Sentences with phrase «death in custody cases»

Given this report's focus on the failure to investigate and prosecute allegations of torture, Human Rights Watch examined only torture and death in custody cases in which victims or their families instituted legal proceedings by filing a complaint.

Karen Rogers, specialist Inquest lawyer at Tuckers dealing with deaths in custody cases, has welcomed the Independent review deaths and serious incidents in police custody by Dame Elish Angiolini.

Not exact matches

When it has come to leadership in the Canadian government, women being favoured over men, 3 % of deaths in the workplace being women, 0.1 % of deaths in military service being women, 90 % of cases in dispute over child custody in divorces being awarded in favour of women.

However, the report «Pepper Spray and In - Custody Deaths» referred to by the International Association of Chiefs of Police stated: «In the majority of cases, oleoresin capsicum spray was either ineffective or less than totally effective.»

The acquittal of a Baltimore police officer charged in the arrest of Freddie Gray, the black man who suffered a fatal spinal cord injury while in police custody last year, immediately renewed questions of whether any of the six police officers charged in the case would be convicted in connection with his death.

It also came as Schneiderman opens his first case under the new special prosecutor powers in the death of Raynette Turner, who died in Mount Vernon police custody last month.

Examples of this intersection include: animal custody disputes in divorces and separations, veterinary malpractice cases, housing disputes: «no pets» policies and discrimination laws, damages cases involving the wrongful death or injury to a companion animal, enforceable trusts for companion animals, and criminal law issues, encompassing domestic violence and anti-cruelty laws.

It occurs to me, reading what is googleable about Eloise's work for a few minutes that she (i) assisted with the investigation into a death in police custody while seconded to the IPCC (ii) was seconded to a solicitors» firm to assist with the phone hacking disclosure (iii) did pro bono work (iv) was involved with a judicial review of a costs order that was requested by a Local Authority in a Non Payment Council Tax case at the local magistrates, which got into the law reports.

She is highly experienced in cases involving medical or scientific evidence, and is also experienced in inquests and deaths in custody.

a report in December 2015 that addressed 26 charges of privacy breaches at Alberta Children's Hospital in Calgary, involving access to the records of a mother taken into medical custody after the suspicious death of her special - needs daughter — a case that made headlines, and was reported in the Calgary Sun.

The plan must also name the person that the service member wishes to take custody of the child in case of their death.

He is highly experienced in unnatural death cases, which will serve him well in his new role; as assistant coroner, he will undertake investigations into unnatural deaths, with a particular focus on deaths in police custody.

Successful defense of a local police department in the district court and then on appeal to the Third Circuit in case involving allegations of excessive force in the death of a suspect who was alleged to have died while in custody from compression asphyxia.

Juries are currently required under the Coroners Act 1988, s 8 (3) where it appears to the coroner that there is reason to suspect a death in prison; in police custody; or as a result of police causing injury (reportable under separate legislation to a government department or officer or to the Health & Safety Executive); occurring in circumstances prejudicial to public health or safety; and in any other case where it appears to him that there is reason to do so.

Where the events in issue lie wholly, or in large part, within the exclusive knowledge of the authorities, as for example in the case of persons within their control in custody, strong presumptions of fact will arise in respect of injuries and death which occur.

In this case, California law automatically gives sole custody of the children to the surviving parent, even if the deceased parent had sole legal and physical custody before her death, and even if the surviving parent has not exercised visitation with his children or remained a part of their lives.

This is basically the case in most situations involving the death of at least one custodial parent, and it would behoove a person to seek out a family law attorney to help in their quest for custody.

There will be a great temptation to finance your child's divorce, thinking that you are helping them get custody or more marital property but in most cases, hiring separate divorce lawyers is the death knell for any co-parenting relationship.

Having testified successfully in hundreds of custody cases, Gardner's PAS is cited by many in the justice system who make life and death decisions for children.