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It was the above alleged conduct that necessitated the filing of criminal charges by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) against the Appellant at the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja.

Not exact matches

«Requiring the banks to pay treble damages to every plaintiff who ended up on the wrong side of an independent Libor ‐ denominated derivative swap would, if appellants» allegations were proved at trial, not only bankrupt 16 of the world's most important financial institutions, but also vastly extend the potential scope of antitrust liability in myriad markets where derivative instruments have proliferated,» the U.S. Court of Appeals in New York said in the ruling.A U.S. appeals court on Monday revived private antitrust litigation accusing major banks of conspiring to manipulate the Libor benchmark interest rate, in a big setback for their defense against investors» claims of market - rigging.

At the hearing of the appeal, Daudu faulted the judgment of the appeal court on among other grounds that it erroneously affirmed the competence of the proceedings of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, which sat on the appellant's case with only two members as against the three provided for in the provisions of Paragraph 15 (1) of the Fifth Schedule to the 1999 Constitution.

It was in respect of her containment that the appellant brought an action against the Commissioner for damages at common law for false imprisonment and under s 7 of the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA 1998) in respect of her right to liberty as guaranteed by Art 5 of the Convention.

«The appellant maintains that, by its nature, a tax on criminal defence legal fees will, at some level, be prohibitive or at the very least act as an impediment to or will interfere with the right to counsel since the additional cost of the tax to an accused will interfere with the financial resources available to mount a defence to the charges brought against him or her,» wrote Tax Court of Canada Justice Brent Paris, summing up the firm's case.

It is only comparatively rarely, at least in family cases involving children, that an Art 8 of the Convention appeal against refusal of asylum and leave to enter should be dismissed on the basis that it would be proportionate and more appropriate for the appellant to apply for leave from abroad.

Perhaps anticipating that eventuality, before this court the appellant changed tack somewhat and submitted that he was duped by his clients and should, consequently, have at most been found guilty of the lesser offence of failing to be on guard against being so duped instead of the more serious offence of participating or knowingly assisting in dishonest or fraudulent conduct.

Commentary by Dunia Zongwe Full Case Can be Found HERE THE FACTS The appellant, Mr. C. L. Mundia, an advocate in Zambia, had represented a client at a disciplinary hearing against a legal practitioner.

Jay J summarised that argument at [29] as follows: «For the purposes of the discrimination claims in the Employment Tribunal and the County Court — and here the focus must be on the claims against the NMC — it was necessary for the appellant to state that she had been struck off since that would found her claim for damages and moreover the longer that she was struck off the greater would be the damages.

While a frisk search is a minimally intrusive search, as noted by this Court in Cloutier, supra, at p. 185, the search of the appellant's inner pocket must be weighed against the absence of any reasonable basis for justification.

Chase Bank filed a foreclosure suit against defendants / appellants (a husband and wife) and filed returns of service signed by Chase's process server who certified that he served both appellants at the same time on the same date.

The trial judge made strong findings against the appellant, including that the renovations were «grossly in violation of the [appellant's] obligations» (at paragraph 17), and that the renovations were in «dereliction of the responsibility of a committee, who should have the interest of the incapable party in mind» (at paragraph 24), resulting in the judge ordering the expenditures to be charged back to the appellant.

The appellant argued that his counsel had effectively created evidence that was used against him at trial.

Its reason for doing so was that if the officer was required to testify in a case that he might bring against the Appellant, his testimony will be at risk if the Appellant sought disclosure of the unproven allegations.

Notable mandates: Counsel for the successful appellant at the Supreme Court of Canada in Housen v. Nikolaisen; counsel for Potash Corp. in matters relating to the expansion of its Rocanville mine; ongoing work in the restructuring of the pork industry, including CCAA proceedings and receiverships; acted for Northland Power in the development and construction of two gas - powered generating plants; represented Great Western Diamonds in its recent acquisition of the Brazilian operations of Santa Elina Mines; appointed as counsel by the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal to argue on a reference against the constitutionality of proposed legislation permitting marriage commissioners to refuse to perform same sex marriages.

Holding: Appellants awarded costs of the underlying application fixed at $ 51,885.55 against DeJong and $ 14,017.23 against the Condos.

Accordingly, the appellants were entitled to their costs of the application fixed at $ 51,885.55 against DeJong and $ 14,017.23 against the Condos.