[7] While consideration of such alternative systems is beyond the scope of this Report, they must be seriously considered in
view of the legal tests established to gain recognition of native title and the difficulty of changing the fundamental assumptions of these tests within the current system as it is governed by the NTA.
Not exact matches
The Governments have agreed that the referendum should have a clear
legal base; be legislated for by the Scottish Parliament; be conducted so as to command the confidence
of parliaments, government and people; and deliver a fair
test and decisive expression
of the
views of people in Scotland and a result that everyone will respect...
In my
view, there is tremendous difficulty in advancing this defence due to the
legal test outlined in R v. Ewanchuk, which is codified in Section 273.2
of the Criminal Code:
Glass, then, is kind
of a
legal Rorschach
test: where you stand on his admissibility likely depends on your
view of the possibility
of human redemption, rehabilitation and the role
of the lawyer in society.
The
legal test for a reasonable apprehension
of bias is whether an informed person,
viewing the matter realistically and practically and having thought the matter through, would think that it is more likely than not that the decision - maker consciously or unconsciously would not decide the matter fairly (Committee for Justice and Liberty v. National Energy Board, 1976 CanLII 2 (SCC), [1978] 1 S.C.R. 369).
The
legal test for a reasonable apprehension
of bias is whether an informed person,
viewing the matter realistically and practically and having thought the matter through, would think that it is more likely... [more]
The leading Court
of Appeal authority (Express & Echo v Tanton [1999] IRLR 367, [1999] All ER (D) 256) envisages a tribunal disapplying a substitution clause if it is a «sham», but this is in itself a difficult
test for a claimant because a strict
view of it requires proof
of a deliberate attempt to evade
legal responsibilities, almost an element
of mens rea (see Real Time Engineering Ltd v Callaghan [2006] UKEAT / 516/05).