Sentences with phrase «subjects in a legal context»

Held in Auckland, the conference connected delegates with New Zealand's leading legal technology thinkers and industry providers and covered subjects in a legal context including cyber-security, blockchain, AI, tech and law - firm partnerships, innovating as an in - house lawyer, the business of law during changing times, and looking at disruption as «normal».

Not exact matches

Almost all legal rules are context specific and are subject to exceptions in unusual situations.

At the same time as the justices in Re A were briefly deliberating, seven justices (Lords Neuberger, Clarke and Reed were common to both constitutions) were addressing the subject of privilege in the context of legal advice (R (Prudential plc and anor) v Special Commissioner of Income Tax [2013] UKSC 1: legal advice privilege does not apply to advice on law given by accountants).

Three things strike me about international law in the work of a government lawyer today: first, it is all - pervasive; second, the questions that arise and the context in which they are considered are extraordinarily complex; and, finally, I am struck by the intense scrutiny these legal issues are subjected to by states and courts around the world, academics and the public.

In this context, it should be mentioned that, as it has been held by the Constitutional Court, the principle of the supremacy of the Constitution implies also a duty of the legislature and other lawmaking subjects to revise legal acts which were passed before the entry into effect of the Constitution, while taking account of norms and principles of the Constitution, and to ensure a harmonious hierarchical system of legal acts which regulate the same relations (the Constitutional Court's rulings of 3 December 1997, 6 May 1998, 29 October 2003, and 5 March 2004).

«Arbitration for peace» places arbitration in a wider historical context, thereby making the subject accessible beyond the narrow circle of specialists without losing its legal relevance.

Here the court will consider a number of factors to determine the purpose for which the documents were prepared, including for example whether the document itself hints at whether it has been prepared for the exclusive purpose of gathering facts or material for legal advice (eg, because it is addressed to a lawyer, or is marked as being subject to privilege), as well as the wider context (eg, who the author is, or the circumstances in which the document was found).

EU legal professional privilege applies to communications made for the purpose of exercising the rights of defence in the context of a Commission competition investigation, and any advice relating to the subject matter of the investigation.

The result of limiting EU legal professional privilege is such that documents prepared by in - house lawyers that are subject to privilege under local laws (for example, in England and Wales) will not generally be protected vis - à - vis the Commission (or other parties) in the context of a competition investigation.

Similarly, in the subject decision, the Court of Appeal set out that when reviewing a decision for reasonableness, a court must consider «the reasons proffered and the substantive outcome in light of the legal and factual context in which the decision was rendered».

Justice Côté also noted that the statutory context supported this position, and in particular the legislation's reference to «legal privilege» in the provision allowing a public body to refuse to disclose privileged information — i.e., «information that is subject to any type of legal privilege, including solicitor - client privilege» (at para 52, citing FOIPP s 27).

Where a business has tricky issues that need addressing, for example a wish - list of employees to exit from the business, then lawyers or in - house counsel should be engaged so that such correspondence can be made in the context of seeking legal advice and so be subject to legal advice privilege, the business's trump card, and a way of protecting your hand.

Of course, that very question has preoccupied lawyers and legal scholars alike for two decades with regard to IT law, i.e. whether it should be treated as a subject in and of itself (in which case it usually isn't a mandatory class, meaning that students can go through law school without hearing the word «Internet» in a legal context), or if the digital medium should simply be addressed in basic textbooks and general courses and classes.