Sentences with phrase «significant points of agreement»

Though the two authors disagree on some important issues, they also share some significant points of agreement.

Not exact matches

As a strategic entry point to the rest of Europe the Netherlands is poised to become even more significant with the forthcoming introduction of the historic Canada and European Union (EU) Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA).

The agreement finally reached on the local government pension scheme after the government made significant concessions has rather less to do with official generosity than fear about the consequences if the scheme were so eviscerated that hundreds of thousands of local government workers might decide there was no point in continuing to contribute to it since, if they walked away, they would still get the same amount of money in retirement from means - tested income support.

But even with all signs pointing to the real prospect of success in Paris, we knew significant obstacles remained, with countries from the US and China to small island nations all facing difficult decisions to reach an agreement acceptable to all 195 parties.

Its effects may not be fully realized for some time (or may be interrupted), but the signs point to a significant shift: the incorporation of forest and soil restoration into the climate and development strategies of most countries, the enshrinement of the land sector's key role in the international climate agreement, the first fruits of coordinated research efforts aimed at integrating climate goals into land management, and the availability of large - scale financial investments to fuel the climate - related benefits of better land management.

We would like to invite you and your client to meet with us to discuss an alternative means to resolve this matter in a way that is fair to our clients and respects the mandate of yours... We are of the opinion that, viewed objectively, the state of the evidence to this point demonstrates that this prosecution has no reasonable prospect of success... You have no evidence to respond to our experts and, it seems to us, no reasonable basis to expect they will be disbelieved... We think you will agree that an objective review of Mr. Marschdorf's evidence exposes serious weaknesses in the prosecution case and significant areas of agreement between the defence and your only witness... You are dependent on a theory advanced by Mr. Osborne which misconceives the law.

He has been involved in a number of significant High Court decisions in recent years, one of which established a new point of law relating to the consequences of terminating a multi-party LLP agreement by repudiation.