ever - present advertising for injury claims.

Our present legal test of «reasonable practicability» may achieve this ably — but it can appear a loose concept, on which organisations may need further guidance and reassurance.

This will, to some extent at least, depend upon issues of practicability which are much better suited to resolution in the employment tribunal proceedings (currently sisted pending the resolution of this case) than in judicial review proceedings such as these.

In practice the judgment of the Lords reaffirms the status quo as propounded in R v Board of Trustees of the Science Museum [1993] 1 WLR 1171 and R v Associated Octel Co Ltd [1994] 4 All ER 1051, 1063a, where, in the latter case, the allegation was that there had been a contravention of s 3 (1), Lord Justice Stuart - Smith said: «If there is a risk of injury to the health and safety of the persons not employed by the employer, whether to the contractor's men or members of the public, and, a fortiori, if there is actual injury as a result of the conduct of that operation there is prima facie liability, subject to the defence of reasonable practicability.»

In R v HTM [2006] EWCA Crim 1156, [2007] 2 All ER 665 the Court of Appeal held that the concept of foreseeability was more relevant to a determination of the issue of reasonable practicability (as opposed to whether an employee had been exposed to a risk at all).

The references to reasonable practicability in HSWA 1974 ss 2, 3 and 40 can therefore be read as excluding any consideration of reasonable foreseeability.

Once that is done a prima facie case is established, the onus then passes to the defence to make good the defence of reasonably practicability.

Thus, an employment tribunal should investigate what the employee knew and what knowledge the employee should have had if he or she had acted reasonably in all the circumstances while ignoring the practicability aspect of that definition.

The potential danger of failing to properly manage stormwater and sanitary sewer systems «was foreseeable and greatly outweighed the practicability and cost of proper management of its sewers,» the lawsuit states.

In Dugmore v Swansea NHS Trust [2003] 1 All ER 333 the Court of Appeal considered the meaning of reasonably practicability in the context of reg 7 (1) of the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 1988 (SI 1988/1657) and 1994 (SI 1994/3246)(the regulations).

It was held that although the two tests are different, they both embrace the concept of reasonableness, although the reasonably practicable test has the additional requirement of practicability.

Harvey makes the point at K [277] that, although grounds were given for distinguishing the earlier decision «one is left with a strong impression that the limitation of retrospective access to pay protection policies owes as much to pragmatic considerations of practicability in the implementation of equal pay as to any clear issue of principle».

What is reasonable will depend on all the circumstances but tribunals will have particular regard to the cost of the adjustment, the financial and other resources of the employer, the nature and size of the employer, practicability and the extent to which the step would prevent the effect it is targeted at (DDA 1995, s 18B (1)-RRB-.

The s 48 machinery differs in two material ways from the tests applicable to race, sex, sexual orientation and religious discrimination cases: a race - type discrimination claim can be brought out of time where the tribunal considers it «just and equitable» to do so — an easier threshold to cross than the «reasonable practicability» test of s 48 (3)(b); and in race - type cases there is no equivalent to the «series of similar acts» exception for bringing a series of discontinuous acts into time.

Careful analysis of the combined effect of EA 2002 and the regulations therefore shows that it is not the case, as is sometimes believed, that because breach of contract claims are excluded from Sch 4 — and therefore a grievance is not a necessary precondition to a tribunal claim — an employee who brings an (unnecessary) grievance within three months and presents his breach of contract claim within six months will be out of time — subject to reasonable practicability.

Common duties of Mobile Architects include developing mobile applications, making sure end products meet client expectations, customizing software, assessing project practicability, and collaborating with other IT professionals.