I don't think the introduction of impact statements by government funders has been handled as well it might have been, and the message has become a bit muddled, but impact is just a word, and an agenda, and if we re-focus on the real agenda and reclaim the word then I think we can actually make it something we can all agree on.
Before Scalia's majority opinion in Crawford v Texas (2004), courts routinely allowed the introduction of victim statements against the accused without the victim actually being present in court and subject to cross examination.
The judge later withdrew his ruling after the government asked to make new arguments in hopes of persuading him to allow the introduction of the statement at trial.
"[The committee] remain of the view that the introduction of a statement will simply lead to confusion, and will risk undermining the central principle of the Children Act 1989 that the welfare of the child is paramount".
Almost the articles used in our analysis were published after the introduction of STARD statement (only 4 of them were published during 2003, year of STARD appearance).
This approach is in line with current UK government policy and the introduction of the Statement of Fitness for Work (the fit note – http://www.dwp.gov.uk/fitnote) by the Department for Work and Pensions in April 2010.
In a second decision on Wednesday, the court ruled that the introduction at trial of statements that a murder victim had made to the police violated the constitutional rights of the man who was on trial for killing her.
However, the reporting quality of RCTs in fracture care did not improve following the introduction of the CONSORT statement because many author's have not adopted the statement to guide their reporting [ 3].
Explain that persuasive writing can be organized with the introduction, statement of the case, proposition statement, refutation, confirmation, digression and conclusion.
We believe that now is the right time for regulation - in particular the introduction of a competence statement for health and safety professionals.
