Sentences with phrase «alleged criminal conduct»

D (sexual assault), LG (possession of a knife) and A (dealing in illegal drugs) were all cases of alleged criminal conduct.

Examples of such cases are Chandler v Cape Plc [2011] EWHC 951 (QB)(liability of non-employer for exposure to asbestos), Kynixa Ltd v Hynes and others [2008] EWHC 1495 (QB)(claims arising from alleged breaches of restrictive covenants in employment contracts), Romantiek BVBA v Simms [2008] EWHC 3099 (QB) a claim alleging that a public official had committed the tort of misfeasance in public office when discharging a licensing function, OOO and others v The Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis [20011] EWHC 1246 (QB)(claims by young foreign females that they had been trafficked into the UK by foreign nationals for the purpose of slavery and that officers of the Metropolitan Police Force breached their human rights in failing to investigate their complaints adequately or at all) and Mouncher and others v The Chief Constable of South Wales Police [2016] EWHC 1367 (QB)(claims by retired and serving police officers for false imprisonment, misfeasance in public office and malicious prosecution against South Wales Police arising from an investigation by officers of that force into alleged criminal conduct on the part of the claimants during the course of an investigation into a notorious murder in South Wales.

While every individual case is different, criminal lawyers should be able to extract from you the elements of your alleged criminal conduct that will factor into your exposure to having a criminal record and serving jail time.

Lagos State governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, may be arrested by security agencies this week over an alleged criminal conduct...

It is a desperate measure, by a desperate man, to deflect attention from his alleged criminal conduct and corruption charges.

Interestingly, the National Council cited the public comments of Mr. Paul Afoko on an alleged criminal conduct of two National Officers with respect to illegal use of party funds as one of the reasons for their petition.

Subsection 36 (4) of the Competition Act provides that a plaintiff must bring an action alleging criminal conduct within two years from «a day on which the conduct was engaged in».

«It would be surprising if a claimant in civil proceedings, who had to allege criminal conduct as a necessary part of his claim in rem, was not required to give the respondent and the court at least some particulars of what that conduct was said to be... It seems to me to be essential that if there is to be a fair trial that the respondent should know the case against him in sufficient detail to enable him to prepare properly to meet it.»

Not exact matches

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission also alleges the Mildura - based family business Country Care Group engaged in criminal cartel conduct when participating in NSW Health tenders by getting competitors to either bid lower or drop out of the tender process all together.

In this position, he conducted investigations of alleged criminal activity, fraud, and abuse by individuals and company officials who deal with state agencies in a region stretching from Buffalo to Syracuse to the Pennsylvania border.

The criminal charge against Conner lists COR as the victim, stating that the alleged impersonation was conducted with the intent to harm COR's reputation.

Vance also said some of the confusion around the alleged violations could be remedied by a BOE opinion clarifying conduct that is prohibited by criminal statute.

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.

Justice Moldaver then turns to what is described as practical considerations for law enforcement and the administration of justice, at paras. 183 - 6, suggesting that (a) the disclosure of text messages received by a complainant could be challenged by a sender who is alleged to have abused the complainant and thus exposes vulnerable complainants such as children, people with mental disabilities and the elderly (b) the increased need for warrants could strain police and judicial resources in an overburdened criminal justice system and (c) at the trial stage, these repercussions could complicate and prolong proceedings where defendants have standing to challenge searches conducted against collateral targets in large prosecutions.

Mirasolo was sentenced to a year in jail after he pleaded no contest to attempted third - degree criminal sexual conduct for the alleged assault that took place in September 2008, according to Kiessling.

However, those cases do not address the situation where the party claiming privilege is also the party against whom the criminal conduct is alleged.

«There is no doubt in my mind that the conduct that is alleged here amounts to criminal contempt of court,» he said Monday.

[W] e wish to make clear that abolition of the actions for alienation of affections and criminal conversation does not preclude a person from maintaining a traditional breach of contract action merely because the breach arose from an improper liaison with the plaintiff's spouse or because the effect of the alleged breach or tortious conduct was a disruption or breakup of his or her marriage....

the employer terminates an employee for cause alleging serious misconduct (i.e. criminal or quasi-criminal conduct) without conducting a reasonably fair and unbiased investigation; and

The state will conduct a thorough investigation into your alleged criminal activity.

The legislation covers all criminal property, where the alleged offender knows or suspects the property constitutes or represents a benefit from any criminal conduct.

Mr. McGinnis has defended corporations and individuals in criminal cases and grand jury matters involving alleged price - fixing and other anti-competitive conduct, insider trading, government fraud and defense contracting fraud, and environmental violations, among other matters.

Investigation: Using the information you have provided and the details of the criminal charges you face, we will conduct a thorough investigation into your alleged crime.

It provides that the «record of proceedings» in a matter that results in the conviction for a criminal offence under the Act (or a failure to comply with a Tribunal order) is «prima facie» evidence of the alleged conduct in a civil action.

Sentencing range enhancements based on facts alleged in charges of which a defendant has been acquitted («acquitted conduct») have long been among the most controversial features of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, in part because acquitted conduct enhancements effectively nullify the jury's determination in a criminal case.

The plaintiff claims neither McDonald's nor Wright Management conducted a criminal background check, which would have shown his prior offenses, and also claims the play area where the alleged incident took place was unsupervised.

This fraud offense is a wobbler on California, meaning you face misdemeanor or felony charges, depending on your alleged conduct, your criminal history, and the prosecutor's discretion.

One, alleging conduct that was not merely unethical but criminal, was posted as a comment.

(2) Prosecute or otherwise conduct a criminal, civil, or administrative proceeding arising from an alleged violation of law.

Specifically, in the final rule, we define law enforcement official as an official of any agency or authority of the United States, a state, a territory, a political subdivision of a state or territory, or an Indian tribe, who is empowered by law to: (1) Investigate or conduct an inquiry into a potential violation of law; or (2) prosecute or otherwise conduct a criminal, civil, or administrative proceeding arising from an alleged violation of law.

But again, constitutionally speaking, this theory fails as well, for even the prosecutor must be able to meet the burden of a plaintiff in alleging that the criminal conduct alleged in some way affected his right to be directly free from it.

For example, the Dutch government is currently conducting a criminal investigation into the alleged dumping of chemical waste in the Ivory Coast by a Dutch - owned company, in which 10 people died and hundreds fell ill, but in some EU countries this would not be possible.

Europe Our European practice has recently focused on representing (i) the Fédération Internationale de Football Association («FIFA») in connection with U.S. and Swiss criminal investigations into allegations of bribery and corruption in the international soccer world («Investigation»), including conducting an internal investigation on behalf of the organization; (ii) two major European banks, including by investigating whether the banks knew or should have known that accounts at the banks were used to pay bribes; (iii) a multinational logistics and transportation company based in Switzerland in a DOJ investigation of alleged violations of the FCPA; (iv) a Switzerland - based, international private bank, in connection with the global criminal investigations involving 1MDB, Malaysia's sovereign wealth fund; (v) several major European banks in connection with the «Panama Papers» investigation focused on whether accounts at the bank held under the names of companies created by the Panamanian law firm, Mossack Fonseca, were used to evade taxes, conduct business with sanctioned individuals or companies, or otherwise engage in criminal activity; (vi) ENRC, a large mining conglomerate formerly listed on the London Stock Exchange, in a high - profile investigation by the UK's Serious Fraud Office of alleged bribery in the company's operations in Africa and Kazikhstan; and (vii) several European banks in connection with the Petrobras and PdVSA investigations focused on whether accounts at the banks were used to pay bribes to Petrobras or PdVSA officials in return for contracts.

These provisions, modelled on pre-existing provisions directed at terrorist organisations, seek to extend the traditional boundaries of criminal liability to capture conduct which is not linked to the commission or planned commission of any specific offence, but which is alleged to facilitate criminal activity on a broader level.

(e) In the event the respondent named in any complaint alleging a violation of the Code of Ethics is involved in any criminal litigation arising out of the same facts and circumstances giving rise to the complaint alleging unethical conduct, the complaint shall not proceed to a hearing before the Professional Standards Committee but rather shall be held in abeyance until the pending criminal proceedings have been concluded.