Sentences with phrase «criminal laws in question»

On this basis, the criminal laws in question were found to engage security of the person concerns.

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Question topics during a post-announcement Q&A included the surprise resignation of Joe Percoco, the extensive list released today of New York endorsers of Hillary Clinton and Mayor Bill de Blasio's absence from that list, whether he supports de Blasio's call for changes to bail in light of the killing of Police Officer Randolph Holder, «felony drug dealers» being offered treatment instead of jail time, dealing with homeless people in the subway and rail systems, details of his executive order extending anti-discrimination laws to transgender people, Board of Regents Chancellor Merryl Tisch's departure and rules and laws around criminal defendant drug diversion programs.

In response to the David Cameron's interview for BBC1's Countryfile programme, in which the Prime Minister says: «I always thought the hunting ban was a pretty bizarre piece of legislation, I think there should be a free vote in the House of Commons... My problem has always been that it was just taking the criminal law into an area of activity where it didn't really belong»; Alice Barnard, Chief Executive of the Countryside Alliance, said: «The Prime Minister is totally right to question the Hunting Act, especially from a legal basiIn response to the David Cameron's interview for BBC1's Countryfile programme, in which the Prime Minister says: «I always thought the hunting ban was a pretty bizarre piece of legislation, I think there should be a free vote in the House of Commons... My problem has always been that it was just taking the criminal law into an area of activity where it didn't really belong»; Alice Barnard, Chief Executive of the Countryside Alliance, said: «The Prime Minister is totally right to question the Hunting Act, especially from a legal basiin which the Prime Minister says: «I always thought the hunting ban was a pretty bizarre piece of legislation, I think there should be a free vote in the House of Commons... My problem has always been that it was just taking the criminal law into an area of activity where it didn't really belong»; Alice Barnard, Chief Executive of the Countryside Alliance, said: «The Prime Minister is totally right to question the Hunting Act, especially from a legal basiin the House of Commons... My problem has always been that it was just taking the criminal law into an area of activity where it didn't really belong»; Alice Barnard, Chief Executive of the Countryside Alliance, said: «The Prime Minister is totally right to question the Hunting Act, especially from a legal basis.

Making reference to the Courts Act of 1993 (Act 459), Mr Justice Ofoe said Section 31 (2) holds that «an appellate court, on hearing an appeal in a criminal case, shall allow the appeal if the appellate court considers (a) that the verdict or conviction or acquittal ought to be set aside on the ground that it is unreasonable or can not be supported having regard to the evidence, or (b) that the judgement in question ought to be set aside as a wrong decision on a question of law or fact, or (c) that there was a miscarriage of justice, and in any other case shall dismiss the appeal.»

Law enforcement sources told the NY Daily News that Weiner, 51, was not currently under criminal investigation because the photo in question didn't rise to the level of endangering the welfare of a child.

The perennial question of how some people practice law while they make laws arises anew as U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's high - octane criminal complaint against Silver alleging «millions of dollars in bribes and kickbacks masked as legitimate income earned as a private lawyer.»

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However, through s. 676 (1)(a) of the Criminal Code, Parliament limits Crown appeals against acquittals in proceedings by indictment to «question [s] of law alone.»

«Tuesday's Three Burning Legal Questions Main Motivation vs. Belief and Objective vs. Subjective in Criminal Law»

There can be no question that unions fall within the scope of the term «societies» in the Criminal Code «s definition of person and they must be equally liable for prosecution for a common law crime.

One of the two men accused of an al Qaeda - backed plan to derail a passenger train in Canada questioned the authority of Canadian law to judge him, telling a court on Wednesday the Criminal Code is imperfect and is not a holy book.

The NCBE claims that the poster violated U.S. copyright laws that protect the exam questions, as well as a warning on the exam that states that «unauthorized disclosure of the contents» can result in criminal penalties, cancellation of test scores or denial of a bar application.

I have not found a case that has considered this question in the context of allegations of sexual assault; in fact, there appears to be little case law regarding the enforceability of confidentiality provisions in agreements to settle civil disputes where the underlying facts could also support a criminal prosecution.

With respect to judicial interpretation, therefore, while the national legal traditions on which the articles and rules in question are modeled can provide some guidance, over-reliance on a narrow inquiry can lead to the perpetuation of the default position, according to which, as Byrne («The new public international lawyer and the hidden art of international criminal trial practice», 25 Connecticut Journal of Int» l Law (2005) 243) notes, some international judges «interpret legal norms through the lexicons of their respective traditions», rather than through a truly sui generis prism.

We see this question arise across all practice areas: from civil cases and business disputes to administrative law cases criminal cases, family law cases and regularly in civil protection orders.

Anna Wetter's contribution takes as an example the decision - making process that has led to the adoption of Directive 2009 / 52 / EC on minimum standards on sanctions and measures against the employers of illegal migrants in order to assess a number of legal questions that characterise the development of EU criminal law.

If you have any questions about the differences between criminal law in Canada and the United States, please contact Affleck & Barrison online or at 905-404-1947.

Conor has published numerous articles in leading peer reviewed journals on questions of international law, in particular in the areas of remedies in international law, international human rights law, international humanitarian law and international criminal law including pieces in the Journal of International Criminal Justice (Oxford University Press), European Human Rights Law Review (Sweet and Maxwell) and the International Journal of Transitional Justice (Oxford University Press) among othelaw, in particular in the areas of remedies in international law, international human rights law, international humanitarian law and international criminal law including pieces in the Journal of International Criminal Justice (Oxford University Press), European Human Rights Law Review (Sweet and Maxwell) and the International Journal of Transitional Justice (Oxford University Press) among othelaw, international human rights law, international humanitarian law and international criminal law including pieces in the Journal of International Criminal Justice (Oxford University Press), European Human Rights Law Review (Sweet and Maxwell) and the International Journal of Transitional Justice (Oxford University Press) among othelaw, international humanitarian law and international criminal law including pieces in the Journal of International Criminal Justice (Oxford University Press), European Human Rights Law Review (Sweet and Maxwell) and the International Journal of Transitional Justice (Oxford University Press) among othelaw and international criminal law including pieces in the Journal of International Criminal Justice (Oxford University Press), European Human Rights Law Review (Sweet and Maxwell) and the International Journal of Transitional Justice (Oxford University Press) amongcriminal law including pieces in the Journal of International Criminal Justice (Oxford University Press), European Human Rights Law Review (Sweet and Maxwell) and the International Journal of Transitional Justice (Oxford University Press) among othelaw including pieces in the Journal of International Criminal Justice (Oxford University Press), European Human Rights Law Review (Sweet and Maxwell) and the International Journal of Transitional Justice (Oxford University Press) amongCriminal Justice (Oxford University Press), European Human Rights Law Review (Sweet and Maxwell) and the International Journal of Transitional Justice (Oxford University Press) among otheLaw Review (Sweet and Maxwell) and the International Journal of Transitional Justice (Oxford University Press) among others.

Judge Otis D. Wright II set his literary phasers to «kill» in entering an order sanctioning four lawyers $ 81,000 and referring them not only to their respective state and federal bars for discipline, but also referring the matter to the U.S. Attorney's Office and the Internal Revenue Service for criminal investigation.1 The lawyers in question (three of whom were principals in Prenda Law, a copyright «troll» purporting to hold the copyrights to a number of pornographic films) pursued illegal porn downloaders and offered to settle copyright infringement claims for $ 4,000 each.

«This Judgment may encourage criminal and other law enforcement bodies to exploit a company's vulnerability to adverse media and other reporting of wrongdoing by writing to, and requesting, the company to investigate the wrongdoing itself, pay for the entire cost of that investigation and then produce vast swathes of material generated by its investigation to the law enforcement body in question, whether it self - reports or not.

In England and Wales, the rules of criminal procedure are what govern the issue raised in the question, rather than the substantive laws relating to the various charges which might be brought; and while the substantive laws in England and Scotland are often fairly similar, the procedures are usually very dissimilaIn England and Wales, the rules of criminal procedure are what govern the issue raised in the question, rather than the substantive laws relating to the various charges which might be brought; and while the substantive laws in England and Scotland are often fairly similar, the procedures are usually very dissimilain the question, rather than the substantive laws relating to the various charges which might be brought; and while the substantive laws in England and Scotland are often fairly similar, the procedures are usually very dissimilain England and Scotland are often fairly similar, the procedures are usually very dissimilar.

As a conclusion, one can say that the CJEU did not only reply to the question raised by Advocate General Kokott whether «EU law require [s] the courts of the Member States to refrain from applying certain provisions of their national law on the limitation periods applicable to the prosecution of criminal offences in order to guarantee the effective punishment of tax offences» (§ 1 of the Opinion).

The balance struck was serving a quite different purpose from that served by the criminal law when answering the question whether or not the infliction of physical injury on another in consequence of a mistaken belief by the assailant of a need for self - defence should be categorised as a criminal offence and attract penal sanctions.

In this specific situation, the law in question is criminal law, so the term you are looking for is the principle of personalitIn this specific situation, the law in question is criminal law, so the term you are looking for is the principle of personalitin question is criminal law, so the term you are looking for is the principle of personality.

The case in question, Ivey v Genting [2017] UKSC 67, decided on 25th October 2017, did not concern dishonesty in the contexts where it might normally arise, e.g. the criminal law, dishonest assistance in breach of trust or a fraud claim, but in the context of a conceded contractual implied term in a gaming contract that the gambler would not «cheat» at the card game of Punto Banco.

Docket Unimportant to Senate from Injustice Anywhere... I share Professor Berman's disappointment in the failure of any of the senators on the Judiciary Committee to ask substantial and meaningful questions about criminal law of Chief Justice nominee John Roberts.

An attacker who thinks he can gain a monetary advantage from such an attack could be still punished, even if it is not even possible to commit the crime due to the circumstances (this by itself is an interesting question in criminal law).

In an article published in early January on child witnesses in criminal courts, Queen's University law professor Nicholas Bala listed a number of questioning techniques to «increase the accuracy and completeness of the testimony of children,» including mimicking the vocabulary of the child, confirming meanings of words with children, and avoiding abstract conceptual questionIn an article published in early January on child witnesses in criminal courts, Queen's University law professor Nicholas Bala listed a number of questioning techniques to «increase the accuracy and completeness of the testimony of children,» including mimicking the vocabulary of the child, confirming meanings of words with children, and avoiding abstract conceptual questionin early January on child witnesses in criminal courts, Queen's University law professor Nicholas Bala listed a number of questioning techniques to «increase the accuracy and completeness of the testimony of children,» including mimicking the vocabulary of the child, confirming meanings of words with children, and avoiding abstract conceptual questionin criminal courts, Queen's University law professor Nicholas Bala listed a number of questioning techniques to «increase the accuracy and completeness of the testimony of children,» including mimicking the vocabulary of the child, confirming meanings of words with children, and avoiding abstract conceptual questions.

For example, in a B - to - C practice such as immigration, attorneys often have practice area questions that arise involving other consumer based areas of the law, such as family law, criminal defense and employment.

Although the question arose not in the context of Family Law but rather in relation to a criminal charge arising from a workplace scenario, the Court's discussion sheds light on how far privacy rights can potentially be extended in connection with individual computer use in Canada.

The ICC, with the aforementioned Order, raised to the CJEU the question of the compatibility of the previous decision in the Taricco I with the particular constitutional value that is attributed to the limitation period in Italian criminal law (see also para III) and — as a consequence — with the principle of legality.

The commentary on Ontario's Rule of Professional Conduct 4.01 (1) about a lawyer's responsibility as an advocate, says: «The lawyer has a duty to the client to raise fearlessly every issue, advance every argument, and ask every question, however distasteful, which the lawyer thinks will help the client's case...» Many lawyers believe fiercely that no holds are barred when representing someone, particularly in criminal matters and family law.

However, criminal cases went to the Supreme Court only when «there has been a dissent on a question of law in the provincial Court of Appeal or where the acquittal of an accused has been reversed by the Court of Appeal», as noted by former Supreme Court Justice Frank Iacobucci.

For example, in a practice such as immigration, attorneys often have practice questions in criminal defense, family law and employment.

Although the First Amendment analysis could resolve the overarching constitutional question under s. 2 (b) of the Charter that protects freedom of expression and media communication, specific provisions of wiretap law, governed in Canada by Part VI of the Criminal Code, would also have to be considered.

It found that this question should be answered in the affirmative «absent a clear prohibition in the Criminal Code, absent proven bodily harm that would vitiate consent at common law, and absent any evidence that the conscious partner subjected the unconscious partner to sexual activity beyond their agreement» (at para. 80).

However, in some subsidiary criminal laws, the entity may be liable for a fine when its responsible person commits specified crimes as explained in question 3.1.

In addition to issues relating to housing and shelter, income maintenance, social assistance, human rights, health, employment, education, immigration and refugee law, mental health law, criminal and family law, the Journal is also interested in a range of questions about lawyering and social change, including the exploration of non-traditional legal strategies such as community organizinIn addition to issues relating to housing and shelter, income maintenance, social assistance, human rights, health, employment, education, immigration and refugee law, mental health law, criminal and family law, the Journal is also interested in a range of questions about lawyering and social change, including the exploration of non-traditional legal strategies such as community organizinin a range of questions about lawyering and social change, including the exploration of non-traditional legal strategies such as community organizing.

For example, in a B - to - C practice such as immigration, attorneys often have practice questions in family law, criminal defense and employment.

The Tories find support in a public that seems to question the justice of criminals not serving the actual sentences they receive, and the accepted law - school wisdom that we would rather see ten guilty people go free than one innocent person imprisoned.

The central issue under appeal was whether the Crown had identified a question of law alone (appealable) or a mixed question of law and fact (non-appealable) in accordance with section 676 (1)(a) of the Criminal Code.

Regardless of where you fall on the question of whether «mercy killings» are criminal, the lack of flexibility in the sentencing of this offence highlights important lessons that can be applied to a broader spectrum of criminal law policy.

Whether or not a demand was lawful engages questions about how the demand fits within the requirements of the Criminal Code as those requirements have been defined in the case - law.

R v Kennedy [2007] UKHL 38, [2007] All ER (D) 247 (Oct): in this case the question certified by the Court of Appeal Criminal Division for the opinion of the law lords neatly encapsulates the question raised by this appeal: «When is it appropriate to find someone guilty of manslaughter where that person has been involved in the supply of a class A controlled drug, which is then freely and voluntarily self - administered by the person to whom it was supplied, and the administration of the drug then causes his death?»

The Court responded to the submission that Lavallee did not dictate the outcome in this case because the search and seizure power in question was not «seeking evidence of criminal wrongdoing» but was rather «in connection with an administrative law regulatory compliance regime» by stating inter alia that:

But as I say in my written submissions, there's some question about how that argument would work and whether it would involve extending the jurisprudence on the Canadian criminal law power to a point where it had not previously gone before.

The firm's litigation practice is comprised of highly qualified and experienced attorneys, including those Certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as Civil and Criminal trial attorneys, who are capable of representing clients in varied types of general, commercial, employment and criminal litigation, ranging from relatively simple contractual matters to litigation involving complex questions of law aCriminal trial attorneys, who are capable of representing clients in varied types of general, commercial, employment and criminal litigation, ranging from relatively simple contractual matters to litigation involving complex questions of law acriminal litigation, ranging from relatively simple contractual matters to litigation involving complex questions of law and fact.

In criminal law a defence lawyer may simply need to call into question the facts that the prosecutor is attempting to prove.