Sentences with phrase «serious breach of the law»

If you are guilty of a serious breach of the law, you forfeit the right to elect those who make the law.

Not exact matches

Most US states have laws requiring companies to notify regulators and consumers of a serious data breach within six to eight weeks, but given the sensitivity of the stolen information, it's not unrealistic or unfair to ask a company to disclose a breach even sooner.

Australia's financial regulator is taking action against deceptive and misleading initial coin offerings (ICOs), citing «a serious breach of the Australian law.»

The law, which came into effect in February, requires organizations to notify regulators and consumers within 30 days of breaches that have a likelihood of resulting in «serious harm» (see Australia Enacts Mandatory Breach Notification Lalaw, which came into effect in February, requires organizations to notify regulators and consumers within 30 days of breaches that have a likelihood of resulting in «serious harm» (see Australia Enacts Mandatory Breach Notification LawLaw).

Australia's financial regulator is repressing on misleading initial coin offerings (ICOs), referring on «a serious breach of the Australian law»

Yet in November, the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office concluded, despite considerable evidence to the contrary, that there was no «clear risk» of serious Saudi breaches of international humanitarian law in Yemen.

«These are incredibly serious allegations of complicity in barbaric acts of torture and breaches of international law.

Flouting immigration and work permit laws in Indonesia is considered a serious breach that could earn perpetrators hefty fines up to 500 millions Indonesian Rupiahs (about $ 38,000) and a prison sentence of up to five years.

The claims of a confidentiality breach and conflict of interest, if they prove true, «are serious, and are not off - the - wall,» says Paul Rothstein, a professor of torts, evidence, and civil litigation at Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D.C..

Violation of test security is a serious matter with far - reaching consequences... A breach of test security may be dealt with as a violation of the Code of Professional Responsibility for Teachers, as well as a violation of other pertinent state and federal law and regulation.

A serious breach of IPCC regulations by a lead author is not illegal, because the IPCC has no force of law.

The project, found to be in clear breach of various EU directives, caused the European Parliament to adopt Article 41, in which it expresses its deep concern that the Rosia Montana mine development poses a serious environmental threat to the whole region and states that it will carefully monitor the project's development, both in terms of its conformity to EU environmental law and also how it relates to Romania's accession to the EU.

The case of BAE Systems provides a further example of political pragmatism overriding a serious breach of the criminal law.

Territorial illegality arises under a serious breach of certain fundamental norms of international law, in particular jus cogens.

This reality puts every existing law firm at risk of a serious data breach.

This constituted, according to the CJEU, «a sufficiently serious breach of a rule of law that is intended to confer rights on individuals» (para 106, referring here to Bergaderm and Council v. Commission, para 42).

The first condition for the non-contractual liability of the EU has already been settled by the CJEU when it held that the infringement constituted a «sufficiently serious breach of a rule of law that is intended to confer rights on individuals».

As Professor Doug Berman at the Sentencing Law and Policy reports, a Northern District of Iowa judge reduced a defendant's sentence to punish the prosecution for a serious breach of the terms of the plea agreement.

Employers must now comply with RIDDOR (Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013) to avoid serious breaches of health and safety law.

There might also be a concern that the term «conduct» could incorporate less serious previous breaches of UK law.

The Court of Justice finds that a state's failure to ensure that a fund established to ensure a minimum level of compensation is a «serious breach» of EU law and can not be excused because of the general economic crisis.

The Court then sets out the well - known three conditions for Francovich - liability: the rule of European Union law infringed must be intended to confer rights on the individual; the breach of that rule must be sufficiently serious; and there must be a direct causal link between the breach and the loss or damage sustained by the individual (para. 41).

The latter held that the liability of a contracting authority for the breach of EU public procurement rules under the remedies directive is assimilated to that of the State under the general EU law doctrine of State liability and thus requires a sufficiently serious breach (Nuclear Decommissioning Authority).

It must then be shown that the driver breached this duty, whether by disregarding traffic laws, driving recklessly, or driving while distracted, and, finally, that you sustained serious injury as a result of that breach of duty.

Held, inter alia, the 2006 Regulations did not go further than EU law requires by conferring a power to award damages in respect of loss or damage suffered by an economic operator in the case of any breach, as opposed to only a «sufficiently serious» breach, of the Regulations, as per the Francovich conditions.

In her complaint, her attorneys have argued that, «The adultery law constitutes a serious breach of the individual's rights to make decisions concerning sex and privacy under the constitution.

Rubin contends that even if criminal law wasn't broken, there were serious breaches of privacy by a government that has claimed it would fight identity theft with tougher criminal code provisions.

OTTAWA — A public interest researcher has filed a formal complaint with Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart, charging top prime ministerial aides, a parliamentary secretary and an MP with «serious breaches» of the privacy laws.

It will be good news for contracting authorities that not all breaches of procurement law will give a right to claim damages, and that a challenging bidder must first show that a breach was «sufficiently serious».

In the short to medium term (for at least the next couple of years), we now have the definitive position in the UK that breaches of procurement law must be «sufficiently serious» to merit damages.

Acted successfully for the appellant Nuclear Decommissioning Authority in a landmark Supreme Court judgment establishing that damages in procurement claims are only available if any breach of duty is «sufficiently serious» within the meaning of the EU law conditions for Member State liability.

But, as Justice Laskin noted, at para. 38, the trial judge stated, ``... as a matter of law, I can not exclude under s. 24 (2) the marijuana seized during the search of the car because of right to counsel breaches that occurred subsequently, no matter how serious they may have been.»

But, looking a little further ahead, how will the judgement be dealt with in the Great Repeal Bill and what will be the ultimate position post Brexit; particularly when the requirement for a breach to be «sufficiently serious» stems from principles of EU law and the jurisprudence of the European Court of Justice?

As breach of competition and antitrust law has become a serious and potentially catastrophic issue for businesses of all shapes and sizes, so MI has built a substantial global network of experts on standby to act at any time.

Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (Appellant) v EnergySolutions EU Ltd (now called ATK Energy EU Ltd)[2017] UKSC 34 Acting successfully for the Appellant, the NDA, in a landmark Supreme Court judgment establishing that damages in procurement claims are not awarded as of right, but should only be available if any breach of duty that is established is «sufficiently serious» within the meaning of the EU law conditions for Member State liability (i.e. the well known Francovich / Factortame conditions).

It says it identified two serious infringements and one very serious infringement of data protection law — with the total sanction breaking down to $ 300,000 for each of the first breaches and $ 600,000 for the second.

While an international law process for hearing complaints about treaty breaches exists, (123) there are serious limitations on the effectiveness of this process.