Sentences with phrase «aspects of criminal trials»

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The Law Society said: «It is a fundamental aspect of the right to a fair trial that the defendant in a criminal trial is able to challenge the evidence adduced against them.

With the Directives on the right to information in criminal proceedings and the right to access to a lawyer successfully passed, the Proposal for a Directive on the strengthening of certain aspects of the presumption of innocence and the right to be present at trial in criminal proceedings marks a new step in the recent efforts of the Commission to create common EU framework of defence rights which minimally need to be respected by the Member States.

[30] The criminal justice system is very decentralized in one aspect — trial courts are based in each inhabited island, and there is no «single central judicial authority» to regulate the application of law or judicial conduct.

proposal for a directive on the strengthening of certain aspects of the presumption of innocence and of the right to be present at trial in criminal proceedings

During those years, she handled all aspects of litigation in civil and criminal cases, including bench and jury trials, all aspects of motion practice and discovery, settlement and plea agreements, and general legal counseling.

Ms. Hewitt provides detailed, practical suggestions on many aspects of a criminal defence file including: analysis of the Crown's case; reviewing the information / indictment; considering legal elements; dealing with co-accuseds; disclosure and production; elections; challenging the case to be made by the Crown; pre-trial preparations, including procedural considerations; jury versus non-jury trials; admissions; scheduling; preparing an opening address or summary; pretrial hearings; and running the trial itself, including details relating to issues of evidence.

The same reasoning applies to certain aspects of more complex cases; for instance, the accused in a criminal trial may plead not by showing up in court but by clicking options on a website.

Mr. Duncan's role is to mentor two such students every year and to supervise every aspect of their representation of clients (including trials and sentencing) to help teach those students about the day - to - day practicalities and realities of being a criminal defence lawyer.

Representatives of nearly every aspect of trial related law were on the Advisory Committee — academicians, judges, civil and criminal trial lawyers from both sides of the case, etc..

... To require trial judges charged with heavy caseloads of criminal cases to deal in their reasons with every aspect of every case would slow the system of justice immeasurably.

Maintained public relations with clients, attorneys, and judges, prepared for and attended civil, criminal, and jury trials, took minutes of hearings, participated in all aspects of District Court business.

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