Sentences with phrase «undermine the rule of law in»

Renowned constitutional lawyer, Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN), has accused President Muhammadu Buhari - led administration of undermining the rule of law in the polity,...

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«Their efforts to undermine the agreements were dishonourable and deserving of censure,» the Appeal Court said in its ruling, noting, however, that the state of Canadian law around grey marketing remains unsettled.

If investors can no longer take American stability — or even an adherence to the rule of law — President Donald Trump's words and actions undermine confidence that government, companies, and individuals will be treated in an evenhanded and accountable manner, and that the U.S. will stay true to its commitments.

Mervyn Thomas added: «Such selective prosecutions not only undermine the rule of law, but also erode confidence in a state government that has yet to address the violence in southern Kaduna effectively, or to assist those displaced by the attacks.»

The Consultation for Promoting British Values in School is a hastily thrown together set of amendments to the Independent School Standards (2013) which ensured all independent schools» activities and teaching be informed by the 2010 Equalities Act.The consultation proposes strengthening the Independent School Standards regulations and extending these to all schools (state and independent), emphasising that a school's «written policy, plans and schemes of work -LSB-... must] not undermine the fundamental British values of democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs.»

Fake Dem support for rights and rule of law is better than Dems in power, actively undermining it.

Organised tax avoidance undermines confidence in fairness, democracy, justice and the rule of law.

«Certain Nigerian leaders, having been blindfolded by corruption, assume the possibility of using money in manipulating the national security agencies to intimidate, suppress and hold down certain ethnic nationalities or playing one ethnic nationality against the other with a view to undermining the constitution and perversely upturning the rule of law.

The point I was making is that, as a law officer, it's my duty to ensure the rule of law is upheld, and one of the issues that I feel requires close attention is any potential for a rise in corruption to undermine civil society.

While recognizing that waiver provisions in federal law have repeatedly been upheld in court, Derthick cautions, «waivers threaten to get out of hand, and to undermine the rule of law.»

Philanthropy in America is undermining the rule of law and democratic rights.

Imposing quotas will simply have the effect of undermining confidence in the judicial system and will ultimately shake confidence in the rule of law that should underpin western societies.

We are calling on our members, and their firms / chambers / friends, to voice their opposition to the government's proposals to destroy access to justice for the poorest and most vulnerable in our society, fundamentally undermining the principle of the rule of law.

Such a ruling would also allow or even compel Investment Tribunals in intra-EU disputes and national courts seized of enforcement proceedings to save from the rule in Achmea any Treaty text that does not explicitly refer to the application of domestic and / or EU Law, and thus undermine any legal certainty that may be thought to have been established in the settlement of disputes under intra-EU BITs.

MDAC expresses its unequivocal opposition to legislation passed in Hungary which undermines the rule of law, freedom of association and respect for fundamental rights of NGOs.

It is a fragmentation which arises when people lose faith in the legal system: they then lose faith in the rule of law, and that really does undermine society.»

If sections of society are alienated from those professions, confidence in and, to an extent, the legitimacy of the legal system and rule of law can be undermined.

That is unfortunate, the editorial says, because we live in a time when the rule of law is being undermined by the White House rather than celebrated.

The authors of the complaint said this, at p. 10: «That any modern judge could ask a complainant if she kept her knees together, couple that with numerous other sexist and degrading comments, and then go on to ignore much of the law incumbent upon him to apply, eliminates confidence in that judge's commitment to independence, integrity, impartiality, and commitment to equality, brings the administration of justice into disrepute, and undermines the rule of law.»

While the Court understands that counsel for the Defendant is a law professor, and that he believes this case serves an important educational function, counsel must also understand that he represents a client in this litigation — a client whose case may well be undermined by the filing of frivolous motions and the failure to comply with the Rules.

He said: «Where litigation costs deny effective access to justice, this will in due course undermine belief in, and commitment, to the rule of law, and that results in the undermining of our democracy and all its modern features — health, education, and welfare.»

It argues that the rule of law is being undermined by broadly drafted laws that, in practice, allow the regulators or prosecuting authorities to decide what is illegal, eg s 75 of the Banking Act 2009 gives the Treasury the power to disapply or modify the effect of any law without Parliamentary approval, and the financial services industry as a whole increasingly relies on «principles - based regulation».

the majority's opinion raises the concerning possibility that the Court's new reading of section 96 in conjunction with the rule of law principle may be used to undermine existing provincial authority over access to alternative dispute resolution, and private international law more generally.

Instead, she spoke extensively on the importance of the independence of the judiciary, especially in a global context where the rule of law is being undermined and judges are losing their independence, being constrained, or not having their orders enforced,

LSI director, professor Stephen Mayson says: «If efficiency savings in legal aid lead to any undermining of the rule of law, or compromise the administration of or access to justice, while we might have achieved a degree of fiscal prudence, society will undoubtedly be the poorer for it.»

Justice Carole Curtis found that the mother was undermining the permanence and nature of the role of the adoptive parents and ruled that continued access was not in their best interests, Law Times reports.

people effectively horn in on her action, break agreed upon rules, effectively taking advantage of all of that effort, investment and guidance, undermining years of effort, investment and control of who / what operates / benefits within said creation, which creation has never been proven in a court of law to be an illegal enterprise.