Sentences with phrase «serious allegations are made»

Hickinbottom J followed LG and held that the civil standard applied, commenting: «To suggest that the civil standard of proof equates to the criminal standard of proof in cases in which serious allegations are made or serious consequences possible is improperly and unhelpfully to elide seriousness with probability of a particular allegation, which is the very illogicality identified by Baroness Hale in In re B.»

While not every complaint or investigation warrants retention of an external investigator, those circumstances are arising much more frequently and may include scenarios where serious allegations are made; a complex factual matrix is alleged; or even where the employer wishes to ensure a degree of independence from the investigation is maintained.

Auditors recommended SED better track investigations, especially those in which serious allegations are made.

Otiko Nafisa Djaba and Rockson Bukari, Gender Minister and Upper East Regional Minister respectively are walking free without any invite after such serious allegation was made against them.

Serious allegations were made against her by The Sun newspaper and she sued for defamation.

Not exact matches

State - run newspaper Global Times, commonly regarded a Party mouthpiece, publishes an article in which it addresses claims made by Western media outlets that «sex - related crimes are serious in China,» but that the country ««rarely» takes sexual assault allegations seriously.»

The deputy Communications Minister dared the NPP flagbearer to name any NDC member who made the allegation of his health status if he wants to be taken serious.

«The allegations made against Senator Klein are serious and credible, and we therefore strongly agree with those who have called for an independent investigation.

«Eric appreciates the serious allegations that have been made against him and we will respond to them appropriately at the proper time,» read the brief statement from lawyer Isabelle Kirshner.

What began as a scandal about newspaper ethics now threatens to become a serious embarrassment for David Cameron, after the latest carefully researched allegations by The New York Times, which suggest that Coulson was much better informed than he made out.

«Carl Paladino has been asleep at the switch and ignored these serious allegations against one of his top aides yet he continues to rail against the system and make spurious allegations saying others are soft on crime,» Duffy said.

«In view of the serious allegations put to us by Channel 4 and the concerns raised about how such issues have been handled in the past, Nick Clegg has asked Tim Farron, the party president, to establish an immediate review into all our procedures for dealing with these issues, including a thorough examination of how allegations made in the past have been handled,» he said.

The allegations made on Channel 4 concerning Lord Rennard last Thursday were extremely serious and distressing to the women involved.

«In the last several hours, serious allegations, which I strongly contest, have been made against me,» he said.

My guess is the Home Office mole has made quite a serious allegation against Damian Green (maybe about the «benefits» of leaking information).

«Given the serious nature of the allegations made last week, the campaign contributions given by the defendants will be set aside in a separate account to be made available for any forfeiture recoveries pursued by law enforcement, rather than returning the funds to the defendants,» Democratic Party Executive Director Basil Smikle said.

Whereas Michael Boxer could have recommended immediate reinstatement that could have made me «whole» again, he chose to conclude his own internal report that was three years delinquent by stating that, «Serious questions are raised about Mr. Iritano and record falsification,» which was simply not true, and firmly supported by the Transit Authority's complete reversal of all misconduct allegations against me during oral argument in Appellate Court, Second Department, on May 9, 1991.

«Given the serious nature of the allegations made last week, the campaign contributions given by the defendants will be set aside in a separate account to be made available for any forfeiture recoveries pursued by law enforcement upon case disposition, rather than returning the funds to the defendants,» said Basil Smikle, the executive director of the state Democratic Committee in an email statement.

The finding by CHRAJ is that the respondent (the Minister of Finance Ken Ofori Atta) is cleared of the «CONFLICT OF INTEREST» allegation but the commission in its findings made some serious revelations on «potential conflict of interest» as refered to in the observation subtitle in the report.

The two senior party members have in the past three days launched scathing attacks against each other with serious allegations some of which borders on criminality being made in the media.

«The same with the Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr. Babachir Lawal, and a host of other government officials against whom very serious allegations have been made.

Adeyeye, a former minister of state for works, said that «if President Buhari retains these ministers in the face of the serious allegations against them, he will show that the entire judicial corruption saga is nothing more than a deliberate attempt to blackmail the judiciary in order to subjugate it and make it a rubber stamp institution of the administration.»

«That is why... we have suspended from the parliamentary Labour party Elliot Morley because of the allegations, which are serious, which have been made against him.»

In the last several hours, serious allegations, which I strongly contest, have been made against me,» Schneiderman said in a statement.

«If you are making such a serious allegation against someone, you should put that allegation to him and give him an opportunity to say something in his defence before you take the draconian decision to remove him,» he says.

In view of the serious allegations put to us by Channel 4 and the concerns raised about how such issues have been handled in the past, Nick Clegg has asked Tim Farron, the party President, to establish an immediate review into all our procedures for dealing with these issues, including a thorough examination of how allegations made in the past have been handled.

«In the last several hours, serious allegations, which I strongly contest, have been made against me,» he said in a statement.

«Given the serious nature of the allegations made last week, the campaign contributions given by the defendants will be set aside in a separate account to be made available for any forfeiture recoveries pursued by law enforcement upon case disposition, rather than returning the funds to the defendants,» Smikle said in the statement.

In the last several hours, serious allegations, which I strongly contest, have been made against me,» Schneiderman said.

Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg said the allegations made on Channel 4 News last Thursday had been «extremely serious and distressing to the women involved».

The BBC called the news «serious allegations» and stated they would not be making any judgement «until these matters are resolved.»

«The Department of Public Instruction has been made very recently aware of very serious charges and allegations about an education management organization connected with two applications before you today,» said the Office of Charter Schools» Robin Kendall.

Emails stolen from this university were selectively misused to make serious allegations about the work of the Climatic Research Unit [CRU below] and the people who worked there or were connected to it.

I don't have to tell you that this is a very serious allegation to make about a fellow reporter.

The allegations of intellectual and scientific fraud like those made against Dr. Mann are serious against anybody involved in academics, but the impact in this case is significantly elevated.

This is the case in Cameroon, for example, where Survival International (SI), which campaigns for the rights of Indigenous peoples, has made serious allegations over abuses of the Indigenous Baka people by forest guards employed by the government, but supported by WWF with uniforms, supplies and training, including human rights training.

It's easy to get carried away when you're sitting in the comfort of your own home or behind your phone screen but there are serious repercussions when baseless allegations are made.

Litigators routinely proceeding to trial with serious allegations, such as undue influence, run the risk of an award of special costs being made against their client, should such allegations be unproved.

This article argues that it is time for the SCSL to establish an independent fact finding commission, with a narrowly framed and time limited mandate, to establish the truth, or falsity, of the allegation that Alternate Judge Sow made during the delivery of the Taylor Trial judgment that there were no (serious) deliberations by the three judges who convicted the accused and sentenced him to 50 years imprisonment.

X made serious allegations to social workers of sexual abuse by J, which were said to have taken place when she was a child.

This is a commonplace occurrence in criminal proceedings where expert assessments take place mostly while the defendant is presumed innocent and the allegations made could be damning and form the basis for serious charges.

According to Smart's ruling, Dhir and Keohane spent nearly an hour in chambers that morning during which they made serious allegations against one another, numerous interjections and objections, statements that questioning was discourteous, and complaints about inappropriate facial gestures.

The allegation that the landlord has discriminated against a disabled tenant is a serious matter and the court would presumably not wish to make such a finding unless there were cogent evidence to support it.

The most serious allegation the MoD has made against the Shiner and Leigh Day, is that they sat on evidence which disproved the allegations for around a year before announcing that they were no - longer litigating the cases.

The question of when an anonymity order should made in cases involving allegations of serious sexual harassment was recently considered by the EAT in BBC v Roden.

Judge Moir, they said, had regard to the need «that a usual component of a fair trial was for the person against whom allegations had been made to have the opportunity to put questions to or to cross-examine»; and to deny that was a very serious step.

In ET v Rocky Mountain Play Therapy Institute Inc, 2016 ABQB 299 (CanLII), the claimant was subject to an enhanced costs award against him of $ 18,000 for making «serious unfounded allegations» (at para 9) against the respondents and their counsel in an interlocutory proceeding related to his claim for breach of contract, defamation and negligence.

Bruce Tregoning represented a Father against whom 14 allegations of serious abuse (including sexual abuse) against his two children had been made by the mother; necessitating a 4 day fact finding hearing involving several professional witnesses attending Court including a NYAS Caseworker (Guardian).

If there is unfair conduct at the time of termination, such as unfair allegations of serious wrongdoing, a claim may be made for «aggravated damages».

However, in view of the serious allegations that had been made against Riverfront I felt that Riverfront should be given an opportunity to respond before I delivered the full reasons for my ruling.