Sentences with phrase «wilful act»

But when salespeople slip over the line that divides honest mistake from wilful act or omission, our industry deserves respect.

Section 233 of the Criminal Code, R.S.C. 1985, c. C - 46, provides that «a female person commits infanticide when by a wilful act or omission she causes the death of her newly - born child, if at the time of the act or omission she is not fully recovered from the effects of giving birth to the child and by reason thereof or of the effect of lactation consequent on the birth of the child her mind is then disturbed».

Under the Criminal Code of Canada, «A female person commits infanticide when by a wilful act or omission she causes the death of her newly - born child, if at the time of the act or omission she is not fully recovered from the effects of giving birth to the child and by reason thereof or of the effect of lactation consequent on the birth of the child her mind is then disturbed.»

Editors and printers might also be subject to liability, but only for intentional or wilful acts.

Not exact matches

He can match from Germany the incidents we know in Britain, Ireland and America of the wilful destruction of great and beautiful works of art, acts oficonoclasm and vandalism.

The policy provides immunity from liability for those evaluating a student athlete during practice or an athletic competition, other than in acts or omission constituting gross negligence or wilful, wanton misconduct.

The untowards acts include killing drivers in the process of money extortion, aiding and abbeting kidnapping, armed robberies, wilful killings of innocent citizens.

As a legal luminary, acting President Osinbajo knows the implication of wilful disobedience to court orders by Buhari's administration, especially on several bails granted to some personalities who are still being detained illegally, he nevertheless refused to act or intervene professionally on the legal dilemmas probably to prove his absolute loyalty to the administration.

Trying to pretend otherwise is an act of wilful blindness.

He called this an act of «wilful manslaughter».

The cardholder agrees that s / he will defend and indemnify the Priority Pass group of companies, its directors, officers, employees and agents (collectively «the indemnified parties») against and hold each indemnified party harmless from all liabilities, damages, losses, claims, suits, judgments, costs and expenses (including reasonable legal fees) for injury to or death of any person or damage to, or destruction of, any property arising from the use of any lounge by the cardholder or any other person accompanying the cardholder, except that such indemnification shall not extend to acts of gross negligence or wilful misconduct by the indemnified parties.

Wilful blindness is an indictable offence as is criminal negligence, but intergenerational crime is so recent a concept that we have yet to develop the legal mechanisms to act.

Surely a reasonable person can read this and conclude that there are doubts as to the reliability of the MBH98 hockey stick, at least sufficiently to defend that Steyn was not knowingly lying or acting with wilful disregard for the truth.

Failure to pay maintenance or child support (Debtors Act 1869, s 5 and Child Support Act 1991, s 39A) where this is held to be deliberate («wilful refusal or culpable neglect») can lead to imprisonment.

The provisions activated on 1 April 2007 by the Mental Capacity Act 2005 (Commencement No 1)(England and Wales) Order 2007 (SI 2007/563), create the new criminal offence of ill - treatment or wilful neglect (England and Wales) and deal with principles, assessing capacity and determining best interests (ss 1 to 4 — just England) but only in relation to the operation of the independent mental capacity advocate service.

Masturbating in a public space doesn't necessarily constitute a wilful indecent act if the person doing it never intended for others to notice, an Ontario Superior Court Judge has found.

There is a discernible trend in this context of relevant findings steering away from a full analysis of whether wilful or dishonest conduct is involved, with the result that dishonest act exclusions are more difficult or impossible to invoke.

The seriousness of the breach, if any, was diminished by the facts that there was no ongoing disregard for the accuseds» Charter rights, that there was no indication that any possible breach was deliberate, wilful or flagrant, and that the officer acted entirely in good faith.

For policy reasons ICBC says, employers should not be held vicariously liable for wilful breaches of privacy under the Privacy Act.

Physical abuse encompasses any physical act that uses excessive force or causes harm, including striking and pushing, wilful misuse of medication to sedate or otherwise control a person, and overuse of restraints.

Keywords: Criminal Law, Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, Possession of a Controlled Substance for the Purpose of Trafficking, Simple Possession of a Controlled Substance, Wilful Blindness

A worker's comment that «I guess I'd have to kill you» was clearly inappropriate but did not constitute wilful misconduct under the Ontario Employment Standards Act, the Ontario Labour Relations Board has held.

«a state of mind on the part of the offender directed to the particular act or failure to act that constitutes the actus reus and warrants the description «wilful»» (R v Sheppard [1980] 3 All ER 899 per Lord Diplock at p 903).

The Court dismissed ICBC's argument that the Privacy Act only contemplates direct liability because its statutory tort rests on wilful misconduct.

Liability policies typically cover only the negligence of the insured, and will not apply to results of wilful or intentional acts by the insured.

The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry define insurance fraud as, «The act of making a statement known to be false and used to induce another party to issue a contract or pay a claim.This act must be wilful and deliberate, involve financial gain, done under false pretenses and is illegal.»