Sentences with phrase «against the prosecution before»

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said in a statement that Chris Huhne «made sustained challenges against the prosecution before pleading guilty at the last minute».

Chris Huhne made sustained challenges against the prosecution before pleading guilty at the last minute.

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He added that: «On the 8th of May, 2018, the Inspector General of Police sent a letter to the President of the Senate, Federal Republic of Nigeria signed by the Commissioner of Police, Legal and Prosecution Department, explaining why he would not be appearing before the Senate on the 9th of May, 2018 due to legal restraint as a result of pending cases before the courts filed: (i) by Senator Dino Melaye against the IGP and the Nigeria Police Force in the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja in suit No.

HURIWA therefore called for the arrest and prosecution of the killer soldiers and police or else the governor would be held personally liable and dragged before the World's crimes court to face charges of crimes against humanity.

The Times Union reported last year that Abelove didn't require French to sign an immunity - from - prosecution waiver when he testified before the grand jury — a decision that made it impossible to bring charges against French after his testimony.

Socio - Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to urgently «seek from the International Criminal Court an arrest warrant to bring Mrs Diezani Alison - Madueke before the court on allegations of corruption against her, which the government should consider as crimes against humanity and serious enough for it to sanction her prosecution before the court.»

Bharara also said he might have done some things differently in his prosecution of two former legislative leaders had the cases come before a recent Supreme Court ruling that reversed the corruption charges against former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell.

Bharara also said he might have done some things differently in his prosecution of two former legislative leaders, had the cases come before a recent Supreme Court ruling that reversed the corruption charges against former Virginia Governor McDonnell.

The prosecution is setting out the case against Chris Huhne, which hasn't been heard in court before because of his guilty plea.

The Times Union reported last year that Abelove, who personally presented the case to the grand jury that cleared French, did not require the officer to sign an immunity - from - prosecution waiver when the officer testified before the grand jury that cleared him — a highly unusual move that makes it virtually impossible for any prosecutor to pursue potential future charges against French for conduct surrounding Thevenin's death.

Schneiderman, who was a hold out on the deal until the final hours before the agreement was reached, says his resistance gained the right to continue criminal prosecutions against the banking industry for possible fraud, and to provide money for underwater and foreclosed homeowners for legal representation.

The anti-graft agency insisted that the said statement would have been vital to its prosecution of the criminal case pending against the defendant before the Federal High Court.

On the war against corruption, although the Church lauded the Federal Government, it urged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, «to stop media trials of suspects in their custody and ensure the conclusion of investigations before arraignment and prosecution of alleged offenders.»

Recall that a Federal High Court in Abuja had taken its final decision on the corruption case involving Justice Ngwuta, pointing out that the prosecution in the Justice Ngwuta's case failed to comply with the condition precedent before bringing charges against a judicial officer.

Mahmoud is also the commission's counsel in the appeal against the infamous perpetual injunction from arrest and prosecution by a former Rivers State Governor, Peter Odili, which is still pending before the Court of Appeal in Port Harcourt, many years after it was filed.

The day before the settlement was announced, Harran's UCLA - provided attorneys petitioned to have the charges against him quashed, alleging that the investigator who wrote the damning Cal / OSHA technical report that forms a basis for the prosecution was involved in a murder as a teenager.

«There is no doubt in our minds,» Naveen wrote to the DA just days before the statute of limitations expired in late 2011, «that criminal prosecution, against the university and the professor, will be the single most effective deterrent to unsafe laboratory conditions in the future at UCLA, and at other universities.»

Pennsylvania prosecutors gathered the charges against Cosby in 2015, just before the statute of limitations hit its mark for prosecution.

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(correct test for Barrister appeals; whether outside the ex improviso rule, prosecutor may call evidence after prosecution and defence case closed; use of debarring orders against prosecutor; whether tribunal may «enter the arena» and strongly request the attendance of a prosecution witness; whether BSB has power to summons witnesses; whether prosecutor may communicate with disciplinary judge behind the back of the defence; whether such communication redolent of actual bias of judge where judge wishes prosecutor good luck on appeal; whether apparent bias doctrine can be engaged by post-trial conduct of judge; legal effect of serving BSB prosecutions department officer being 1 of 4 appointing members of the COIC «Tribunals Appointments Body» (TAB); whether TAB ultra vires the Bar's Constitutions; whether open - ended power of removal of member of COIC pool without cause, unlawful given position of BSB Chair and senior staff on COIC; whether ECHR Article 6 guarantees against pressure on disciplinary judges to conform with a prosecutorial mentality; whether disciplinary judges Art. 6 «independent» within Findlay v United Kingdom given key role of BSB prosecutions department in appointing disciplinary judges; serious non-disclosure by BSB of notes of secret meeting between BSB and disciplinary judge until day before appeal and despite requests and application for disclosure by defence)

Counseled the State of Kuwait in the prosecution — before the United Nations — of its multibillion dollar public sector claims against Iraq arising out of the invasion and occupation of Kuwait.

Many times, he is able to get the charges against his clients reduced or dropped before the prosecution has the time or ability to build a strong case.