Sentences with phrase «protect the public interest where»

He told the court that parliament had taken «a carefully considered, deliberate decision» to give ministers such as the attorney general power to override rulings by the freedom of information tribunal «to protect the public interest where real and significant issues arise».

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The letter indicated, «Where the Board of Trustees of SSNIT agrees with the directive to take up the stake, it would be advisable to conduct legal and financial due diligence on the proponent company in order to ensure that the public interest in the investment by SSNIT is protected.»

In recent years, [we have] seen situations arise where forestry development was putting local environmental and community values at risk, yet district managers could do little to affect the development and protect the public interest.

Until they were unlucky enough to appear before Justice Pazaratz, the parties in this case may have felt grateful to live in a province where they could receive public assistance to protect their legal interests.

The use of section 11 is not limited to protecting the public interest in the administration of justice [60], or to cases where members of the public are present in court [61].

As a result, a franchisor has no legitimate interest to protect through a restrictive covenant where it does not operate — to do so would be contrary to public order.

It is fair to ask, therefore, whether in cases where social media platforms share huge volumes of personal data with developers, is the data - sharing framework in PIPEDA sufficient to protect the privacy interests of the public.

The court held that there had been no violation of the fathers» right to a public hearing as there were exceptions to this right, such as where the exclusion of the press and public might be justified to protect the privacy of the child and parties and to avoid prejudicing the interests of justice.

The Tribunal, if its members are any where near being open - minded, and if TREB's lawyers are as able as they must be, can / should rule in favour of protecting the public interest from the perspective, on the surface of it, of a legal perspective only, all morality - driven driven arguments officially aside.