Sentences with phrase «as a defence solicitor»

As a defence solicitor, you probably won't be surprised to hear that my answer is a resounding «yes».

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Canadian courts had long held that common - interest privilege served as a defence to an allegation that, by sharing a legal opinion with mutually interested parties in a commercial transaction, the disclosing party had thereby waived solicitor - client privilege to the shared opinion.

In a new briefing, published today, criminal defence solicitor Leigh Wright provides a general overview of white collar fraud, as well as details on how investigations are typically carried out by anti-fraud agencies.

(conveyancing; purchaser paid too little to vendor as vendor's solicitor mistakenly asked for too little to effect completion, mistakenly accepted the lower sum and mistakenly paid the correct, larger sum to the vendor out of other client funds; vendor sued in damages for balance of purchase price, but had already received it, by mistake, from his negligent solicitor; defence of «no loss;» vendor then repaid the overpayment to his negligent solicitor having retained it for 5 months in order to contrive a loss; whether vendor could recover that loss)

She also rejected his defence that he was bound by solicitor - client privilege and had to release the funds so as to not improperly shelter them from creditors.

When defence secretary Michael Fallon complained in the Commons of lawyers making a «shameful attempt to use our legal system to attack and falsely impugn our Armed Forces», a columnist on the Law Society's Gazette went so far as to compare it to the shocking case of the murdered Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane.

The other winners were: Legal Aid Newcomer — Tom Royston, Garden Court North; Legal Aid Barrister — Philip Rule, No5 Chambers; Family Private (inc Mediation)-- Mary Shaw, David Gray Solicitors; Family Public — Sheila Donn, Philcox Gray Solicitors; Social & Welfare — Stuart Luke, Bhatia Best; Public Law — Keith Lomax, Minton Morrill Solicitors; Criminal Defence — Graeme Hydari, Hodge, Jones & Allen; Children's Rights — Solange Valdez - Symonds, Project for the Registration of Children as British Citizens / Migrant Resource Centre; Legal Aid Firm / Not - for - profit Agency — Community Law Partnership; and Access to Justice through IT — Advicenow, Law for Life.

Stokoe Partnership Solicitors» expertise consistently attracts high profile criminal defence work prosecuted by bodies, such as HM Revenue & Customs, the Serious Fraud Office, the Crown Prosecution Service, National Crime Agency, the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy and various other regulatory bodies in relation to serious crime matters including fraud, bribery, corruption, money laundering, fraudulent trading, HMRC and VAT allegations, cybercrime and hacking, drug trafficking, armed robbery, murder and extradition.

The statement of defence's allegations against the solicitor were substantially the same as those in the malpractice action.

Tagged as: Criminal Defence Blawg, Criminal Defences in Scotland, Criminal Law Solicitors, Criminal Lawyers, Scottish Criminal Law

Sarah has previously worked as a claims handler and a Legal Assistant at other international law firms where she gained significant experience dealing with the defence of professional indemnity claims against solicitors and IFA's.

Sophie Broch: «I joined DWF on qualification, in 2010, as a solicitor in the CAT PI team in London (defence insurance litigator).

Second to the police; that applications for warrants especially against defence solicitors are matters which require considerable care and as the Serious Fraud Office has learnt to its cost in the litigation brought against it by the Tchenguiz brothers, need rigorous compliance with the proper procedures.

Whilst practising as a solicitor in criminal defence, Chris Sykes would, on occasion, find himself described as «the scruffiest lawyer in Manchester» by his wife.