Sentences with phrase «context of a criminal investigation»

In the context of criminal investigations police in Canada may obtain «tower dump» production orders.

NEW: Lawyer - bloggers from Zuckerman Spaeder cover disputes between companies and their executives — often in the context of criminal investigations into possible corporate wrongdoing.

Further, recent decisions of the English courts concerning the law of privilege (for instance, in relation to the identity of the client (for the purposes of legal advice privilege), [26] and when litigation is reasonably in contemplation (for the purposes of litigation privilege, in the context of a criminal investigation)[27] point towards a more restrictive interpretation of the scope of the protection that it offers.

Although this case focused on employee rights of privacy in the context of a criminal investigation, it raises pertinent questions for employers to consider.

[20] The Court was presented with three possibilities for recognizing the journalist - source privilege in the context of a criminal investigation: a constitutional privilege rooted in s. 2 (b) of the Canadian Charter; a class - based privilege, analogous to solicitor - client privilege; or a privilege recognized on a case - by - case basis according to the four - factored Wigmore framework.

Counsel may be present when witnesses are interviewed by Consob, and are not present when witnesses are interviewed in the context of criminal investigations.

In June 2014, the Supreme Court of Canada issued a decision in the case of R v. Spencer - identifying that subscriber information that allows for the linking of the identity of a person with specific online activity in the context of a criminal investigation engages a high level of informational privacy.

Not exact matches

The new technique is potentially useful in the context of police investigations because it can help determine the age of criminals or unidentified bodies, which in turn can lead to identification.

The subpoena came in the context of Schneiderman's initiation of criminal investigations against those he deemed to be «climate change deniers» (e.g., Exxon).

In part, the Crown explained that it decided to wait until the MOL's investigation was complete before proceeding with criminal negligence charges and argued that it acted expeditiously in the factual context of the case.

advising on complex procedural and substantive issues arising in the context of criminal and civil investigations and dawn raids conducted by national competition authorities and the European Commission

In the context of compelled interviews with the SFO under section 2 of the Criminal Justice Act 1987, this principle was confirmed in R v. Lord and others.11 In this case the SFO challenged a witness's choice of lawyer on the basis that it was the same lawyer that represented a corporate suspect in the same investigation.

While in some contexts there may be an important distinction between those interviews conducted for the purpose of intelligence gathering and those conducted in criminal investigations, here, the distinction loses its significance.

In rejecting ENRC's claim of privilege, the judge held that litigation was not in reasonable contemplation, although the documents were created in the context of an anticipated criminal investigation by the SFO.

The Court concluded that, unlike the situation in Fitzpatrick (which involved reports and fishing logs in a context «free of psychological pressure»), here Mr. Porter was the subject of a criminal investigation when he admitted facts to the insurer.

There are no specific provisions under Italian law governing, prohibiting or mandating legal advice to witnesses in the context of Consob or criminal investigations.

The policy doesn't apply to the use of Stingrays outside of the criminal investigation context.