Sentences with phrase «which claimant groups»

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The Low Incomes Tax Reform Group (LITRG) has welcomed today's House of Commons Work and Pensions Committee report which makes a number of recommendations on how universal credit could better support self - employed claimants.

The Government must give better and fuller guidance to tax credit and other benefit claimants about the circumstances in which they may still claim the child element of child tax credit or universal credit for a third or subsequent child born on or after 6 April 2017, says the Low Incomes Tax Reform Group (LITRG).1 Previously announced changes to tax credits, universal credit and some other benefits which limit payment of the child element to no more than two children come into effect today (6 April).

«I am impressed by the success of the Pathways programme - it proves that with the right support we can make a difference even with long - term benefit claimants, which is a group of people usually considered harder to help,» employment minister Stephen Timms said.

(i) size and nature of the organization; (ii) part of the organization with which the refugee claimant was most directly concerned; (iii) refugee claimant's duties and activities within the organization; (iv) refugee claimant's position or rank in the organization; (v) length of time the refugee claimant was in the organization, particularly after acquiring knowledge of the group's crime or criminal purpose; (vi) method by which the refugee claimant was recruited and opportunity to leave.

The Amersham research group, which comprised other scientists apart from the claimants, carried out human studies on one of the more promising compounds in 1988.

Solicitors for the Council wrote to the GMB and UNISON unions notifying them that should the claimants succeed in their group claim under the Equal Pay Act 1970 and the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 (SDA 1975) then the Council would seek a contribution under CLIA 1978, which the Council asserted the tribunal had jurisdiction to determine.

A group of claimants led by investment manager Gina Miller and hairdresser Deir Dos Santos are demanding that the triggering of Article 50 — which starts a two - year deadline for the exit process to be completed — be subject to a vote in parliament.

A second group of claimants, which includes the putative spouse and his or her children, stepchildren, and parents of the decedent, may file a wrongful death claim only if they were dependents of the decedent at the time of his or her death.

We are also familiar with the myriad of cost sharing agreements and client constitution arrangements that bind group litigation, which may be especially complex where claimants have different preliminary challenges to their specific claims.

It is unlikely change will occur in the short term, but the fact that lawmakers now recognise the advantage of the «opt - in» US approach to group litigation, at least in certain circumstances, can only benefit claimants — providing another means by which they can seek redress.

The best known jurisdiction is perhaps, the US, which is renowned, perhaps unfairly, for big ticket group claims, involving many dozens if not hundreds of claimants, with damages in the millions.

Many international lawyers realise that personal injury can become a global issue and there is a strong tendency of personal injury lawyers from different countries to unite their efforts, which founded the first multinational group of international claimant counsel — this is really great!

The claim related to a group action brought by no less than 599 claimants who holidayed at a Turkish resort in the summer of 2009 which had been booked though the defendant tour operator.

The claimant, Property Alliance Group (PAG), challenged RBS's claim to privilege over these documents, contending that the role of RBS's solicitors was not confined to the provision of legal advice but extended to the performance of administrative functions (for example, acting as the secretariat for the ESG and attending its meetings) for which privilege could not be claimed.

They were playing in a courtyard and part of a walkway which was the social area for their age group when, running backwards, the first defendant collided with the claimant.

Earlier this year, Duke Street confirmed an investment of up to # 200m in the Parabis Group (which includes claimant business Cogent Law and the defendant firm Plexus Law).

In the latest in a series of interim judgments in the Air Cargo cartel damages claims, which are being brought in the Chancery Division by several groups of claimants against British Airways plc, the High Court (Rose J) has held that Article 101 TFEU does not permit claims for damages to be brought in relation -LSB-...]

In an illustration of its travel - related personal injury expertise, Arion Jones is acting for the Freedom Travel Group in a multi-party action brought by seven claimants who suffered gastric illness, which involves complex issues of medical causation and quantum and a dispute between two defendants.

The EAT held that as the Claimant belonged to a group that held a strong belief in the sanctity of marriage vows, she was put at a disadvantage by the school's PCP (from which it did not resile).

In R v Spencer, which dealt with informational privacy relating to Internet service subscriber data in the hands of third - party companies, Cromwell J, for the court, organized the expectation of privacy analysis into four general areas: (1) the subject matter of the alleged search; (2) the claimant's interest in the subject matter; (3) the claimant's subjective expectation of privacy; and (4) whether this subjective expectation of privacy was objectively reasonable, having regard to the totality of the circumstances.6 None of these tests are inconsistent; they are articulations of the same overarching concerns grouped differently as suited to a particular inquiry.

The Lapps in G and E v Norway (1983) 35 DR 30 and the gipsies in Buckley v United Kingdom (Application 20348 / 92)(1996) 23 EHRR 101, to which the claimants had referred, belonged to distinctive groups, each with a traditional culture and lifestyle so fundamental as to form part of its identity.

The claimant had insurance with the Co-operative Insurance Society (CIS), and legal expenses and assistance insurance provided by DAS Legal Expenses Insurance Co Ltd (DAS), which was part of a group of companies.

The claimant submitted that any payment by Helphire to DAS or to another company within the DAS group was incapable in law of impacting on the claim which was for the claimant's loss.

The defendant solicitors had advised the claimant companies, which were members of the same group, about the assignment of a lease between them.

Of increasing concern is the way in which the government's allocation of funds to third parties wishing to participate as respondents in the native title claim process is funnelling NTRBs resources towards litigation rather than addressing the needs of the claimant group.

One respondent in Queensland explained that most exclusive native title claims are only possible as a result of section 47 of the NTA (which allows the extinguishing effect of a pastoral lease to be ignored if the lease is held by people in the claimant group).

Of particular concern is the way in which the Australian Government's allocation of funds to third party respondents to native title claims necessarily funnels NTRB resources towards litigation over agreement - making and the broader needs of the claimant group.

While a number of states require the claimant group to provide the State with evidence in relation to legal criteria as a condition precedent to commencing negotiation, there are varying degrees to which the legal tests are applied.

Where the State, as manager of the land which is the subject of the agreement, has particular priorities for that land, claimant groups may be able to negotiate agreements that contribute to their development goals.

The particular impact of the Ward decision is reflected by the requirement in Queensland for a connection report which provides a list of the native title rights and interests claimed, and a schedule of activities demonstrating the traditional law and custom of the native title claimant group.

Another way in which connection reports can be oppressive to claimant groups is when they are required to hand over material that is culturally sensitive.

The requirement for those in the claimant group to express the relationships which connect them in terms of biological descent is at odds with traditional ways of defining who has rights to country...

Given the gravity of the consequences flowing from a finding that a claimant group is not who they claim (and perceive themselves) to be, and consistent with principles of equality and respect for culture, as well as the intention of the Parliament in enacting the NTA «to rectify past injustices» and establish a «special procedure... for the just and proper ascertainment of native title rights and interests... in a manner that has due regard to their unique character», the Court should, it is respectfully submitted, approach the admission of oral testimonies of native title claimants in ways which accommodate Aboriginal accounts of their histories [85] and are, where appropriate, sceptical in the receipt of written records of the past.

[59] The consequence of treating the «handed down» requirement as the sole determinant of what is «traditional» law or custom is to discount well - established but more recent practices manifesting connection to land, and to insist upon evidentiary approaches requiring provision of conclusive evidence of pre-contact practices, customs and traditions which will often be «next to impossible» [60] for claimant groups to meet.

The South Australian Government has negotiation threshold issues which include the registration of a native title claim before it will proceed with negotiations (notwithstanding the fact that it engages in non-native title negotiations), the resolution of any significant native title claim overlaps, the need to have a reasonably cohesive native title claimant group, a willingness to negotiate, and a stable functioning management committee.

This year's Native Title Report looks at the way in which governments, particularly state and territory governments, are moving beyond the limitations presented by the legal system to lay a foundation for native title claimant groups that enable economic and social development to take place.

A central element of my response to these questions is directed to ways in which the capacity of the claimant group can be developed to take control of the development process.