Sentences with phrase «wilful refusal»
It also introduced new grounds for nullity of marriage, including wilful refusal to consummate and other grounds which have been carried through into the current legislation.
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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.
CSA 1991, s 40 (3) provides for disposal by the magistrates: «If, but only if, the court is of the opinion that there has been wilful refusal or culpable neglect on the part of the liable person it may (a) issue a warrant of commitment against him...», ie send him to prison.
That proof is to the criminal standard was confirmed in Mubarak; and by the time of Karoonian v CMEC [ie CSA]; Gibbons v CMEC [2012] EWCA Civ 1379, [2012] All ER (D) 316 (Oct) the Court of Appeal recorded (per Richards LJ): «The court must be satisfied to the criminal standard, on the basis of all the evidence before it, that there has been wilful refusal or culpable neglect.
Mike Whitehead, an East Riding councillor standing for selection as MP for Hull West and Hessle, said he was «disgusted» with the behaviour of the ruling Tory group in East Yorkshire, and the «wilful refusal» of the national Conservative Party to intervene.
Still, one final but uncomfortable truth: what has climaxed as present «restructuring», started as wilful refusal to accept the result of a democratic election, by political blocs that lost.
Also Wengers wilful refusal or just plain inability to get us a quality holding midfielder.
Not exact matches
«The party considers your wilful and deliberate refusal to make yourself available to answer to the allegations against you as sufficient confirmation that the said allegations against you are true.
«Your wilful and consistent refusal to attend the proceedings on the three occasions you were invited has confirmed your disrespect to constituted authority of the party.
The employer's refusal to accommodate the employee's family status was indeed discriminatory, wilful and reckless, and ordered the employer to reimburse the lost wages and benefits, awarding $ 35,000 in damages.