He previously had tenure, and could only be sacked for wilful misconduct.

He was convicted of the common law offence of wilful misconduct in public office.

It is therefore suggested that the interpretation of wilful misconduct be broadened to take into account the concept of professional conduct.

In 1992 a U.S. federal court found Pan Am guilty of wilful misconduct due to lax security screening.

In 2006, SSU terminated the employment of its executive officer, Balrama Krishnan for alleged gross and wilful misconduct.

But in 1989, the Federal District Court for the District of Columbia ruled that the airline had shown "wilful misconduct," voiding that limit.

A party cannot exempt himself from liability for the wilful misconduct, or criminal or dishonest activity (fraud, in other words), of himself or his employees or agents.

Legal pressure on the council leadership began early when the District Auditor wrote to the City Clerk saying that the decision not to set a rate was 'wilful misconduct'.

In my view, it is good that we have a broader concept of wilful misconduct which will make it possible to hold someone liable for breaches that have been committed.

The district auditor found that the council had lost interest on tax payments as a result, which was held to be due to the "wilful misconduct" of Knight and 31 other councillors.

However, we could accept Amendment No 48 with modifications to the wording in order to guarantee that coordinators are held responsible in the case of serious negligence or wilful misconduct.

Coordinators are protected from claims for damages, except in cases of gross negligence or wilful misconduct. This ensures their independence and means that they are not susceptible to undue financial pressure.

No matter what the deficiencies were in its security arrangements at Frankfurt, the airline and its insurers were at least entitled to prepare their best defence against a charge of wilful misconduct.

Only today, a former detective accused of leaking information to a journalist was cleared of wilful misconduct and the journalist was cleared of aiding and abetting misconduct.

The fund is also required to "indemnify the shipowner or his insurer" in spills where a ship is in full compliance with international conventions, and no wilful misconduct caused the spill.

In 2005 a former detective turned freelance journalist John Ross was acquitted by a jury at Inner London Crown Court of "aiding and abetting wilful misconduct in public office".

WINNER Melbourne International Comedy Festival (MICF), Wilful Misconduct "People's Choice"

They won liability and damages verdicts in cases against Pan American Airlines on the basis that the airline was guilty of 'wilful misconduct' for allowing a bomb to be smuggled onboard their aircraft.

When the Labour group protested against rate-capping by refusing to set a rate, Bubb was among 32 Lambeth councillors who were surcharged for causing the council a financial loss by wilful misconduct.

Senator Metzenbaum complained that under the measure now almost certain to pass tomorrow, the Treasury would continue to "pick up the tab" for accidents even for congtractors guilty of "gross negligence or wilful misconduct."

Since its failure to make a rate was a political lever in that battle, the failure was wilful misconduct and therefore the councillors responsible were liable for the surcharge to make good the cost of the council's actions.

The Liverpool councillors did appeal - bringing in the argument that the extraordinary audit had not notified the councillors of their right for an oral hearing to put their case before making a finding of wilful misconduct.

"When you grow up politically under Shirley Porter [Westminster council's then leader, accused of wilful misconduct in the gerrymandering scandal], then you can't help but think of this as a bit of a template," she says.

He remained a councillor until March 1987, when the House of Lords rejected the appeals of 47 Liverpool councillors against the district auditor's finding of 'wilful misconduct' in the council's delayed setting of its budget in 1985.

There are a few statutory exceptions contained within the Act, the most notable being that the Insurer will not be liable for the 'wilful misconduct' of the Policyholder i.e. the Policyholder deliberately ramming his vessel at speed into a harbour wall.