Sentences with phrase «public importance»

The court recognized the new defence, of responsible communication on matters of public importance.

Because public money will directly support the charter schools, and because the results of these schools are of great public importance, it creates a system of public accountability.

The summon followed the unanimous adoption of a motion under matters of urgent public importance moved by House Minority Leader, Leo Ogor on Tuesday.

, an event of such public importance as to lead to the plot of the Chief Priests against Jesus» life.

Julian undertakes advisory and judicial review work in the field of public and constitutional law for central and local government, other public authorities, and individuals, and has been instructed for and against government on issues of major public importance.

The torrents of condemnation followed a motion on urgent public importance moved by a member from Benue State, Mr. Mark Terseer - Gbillah, to bring to the attention of the House, an earlier attack on Nakka by soldiers on April 19.

But when those sports intersect with a matter of public importance like arguably the most controversial presidential campaign since George Wallace, we're going to discuss it.

The resolution was sequel to a motion brought under Public Importance, by the Majority Leader, Martin Amaewhule, and seconded by member representing Bonny Constituency, Abiye Pepple, during an emergency sitting of the House, yesterday.

Titled The Emperor Has No Balls, each figurative work was identical with near simultaneous installation and designed to link the tradition of installing statutes to memorialize political figures of public importance who function as idols, according to The Verge.

I am proud to be a member of Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society, which publishes American Scientist as a way of sharing current research issues of public importance with the educated public.

If an individual claimant is seeking to litigate an issue of general public importance there is scope for the court to dispense with the undertaking (see Arden LJ in R (Goldsmith) v Servite Housing and another (2000) 3 CCLR 354).

However, this case has raised issues of profound public importance and interest, and has resulted in root and branch scrutiny of the way in which out - of - hours GP services are delivered in this country.

The Supreme Court granted leave to determine «whether third party funding... to support a plaintiff who is unable to progress a case of immense public importance, is unlawful by reason of the rules on maintenance and champerty».

After deciding the case six to one against the New Zealand Maori Council, the court of three judges then refused leave to appeal to the Privy Council on the grounds that the issue was not of sufficient public importance to warrant leave!

Whether unintended or intended, the effect of the lawsuit against all five protestors was to intimidate, silence, disrupt further protests and to breakup groups through threat of lawsuit and privatizing a matter of public importance within the judicial system.

«[I] t is of high public importance that public confidence in that integrity be maintained»: R. v. Neil, [2002] 3 S.C.R. 631, 2002 SCC 70, at para. 12.

Bringing an issue of public importance does not automatically entitle a litigant to preferential treatment with respect to costs (at para 35).

The LAA's interpretation raises an issue of wider public importance.

(vii) it is of particular public importance for a legal point to be decided, provided no further factual investigation and no further evaluation by the specialist tribunal is required.

But how much data it sucks in, and what it does with it, is a question of major public importance — one that touches on the health of democracy itself, privacy advocates say.

What is troubling is that all citizens were significantly affected by the news media; that the media are fostering a considerable amount of misperceptions about issues of great public importance; and that these misperceptions tend to follow a particular ideological line — namely, that the war in Iraq was justified.

Peter Black, Assembly Member for South Wales West, has e-mailed the First Minister calling on him to request the Presiding Officer reconvenes the Assembly on a matter of urgent public importance.

A defendant could deliberately concoct a falsehood, admit they deliberately made up a lie, cause serious harm, but so long as the comment related to a matter of such public importance that the harm suffered by the plaintiff was not sufficiently serious — case dismissed.

Lady Hale, before doing exactly the same, regretted that two questions of public importance had not been argued.

These were lies as told in his role as President about matters of public importance.

Attorneys have asked the case be expedited because of its public importance.

The Fox network could not have existed three decades ago because the Federal Communications Commission still used the Fairness Doctrine and equal time rules to require stations to provide time — even free time — to air all sides of issues of public importance.

If violent commercials are run, then free counter advertising time should be accorded to local community groups under a «Fairness Doctrine» which would require that a station that airs an issue of public importance (such as violence) must also air the opposing views.

What is not «comparable» is our attitude toward royalty or others of public importance.

That's also why Hanukkah has any public importance whatsoever.

For example, as the result of law suits instituted by public - interest groups, the courts held that whenever broadcasters present a particular point of view on a matter of public importance, they also must provide opportunities for opposing viewpoints to be presented.

Luke's account in Acts highlights the public importance of the event.

When statements were made on radio and television that slandered individuals, or strong positions about issues of public importance were aired which needed balance and rebuttal, it was possible for ordinary citizens to demand that the station provide time for reply.

Matters of public importance and individual rights to expression can not, de facto, be made secondary to keeping the production of this product going without public scrutiny — especially when this food stuff, directly contributes to people's health at large.

There are fewer independent, professional news reporters telling the American population about the world around them today than there were five years ago, fewer journalists trying to hold people in positions of power to account, fewer working to keep people informed about events of public importance.

In an earlier remarks, the Chairman of the House Committee on Health in the Plateau State House of Assembly, Hon. Simon Kudu, assured the Nigeria Medical Association that their agitations will be attended to as a matter of public importance.

The vast differences in our positions on issues of public importance will be quickly apparent.»

«This is clearly a matter of urgent public importance and therefore it is inconceivable that the Assembly doesn't reconvene.

This signalled to the public the importance of the role, which in GM comes with a more extensive set of powers than in any other city region, including over crime, health and social.