Sentences with phrase «defence work»

I am a Canadian lawyer, with 30 years experience, and my practice consists of criminal defence work almost exclusively on legal aid.

If successfully raised, the defendant would be entitled to a verdict of not guilty, as self - defence works as a justification to the actions taken by the accused.

The extra defence works, I got those armor and beat that quest with high rank armor.

He admitted that «the law on self - defence works much better than most people think» but suggested that it «could or should» do better.

Probably, although statistics are not available, the actual defence worked done by these doctors is significantly higher than noted below.

The result is that the Bar has suffered two decades of falling fees in real terms for criminal defence work.

Rachel now specialises exclusively in insurance defence work.

We still have a system of payment for the vast majority of criminal defence work in the Crown Court that undervalues the skills of the Criminal Bar and their crucial role in the Crown Court and above in maintaining the rule of law and in making the administration of justice a reality.

Anthony Metzer QC is a highly distinguished and established silk in criminal defence work with considerable appellate and Privy Council experience.

Gavin's pro bono legal work involves public pension benefit entitlements, debt relief and affordable housing, particularly for the elderly poor and criminal and regulatory defence work for young people ineligible for legal aid.

Dozens of chambers are now rejecting defence work.

Civil actions against HMRC in the High Court, and some criminal defence work involving VAT, have also featured in Peter's practice.

Does that sound like a man who is bothered to drill work or organise our defence

A switch to a three - man defence worked wonders last season, Conte must hope a change to a three - man central midfield can do the same.

As Cambridge Analytica and SCL Elections shut down, SCL Group's defence work needs real scrutiny

Criminal law barristers have been rejecting new defence work under the AGFS scheme since 1 April in protest at reforms to the scheme which came into force on the same day.

«We are here for good,» said Viner, speaking alternately in English and French as he explained Torys» decision to open an office in Montreal «first to be closer to Quebec clients, second, to deliver litigation defence work with a single actual integrated legal team and legal strategy, and third, and most importantly, Quebec is very important.

The team currently prosecutes on behalf of regulators in the healthcare, security and education sectors, and undertakes defence work on behalf of regulated professionals.

A seasoned advisor in the compliance arena, his experience ranges from global investigations around the world on complex fraud and bribery cases to corporate defence work vis - à - vis public prosecutors and before the courts.

Greater distinctions were found in the areas of oil & gas, mergers & acquisitions, energy, and personal injury defence work, all of whom lean further to the right.

Barristers are refusing defence work.

In 2007 he went out on his own, still practicing criminal and quasi-criminal defence work exclusively, maintaining a strong presence in the Grande Prairie area, including Dawson Creek and Fort St. John, British Columbia.

(2) The Environmental Defence Working Group submission is based on Neil Chantler's (2015) comprehensive study of anti-SLAPP legislation, academic reports, recommendations of law associations and groups and on - going cases.

Regarding the Chemical Defence work, we experience an increasing desire to settle cases before an ECHA BOA decision.

Kirsty, who joins from Clyde & Co, specialises in all aspects of regulatory compliance, particularly complex environmental and health and safety defence work.

The proposals now being made by the government in relation to legal aid, which are meeting so much opposition, will undoubtedly cause many lawyers to have to turn away from criminal defence work because it is simply uneconomic.

The «excellent» Simon Cradick is particularly accomplished at handling occupational disease defence work; he recently successfully defended a mesothelioma claim on the grounds of knowledge and foreseeability of risk at the material time of the exposure to asbestos in the 1950s.

UK - based insurance law firm, Keoghs, has launched an AI and process automation platform called Lauri, which is designed to greatly improve work flow efficiency for its claims defence work.

Until 2002, Wes» practice primarily involved ICBC defence work with two of the largest insurance defence firms in the province.

Thomas Hawkins has notable expertise in P&I defence work as well as local insurance matters.

Latitude and trust are required in order to make some creative defences work.

I'd think it goes beyond the plaintiff's lawyers to the plaintiffs themselves (I say this as someone who does more defence work than plaintiff in this area).

Since criminal defence work currently was the major driver in overall legal aid expenditure, piloting competitive tendering in the area of criminal legal aid would be justified.

Here to discuss the litigation and defence work behind such large - scale fraud and deceit matters is Yvonne Jeffries, a Partner at Byrne & Partners.

The problem areas of the legal aid budget — crown court defence work and child care proceedings — should be addressed swiftly, but the committee said it failed to see the need for «potentially short - sighted transitional arrangements for legal aid remuneration in anticipation of the roll out of competitive tendering from October 2008, where there are already mechanisms for controlling unit costs or where the costs of cases appears to be under control».

In the last ten years, his practice has focused increasingly on litigation, with particular emphasis on lawyers» professional liability defence work, commercial litigation, and working with financial institutions.

Our expert regulatory team, which includes a number of criminal lawyers, undertakes both prosecution and defence work giving us a unique understanding and ability to negotiate for clients involved in an investigations and enforcement action.

She acts for Developers, Employers, Main Contractors and Sub-contractors in both SOPA claims and defence work against wrongful SOPA claims.

According to Hodgkins, he chose Covington after witnessing its excellent defence work while at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

The group acts for high - net - worth individuals and companies in claims against solicitors, accountants and construction professionals, and handles defence work for clients including Deloitte and the Medical Defence Union.

As a result we have built a team of lawyers that is just as capable in cartel defence work or in merger review work.

Associate / owner Sharon Ghory and broker Justin Ghory bring a history of successful real estate practice to the network, including a background of corporate relocation and Department of National Defence work.

Before joining CAM LLP, I worked for one of the bigger law firms in Edmonton doing insurance defence work, so I know how insurance companies approach personal injury files and what needs to be done to move a client's claim to a successful resolution.

Its clear that our defence does not practice basic principles of defence work as Wenger believes that technical ability will out.

Part of the EA remit is that hard flood defence work in particular should have a regeneration element.