Sentences with phrase «public interest standing in»

In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court decided in favour Kiselbach and SWUAV and laid out a more flexible version of the legal test for courts deciding whether to grant public interest standing in future.

The court will be asked to clarify the law of public interest standing in an administrative context and more specifically whether individuals must be directly impacted by a practice or policy to be permitted to have their complaint heard by the oversight agency.

Not exact matches

Many public reviews praise iHelp and its parent company, SLFC, for its long - term standing in the lending industry and general transparency although iHelp does not offer the option of interest rate reduction with automatic payments, borrowers praise iHelp's repayment options.

In sum, what started last April with a call to action to join the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe to prevent a mega fossil energy project from threatening a primary source of fresh water has grown into a public interest campaign with powerful implications for energy development, the environment, and the rule of law.

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Mass Audubon stands with the affected communities and other interested public and private groups in supporting a strong EPA permit governing the implementation of this crucial environmental cleanup project, which may well affect Massachusetts and the Northeast for centuries.

The participating public interest NGOs bring particular value - added to the gBICS through their firm stand on the need to avoid or adequately manage conflicts of interest.The influence of the baby food industry in research, the medical profession and in policy - setting is pervasive, both through direct sponsorship and through Public - Private for profit Partnerships (PPpublic interest NGOs bring particular value - added to the gBICS through their firm stand on the need to avoid or adequately manage conflicts of interest.The influence of the baby food industry in research, the medical profession and in policy - setting is pervasive, both through direct sponsorship and through Public - Private for profit Partnerships (PPPublic - Private for profit Partnerships (PPfpPs).

What's amazing is that we have been able to stand up to corporate interests in the name of public health.»

This idea is consistent with Miliband's long - standing interest in «letting the public into our politics».

«I hope the record I had as attorney general, standing up in the public interest, will be enough to persuade the public to give me a second shot,» Spitzer told WCBS 880's Alex Silverman.

«In New York's Watergate moment, the governor fittingly proposes a post - Watergate reform that has stood the test of time in Congress,» said the New York Public Interest Research Group of the income limiIn New York's Watergate moment, the governor fittingly proposes a post - Watergate reform that has stood the test of time in Congress,» said the New York Public Interest Research Group of the income limiin Congress,» said the New York Public Interest Research Group of the income limit.

«For the first time, people wanted to throw the supreme law of the land — the constitution — aside because of some parochial interest... She's one of the most vilified public officers ever seen in this country in recent times, but I doff my hat for her that she stood very tall in all this and did her work effectively.

«And as long as we have useful tools who purport to be Republicans, like Dean Skelos, Bob Turner, and a swath of other who are not willing to stand up for principles, but who would rather knuckle under to the most extreme demands of far - left Democrats, Public Service Unions and well - funded special interests in exchange for job security, and who could not lead a one - car funeral on an abandoned stretch of the Thruway, idiots like me — Andrew Cuomo — will continue to roll over the legislature, the taxpayers, the bondholders, and the rest of New York's victims with nary so much as an objection.»

«The idea that the public could believe she will stand up for Britain's interests in the world is ludicrous.

The U.S. government should maintain its leadership position in global health as a matter of urgent national interest and as a global public benefit that enhances America's international standing.»

Her experiences during graduate school bolstered her long - standing interest in the intersection of science, policy, and the public.

Here, an open day for citizens and business interests in Port Henry — stetsons, grizzled frontier types, a «chantoosie» on the band stand — confirms Alaska's husky public image.

There are an endless number of interesting stories that could be told with this information, but the one that really stood out to us is that achievement in many of our affluent suburban public school districts barely keeps pace with that of the average student in a developed country.

In fact two private schools today stand to lose their tax - exempt status because they have been accused of not sufficiently adhering to the public interest.

Frank Pugh has demonstrated a long - standing commitment to advancing public education and serving in the best interests of students, families, and their communities.

«The mythical failure of public education has been created and perpetuated in large part by political and economic interests that stand to gain from the destruction of the traditional system,» the authors write in the book's intro.

We stand ready to work with groups interested in starting this process in order to ensure the continued growth of the high - quality public charter school movement in Connecticut.»

It is interesting to note that most of these important bills have been proposed by Republican members of the Connecticut General Assembly, but an increasing number of Democratic legislators are standing up and speaking out in favor of Connecticut's students, parents, teachers and public schools.

Many public reviews praise iHelp and its parent company, SLFC, for its long - term standing in the lending industry and general transparency although iHelp does not offer the option of interest rate reduction with automatic payments, borrowers praise iHelp's repayment options.

«While we note Ofcom's findings regarding some aspects of Pedigree Dogs Exposed, we stand firmly by the programme, which was clearly in the public interest, and we stand firmly by its conclusions,» said a spokesman for the BBC.

Advocating to overturn long standing principles of public health, purely in the interest of maintaining outdoor colonies of feral and stray cats, is untenable and unacceptable.

We are additionally encouraged by a young and interested public in London with many collectors stopping by to learn from our stand early in their collecting careers.»

The art community, as a long standing conduit between public and private interests, will be the basis of Stevenson's forthcoming project at Museum Abteiberg in Mönchengladbach.

Oppenheim speaks of growing up in Washington and California, his father's Russian ancestry and education in China, his father's career in engineering, his mother's background and education in English, living in Richmond El Cerrito, his mother's love of the arts, his father's feelings toward Russia, standing out in the community, his relationship with his older sister, attending Richmond High School, demographics of El Cerrito, his interest in athletics during high school, fitting in with the minority class in Richmond, prejudice and cultural dynamics of the 1950s, a lack of art education and philosophy classes during high school, Rebel Without a Cause, Richmond Trojans, hotrod clubs, the persona of a good student, playing by the rules of the art world, friendship with Jimmy De Maria and his relationship to Walter DeMaria, early skills as an artist, art and teachers in high school, attending California College of Arts and Crafts, homosexuality in the 1950s and 1960s, working and attending art school, professors at art school, attending Stanford, early sculptural work, depression, quitting school, getting married, and moving to Hawaii, becoming an entrepreneur, attending the University of Hawaii, going back to art school, radical art, painting, drawing, sculpture, the beats and the 1960s, motivations, studio work, theory and exposure to art, self - doubts, education in art history, Oakland Wedge, earth works, context and possession, Ground Systems, Directed Seeding, Cancelled Crop, studio art, documentation, use of science and disciplines in art, conceptual art, theoretical positions, sentiments and useful rage, Robert Smithson and earth works, Gerry Shum, Peter Hutchinson, ocean work and red dye, breaking patterns and attempting growth, body works, drug use and hippies, focusing on theory, turmoil, Max Kozloff's «Pygmalion Reversed,» artist as shaman and Jack Burnham, sync and acceptance of the art world, machine works, interrogating art and one's self, Vito Acconci, public art, artisans and architects, Fireworks, dysfunction in art, periods of fragmentation, bad art and autobiographical self - exposure, discovery, being judgmental of one's own work, critical dissent, impact of the 1950s and modernism, concern about placement in the art world, Gypsum Gypsies, mutations of objects, reading and writing, form and content, and phases of development.

Under long - standing regulations, they said, it would be «in the public interest,» even though science has recently made it clear that the methane leaking from the fracked gas the pipeline will carry is worse than the burning of coal.

Pollutants like nitrogen oxides, sulfur dioxide, particulate matter, and mercury are a threat to human health, and Democrats will continue to stand up to polluters in the interest of environmental and public health.

In recent years, animal rights and environmental groups have also sought public interest standing to bring suit as citizens... [more]

In October 2010 the BC Court of Appeal decided to allow the appeal on «public interest standing».

West Coast LEAF intervened in the distinct matter of «public interest standing» being denied to these women through their representative organization — to argue that such organizations ought to be able to bring forward important constitutional cases on behalf of the many women who do not have effective access to the justice system on their own.

If nothing else, the ABA Standing Committee on Pro Bono & Public Service offers a host of resources for attorneys including events, training, publications, and links to local legal aid agencies for attorneys interested in helping out in their state.

As noted by the Ontario Court of Appeal in M.E.H. v. Williams (2012 ONCA 35), purely personal interests can not justify non-publication or sealing orders: ``... the personal concerns of a litigant, including concerns about the very real emotional distress and embarrassment that can be occasioned to litigants when justice is done in public, will not, standing alone, satisfy the necessity branch of the test».

A decision by the Supreme Court of Canada reflects a trend toward expanding the circumstances where tribunals will grant public interest standing to people who don't have a direct private interest in the matter, according to a Toronto lawyer.

For instance, Mutes may be less prominent in Canadian constitutional history, whose rules for private and public interest standing are less rigid than the United States.

In recent years, animal rights and environmental groups have also sought public interest standing to bring suit as citizens with an interest in an animal's welfarIn recent years, animal rights and environmental groups have also sought public interest standing to bring suit as citizens with an interest in an animal's welfarin an animal's welfare.

I do not mean public interest standing, which is already recognized in some cases of animal welfare, but true legal standing for the animal itself.

A recent Supreme Court decision clarifies Canadian courts» discretion in granting standing to public interest groups to pursue litigation aimed at protecting the rights of vulnerable groups in Canada.

However, the law remains archaic in its classification of animals as property and the procedural roadblocks to filing proceedings based on a public interest standing.

Considering all circumstances, public interest standing is a reasonable and effective manner in which the issue may be brought before the court.

These incremental changes culminated in (AG) v. Downtown Eastside Sex Workers United Against Violence (SWAUV), 2012 SCC 45 wherein the Supreme Court officially expanded the public interest standing test.

In September 2012, the Supreme Court of Canada significantly changed the law on public interest standing.

As recently pointed out in Grant v. Torstar Corp., 2009 SCC 61, [2009] 3 S.C.R. 640, the protection attaching to freedom of expression is not limited to the «traditional media», but is enjoyed by «everyone» (in the words of s. 2 (b) of the Charter) who chooses to exercise his or her freedom of expression on matters of public interest whether by blogging, tweeting, standing on a street corner

The American Bar Association's Standing Committee on Pro Bono and Public Service unanimously approved the creation of a national virtual legal advice clinic ABA Free Legal Answers.If your state is interested in participating in the national model, please contact Samantha Sanchez, Director of Training, Compliance, & Technology, for more information.

The B.C. Court of Appeal reversed that decision, granting them public interest standing, and this position was upheld this week at the Supreme Court of Canada in Canada (Attorney General) v. Downtown Eastside Sex Workers United Against Violence Society.

Although the court orders issued only related to small groups of lawyers in Ontario, these tariff cases stand as yet another example of courts rejecting exceptional treatment for the legal profession and ousting self - serving measures in favour of the public interest.

The SCC was unanimous in ruling that Ms. Keselbach, a former sex worker, and SWUAV, a sex worker - led organization, have public interest standing to challenge the constitutionality of the Criminal Code provisions related to sex work.