Sentences with phrase «public trust against»

Not exact matches

We are currently advancing this approach on behalf of a multitude of foreign and domestic public and private pension funds, limited partnerships, and investment trusts in securities fraud actions against BP plc relating to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010.

Mr MacAulay was a vocal critic against the decision to split the cooperative and float MG Unit Trust as a public company last year.

«Voters and taxpayers deserve the transparency and the enforcement of the law against the appearance or the actual violation of public trust that may be involved.»

«Now, he could issue a so - called standing referral and unilaterally expand the ability of the Attorney General to act against corrupt public officials and others who abuse the public trust.

The Parliament's putsch against the constitutional referendum deepens such concerns, further undermining social cohesion and public trust.

The association cautioned against «any hasty, poorly - informed and premature decisions of the EC that could compromise the search for an enduring solution that could advance national interest», adding that: ``... a trustworthy voters» register and effective monitoring of electoral activities underlie public trust confidence in election results».

Armsgate: Dasuki, Bafarawa, Yuguda Others Deny 19.8 bn Alleged Fraud Former National Security Adviser Colonel Sambo Dasuki, former Minister of State for Finance, Bashir Yuguda, former Governor of Sokoto State Alhaji Attahiru Bafarawa and three others have denied allegations of diversions, misappropriation and breech of public trust in respect of N19.4 billion criminal charges brought against them -LSB-...]

There is no question that campaign finance reform and taking a hard line against corrupt officials who abuse the public trust are the keys to achieving that goal.»

New Board, Accountability and Oversight Measures Restore Public Faith and Trust in Library's Management QUEENS, NY — Judge Frederic Block of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York dismissed the lawsuit filed by the six former Trustees of the Queens Library Board against Borough President Melinda Katz (Arrington et al -LSB-...]

Whatever the outcome of Stevenson's case, the accusations alone — which came just days after corruption charges against two other elected officials — seem to have chipped off another chunk of the public's brittle trust of politicians.

«Regardless of the outcome of the criminal charges filed against Senator Smith, he has lost the public trust — and he should resign,» Squadron said in a statement Wednesday.

The Liberal Democrats» Sue Miller warned peers: «Once the concept that the government can order an inquiry instead of an inquest has been established and has gained a statutory footing, we will have taken a big step down a road where the public will lose all trust that we have maintained adequate defences against state impunity.»

In a surprising rebuke of New York's attorney general, Eric Schneiderman, a judge in Albany County dismissed criminal charges against Republican state Sen. Robert Ortt, of Niagara Falls, whom Schneiderman has said committed «a shameful breach of public trust.»

The body tasked with investigating complaints against the police is unable to do its job and has perilously little public trust, an influential committee of MPs said today.

The charge against Metuh borders on alleged money laundering, breach of trust and criminal diversion of public funds.

The House of Representatives Public Accounts Committee (PAC) says it will issue an arrest warrant against the chairman of the Presidential Committee on North East Initiative (PCNI), TY Danjuma and the Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TetFund), Abdulahi Bichi.

Quinn called the allegations against Smith and the other politicians «a reprehensible abuse of the public's trust» and said the Council's Standards and Ethics Committee would immediately launch its own investigation.

«If the allegations against Sen. Smith and Council member Halloran are true, they represent an outrageous abdication of the public trust and should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law,» Quinn said.

A perjury charge against an acting district attorney «taints the very essence of who we are as prosecutors and goes against all that we strive to do to ensure the public's trust in the criminal justice system,» said DAASNY president and Oneida County District Attorney Scott McNamara.

Ndam is the third witness the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has brought to testify against the PDP spokesman, who alongside his firm, is answering to a seven - count criminal charge that borders on criminal breach of trust and illegal diversion of public funds to the tune of N400million.

This selection weighed against the selection of Zach Carter as Corporation Counsel (because he reportedly befriends disgraced public official John L. Sampson, but was a John Gotti, Jr. slayer and Abner Louima defender and knows that «Stop & Frisk» is not racial profiling when done right) may suggest bi-polarity for the mayor - elect, but I trust not paranoia for me as I am at a befuddled disadvantage on what to expect next: but we can ask a de Blasio agreement with Gov. Cuomo that neither of them will be involved in selecting the next Council Chair (because that would not only be unlawful but power prejudice ugly in these times of moral decay by the elected).

What the Tories are saying about child trust funds, child tax credits and Sure Start — they're saying, «let's residualise, let's make the welfare state just for the poor» but [this goes against] all the evidence in terms of maintaining public support [for the welfare state].

The statement signed by SERAP's Executive Director, Adetokunbo Mumuni, said, «Against the background of allegations of budget padding and abuse of public trust by the leadership of the House of Representatives, Socio - Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has told the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara that, «There is absolutely no constitutional provisions that grant to members or leaders of the House of Representatives the power to insert projects in the budget.»

Stripped to the essence, all the accusations against them are the same, of varying kinds and degrees of violations of the public trust, abuses of public office.

«The public is encouraged to keep faith and trust in the present administration's fight against corruption and be assured that the CJN is doing his best to reform the Judiciary accordingly.»

Despite the reluctance of school administrators to speak up and push back against this ludicrous accountability exercise that has been promoted by politicians and corporate education reformers who have many self - interested reasons for maintaining this misguided testing endeavor, it is well - known that the «standardized» testing mandate only serves to continue the false narrative of failing American public education in order to drive the profit - making agenda of those who seek to privatize education and undermine the public trust.

The court of public opinion is already judging ExxonMobil harshly; one would think that a company this big and this old would not have to be reminded that it is against its own long - term interests to «win the legal argument at the expense of its reputation and the public's trust.»

Nisbet argues that «urgent calls to escalate the war against climate skeptics may lead scientists and their organizations into a dangerous trap, fueling further political disagreement while risking public trust in science».

In fact, the full extent of the damage being done to business may be significantly underestimated, in that some entities which depend upon public trust in their security are not reporting security breaches to the law enforcement authorities and simply compensating clients to mitigate against potentially devastating publicity.

The complaint in the civil suit against Maggio claimed that Maggio had abused the public trust, which is a class D felony in Arkansas, and that this abuse made him liable to Ms. Bull's estate under the statute that allows victims of a felony to bring a civil action; that Maggio breached a fiduciary duty to the plaintiffs by engaging in conduct that violated certain judicial and statutory rules; that Maggio engaged in a civil conspiracy with Gilbert Baker and Michael Morton; and that Maggio acted in concert with Morton and Baker.

Fiona's dispute resolution specialisms include arbitrations, contract and tort disputes, statutory compensation claims, shareholder disputes, partnership and LLP disputes, warranty and completion account disputes, judicial reviews, public enquiries, injunctions, supplier disputes, fraud, alternative dispute resolution (ADR) and professional negligence claims against a broad range of professionals and contentious probate and trust disputes.

Advising the trustees of a charitable trust in relation to their duties following a potential claim against them by a large public school beneficiary.

As a recent and unfortunate example, we recently observed a number of lawyers, i.e. the five Conservative federal MPs who are lawyers in Ontario, along with Liberal MP Gagan Sikand, fail in their duty to promote equality, diversity and inclusiveness in their public life by voting against or abstaining from voting in favour of M - 103, a a non-binding parliamentary motion condemning Islamophobia and religious discrimination, thereby undermining public trust and confidence in the legal profession.

While the case is perhaps most notable for a sustained blast by Sedley LJ against the injustice he sees as having been done to her by the previous health secretary who stepped in to stop the trust making the severance payment it had agreed, the principal judgment on the substance of the case was by Laws LJ who accepted that payments by public authorities to their employees can be challenged under administrative law principles, but obviously found it in general invidious if an authority is using such principles to try to avoid a contractual agreement made by itself.

EV certificates are, fundamentally, an attempt to restore public trust in certificate authorities and restore their role as gatekeepers against imposters.

Sensing an opportunity in Facebook's squandering of public trust through its previously unrestrained giveaway of user data, Mozilla on Tuesday unveiled a defense against the social ad biz in the...

An unnamed senior Indian official told the Press Trust of India (PTI) that a public advisory may be issued soon to warn against the «possible risks associated with bitcoins».

A special compensation fund exists under RESA to protect the public against the loss of trust money; however, the Real Estate Services Regulation limits the maximum amount that may be paid to a single claimant to $ 100,000, and the maximum total amount that may be paid in respect of claims against a single brokerage to $ 500,000.