Sentences with phrase «ruling on the contempt»

Two radio brands under the staple of the Network Broadcasting Limited, Radio Gold and Montie FM have gone off air hours after the Supreme Court ruling on the contempt case involving the company.

Not exact matches

Vice President Mike Pence called former Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who was convicted of federal contempt of court last year, a «champion of... the rule of law» and said he was honored that Arpaio attended an event with him on Tuesday in Tempe, Ariz..

I know that Michael Ignatieff will claim that he is perserving the democratic basis of Canada as the ruling party was brought down on an issue of CONTEMPT.

On Monday, Representative Nancy Pelosi of California, the House Democratic leader, called Mr. Trump's attacks on Mr. Mueller and his team a «grave reminder of his utter contempt for the rule of law.&raquOn Monday, Representative Nancy Pelosi of California, the House Democratic leader, called Mr. Trump's attacks on Mr. Mueller and his team a «grave reminder of his utter contempt for the rule of law.&raquon Mr. Mueller and his team a «grave reminder of his utter contempt for the rule of law.»

So Sheldon's intellectual contempt for her is true enough on the level of impersonal «mind,» but she has what it takes to rule in this world.

A Sri Lankan court on Wednesday issued a summons to Fonterra Brands Lanka, the local company of New Zealand's Fonterra and four of its top officials to face contempt of court charges for not adhering to an earlier ruling that banned sales and advertising  of all Fonterra milk products.

That the Labour party should so loudly trumpet its contempt for personal privacy and the presumption of innocence, parading its violation of the European Court on Human Rights ruling on DNA retention as one of the top six reasons to vote for it, tells you everything you need to know about its attitude to civil liberties and the rule of law.

Whoever is behind this action shows a clear contempt for democratic principle - the freedom to report on what's happening in Parliament is pretty basic to democracy, indeed, perhaps even to the «rule of law» itself.

«That this House notes the ruling of the European Court of Human Rights in Hirst v the United Kingdom in which it held that there had been no substantive debate by members of the legislature on the continued justification for maintaining a general restriction on the right of prisoners to vote; acknowledges the treaty obligations of the UK; is of the opinion that legislative decisions of this nature should be a matter for democratically - elected lawmakers; and supports the current situation in which no prisoner is able to vote except those imprisoned for contempt, default or on remand.»

ALBANY — The Court of Appeals on Thursday upheld a lower court ruling that a judge can not use the threat of contempt charges to compel a district attorney to prosecute a case, specifically addressing Albany County district attorney David Soares» decision not to prosecute Occupy Albany protesters.

He said the police had consecutively invaded the residence of the two claimants, humiliated, extorted, and publicly embarrassed them over civil matter in contempt of the court and called on the Inspector General of Police to urgently intervene to protect sanctity of the judiciary and the rule of law.

So asks the Wired GC, riffing on my recent post about Yahoo's decision to give Chinese authorities access to user e-mails and news that Russia has shown «contempt for the rule of law by seeking the expulsion of Canadian lawyer Robert Amsterdam.»

On appeal, the Virginia Court of Appeals recognized that the applicable standard for reviewing a trial court's ruling that a party was in contempt of court was the abuse of discretion standard, citing Epps v. Commonwealth, 47 Va..

Nick Cohen in the Observer reflected on the grim irony where David Cameron «rightly denounces Vladimir Putin's contempt for the rule of law» in relation to the murder of the former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko; and the next moment attempts to exempt our soldiers from legal accountability.

Because it seems so evident that this judge is unwilling to follow the rules and has a hostility against you to the point of threatening to hold you in contempt simply because you are asking her to follow the rules on your motions, you have the right to file a complaint against this judge with the state supreme court judicial commission.

Toyne says the ruling reaffirms the 2001 decision on contempt in T.G. Industries v. Williams at the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal, also written by Cromwell, and clarifies any confusion with regards to the rare situations when lawyers are found to be in contempt.

Rule 4.01 (6), for example, requires a lawyer to be courteous and civil in the course of litigation; the commentary on the rule says, «a consistent pattern of rude, provocative, or disruptive conduct by the lawyer, even though unpunished as contempt, might well merit discipline.&raRule 4.01 (6), for example, requires a lawyer to be courteous and civil in the course of litigation; the commentary on the rule says, «a consistent pattern of rude, provocative, or disruptive conduct by the lawyer, even though unpunished as contempt, might well merit discipline.&rarule says, «a consistent pattern of rude, provocative, or disruptive conduct by the lawyer, even though unpunished as contempt, might well merit discipline.»

After court officials spotted Brown in the act, Judge Stiehl ruled him in contempt, seizing his brand - new phone, fining him $ 421 and putting him on 18 months of supervised probation.

In addition, the court may utilize any and all powers relating to contempt conferred on it by law or rule of the Missouri supreme court.

This rule applies to all hearings, whether on application or otherwise, for committal for contempt irrespective of the court in which they are heard or of the proceedings in which they arise.»

In the first New York appellate decision to rule on the issue, the Appellate Division, Second Department held in its February 28, 2018 opinion in Spencer v. Spencer, that violations of matrimonial action «Automatic Orders» can be grounds for a finding of civil contempt, but an application for that relief must be made before the entry of the judgment of divorce.

On appeal, Johnson argued that the procedure by which he was found in contempt, being arrested without being served with the rule to show cause, violated due process.

Failure to appear Assuming that proper service is had on the respondent, and he or she fails to appear for hearing on the rule to show cause, a contempt order will likely be entered with an order for a body attachment and a bond.

iv) Following the aforesaid somewhat tenuous foundation of the availability of contempt to enforce money judgments, our Federal Court of Appeal then more directly ruled on the point.

[143] It seems to me that in focusing on vindicating the court's authority through the use of the contempt power, the motions judge did not adequately consider these other important dimensions of the rule of law.

On April 4, 1996, the court affirmed the ruling denying modification of visitation, and the finding of contempt against the two girls, but reversed the sanctions imposed and remanded for further proceedings.