Sentences with phrase «criminal liability exposure»

We have a track record spanning two decades of succeeding in cases where our client, usually an individual or a privately owned business, is facing significant financial, reputational or criminal liability exposure.

In our view, this decision increases the responsibility of employers with respect to occupational health and safety measures by broadening their criminal liability exposure.

Not exact matches

Companies concerned about possible internal wrongdoing may reduce exposure to loss, liability or civil and criminal penalties by proactively investigating those circumstances.

Perhaps nowhere is this problem more acute than in cross-border litigation where these companies must comply with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) during discovery in spite of potential exposure to civil and criminal liability in foreign jurisdictions.

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.

It also directly and adversely affects the ability of a law firm or legal department to provide quality legal services and can lead to exposure to unnecessary professional liability, to the violation of professional conduct standards, to loss of public esteem, and even to criminal law violations.»

Reduce liability and exposure Remove from the databases criminal records that are no longer publicly available