Sentences with phrase «civil offence»

The High Court has dismissed an «absolutely meritless» claim by a prisoner that, in serving the non-tariff part of his sentence, he should be afforded all the Convention rights enjoyed by prisoners on remand or those serving time for civil offences such as contempt of court.

The Limitations Act 1980 deals with civil offences and is thus not relevant.

Copying of the software and using it without a licence are criminal and / or civil offences in all countries, and CJCH's expertise includes deciding how best to deal with each case it identifies.

The third major change was the introduction of Administrative Monetary Penalties (AMPs) for certain civil offences under the Competition Act, particularly abuse of dominance.

• Propose that unlawful or intimidatory picketing should become a criminal as opposed to civil offence and new protections should be available for those workers unwilling to strike.

As we have seen, the decisions in Majrowski and Conn stressed that the civil offence of harassment necessitates the same level of conduct as the criminal offence.

This is a criminal or civil offence and can be punished by fines of up to $ 1.1 million for a body corporate and $ 220,000 for a person other than a body corporate plus injunctions, damages, compensatory orders and other remedies.

«Truth» is generally considered to be a defence to defamation as a civil offence but under criminal law, truth is a defence only in a limited number of circumstances.

In the UK, trespass (except in places like nuclear plants and railway lines) is a civil offence not a criminal offence, and so you can only be sued for compensation for any costs the landowner incurred as a result of your trespass, and you can't get a criminal record.

Indigo Policy advisor Martin Day, said, «Though there are differences in approach, Miss Fernandes has grasped the essential principle of Indigo's Family law policy in that breaches need to be made a criminal, rather than civil offence».