Sentences with phrase «to be contrary to the public interest»

The proper test is not a «fitness of sentence» test, but rather whether the proposed sentence would bring the administration of justice into disrepute, or would otherwise be contrary to the public interest.

But it would also be contrary to the public interest to ignore the fact that individuals caught in these crimes and labels often come from very different social contexts than those in Canada.

«We are bitterly disappointed that, despite a sustained campaign emphasising that these proposals are contrary to the public interest, the government is pressing ahead with significant cuts to legal aid for advocacy in the Crown Court,» he said.

To decide if the discharge is contrary to the public interest the following factors are considered:

If lawyers have large debts from law school, they are less likely to enter fields that are genuinely in the public interest (as opposed to say, corporate law or practising law to serve large corporations, which is CONTRARY to public interest).

«Conflict of interest arises from a situation in which a public official has a private interest which is such as to influence or appear to influence the impartial and objective nature of his or her official duties in order to promote private interests, which would be contrary to the public interest.»

«That right should not be taken away unless it is contrary to the public interest of the administration of justice or contrary to the basic principles of fundamental fairness.»

The reinstatement must not be detrimental to the integrity and standing of the bar, the judicial system, or the administration of justice, or be contrary to the public interest.

They therefore sought a «closed material procedure» for this part of their defence — a procedure whereby a party can withhold certain material from the other side where its disclosure would be contrary to the public interest.

Rule 76.29 (8) provided that the court had to give permission to the secretary of state to withhold closed material where it considered that the disclosure would be contrary to the public interest.

Although the parties later stipulated to a reversal of the remanded decision of the trial court in favor of the holder of the security interest, the court denied the parties» application for stipulated reversal on grounds that so doing would be contrary to public interest.