To simply assert a policy of 'neither confirm nor deny' is not complying with the requirements of the civil procedure rules".
Paul can assert a policy of radical change, but his Texas lilt makes it sound innocuous, and he often yokes disparate issues — the war in Iraq, the behavior of the Federal Reserve, the right to bear arms — into a single failing, the erosion of a great "moral imperative": individual liberty.
Last month, the women's lawyers told the high court that although the Met had issued a general denial and asserted it was not liable, it had not provided "any defence whatsoever" to any of the allegations of fact but instead asserted a policy of NCND.
And while, of course, there are significant political ramifications from the president's ABC interview, I, for one, would like to focus on those who will be most affected by it: the loving gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered couples and their children who this week heard President Obama not just assert a policy position, but affirm their way of life – their very being.
Paul Eavis, director of Saferworld, said yesterday: "The government must assert a coherent policy towards countries that display a disregard for human rights".
Though Chancellor Angela Merkel's aides have declared an interest in asserting a more "robust" foreign policy, they have been notably cautious in the Ukraine crisis, in part to keep a separate diplomatic channel open.
As the GCC nations respond to escalating geopolitical instability and rising sectarian temperatures by asserting a more muscular foreign policy, while becoming less confident in their most important defense partner, the US, they are turning to other NATO members to counterbalance their dependence on Washington for weapons deals.
Unfortunately, Western feminism is too often bogged down in cultural battles, in asserting a checklist of political policies.
This result asserts an important policy implication.
It examines the interest in the potential of model development plan policies as a device to enhance the efficiency of the land use planning system, and explores the role of the various communities of interest who assert a stake in policy design.
