Sentences with phrase «defence against charges»

I have successfully defended many persons accused of sexual offences such as sexual assault, sexual interference, sexual exploitation and internet luring and am committed to providing a thorough and vigorous defence against charges of sexual assault.

He continues to make a feeble defence against charges of anti-semitism.

Care to speculate about whether defending your system, or poisoning the attacker's system, would constitute «colour of right» that is a defence against a charge of unauthorized access to someone else's computer system?

In any case, full compliance with the Occupational Health and Safety Act duties and requirements should provide organizations and corporations with a strong defence against a charge of criminal negligence.

Not exact matches

The original charges against Giuseppe Profiti had been embezzlement, but the court convicted him of a lesser offence of abuse of office after the defence argued the money was intended as an investment to benefit the hospital.

As head coach of Wanderers (Crystal Palace were at one stage chasing him) since the clubs inception and his background as a player in charge of the defence, this Arsenal game against the Wanderers will be a very different one from the one against Sydney FC on Thursday night.

Making his first league start of the season, the beleaguered left - back continued from where he had left off against CSKA Moscow last week, looking strong and composed in defence while charging forward with purpose.

Jibo said that the EFCC had successfully established a case that would warrant the defendants to open their defence to the charges against them.

In his submission, the defence counsel Chief Kanu Agabi (SAN), argued that there were omissions of essential elements in the charges against his client.

This last article refers to previous articles I had written in defence of the 1992 Constitution against the John Dramani Mahama Government in the previous year some of which the petitioners referred to in their petition, particularly charges 1 and 2 in which I expressed my views that the Government designed to rig the elections.

The defence established that one of the charges against the former minister was that he did not include a property at 54 Mike Akhigbe street, Jabi, while filling his asset declaration form.

I think we need to squash this prevalent falsehood that destruction or defacement of property somehow equates to violence against the person, and self - defence against violent thugs tooled up for a fight, charging at one in armour & carrying offensive weapons, is somehow unacceptable.

A former Chief of Defence Staff, Alex Badeh, who is currently being tried by Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has questioned the jurisdiction of the Abuja Federal High Court to entertain the criminal charges filed against him by the anti graft agency.

«Except for interests other than the ends of justice underlying the pending charge against Senator Hamma Misau, we hereby call on the prosecution to play its prosecutorial cards face up, as we shall gladly love to meet them in court to articulate our robust defence against the obviously spurious allegations against the distinguished senator.

The defence team had also hinted the court that they had an application challenging the competence of the charges against the defendants.

«The PDP therefore demands an open and public trial of all those arrested so that all issues and charges against them as well as their defence therein would also be in the public domain.

The US is, as far as I know, unique, in that «but it's true» is a valid defence against a libel charge.

An announcement by the Comic Book Legal Defence fund stating that after 2 year the charges child pornography for possessing Japanese comic books have been dropped against Ryan Matheson.

The last line of defence against punitive penalties and interest charges is to cite extraordinary circumstances, such as a fire or a serious illness, as the reason behind their late filing.

From a central citadel — the player assumes the role of military leader charged with creating, developing, and updating a city with weapons and defences, balancing and aligning the city's resources to better survive against prolonged monster attacks.

A few days ago I wondered how the Science and Technology Select Committee had managed to exonerate Phil Jones on several of the charges against him without actually having any evidence for the defence.

Our Toronto impaired driving by drugs lawyers have the knowledge and experience to provide thorough defence against all impaired driving, or drinking and driving, charges.

Kate has successfully litigated defences against harvesting charges, constitutional challenges to legislation, injunctions to prevent unilateral third - party development, tort and treaty claims.

Therefore the prior charges failed to alert the person charged to the importance of a young person's age in relation to sexual behaviour, and so could not justify depriving that person, if later charged with a sexual offence against an older child of the reasonable belief defence.

When the day came in court, I was brought to the defence stand alongside uniformed police men, and the clerk read out the charges against me: that I had travelled dangerously on the footboard of the bus.

His recent cases include defending the former President and majority shareholder of VAB Bank against charges of contempt of court (sole counsel); acting for Mercuria Energy Trading in its successful defence of a US$ 270 million claim by Citibank in one of the biggest High Court banking trials of 2014, acting for the Claimant in an on - going US$ 830 million fraud claim in the Commercial Court (Russian banking sector), a US$ 800 million joint venture dispute in the BVI and acting as junior counsel to the Claimants in Hulley & ors v.

Hilton claimed in his defence against the libel charge that, though he ran the site, he did not edit or vet the articles and should qualify for the same safe harbour that was granted to search engines or ISPs.

The lawyers at Affleck & Barrison LLP provide a strategic defence strategy against dangerous driving charges and are often able to reduce the charge to careless driving, which is a far less severe conviction.

To speak with an experienced criminal defence lawyer about charges laid against you or your legal rights, call Affleck & Barrison at 905-404-1947 or contact us online.

«The appellant maintains that, by its nature, a tax on criminal defence legal fees will, at some level, be prohibitive or at the very least act as an impediment to or will interfere with the right to counsel since the additional cost of the tax to an accused will interfere with the financial resources available to mount a defence to the charges brought against him or her,» wrote Tax Court of Canada Justice Brent Paris, summing up the firm's case.

Regina v. J.W. (2018) After having successfully appealed a conviction for Assault causing bodily harm, and having a new trial ordered, defence lawyer Joseph Neuberger met with the assigned Crown Attorney and it was determined that the charge against J.W. ought to be dismissed.

The judge agreed with the defence motion and accordingly the charges against the two defendants were stayed.

Everyone has the right to make full answer and defence to the charges against them, and to have a fair trial.

The judge added, «Indemnity against costs of a defence to criminal charges can not have been outside the contemplation of the parties to the present agreement.»

Work highlights Represented the former Georgian defence minister Davit Kezerashvili against an extradition request brought by Georgia in relation to fraud and abuse of public office charges.

Toronto criminal lawyer Aaron Harnett tells AdvocateDaily.com the recent withdrawal of sexual assault charges against his client by the Crown mid-jury trial and subsequent apology from the bench, demonstrates why defence counsel are resistant to water down fair trial protections in these serious matters.

Numerous successful acquittals, including defence of a large U.S. company, and its Canadian subsidiary, against a number of Criminal Code charges alleging bribery of public officials

At Martin & Hillyer, our team of defence lawyers can help you make sense of the charges against you and how you should respond to them.

Hearings particularly relating to an individual's liberty must be fair, and to be fair, the accused must have the right to know the case against him or her, and make full answer and defence to the charges.

This ensures that the Charter section 7 rights to liberty and fundamental justice are upheld — in other words, the Special Advocate reviews the secret information and in turn, is able to make full answer and defence to the charges against the Named Individual.

At Neuberger & Partners LLP, our Toronto meth labs defence lawyers have defended clients against drug production charges since 1992.

We provide knowledgeable and experienced defence against all meth charges, including intent to sell meth, meth trafficking and charges related to meth labs.

Our lawyers have the knowledge and experience necessary to build a strong defence against extradition, deportation and other criminal charges you may face as a result of human trafficking allegations.

R. v. Arsenault, 2014 CACM 8 (35946) Several charges were laid against the Applicant, including one count under s. 130 of the National Defence Act («NDA») of committing fraud contrary to s. 380 (1) of the Criminal Code, two counts under s. 117 (f) of the NDA of committing acts of a fraudulent nature not particularly specified in ss.

If so, in Canada the statutory defence of «serving the public good» (s. 163 (3)-RRB-, would provide a successful defence against any criminal charge as to corrupting morals — section 163 of the Criminal Code.

and profitable clients was Skilling of Enron in Skilling's less than successful defence of the criminal charges against him arising out the Enron collapse.

As Toronto lawyer Leora Shemesh prepares to defend herself against charges of perjury and obstruction of justice, other defence counsel say they've also been dealing with issues surrounding the existence — or not — of a video that surfaced in a drug case she acted in.

As criminal defence lawyers, we have a significant amount of experience defending against arson and other criminal charges.

For a strong defence against any sexual, domestic or violent criminal charge, call our office at 888-759-2810 or contact our criminal defence firm online.

Prior to joining Civitas Law, Kate completed her pupillage working as a member of the defence team for the now president of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta, who was charged with crimes against humanity at the International Criminal Court.