Sentences with phrase «duty of a criminal lawyer»

It is the duty of a criminal lawyer to «appropriately negotiate a guilty plea and sentence for a client who faces inevitable conviction at trial, or for a client who simply wishes to acknowledge guilt».

Not exact matches

In addition to the Burke - Loeb case, Newsday has reported that the comprehensive federal scrutiny of Spota's office has included whether there was anything unlawful in the handling of the investigation into the shooting of Huntington Station taxi driver Thomas Moroughan by an off - duty Nassau County police officer; the circumstances under which former Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy gave up a $ 4.1 - million - dollar campaign chest to the district attorney's office, and also agreed not to run for re-election; the legality of a wiretap placed on the phone of former Suffolk detective John Oliva; the resolution of the criminal case against well - known Suffolk criminal lawyer Robert Macedonio; the office's distribution of asset - forfeiture money; and the investigation into a number of political associates of Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone.

(I'm going to bracket technical concerns about the implementation of the Recommendation, which really reduce to drafting matters — e.g., presumably the statement of principles will be drafted in such a way that it does not conflict with lawyers» duties to their clients (for example, presumably a criminal defence lawyer will not be put in a position where their representation of a client charged with or convicted of a hate crime is somehow a breach of the statement of principles).)

The CBA's Code of Professional Conduct on Obligatory Withdrawal states: «4 (a) if the lawyer is instructed by the client to do something inconsistent with the lawyer's duty to the court or tribunal and, following explanation, the client persists in such instructions etc.;» Regrettably, I believe the B.C. SC has totally missed the point: upholding the law comes first and therefore, anyone engaging in white - collar criminal activity should be charged or the public will loose faith and confidence in the independence and impartiality of the Justice System.

Joe Egan, Law Society president, said: «The justice system is facing a cliff edge scenario; criminal duty solicitors are part of an increasingly ageing profession, and government cuts mean there are not enough young lawyers entering the field of criminal defence work.

Professor Woolley's academic articles have discussed lawyer billing, the good character requirement for law society admission, the regulation of extra-professional misconduct, legal ethics teaching, access to justice, the regulation of civility, independence of the bar, the lawyer's duties as fiduciary and as an advisor, criminal lawyer ethics and the theoretical foundations of the lawyer's role.

I am not challenging the existence of peremptory challenges given their support in the criminal bar, and nor do I accept the position that a defence lawyer has any duty in relation to the exercise of such challenges beyond ensuring the best interests of her client.

We understand the ethical duties of lawyers and judges in a criminal trial — what they ought to do, what their office requires of them.

Arkansas Rule of Professional Conduct 3.1 which governs a lawyer's legal duty to raise only meritorious claims and defenses specifically addresses the difference between civil and criminal cases in this regard:

You might have a different scenario if, say, a teacher were accused of abusing a student — though in that case, I think the experience is that the likelihood of the teacher being fired, as opposed to transferred to other duties or suspended with pay pending the resolution of criminal or disciplinary hearings (in which the accused or his or her lawyer is typically allowed to confront his or her accuser) is practically nil

The commentary on Ontario's Rule of Professional Conduct 4.01 (1) about a lawyer's responsibility as an advocate, says: «The lawyer has a duty to the client to raise fearlessly every issue, advance every argument, and ask every question, however distasteful, which the lawyer thinks will help the client's case...» Many lawyers believe fiercely that no holds are barred when representing someone, particularly in criminal matters and family law.

The PRC the Criminal Procedure Law and the PRC Criminal Code were also revised respectively in 2015 and 2012 to include articles that could easily be manipulated, articles 37 and 73 of the Criminal Procedure Law and article 309 of the Criminal Code, for instances, to curtail lawyers» capacity in conducting their professional duties.

Our parenting project steering committee had the following experts [9]: criminal and family judges, child protection lawyers from the local child protection agencies, police from the Youth and Family Violence units of the three divisions in Scarborough, representatives from community service agencies, defence lawyer, duty counsel, a family lawyer and myself, as representative of the local Crown office.

The case came before Justice H.A. Lamoureux and focused squarely on what criminal lawyers describe as «implementation duties» of police when effecting a person's right to counsel under section 10 (b) of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

It noted that a number of lawyers were facing criminal charges connected with their professional duties.

They address screening tenants; preparing leases and rental agreements; basic rent rules; security deposits; discrimination; property managers; getting the tenant moved in; co-tenants, sublets, and assignments; the duty to repair and maintain the premises; liability for tenant injuries from dangerous conditions, environmental health hazards, and criminal activity; right of entry and tenant privacy; ending a tenancy; returning security deposits and other move - out issues; problems and dispute resolution; late rent, terminations, and evictions; and finding a lawyer and doing legal research.