Sentences with phrase «allegations against the judge»

In November 2012, Francois Rolland, then chief justice of the Quebec Superior Court wrote to the CJC to request a review of Girouard's conduct in the wake of being notified of allegations against the judge by Quebec's Director of Criminal and Penal Prosecutions.

Allegations against the judge date back to the 1997 municipal election campaign in Blainville, Que., when Déziel was a lawyer and organizer for the sitting mayor.

Not exact matches

Days after the high - profile lawsuit against Sovereign Grace Ministries (SGM) added a second round of names and allegations, a judge dismissed it.

This is because the evidence provided by tigereyepi in support of the allegations against the said Judge is not sufficient to meet the Prima Facie test either in relation to the allegation of bribery or ex-parte communication between the Judge and the Petitioner on a judicial matter pending before him, contrary to the Code of Conduct for Judges and Magistrates of Ghana (CCJMG).

No judge anywhere in Nigeria can be removed without the involvement of the National Judicial Council (NJC), no matter the level of allegations of misconduct against that judge.»

The speaker, Mr. Chikwendu Kalu, while reading the resolution, set up 8 - man ad - hoc committee to investigate allegations of misconduct against the judge, and mandated Governor Ikpeazu to appoint an acting chief judge pending the completion of the investigation by the committee.

I may yet be proved right in the future when no corruption cases in the judges» corruption cases are pending before the courts or when this government decides to investigate my allegations against the John Mahama government in the use of unconstitutional covert agents during his administration.

A New York judge said that a defamation lawsuit against President Donald Trump related to an allegation that he sexually harassed a former «Apprentice» contestant may go forward.

I could not file any processes against the government and Anas Amereyaw Anas because some of the judges who were accused of corruption were challenging the allegations against them in various courts including the Supreme Court.

A New York State judge ruled that a defamation lawsuit brought by a woman who has said Trump made unwanted sexual advances could go forward, raising the possibility of a public airing of other allegations of sexual misconduct against the president.

A judge has tossed out a New York lawsuit against Fox News by former host Andrea Tantaros, citing her «vague, speculative and conclusory allegations.»

«It would have been better in any case if these tapes were handed over to these judges and magistrates to examine them, look at its authenticity to ensure that what it contains represents the allegations as has been leveled against them,» he said.

The lawyer, Charles Kwesi Bentum argues that the said video evidence lacks coherence, hence leaves doubts over the allegations of corruption leveled against the judges and magistrates.

NEW YORK (AP)- A judge threw out a New York lawsuit Friday against Fox News by former host Andrea Tantaros, citing her «vague, speculative and conclusory allegations.»

To arrogate to itself the powers to simply dump people in jail indefinitely is, to say the least, uncivilized and barbaric; to hang serious allegations against a person without proof of evidence, as the judge noted in the case of Senator Bala Mohammed, is malicious, callous and unacceptable; and to constrain citizens with brazen impunity, in defiance of court orders, is to send a wrong signal to Diaspora Nigerians and other foreign investors who, paradoxically, our President and his ministers, have been courting assiduously, that the law can not protect both they and their investments.

In 2015, a state judge ordered the Civilian Complaint Review Board to release any substantiated misconduct allegations against Pantaleo, but the city is appealing that ruling.

In effect as at today, there are no allegations against which the judges have to clear themselves!

A lawyer for Bernie Fine's wife asked a federal judge to force SU to turn over more documents from its investigation of molesting allegations against the former assistant basketball coach.

Most Republican leaders in Alabama say they plan to vote for Moore on Tuesday, despite the sexual misconduct allegations against the former judge that have prompted others around the country to say he should never be allowed to join the U.S. Senate.

First Lady Melania Trump can move ahead with a defamation lawsuit against a Maryland blogger who published claims that Trump worked in the past as a «high - end escort» and suffered a «mental breakdown» during the campaign in part because of those allegations, a judge ruled on today.

Judge Alan Simon, who presided over the Spring Valley Village Court and the Ramapo Town Court in Rockland County, was found by a judicial oversight commission to have a history of bullying and verbally abusing court staffers, and has been suspended with pay pending a review of the allegations against him.

The judge noted that from the wording of the report of the Senate's Ethics and Privileges Committee which recommended Omo - Agege's suspension, he was punished for filing a suit against the Senate after apologizing to the legislative house over the allegation leveled against him.

And showing that the hunters have become the hunted as the Ibori case has turned against the Police, the BBC report added: «Last year, after repeatedly telling judges there was no evidence of police corruption, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) admitted they had found substantial material that supported the allegations.

The tribunal held that a judge could not be prosecuted by any court of tribunal until the NJC deals with the allegations against him / he and takes a decision of either dismissing such a judicial officer or compulsorily retiring him or her.

Federal Judge Valerie Caproni admonished Bharara, saying she was «troubled» that he mixed the allegations against Silver with «broader commentary on corruption.»

«If NJC could do this less than one week ago, has the same NJC been informed of any allegation of corruption against the judges whose residences were invaded?»

The state PDP had insisted that Amaechi should resign as minister following a bribery allegation levelled against him by some arrested judges in order to influence the ruling on some election petition cases.

Spota, 76, of Mount Sinai, and McPartland, 51, of Northport, along with Burke and other members of the Suffolk County Police Department «had numerous meetings and telephone conversations wherein they discussed the assault,» the victim's allegations against Burke, and the federal investigation, prosecutors said in a letter to the judge asking for strict bail conditions.

The NJC had at its 74th meeting which held earlier in the month considered various allegations levelled against the judge by Shell Petroleum Company Nigeria Limited.

The judge noted that from the wording of the report of the Senate's Ethics and Privileges Committee which recommended Omo - Agege's suspension, he was punished for filing a suit against the Senate after apologising to the legislative house over the allegation leveled against him.

The judge called the allegations against him «absurd» and encouraged prosecutors to consider bringing a perjury case against Espada and the juror.

«But we are surprised that the judge lost the courage to come forward to defend the allegations leveled against the duo of the governor and his deputy; suggesting that she is not worth her onion.

But ruling on the application, the tribunal, held that the comment credited to him was unverified and that the defence failed to meet the legal standard of proving allegation of bias against a judge.

According to the Speaker, the violation of processes and procedure as spelt out by the constitution and judicial code of conduct, through the judge's partisan and emotional disposition on the allegations raised «against the government she is serving, has shown her as unfit for the bench».

Mr. Amaechi, in a statement by his media office, asked the judge to respond to the corruption allegation levelled against him.

However, Sagay, who is the Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, described the allegations of the judges as an afterthought.

Last week, a judge in Verona dismissed a host of criminal charges against veterinary researcher and former politician Ilaria Capua, including allegations that she deliberately set off avian influenza outbreaks that also caused a human epidemic — a crime that would have been punishable with life imprisonment if proven.

First let me give you some background on who I am and then you can judge my allegations of FRAUD and SCAM against Amazon and Jeff Bezos properly, since my words carry a lot of weight with many in high level government positions and investors as well as major players in technology as well as over 100,000 members of organizations I formed.

Now that Judge Denise Cote ruled that Apple was, in fact, guilty of the price fixing allegations that the Department of Justice brought against it and five of the Big Six publishers, Apple's punitive fate is still being hashed out.

Noting that the defendants argue the complaint against them «contains no independent allegations of a direct agreement to raise the price of eBooks,» Judge Cote penned this simple, declarative sentence: «The defendants are incorrect.»

The initial suit was filed by Zampella and West over claims of unpaid Modern Warfare 2 royalties — supposedly $ 36 million worth — as well as allegations of improper workplace conduct on the part of Activision (a Los Angeles judge would later dismiss one of their two fraud claims against the publisher).

Chief Judge Rader feels that Motorola may have been right with its allegation that Apple was an unwilling licensee against whom the pursuit of injunctive relief would have been appropriate:

The inquiry committee investigating a sexual harassment and discrimination complaint filed against the judge in September 2010 released the notice of allegations yesterday.

The judge also commented upon the unsuccessful allegations of just cause made against the plaintiff which he had asserted led to his inability to find new employment.

Section 278.5 (2) states that the judge shall deliberate on both the salutary and deleterious effects of producing the records on the defense team's ability to fully answer the allegations against the accused.

There are 11 allegations logged against him, centring around a B.C. Supreme Court judge, who in 2007, accused him of orchestrating a sham security scheme to bail out his client, Fred Gilliland, who had been arrested on fraud charges and was facing extradition to the United States.

In dismissing Nicholson's request for removal, Federal Court Prothonotary Mireille Tabib wrote: «Parliament has indeed empowered the CJC to investigate complaints and allegations made against judges, including those sufficiently serious to warrant their removal.

The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has issued an unprecedented apology this week to leading silk and Deputy High Court judge Khawar Qureshi QC for «significant errors and avoidable delay» in handling unfounded allegations made against him.

In May of this year, Florida Judge Linda Schoonover chose to resign from the bench in light of a series of misconduct allegations, including a claim she retaliated against a party in a divorce case who had refused a Facebook friend request sent by the judge during the course of the tJudge Linda Schoonover chose to resign from the bench in light of a series of misconduct allegations, including a claim she retaliated against a party in a divorce case who had refused a Facebook friend request sent by the judge during the course of the tjudge during the course of the trial.

The Code states that the judge shall consider both the salutary and deleterious effects of producing the record on the accused's ability to make full answer to the allegations against them and provide themselves with a full and complete defense.