Sentences with phrase «criminal offences including»

Articling with the law firm Gindin Wolson Simmonds Roitenberg, Mr. Schwartz gained experience in a wide range of criminal offences including large scale drug trafficking and drive impaired charges.

The appellant had also been convicted of other serious criminal offences including manslaughter, arising from incidents taking place at about the same time.

Our practice areas include all criminal offences including drug offences, sexual offences, driving offences, violent offences and white collar crime.

We're here for all criminal offences including sexual offences, driving offences, violent offences, white collar crime and drug offences.

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A series of new tax and transparency laws came into force this year, including the new criminal offence of failing to prevent tax evasion.

Schools have responded by amending anti-bullying codes to include cyberbullying in their social media policies, anyone who makes threats to a child on the internet could be committing a criminal offence.

The commission's recommendations, which with interim reports total 409, include making failure to report child abuse a criminal offence.

The US Department for Homeland Security had said the Chaldean Christians who were arrested had criminal convictions for offences including murder, rape and assault.

Of those found with weapons, 329 caught with items including an axe, a cut - throat razor and a stun gun were charged with a criminal offence.

There have been so many instances of mothers being asked to stop breastfeeding in restaurants and shops and on public transport that it is now a criminal offence to discriminate on the basis of maternity, including on how a mother feeds her child (with breastfeeding specifically mentioned in the Single Equality Act (2010).

Of the number, 58 had been serving various jail terms for criminal offences, including stealing, assault, arson, malicious damages, kidnapping, rape and fraud.

«Hundreds of criminals, including those accused of sexual offences, have avoided prosecution after a «cover - up» in magistrates» courts, The Daily Telegraph can disclose.

«If you read Section 3 of the Criminal Offences Act, the definition of a public officer includes a potential public officer, so when the President nominated me and announced it to the whole world, I became a potential public officer, recognized under the Criminal code as a public officer, so as far as I am concerned, since that day, I am neutral, and that is why you have not heard my voice over the air saying anything because I am coming to an office which has to be neutral and impartial.

18 September 2003: Britain's first constitutional affairs secretary, and likely last lord chancellor, Lord Falconer, announces government plans to expel the remaining 92 hereditary peers from the upper house «when parliamentary time allows» and strip anyone who has ever committed a criminal offence, including Archer, of their peerages.

It includes provisions for the creation of an Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority and makes it a criminal offence to submit a false expenses claim.

A DfE spokesman said: «Since 2010 we have taken robust steps to tackle unregistered schools and improve safeguarding and this includes being completely clear it is a criminal offence to operate an unregistered independent school.

In the UK, there are various criminal offences you can commit in this situation, depending on how unlucky you are, including driving without due care and attention, dangerous driving, and causing death by careless or dangerous driving.

Accidental Death does not include death which is caused directly or indirectly by one or more of the following causes: sickness, illness or bodily or mental infirmity or disease of any kind; suicide or self - inflicted injury while sane or insane; declared or undeclared war or any act of war, riot or insurrection, or service in the armed forces; any event directly or indirectly related to the ingestion of alcohol by you where the concentration of alcohol in your blood exceeds 80 milligrams of alcohol in 100 milliliters of blood; voluntary ingestion of poison, toxic substances or non-toxic substances or drugs, sedatives or narcotics (whether illicit or prescribed) in such quantity that they become toxic, or voluntary inhalation of a gas; from or while committing or attempting to commit a criminal offence, or committing or provoking an assault; medical or surgical treatment or complications arising therefrom, except when required as a direct result of an accidental bodily injury; participating in a contest of speed, scuba diving, skydiving, parachuting, hang gliding or bungee jumping, or a flight accident except when travelling as a passenger on a commercially licensed airline.

Dennis Miralis is a leading Australian criminal defence lawyer and adviser who specialises in complex white collar crime, including national and international criminal investigations and prosecutions, with a focus on money laundering, tax evasion, bribery, corruption, cybercrime and regulatory offences.

From the year 2000, the SCC established that the absolute content of the right to a fair trial (Article 24 (2) of the Constitution) included the right to be physically present at the hearing in criminal proceedings related to serious offences.

R. v. Rodgerson (J.) 2015 SCC 38 Criminal Law Summary: The accused was charged with first degree murder and convicted of the included offence of second degree murder.

And despite the fact that there are many lawyers who have skeletons in their closet, including criminal convictions, the law society defines good character pretty broadly to include an examination if someone has ever been found guilty of or been convicted of any offence under any statute (excluding speeding and parking ticket).

It is interesting to note that the SFO may use these powers in relation to any property (including cash) whether or not any criminal proceedings have been brought for an offence in connection with the property.

Specialized Experience: Over more than 13 years of practicing criminal law, Richard has developed a reputation for successfully handling cases concerning a wide variety of driving offences, including:

-- Drug Offences, including Possession and Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking; — Firearm and Weapons Offences; — Property - related Offences, including Theft, Break and Enter, and Mischief; — Assaults, including Domestic Assaults; — Impaired Driving Offences, including Drive while Impaired, Drive Over 80, Refusal of a Demand, and Impaired Care or Control; — charges against young persons under the Youth Criminal Justice Act.

Once you are charged with an offence, you could be facing serious consequences including a criminal record and a criminal sentence.

He practises criminal law exclusively and has successfully defended clients in all types of criminal matters including homicide, robbery, kidnapping, sexual assault, drug trafficking, firearm offences and impaired driving.

Criminal proceedings are longer and more costly than administrative proceedings as a result of the high degree of procedural rights afforded to the accused, including, for instance, Stichcombe disclosure, preliminary hearings (for indictable offences), and rules of evidence.

His practice encompasses all aspects of criminal defence and regulatory work, including violence, murder, firearms, fraud and sexual offences.

Importantly, section 3 of the Apology Act outlines exceptions relating to criminal proceedings and proceedings under the Provincial Offences Act, which include Occupational Health and Safety proceedings.

lawyer convicted of sexual offences against two boys, including a client in his young offender criminal law practice.

He is one of six individuals charged with criminal offences today (28 June) by the Crown Prosecution Service, including David Duckenfield, the match commander for South Yorkshire Police on the day of the disaster, and Donald Denton, the former chief superintendent of South Yorkshire Police.

Criminal law: The applicant, Joseph Sciascia, was tried simultaneously for summary conviction criminal offences and provincial offences, including under the Highway TrafCriminal law: The applicant, Joseph Sciascia, was tried simultaneously for summary conviction criminal offences and provincial offences, including under the Highway Trafcriminal offences and provincial offences, including under the Highway Traffic Act.

Six people, including a solicitor, have been charged with criminal offences in relation to the Hillsborough disaster, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has confirmed.

The key issue is the contradictory laws that make performing sex for money (prostitution) legal in Canada (that is, prostitution is not included as a criminal offence in the Criminal Code of Canada), while restricting where prostitutes can practise the trade safely, and severely limiting the people with whom they can ascriminal offence in the Criminal Code of Canada), while restricting where prostitutes can practise the trade safely, and severely limiting the people with whom they can asCriminal Code of Canada), while restricting where prostitutes can practise the trade safely, and severely limiting the people with whom they can associate.

Under the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008, s 55, DCWs were given a wider range of hearings in the magistrates» courts, including the power to conduct contested trials of summary only, non-imprisonable offences.

With Patterson as magistrate, the jurisdiction of the Women's Court was expanded to include all «domestic relations» cases as well as all criminal matters in which women were accused and all sexual offences in which women were involved, including as victims.

Response: There are a number of matters that can arise in the workplace including assault, threats of assault, and stalking that could constitute a Criminal Code offence.

We provide skilled criminal defence, including for murder, manslaughter, and other serious offences.

[3] Legal aid certificates began to be issued for a variety of proceedings, including serious criminal offences and family law matters, to applicants whose incomes fell at or below a certain level.

The Criminal Code sets out a number of sentencing principles, including denouncing the unlawful conduct, deterring both the offender and other persons from committing offences, rehabilitating offenders, and promoting a sense of responsibility and acknowledging the harm done to victims and the community.

Offences that may also arise in criminal investigations of potential offenders with child pornography include:

Under s. 487.051 of the Criminal Code, a judge has to make an order authorizing the taking of bodily substances for DNA tests from a person who has been convicted, discharged, or found guilty as a young offender of any offence included in the list of «primary designated offences».

In relation to the criminal cartel offence under the Enterprise Act 2002 (EnA 2002), the government set out four options for reform, all of which included the removal of the dishonesty requirement from the offence in order to make it easier to prove in court.

Mr. Rice has defended clients charged in a broad range of cases including conspiracy, drug trafficking, fraud, money laundering, criminal organization offences, homicide and regulatory offences.

Jamie also has considerable experience in defending clients charged with criminal offences, including assault, impaired driving, and drug offences.

As part of this major legislative initiative, the federal government is also proposing a number of changes to the Criminal Code, including creating a new criminal offence with a maximum of 14 years in jail for selling marijuana to Criminal Code, including creating a new criminal offence with a maximum of 14 years in jail for selling marijuana to criminal offence with a maximum of 14 years in jail for selling marijuana to a minor.

Our lawyers have successfully defended allegations across the full spectrum of criminal law matters, including summary - only offences such as shoplifting and road traffic offences to more serious offences such as murder, robbery, fraud, GBH, sexual offences, serious and organised crime.

The firm has successfully defended clients across the full array of criminal law matters, including summary - only offences such as road traffic offences, shop lifting as well as more serious offences such as domestic violence, theft, fraud, serious and organised crime, murder, robbery and drug importations.

For criminal negligence offences causing death sentencing can include a minimum of 3 years in prison and a maximum sentence of life in prison.