The Mayor was advised to declare a potential conflict of interest over a road project that could boost his wife's business.
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declare — de‧clare [dɪˈkleə ǁ ˈkler] verb [transitive] 1. to make something known officially to the public: • Shares in the company, which declared a £216 million loss, fell 712p to 334p. • Two dominant companies have declared major redundancy programmes… … Financial and business terms
declare a conflict of interests — declare an interest/a conflict of interest(s) ► to say publicly that you could gain a personal advantage from a situation and so might not be able to make decisions that are fair and honest: »The Mayor was advised to declare a potential conflict… … Financial and business terms
declare an interest/a conflict of interests — declare an interest/a conflict of interest(s) ► to say publicly that you could gain a personal advantage from a situation and so might not be able to make decisions that are fair and honest: »The Mayor was advised to declare a potential conflict… … Financial and business terms
declare an interest — (of a member of parliament, etc) formally to make known that he or she has (financial) connections with an organization with which (parliamentary) discussions are concerned • • • Main Entry: ↑declare * * * declare an (or one s) interest make… … Useful english dictionary
declare an (or one's) interest — make known one s financial interests in an undertaking before it is discussed. → interest … English new terms dictionary
conflict of interests — A situation that can arise if a person (or firm) acts in two or more separate capacities and the objectives in these capacities are not identical. The conflict may be between self interest and the interest of a company for which a person works or … Big dictionary of business and management
Declaration of financial interests — Declarations of financial interests are a means of making conflict of interests of people in public office known and to reduce them by making them public. European Parliament Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) are required to declare their … Wikipedia
register of members’ interests — In 1974 the House of Commons voted to establish a compulsory register of members’ interests and a select committee to administer it. Members of Parliament (MPs) are required to declare in the register the sources of any extra income or gifts… … Glossary of UK Government and Politics
Development control in the United Kingdom — Development control, planning control, or (in Scotland) development management is the element of the United Kingdom s system of town and country planning through which local government regulates land use and new building. It relies on a plan led… … Wikipedia
Aberdeen Railway Co. v. Blaikie Brothers — (1854) 1 Macq. 461 is a UK company law case. It concerns the fiduciary duty of loyalty, and in particular, the duty not not engage in self dealing. It laid down a basic rule that if a director had an interest in a corporate transaction, the… … Wikipedia
