Sentences with phrase «rules of evidence which»

This Procedural Review Hearing Tribunal is not dealing with questions of law and is not governed by the technical rules of evidence which may apply in courts.

Guidelines: This Procedural Review Hearing Tribunal is not dealing with questions of law and is not governed by the technical rules of evidence which may apply in courts.

This evidentiary difficulty is exacerbated by the Federal Court's rules of evidence which devalue Indigenous evidence based on oral traditions because it is «hearsay».

Practitioners should also carefully follow proposed changes to the Federal Rules of Evidence which are currently undergoing review by the Supreme Court and which, if adopted, would essentially codify the Daubert and Kumho decisions.

The fundamental theologian's principal responsibility is to try to articulate the norms and procedures, the methods and the rules of evidence which would allow for that conversation.

Not exact matches

The Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, which represents GM, Toyota, Volkswagen, and nine other automakers, sent a letter to EPA head Scott Pruitt calling the fuel efficiency rules «the product of egregious procedural and substantive defects» that are «riddled with indefensible assumptions, inadequate analysis and a failure to engage with contrary evidence.»

The UWC, which uses a different, lower standard of evidence than law enforcement to reach a verdict quickly, delivered a ruling within five months.

The first ruling, in 1992, was overturned by U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, which sided with the football team based on a lack of evidence of disparagement, and on the principle of «laches.»

For instance, we were once in a proceeding in which the judge made a ruling on evidence presented at trial by opposing counsel that was going to fundamentally change the outcome of the case.

The rules of evidence that apply in an arbitration fall somewhere between the anything goes «rules» that apply in the court of public opinion and the rules of evidence that apply in court which limit what comes in, generally speaking, to the kind of evidence experience has shown is trustworthy.

«This case has already been dismissed with prejudice by the court that heard it, which ruled in Yelp's favor and also found the claims not to be supported by credible evidence,» Vince Sollitto, Yelp's vice president of communications said.

Furman and Betsey Stevenson, another council member, provide what they describe as «evidence» that proves DOL's draft «Conflict of Interest Rule for Retirement Savings,» which seeks to broaden the definition of who is a fiduciary under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, is sorely needed.

It is all a test for the afterlife — and afterlife for which there is no evidence whatsoever and for which the rules of entry vary depending on who you ask.

Chad, please get busy with the empirical evidence of any god's existence which is supported by a 2/3 majority of physicists (the dudes who best understand the rules governing our reality).

There is a 58 percent chance that an atheist leader will murder a noticeable percentage of the population over which he rules sufficient evidence that atheism does, in fact, provide a systematic influence to do bad things?

My position, which I commend for your consideration, is as follows: While I do not rule out the morality of research into human cloning, I do support a moratorium on such research, which would be removed in light of strong evidence for the positive benefits of such research and after concrete proposals have been formulated for avoiding the potential risks.

Rules for which you provide no evidence of measurable authority, by the way.

The Bible, is fiction; because, overall, its authors meant it as presentation, not as science, or even as history, which is a form of science with its own scientific rules of evidence.

At the same time they should intercede with Congress (House and Senate Judiciary committees) to approve Rule 506 of the Federal Rules of Evidence, which would provide such protection in federal courts.

An exception to this rigorous rule might have been the duty to give evidence in court concerning a crime which a priest learned about in the confessional; but as the civil law of evidence developed, it included a privilege for the priest against being compelled to reveal anything told to him under the «seal of the confessional.»

In several regards the process by which recommendations against any and all bedsharing are being formulated violates the rules of evidence - based medicine.

«The appropriate forum in which to respond to the Senator is a court of law, where the Attorney General will prove all facts according to the rules of evidence.

In the CIOT's response to the government's call for evidence on the taxation of employee expenses, we recommended: «Greater alignment of the rules under which employment expenses an employer pays or reimburses tax - free with the rules on which non-reimbursed employment expenses an employee can obtain tax relief on.

After assessing a dossier of evidence submitted by the BIJ, the Electoral Commission said it was carrying out a case review, which falls short of a full investigation but could lead to a ruling over whether there had been a breach of election law.

Attorney Steven Molo notified the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan on Thursday that he'd like to ask the high court to review last week's ruling, which wiped out the conviction but also provided the government with assurance that there was sufficient evidence to convict Silver if a jury is properly instructed on the law and decides to do so.

Paterson noted the committee that found Rangel guilty of breaking House rules did not find evidence of outright corruption, instead chalking up his misdeeds to a «violation,» which, according to the governor, is tantamount to «disorderly conduct, or running red lights.»

Yet instead, there is fresh evidence of how MPs played the system and fresh confusion about the rules against which they should be judged.

An attorney for Sheldon Silver argued Thursday that the former New York state Assembly speaker's conviction on public - corruption charges should be reversed in the wake of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling last year that narrowed the circumstances under which certain government acts could be considered evidence of a kickback scheme.

Challengers of the eight - member IDC, which forms a ruling coalition government with Senate Republicans, say they have drummed up broad grassroots support, as evidenced by pulling impressive fundraising numbers over a short period of time, with

Next is a report on a court ruling which found that the home secretary deported thousands of students from Britain based on extremely flimsy evidence.

The appeals court hinged its ruling on several actions that the government presented as evidence during the nearly month - long trial — but which now fall short of bribery.

Joiner has likely made this task more difficult by instructing trial judges that neither Daubert nor the Federal Rules of Evidence «requires a district court to admit opinion evidence which is connected to existing data only by the ipse dixit of theEvidence «requires a district court to admit opinion evidence which is connected to existing data only by the ipse dixit of theevidence which is connected to existing data only by the ipse dixit of the expert.

Federal Judge Jack Weinstein thinks this way as well, observing in 1994 that due to the Daubert decision «Rule 706 of the Federal Rules of Evidence [which gives federal judges the authority to appoint their own experts] will be relied upon more frequently.

However, on September 8, 2008, a different team of astronomers (Thierry Forveille, Xavier Bonfils, Xavier Delfosse, Michael Gillon, Stephane Udry, François Bouchy, Christophe Lovis, Michel Mayor, Francesco Pepe, Christian Perrier, Didier Queloz, Nuno Santos, Jean - Loup Bertaux) submitted a paper (based on data from the ESO 3.6 - meter telescope and its HARPS spectrograph) which claims to rule out the mass of a Neptune - sized inner planet but found evidence for a less massive «Super-Earth» companion in an tighter inner orbit (Forveille et al 2008).

However, on September 8, 2008, a different team of astronomers submitted a paper (based on data from the ESO 3.6 - meter telescope and its HARPS spectrograph) which claims to rule out the mass of a Neptune - sized inner planet but found evidence for a less massive «Super-Earth» companion in an tighter inner orbit (Forveille et al 2008).

Jimmy winds up wearing a wire at times and places where common sense indicates it would be discovered, and is saved only by the Bathroom Rule, which indicates toilets in movies are never used for biological purposes, but only to dispose of wires, guns, evidence, etc..

Ofqual said that the decision was made after analysing more than 2,500 responses to its consultation, which was launched given evidence that some of this year's tasks had been posted to online forums and collaborative programming sites, contrary to exam board rules.

Adult arguments typically evolve alongside a set of coherent rules which involve presenting ideas, weighing evidence, and attempting to sway opinion.

African American and Latino students, as well as children and youths from low - income families, have been particularly hard hit, according to the unanimous court ruling, which pointed to dismal test scores and graduation rates as evidence of the impact of insufficient funding.

While he was unsuccessful, Kohn's motion in no way impacted the decision or proceedings against Apple for its part in this issue; Apple is appealing its own ruling, handed down by Cote earlier this year in which she found sufficient evidence of price fixing on the part of the company.

If the Administrator finds that the financial responsibility, experience, character and general fitness of the applicant are such as to warrant belief that the business will be operated pursuant to the Credit Services Organization Act and rules promulgated pursuant thereto, the Administrator shall grant the application and issue to the applicant a license which will evidence his authority to do business under the provisions of the Credit Services Organization Act.

In March 2014, at the conclusion of an elaborate proceeding during which Blue Buffalo had the chance to defend itself, the NAD issued a detailed ruling concluding that Bishop's company «has not provided any evidence that «big name» pet food manufacturers... are actively concealing the truth about the ingredients in their products.»

The removal of the current IHG Rewards card from the Chase website is more than enough evidence that change is coming so, if you want the current version of the IHG Rewards card (which isn't subject to Chase's 5/24 rule), apply as soon as you can because your chances to do so are disappearing quickly.

In any event, there is unequivocal geologic evidence for parts of the GIS still in tact during the last interglacial, and Northern Hemisphere ice core records (see NEEM) now go back that far, which rules out ice - free conditions at the time in the NH.

You also are clearly ignorant of the evidence for Neoproterozoic and Paleoproterozic «Snowball Earth» episodes, which not only involve near - global ice cover, but also would be followed by extremely hot postglacial climates with temperatures of 40 - 50C — not yet observed, but not yet ruled out by any geological deposits by any means.

The Methodological Level: disputes over the rules to settle factual disputes a) are in effect «rules of evidence» b) serve as a kind of «science court» in which a «verdict» on factual disputes is resolved by appeal to «evidence» c) this reflects the empiricist's commitment to the «Leibnizean ideal» d) explains how a «staggering proportion» of disputes are in fact resolved e) however, occasional disputes over the methodological rules arise 3.

Buoyed by the ruling, two Irish journalists — Phelim McAleer and Ann McElhinney — released a documentary in which they gather evidence outlining the damage of global warming hysteria.

The Australian Government speaks so much humbug about greenhouse policies and the Kyoto Protocol that one could be excused for thinking that it operates in a parallel universe in which the normal rules of logic and evidence do not apply.

BTW, in the process of discussing the empirical evidence thus far, you've been breaking your own rules (which I agreed to, if you recall) by simply dismissing the evidence I've presented thus far.

In cross-examining the accused (if he or she testifies), the Crown can cross-examine not only on general reputation, but on specific acts of bad character or misconduct that are similar in nature to the offences charged, in order to neutralize the evidence of good character.204 The trial judge retains the discretion to disallow such cross-examination where it would result in undue prejudice.205 If the accused made a statement to police that has been ruled voluntary, and there is an admission therein which is contrary to the evidence led by the accused in relation to his or her good character, the Crown should consider cross-examining the accused on that prior inconsistent statement.