Sentences with phrase «face prosecution by»

In December 2000, Austin was allegedly run over by windsurfer Dane Barnhard, who left a six - inch gash in Austin's shin and now faces prosecution by the Maui district attorney.

Dokpesi is facing prosecution by the anti-graft agency for allegedly receiving the sum of N2.billion from the office of the National Security Adviser, NSA, for PDP's presidential media campaign.

Zebedee has joined others from Southern Kaduna that have been arrested, detained in prison and are facing prosecution by the Kaduna State government for alleged untoward comments against the killings in the area.

She regularly represents clients facing prosecution by the Serious Fraud Office, the Financial Conduct Authority and other regulatory agencies around the globe.

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.

The Prime Minister revealed that he thought supporters of the North London club should not face prosecution for chanting the terms «Yiddos» and «Yid army» at games because they are jokingly referring to themselves and therefore not «motivated by hate».

Bettison is facing further investigation relating to his role in the Hillsborough disaster, in which 96 people died, and could face criminal charges following a separate ongoing probe by the Crown Prosecution Service.

If Howe abided by the terms of the agreement, he would face no additional prosecution for his tax violations.

De Blasio said he is facing «selective prosecution and a double standard» by Albany entities looking into his 2014 fundraising and campaign activities, when he tried helping Democrats take control of the Republican - led state Senate.

Kaduna State Governor Nasir El - Rufai has reiterated that Chocolate City co-founder, Audu Maikori, who was recently arrested by the police over a series of tweets he sent to his followers, alleging that some students of the Kaduna State College of Education had been killed by Fulani herdsmen in Southern Kaduna, will face prosecution for his crime.

The «Nsuohye3» hit maker, faced trial for possessing weed in his house but was duly acquitted and discharged — after it emerged that the weed was actually planted in his house by the police earlier and the same police went to his house to do a search, found the substance, and arraigned him to court to face malicious prosecution.

Mayor Bill de Blasio on Friday said he is facing «selective prosecution and a double standard» by Albany entities looking into his 2014 fundraising and campaign activities, when he tried helping Democrats take control of the Republican - led State Senate.

-- Schneiderman lawyer «confident» he won't face criminal charges — New York Daily News» Erin Durkin, Ken Lovett and Larry McShane: «The defense attorney for ex-state attorney general Eric Schneiderman predicted Thursday that her client would avoid prosecution despite the abuse charges leveled by four women.

According to him, what the APC government has come to do is to clear the mess perpetrated by the PDP, insisting that all those who looted the country must be ready to face prosecution.

It says persons who own the flag poles must remove them by Thursday, August 31, 2017, or face prosecution.

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

Tom may not believe what Grace does but he's incensed by the prosecution that Grace has faced for talking about Jesus in the classroom.

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

Instead of facing prosecution, Rebekkah was asked by Simon Fujiwara to travel to China to take part in a unique social experiment.

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»!

The right to bring a private prosecution can be, in the right cases, an extremely valuable power for a corporate or individual victim, particularly in the face of inaction by the State.

Tuckers Solicitors lawyers provide legal advice and legal representation to clients facing prosecution for death by dangerous driving.

In the past few years, Barclays faced an unprecedented number of investigations by worldwide regulators but this SFO criminal prosecution is the most serious.

101 Incidents of ethical violations resulting in professional discipline and even criminal prosecution are on the rise.102 Faced with declining profit margins, firms have been accused of «overworking files» and overstaffing projects in an effort to increase billable hours.103 And they have bent the rules governing conflicts of interest.104 One survey indicated that one - third of the 30,000 clients interviewed felt dissatisfied with the representation they received from their attorneys, citing primarily a failure to communicate and inadequate attention given to their cases, suggesting that law firms are under pressure to increase their case loads without hiring new associates to staff them.105 The recent decline in professionalism is even further evidenced by a decline in pro bono commitment.106 Thus, new graduates face even heavier workloads, increased pressure to meet high billable requirements, and fewer pro bono opportunities.

However, religiously aggravated cases fell by 37 %, with 22 defendants facing prosecution.

«The appeal panel's decision creates an impossible standard for all trial counsel; even if a lawyer is winning a trial for his or her client, has not been criticized by the trial judge (and even if their opponent's conduct has been so criticized), the LSUC decision now requires trial counsel to challenge or ignore rulings of the trial judge and to disagree with how the trial judge is conducting the trial, or face the prospect of a ruinous prosecution like this one (the «control of the courtroom grounds»).

It is readily apparent, in the cases presented to me for investigation, that if detailed and thorough investigation were replaced by a simple few hours of analysis, and acceptance of the prosecution findings at face value, then it is likely that this could in some cases result in erroneous trial conclusions.

Whether it is an individual involved in a simple business dispute, accident, domestic relations dispute, criminal proceeding, airplane crash, explosion, malpractice injury, a RICO indictment, injury by defective product or asbestos exposure; or a business organization faced with a multifaceted, multimillion dollar complex litigation problem, a control dispute, a grand jury investigation, a regulatory problem or an indictment; or a governmental unit facing financial default, the loss of a state - wide tax, prosecution or defense of a complex contract dispute or the need to use creative litigation to change a governmental structure — the individual, entrepreneur, corporation, private attorney, CEO, councilman, mayor, governor or even Presidential candidate has turned to the Climaco Firm to solve the problem.

Whether it is an individual involved in a simple business dispute, accident, domestic relations dispute, white collar criminal proceeding, airplane crash, explosion, malpractice injury, a RICO indictment, or injury by defective product; or a business organization faced with a multifaceted, multimillion dollar complex litigation problem, a control dispute, a grand jury investigation, a regulatory problem or an indictment; or a governmental unit facing financial default, the loss of a state - wide tax, prosecution or defense of a complex contract dispute or the need to use creative litigation to change a governmental structure — the individual, entrepreneur, corporation, private attorney, CEO, councilman, mayor, governor or even Presidential candidate has turned to the Climaco Firm to solve the problem.

We also act for and advise the firm's clients facing prosecution or investigation by other regulatory bodies, including Trading Standards, local authorities and the Civil Aviation Authority.

I also handle road traffic cases, representing drivers facing prosecution for all types of offence, from speeding right up to causing death by careless or dangerous driving.

However, in the unique facts of Capt. Semrau's case, the greatest challenge faced by the prosecution may not be in proving its case beyond a reasonable doubt, but in maintaining moral legitimacy when imposing the obligatory life sentence for murder upon a decorated soldier who, if found guilty, would be responsible for an apparent mercy killing of an enemy combatant.

Chief Justice McLachlin concluded that the ground for denying bail on the basis of public confidence was not vague or overbroad because it instructed judges to focus on the gravity and circumstances of the offence, the potential lengthy term of imprisonment faced by the accused and the apparent strength of the prosecution's case.

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.

State and federal officials are sharpening their focus on mortgage fraud in the face of growing criticism by homeowners, activists and banking experts about the lack of fraud prosecutions since the 2008 housing crash.