The previous code, issued in 2010, said there was an "overarching duty on ministers to comply with the law including international law and treaty obligations and to uphold the administration of justice and to protect the integrity of public life".
The code states that there is an overarching duty on ministers to comply with the law, including international law and treaty obligations and to uphold the administration of justice and to protect the integrity of public life".
Until 15 October, the ministerial code referred to an "overarching duty on ministers to comply with the law including international law and treaty obligations and to uphold the administration of justice".
If Thursday's verdict is upheld, the administration may thus have achieved the last in a series of practical victories.
Winnie Hu (NYT) MANHATTAN: COURT UPHOLDS SEIZURE OF CARS A federal judge yesterday upheld the Giuliani administration's policy of seizing the cars of people charged with drunken driving, handing the city its second court victory on an initiative that has been challenged by civil libertarians.
Center for Reproductive Law and Policy v. Bush, Sotomayor upheld the Bush administration's implementation of the Mexico City Policy, which states that "the United States will no longer contribute to separate nongovernmental organizations which perform or actively promote abortion as a method of family planning in other nations".
The chances of such a move, they say, rose sharply last week after a federal appeals court upheld the Bush administration's antitrust settlement with Microsoft.
On August 26, on the day before going to trial, Boeing settled a 401(k) plan class action suit on behalf of 190,000 Boeing employees and retirees, which accused Boeing of failing to uphold its fiduciary duties in the administration of its 401(k) plan for employees.
In the last parliament, a House of Lords select committee held an inquiry into whether there was any conflict between the two roles, which involve upholding justice and making economies in the administration of the courts.
"India's politicians can claim that they protected the 'honor' of one of their own, while the Obama administration can claim to have upheld the rule of law".
