Sentences with phrase «precedent which»

This was originally known as a rule 15 letter and, from some time in the early 1990s, the Law Society seems to have promulgated a precedent which most law firms have assiduously adopted and which somewhere contained the meaningless jargon:

If the Supreme Court does not review this jurisdictional issue, then there will be established a precedent which will void the Doctrine of Judicial Immunity.

Bruce Hyman, who went into the law after producing the Radio 4 programme Unreliable Evidence, made up a legal precedent which he e-mailed to a father fighting for custody of his child.

Despite ruling for the pilot, the Land Court judge noted that the Appeals Court precedent which controlled the case «may merit revisiting.»

The erosion of encryption sets a dangerous precedent which may well have wider effects — undermining user confidence in the internet as a means of communication of sensitive material, whether that be personal medical and banking records or commercial negotiations.

The Evans judgment has set a precedent which other borrowers can use to either challenge redemption figures calculated using the rule of 78, or to recover overpayments from their lenders.

Is there any case law or precedent which establishes that a contract can have multiple «shall not exceed» bounds without requiring a final «take the minimum» clause?

So it is of the rules of precedent which keep the common law in equilibrium.

As described in the table on the CET graphic, each of the above Postulated Future Trends has an approximate historical precedent which spans no less than 30 years in time, as indicated on the top half of the forecast summary form.

For my argument to hold merit obviously the condition of the debt markets would have to be worse than historical precedent which by virtually any standard seems to be the case.

In addition to considering how much Apple will pay, an amount that could be in the neighborhood of half a billion dollars under existing anti-trust precedent which allows for triple that amount in cases involving price fixing, Judge Denise Cote will also consider the concerns that the DOJ has raised that Apple's punishment wasn't strict enough to prevent the tech giant from engaging in similar deals down the road.

It does not apply to overall state limits, but experts say the decision sets a precedent which could set up a legal challenge to New York's $ 150,000 overall contribution limit per person per calendar year, and $ 5,000 limit for corporations.

Ms Gillan told me it follows a precedent which already exists: the Welsh Secretary is questioned by Assembly Members on the UK Government's plans in the aftermath of the Queen's Speech.

It lost its status a few months ago in New Mexico because the Secretary of State reversed an old favorable precedent which had said that when a party submits a petition, it gets the next two elections.

«To label all Muslims who promote and practice Sharia law as extremists is a dangerous precedent which will be strongly opposed by our community because the real reasons behind this new strategy are to score cheap political points on the back of the Muslim community.»

Don't let a child stay up late to watch a much - anticipated football game, despite how a child may plead, because then you've established a precedent which will only yield more requests.

It is not their precedent which compels us to express our faith as did they, which in any case would be in many regards impossible.

But while that statistic occupies the minds of record - book compilers, there is a qualitative regal precedent which is far more apt.

There are legal precedents which might make this possible.

@AndyT As you may be aware, for quite a lot of how the UK political system works, finding an authoritative reference can be difficult, since the constitution is formed from the body of laws and precedents which already exist.

To help Ontario lawyers lessen their risk of a claim when they are working on a limited scope retainer, LAWPRO has collected the following resources and precedents which can be used and adapted to a firm's specific needs:

The Supreme Court of Canada rejected the Defendants» constitutional challenge that extradition to the U.S. would violate their rights «to remain in Canada» pursuant to Section 6 (1) of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, affirming previous precedents which hold that the Minister retains broad discretion to grant the extradition requests of another country:

o Applying pertinent laws, regulations, policies and precedents which affect the use of program and related support resources in the area studied.

Not exact matches

The Cabinet Office had resisted the release of the so - called «precedent book», which details the inner workings of the Government, but was ordered by a freedom of information tribunal to publish several parts.

Conservative critics say the decision, which split between three Democrats and two Republicans, was imbalanced and overturned decades of legal precedent about joint ownership.

And a second time in the now - infamous Footnote Nine, copied below, in which Department of Justice lawyers cite Levison (In re Under Seal...) as precedent for seizing Apple's source code and its private electronic signature.

The «fib» to which Journal was clearly referring was the government's claim, made repeatedly in those same court filings, that it was only interested in cracking the San Bernardino case, not in setting a precedent.

The ruling, which found that Carter's texts led to Conrad's death, could set a legal precedent, though experts remain split on the verdict.

But there is precedent for Apple trying lower - cost options, which means there's always a possibility they'll do it again.

According to Carlyle documents filed with the SEC, the proposed IPO «involves complex provisions of U.S. federal income tax for which no clear precedent or authority may be available.»

A lawyer for ride service Uber, which has been sued by drivers who contend they should be considered employees and are seeking class action status, said it would be preferable to have a trial just on the three drivers who filed the complaint in order to avoid setting a risky precedent.

There is absolutely no historical precedent by which we can or should rule that out.

British Columbia should be cautious about which industries and which tools to use, since not all industries that claim to be adversely affected are, but there are many options and precedents to draw on.

My argument is that China's growth model, which is not at all unique and for which there are many historical precedents, is usually wealth enhancing in its early stages, and then becomes wealth destroying once capital is systematically misallocated.

In our view, the current market environment begs for investors to honestly assess their tolerance for loss, to align the duration of their investment portfolio with the horizon over which they expect to spend their assets; to consider their tolerance for missing returns should even this obscenely overvalued market continue to advance for a while; to understand historical precedents; to consider whether they care about such precedents; and to decide the extent to which they truly believe this time is different.

In summary, history tells us to expect continuing weakness in silver relative to gold during the first two years of the next precious - metals bull market (which has possibly just begun), whereas the unusually - depressed current level of the silver / gold ratio suggests that the historical precedents might not apply this time around.

In a particularly revealing and two - faced article, the EFF has argued that pushing a Section 230 demand through NAFTA, which if accepted would result in a change to both Canadian and Mexican law, would «roll back the precedent set in the Google v Equustek case».

If Apple is forced to break its own security to get into one phone in this specific case, a precedent is set, and then the question is where and when can that precedent be used again and again, which begs the question as to whether we will ever have privacy again in our ever increasing digital world?

If anything, their estimates, which rely on imperfect precedents, are too optimistic.

This legal precedent established a wide scope of discretion in which trustees could operate when constructing and managing portfolios.

I'll tell you why: It's because these groups are religious and they want to violate the Constltution and try to set a legal precedent by which they can continue their illegal activities in other public areas.

,» which would have led to more questionable precedents, but not necessarily to the destruction of traditional interpretation.

Judge Rothstein conveniently ignored the fact that virtually all states forbade assisted suicide, either by express statute or well - settled common law precedent» which fact the Supreme Court noted without reservation in the one case it has heard dealing, albeit peripherally, with a so - called «right to die.»

There are no precedents by which to discern its meaning, hence the readiness of some Christians to apply the ancient words of the prophets to events in our time.

Since 1972, the year after Lemon, the Supreme Court has rejected every claim by an individual to a free - exercise exemption, with the sole exception of claims for unemployment compensation, which are controlled by clear precedent dating back to 1963.

There is good precedent for this approach in the magnificent editorials which Fr Edward Holloway wrote for Faith in the nineteen seventies and eighties, some of which have now been republished by Family Publications.

«It is this court's precedent, not RFRA, which must control.»

Those who pray collects are not likely to pray for God to do something for which no precedent can be found.

And there is a real sadness in this, because the consequences of so great a joy rejected are a sorrow, bewilderment, and anxiety for which there is no precedent.

An interesting perspective... because we can still wonder whether the entire universe is controlled by an alien being who might at any moment do something for which there has been no precedent in all of human memory... we could still see beyond that practically all - powerful being a being that we could rightfully know to be God even to that other being to whom we are at their mercy.