Sentences with phrase «defence against these abuses»
The law has over the years found defences against abuse of such contracts.
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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.
Defence lawyer Robert Richter told Wallington that complainants might have testified in court last month against the former archbishop of Melbourne and Sydney to punish him for failing to act against abuse within the church.
But when we come to think about questions of what kind of society we want, to what extent broadly thinking do you think we should be relying on the language of rights as a defence against these types of abuse?
The Defence headquarters yesterday debunked new Amnesty International report accusing the Nigerian military of human rights abuse and war crimes against the Boko Haram terrorist's organization as unfair and...
Essentially, a defence of self - defence can be raised in domestic abuse cases where the accused argues that they reasonably believed there was a serious threat of harm being applied against them or another person, that the act they are committing in self - defence is actually intended to be in self - defence and that the act that was committed is reasonable considering the situation.
The Court of Appeal found in Harris v. Levine that the plaintiff's suit against his former criminal defence counsel was an abuse of process because in order to succeed, the plaintiff would have had to prove that but for the solicitor's negligence, he would not have been convicted.
In another decision involving a claim against criminal counsel, Stevenson J. held that the plaintiff's malpractice action against his former criminal defence counsel was an abuse of process.
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.