complainant
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They also failed to provide adequate updates to the complainant about progress on the case, the Ombudsman said.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
“Director Matson has, in the opinion of this complainant, engaged in and continues to engage in prohibited conflict of interest/self-dealing activities,” he wrote.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
In a follow-up filing, the complainant cited FLAG’s timeline: a drawing originally set to run from January 2022 through December 2024 that had, by then, been pushed to run from December 2023 through January 2025.
From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2026
“I just want them to pay me back my hard earned money,” the complainant wrote, “since I am a retired senior citizen who happened to love this country.”
From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2026
“No,” he said, “we have attempted to interview the so-called complainant and he denies that he was ever assaulted.”
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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He will now face another court hearing on July 29-30, which could see him and the six other complainants ordered to pay substantial legal costs.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
She said the CPS had assumed the pair would identify the complainants on social media and cause them to withdraw from proceedings, but that this was an "inflated assumption of risk".
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026
A lawyer for Gérald Marie said: "The allegations made by the complainants have already been the subject of a thorough investigation in France. That investigation was closed without further action."
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
“The complainants portray complex situations of economic hardship and multidimensional cycles of poverty that do not stem from a single source,” the IFC said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
The committee deliberated on the "New England Case," summoned many of the "principal adventurers in that plantation" before it, listened to the complainants, and reported favorably to the colony.
From British Committees, Commissions, and Councils of Trade and Plantations, 1622-1675 by Charles M. Andrews