Sentences with phrase «for breach of public trust»

In 2012, Lieberman went on trial for breach of public trust and fraud, and had to step down from his ministerial post until his subsequent acquittal.

Not exact matches

It took until May 2016 for BC Liberal operative Brian Bonney to be charged with breach of public trust.

Bonney's defence lawyer Ian Donaldson asked St. Pierre for a discharge or conditional sentence and said there was no similar breach of public trust case, because there was no bribery or theft.

Speaker Silver's judgment was so impaired that he had to have the JScope findings finally jolt him into an awareness that orchestrating the settlement to get Vito Lopez of the hook was a devastating breach of the public trust, and something no woman in this State should ever forgive him for the rest of his time in the Assembly.

Shema is being charged alongside three others, Sani Hamisu Makana, Lawal Ahmad Safana and Ibrahim Lawal Dankaba before Justice Maikaita Bako of the Katsina State High Court for the alleged offences of criminal breach of trust, abuse of office and conversion of public funds to the tune of over N11billion Naira during his tenure as governor.

«A public officer has a duty to maintain this trust throughout their service, and taxpayers should not be expected to pay for the pension when that breach of good faith has occurred.»

Broadly, the bill would clear the way for voters to amend the state constitution to block «any state or local officer» from collecting a public pension if he or she is convicted of «a felony involving a breach of the public trust.»

Research misconduct (RM) is a breach of OSR standards and of those expected by OSR funders and sponsors, a betrayal of the trust placed in OSR by the public, and the failure to comply with the high expectations of the scholarly community for research integrity (RI) and accurate and experimentally - supported communication.

Research misconduct is a breach of Ospedale San Raffaele standards and of those expected from its funders and sponsors, a betrayal of the trust placed in Ospedale San Raffaele by the public, and the failure to comply with the high expectations of the scholarly community for research integrity and accurate and experimentally - supported communication.

This intimacy allows the reader to gain a tangible sense of Hughes» candour, his humour and his distaste for those who he has fairly concluded have breached the public trust.

Charities Act 2006 (Commencement No 4, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2008 (SI 2008/945) Brought into force, intralia, the fol lowing provisions of the Charities Act 2006 on 1 April 2008: s 1 (meaning of charity); s 2 (meaning of «charitable purpose»); s 3 («public benefit» test); s 4 (6)(guidance as to the operation of the public benefit requirement); s 5 (1)(special provisions about recreational charities, sports clubs etc); s 5 (2)(special provisions about recreational charities, sports clubs etc); s 29 (1)(duty of auditor etc. of charity which is not a company to report matters to the Commission); s 30 (Group Accounts); s 33 (duty of auditor etc of charitable company to report matters to the Commission); and s 38 (power of Commission to relieve trustees, auditors etc from liability for breach of trust or duty.

(Commencement No 4, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2008 (SI 2008/945) Brought into force, intralia, the fol lowing provisions of the Charities Act 2006 on 1 April 2008: s 1 (meaning of charity); s 2 (meaning of «charitable purpose»); s 3 («public benefit» test); s 4 (6)(guidance as to the operation of the public benefit requirement); s 5 (1)(special provisions about recreational charities, sports clubs etc); s 5 (2)(special provisions about recreational charities, sports clubs etc); s 29 (1)(duty of auditor etc. of charity which is not a company to report matters to the Commission); s 30 (Group Accounts); s 33 (duty of auditor etc of charitable company to report matters to the Commission); and s 38 (power of Commission to relieve trustees, auditors etc from liability for breach of trust or duty.

For example, the personal use of an office computer might be contrary to an employment guideline yet not rise to the level of a breach of trust by a public officer.

If you look at every non-fraud breach of trust case in Canadian history you'll find a common thread: they all involve public officials who used their government granted power for some personal benefit.

While he did not apologize for the scandal in his first public statement on the matter, released ahead of the interview, he told CNN, «This was a major breach of trust, and I'm really sorry that this happened.»