Sentences with phrase «against lawyers remain»

Communication - based claims and complaints against lawyers remain remarkably common despite the increased ease with which we can communicate with clients through use of technology in addition to more traditional modes of communication.

Not exact matches

These are (1) the right to have a lawyer present to advise him either prior to questioning or during it; (2) if he can not afford a lawyer, the right to have one appointed by the state to counsel with him prior to or during the making of a statement; (3) the right to remain silent and not make any statement at all, knowing that any statement he does make may be used against him at his trial.

However, his lawyer Mohammed Ali Dadkhah remains in jail for «actions and propaganda against the Islamic regime.»)

We hold, therefore, that where, as here, the investigation is no longer a general inquiry into an unsolved crime, but has begun to focus on a particular suspect, the suspect has been taken into police custody, the police carry out a process of interrogations that lends itself to eliciting incriminating statements, the suspect has requested and been denied an opportunity to consult with his lawyer, and the police have not effectively warned him of his absolute constitutional right to remain silent, the accused has been denied «the Assistance of Counsel» in violation of the Sixth Amendment to the Constitution as «made obligatory upon the States by the Fourteenth Amendment,» Gideon v. Wainwright, 372 U.S. at 342, and that no statement elicited by the police during the interrogation may be used against him at a criminal trial.

The Supreme Court stated that police must inform suspects of their rights prior to interrogating or questioning a suspect in custody (that familiar phrase: «you have the right to remain silent; anything you say can and probably will be used against you at your trial; you have the right to have a lawyer present prior to and during any questioning; if you can not afford a lawyer, one will be appointed for you; and you have the right to terminate the interview at any time»).

Until such time as there arises a consistent body of case law addressing the issue of costs in response to sharp lawyering conducted against a self - represented litigant, an increasing number of self - represented parties in our legal system will remain vulnerable to procedural abuse and an overall miscarriage of justice.

They'll remain anonymous because I'm against shaming my fellow lawyers.

From what I could find, no charges were ever filed against the lawyer and he remains in good standing with the state bar, so I am not including him here.)

CCLA recognizes the need for sensitive national security intelligence to remain secret in certain circumstances and we argued for the creation of the now present Special Advocate system — which permits security cleared lawyers to review the case against a Named Individual and communicate with that person and their counsel.

It is both critical for criminal suspects to assert their right to remain silent under the Constitution's Fifth Amendment, to have a federal criminal lawyer advocating for them early on to work to avoid a prosecution in the first place, and to minimize being behind the eight - ball in defending against federal felony charges.

The next study was (and remains) the only in - depth research completed in Canada on the issue of violence and threatening conduct against lawyers.

«Against what is for many a backdrop of uncertainty and change, we hope this will give barristers and other lawyers more freedom to react to changes in the market and to devise new ways of working so as to remain competitive and best serve their clients.