Sentences with phrase «defence of civil proceedings»

Acting for a Russian businessman in the defence of civil proceedings brought by a Russian Bank relating to alleged misconduct, including defending against a worldwide freezing injunction obtained by the Bank.

Not exact matches

In the development of the standard, the difficulty arose in applying the civil standard to cases with quasi-criminal elements (defence allegations of fraud or crime on the plaintiff's part), family law proceedings in the time before no - fault divorce, or matters of equity decided in the common law courts.

The Court of Appeal ruled that in civil proceedings, the burden of proving self - defence lay upon the defendant; and a defendant who had mistakenly but honestly thought it was necessary to defend himself against an imminent risk of attack could not rely on self - defence if his mistaken belief had not been reasonable.

Under the applicable procedural rules in Switzerland, investigators or the court may neither ask for documents that relate to the professional legal representation of a party or of a third person in civil proceedings nor for correspondence between an accused person and the defence lawyer in criminal proceedings.

the fact that a defendant, by serving a defence in civil proceedings, would be giving advance notice of their defence in criminal proceedings, carries little weight in the context of an application for a stay of civil proceedings;

Some of the areas in which corporate defence groups excel include pre-indictment representation, internal investigations, compliance reviews (including policies / procedures and training), media crisis management, representation in criminal and civil trials, parallel proceedings, criminal appeals, monitorships, receiverships, etc..

She has experience in a wide range of civil litigation, including commercial contractual disputes, insurance defence, real property, construction, insolvency and class proceedings.

The Serious Organised Crime Agency v Azam [2013] EWCA Civ 970 (31 July 2013) Successful appeal to the Court of Appeal resulting in a variation of a Property Freezing Order so as to allow Mr Azam to fund the defence of civil recovery proceedings brought against him by SOCA.