Sentences with phrase «face prosecution as»

Several respondents to the consultation expressed concern that those who stand to gain materially from an assisted suicide may be more likely to face prosecution as a result.

I don't want to be the test case on the legality of seizing property, amassing fines, or facing prosecution as an accessory to anything.

Not exact matches

Except that midwives manage to kill TONS of babies (as evidenced by this MANA report) and very very very few face any prosecution.

But they are being translated in this country as non-negotiable rules and so a midwife who uses her own judgement to take on a case which falls outside the narrow guidelines will be in breach of the law and may face prosecution.

A legal practitioner, Kingsley Ekwem, on Tuesday declined to testify as a prosecution witness in the ongoing trial of former Abia State governor, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu and two others facing trial for alleged N2.9 bn fraud.

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who has said lawmakers can choose to clean up their acts or face repeated prosecutions, said Cuomo's package was «welcome news,» but hoped lawmakers would «use today's announcement as another clear sign that Albany must pass comprehensive ethics reform before the end of session.»

The regional minister, Salifu Saeed who also serves as the Chairman of the Council, gave the illegal sand winners a one - week ultimatum to leave the site or face arrest and prosecution.

«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.

«Even persons who were facing criminal prosecution prior to the 2015 presidential elections who are now members of the ruling APC and other members of APC who are overtly known to be involved in known cases of corruption were excluded from the list whilst persons who have never been charged with any crime and who in fact have not held any previous government portfolio including myself were listed as «looters».

Hiplife artiste Eugene Ashie, popularly known as Wisa Greid, is likely to face prosecution after the Christmas holidays following his act of indecent exposure at Citi FM's December to Rememba Concert last Thursday, December 24.

In 2016, she was awarded the prestigious John Maddox Prize for her pursuit of sound science in the face of death threats, lawsuits and personal attacks stemming from her work as an expert witness in prosecutions resting on false memories.

Jason Bateman stars as Sandy Patterson, who travels cross-country to return Diana, played by Melissa McCarthy, to face prosecution in Colorado.

(Her prosecution has been delayed as she is facing treatment for advanced breast cancer.)

Even as required by UK law, and facing criminal prosecution for not filing, they keep filing their financials late.

In 2006 he was told he faced prosecution in Turkey, where he lives, for his collage Best in Show, showing the Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdoğan as a dog.

As a professional auditor, I remain puzzled how company directors can face prosecution for engaging in misleading and deceptive conduct by knowingly releasing reports to the market place that are seriously flawed if not fraudulent... yet the climate change charlatans (the IPCC and its assisting cabal of snake - oil salesmen scientists) can issue reports of greater consequence to the world, which are knowingly biased and flawed, and contain blatant errors and anomalies, but they still remain «untouchables»!

As has been widely reported, Ms Meredith is representing a decorated major who faces prosecution for manslaughter over the death of an Iraqi teenager 13 years ago.

An Arnprior man is the latest to join a lengthening list of Canadian homeowners who've found themselves facing prosecution - or persecution, as critics claim - for defending themselves against threatening intruders.

But it's not just company CEOs and financial officers facing criminal prosecution for backdating; as Employers Lawyer Michael Fox writes, human - resources officers also face indictment.

We have many years of experience in judicial review proceedings against the FCA, and have represented many clients facing winding up and injunction proceedings in the High Court, as well as prosecution.

Some Egyptian lawyers have been denied the rights to a fair trial and freedom of expression and assembly because of broad security legislation passed since 2013, as well as facing travel bans and prosecution for carrying out their professional duties, in support of human rights.

Persons facing criminal prosecution are almost inevitably at their most vulnerable and as such, their cases demand rigorous and continuous attention.

Our work with children is focused on providing legal assistance to juveniles condemned to die in prison; challenging the placement of youth in adult jails and prisons, where they face an elevated risk of assault and sexual violence; and challenging the prosecution of very young children as adults.

The Telegraph: The first juror ever to face prosecution for contempt of court involving the internet was» distraught» today as she came before the Lord Chief Justice.

The ground - breaking case means that drug dealers now face the threat of legal proceedings from people who can easily recognise them, as well as criminal prosecution from police.

It is not that there is a shortage of work, he explains, although he notes that there appears to be less work out there — a fact that he suspects is costs - related, as the police and prosecution have faced massive budget cuts.

When faced with a homicide where a historic mental health disorder is documented, both prosecution and defence can immediately obtain psychiatric reports to consider whether there is evidence that the disorder has been conducted such as to afford the perpetrator a partial defence.

If the government were to use the criminal law as a means of enforcing its public health agenda, we could potentially face the prosecution of parents for all manner of actual or perceived failures in respect of their children's health, including those who refuse or fail to vaccinate their children, because that exposes them to potentially life - threatening diseases and threatens the health of others by diminishing the «herd immunity» in the population.

Second, the main mischief caused by the presumption — as identified by the House of Lords in C v DPP [1995] 2 All ER 43, [1995] 2 WLR 3873 — was the difficulty facing the prosecution in rebutting the presumption.

And because we thoroughly understand the complex ownership, commercialization and enforcement issues faced by these organizations, it's no surprise that leading academic and research institutions such as the University of California, The Scripps Research Institute, the University of Washington, Vanderbilt University, Harvard, Los Alamos National Laboratory and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory rely on Fenwick for a full range of IP and technology transaction services, including strategic IP counseling, patent prosecution, patent infringement and enforcement counseling, dispute resolution, IP litigation, licensing and other transaction work.

If you are in an accident and have no insurance, you will face the risk of prosecution and financial responsibility, but it is not as bad as it sounds if you make it right.

As we've seen with cases against torrent websites, peers with copies of pirated content could face prosecution for copyright infringements.