Sentences with phrase «prosecution service considers»

Her appointment comes as the Crown Prosecution Service considers bringing corporate charges against News International — now News UK — over phone hacking.

Not exact matches

«I think we need to wait to see whether the police produce a file for the Crown Prosecution Service, what it is about and what issues there are to consider,» he told the Bar Council's annual conference this weekend.

The final decision rests with the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), but Lord Goldsmith's position as a close ally of Tony Blair and a former Labour party donor have led to concerns from opposition parties that his role in this case could be considered a conflict of interest, possibly undermining the inquiry.

Bryant, who was compensated with # 30,000 by the newspaper company after it was revealed he was a victim of phone hacking by the News of the World, said he also believed the move was premature given the Crown Prosecution Service is said to be still considering corporate charges against News Corp..

The joint review (by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary, Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and National Probation Service) finds that the police and other agencies are failing to consider disability hate crime issues in their day to day work, resulting in inconsistent responses and many cases falling through the gaps between and within agencies.

«We'll be considering it, and consulting with the Crown Prosecution Service before we do,» he pledged.

A handful of MPs are awaiting the judgement of the Crown Prosecution Service which is considering whether charges would be appropriate.

«That presents a very real difficulty and we considered whether it would be open to the Crown Prosecution Service to advance a different definition of «only or main residence» in any criminal proceedings.

When the Crown Prosecution Service announced in December 2015 that there would be no further criminal action on phone hacking, it said it had considered evidence of email deletion and decided that there were «legitimate reasons for companies to have an email deletion policy... In this case, there is no evidence to suggest that email deletion was undertaken in order to pervert the course of justice.»

The Crown Prosecution Service is considering reports from 12 police forces on alleged breaches of election spending limits by up to 20 Tory MPs.

«We have sought additional information from them and will consider this material, along with Sean Hoare's recent BBC radio interview, and will consult the Crown Prosecution Service on how best to progress it.»

services of a professional prosecutor were considered essential to the prosecution of this offense.

The Crown Prosecution Service will be reviewing criminal cases, however this can be time consuming as all convictions will be considered on a case by case basis.

If the district judge were to come to that conclusion, it would be surprising if he were to consider it just to make the Crown Prosecution Service pay a substantial sum.

Trevor Shaw, a lawyer for the B.C. Prosecution Service, told the judge it would carefully consider a referral of the case from the court and report back «on what we see as the next steps that are viable and appropriate.»

If someone has been a victim of crime and either the police won't investigate it or the Crown Prosecution Service has declined to prosecute it then they are entitled to a remedy, they are entitled to justice and they have a right to bring a private prosecution and should consideProsecution Service has declined to prosecute it then they are entitled to a remedy, they are entitled to justice and they have a right to bring a private prosecution and should consideprosecution and should consider doing so.

This was seized on by the Court of Appeal in Conn v Sunderland City Council [2007] EWCA Civ 1492, [2007] All ER (D) 99 (Nov) as establishing a requirement of a threshold akin to that applied by the Crown Prosecution Service when considering whether to prosecute under PHA 1997; and that therefore to mount a successful claim the behaviour amounting to harassment had to be tantamount to criminal.

This issue is considered in the Code of Practice on Deferred Prosecution Agreements (the Code)[9] jointly issued by the SFO and the Crown Prosecution Service.

After the jury delivered its verdict, Competition Bureau commissioner John Pecman issued a statement saying: «The Bureau and the Public Prosecution Service of Canada will take the time necessary to consider next steps, including whether to appeal the verdicts.»