One of Canada's most successful advocates writes about what you need to do to win your case -
from fact investigation and witness preparation - through opening statement, examination, and cross-examination - to legal research and preparation of final argument.
Not exact matches
Comey said he resisted pressure
from Trump to make that
fact public because the
investigation might expand to include the president.
«If reports are accurate that Attorney General Sessions — a prominent surrogate for Donald Trump — met with Ambassador Kislyak during the campaign, and failed to disclose this
fact during his confirmation, it is essential that he recuse himself
from any role in the
investigation of Trump campaign ties to the Russians,» said Rep. Adam Schiff of California, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee.
The store's numbers haven't been pretty either: Same - store sales growth last quarter was at its lowest level since 2009, a
fact blamed in part on the New York City
investigation and on the longer - term concern that it is facing stiff competition in the healthy - eating ethos up and down the grocery food chain —
from Kroger (KR) and Walmart (WMT) to Trader Joe's and Sprouts (SFM).
This ignores the inconvenient
fact that the
investigation did not begin with, or arise
from Christopher Steele or the dossier, and that the
investigation would persist on the basis of wholly independent evidence had Christopher Steele never entered the picture.
Rosenstein is, in
fact, the man who is overseeing the Mueller
investigation after his boss, Attorney General Jeff Sessions, recused himself
from any
investigation into Russian meddling because of his role in President Donald Trump's presidential campaign.
Speaking on BBC Radio 4's Today programme, Mr Biggs said these «more sensationalist» claims were «
from all of our
investigations, not based in
fact».
From the beginning, it's played up the angle that this is an
investigation that may, in
fact, uncover evidence that Syed is not the killer.
He can not enjoy the luxury of speculative detachment
from the issues that
fact the human community, since the very nature of what he investigates is conditioned by his
investigations
Bad, Mad or God: Proving the Divinity of Christ
from St John's Gospel by John Redford, St Paul's, 383pp, # 17.99 The methodology of a defence lawyer in a criminal
investigation is substantially different
from that of the scientist in the laboratory determining the
facts of a crime scene
investigation.
That aligns with exactly what Israel told the Goldstone
investigation team
from the US, just one of the reasons why Goldstone rescinded his support for the report earlier this year because of obvious mis - represented
facts.
After - deductions should not on the one hand give a colouring to the
facts, nor on the other hand, scare the enquirer away
from the
investigation of the truth» (Ibid.).
«In spite of disproportionate scrutiny
from media and opposing fans, Ole Miss is, in
fact, going to field a football team during an ongoing NCAA
investigation into the program's recruiting.
Thursday, Baylor University released the scathing findings of
fact from the school - commissioned
investigation by law firm Pepper Hamilton into a sexual violence scandal on its campus.
as a matter of
fact the interpol did start an
investigation on this game because of reported irregular bet activity (i.e. odds not changing
from beginning to the end) but you prolly guessed it right, even interpol is on the game so nothing came out of it.
A statement
from Barcelona's criminal
investigation unit confirmed: «The police are working to determine the exact circumstances of the
facts and to detain those responsible.»
«With clear - cut, modern prose, (Stacey) infuses her commentary and details her
investigation from all sides of the aisle with well - researched
facts and figures... Clever and practical blend of research, history and anecdote.»
He continued, «The Manhattan District Attorney is currently in the midst of a separate
investigation, which involves witnesses and
facts from the 2015 case.»
[71] Committee member Mark Reckless, the then Conservative MP for Rochester and Strood, stated that the original 2007 police
investigation and the 2009 review had both been hindered by the advice
from the CPS, that «phone hacking was only an offence if messages had been intercepted before they were listened to by the intended recipient;» which was in
fact incorrect.
That this House notes that the report of the inquiry conducted by Chief Constable Ian Johnston of the British Transport Police, and which was commissioned by the Metropolitan Police in December to review the arrest and
investigation of the hon. Member for Ashford, has been withheld
from public scrutiny and
from Parliament despite the
fact that parts of the report were released by the Metropolitan Police on 16 December 2008 and used in comments by Assistant Police Commissioner Bob Quick; and therefore calls on the Home Secretary to take appropriate measures to ensure that a copy of the report be placed in the Library without further delay.»
From January 2011 to April 2014, Mr. Walsh «falsely reported to the Suffolk County Sheriff's Office that he had worked certain regular and overtime hours when, in
fact, he did not,» according to a press statement issued by the Federal Bureau of
Investigation and Eastern District U.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch.
In
fact, the absolute corruption in Ulrich's brief political life alone is so egregious and unconscionable, that it demands an
investigation that concludes with impeachment
from public service — and banished for life.
Nonetheless, he has asked for the Joint Commission on Public Ethics, or Jcope, to begin an
investigation, and on Monday, his lawyer said that the senator had, in
fact, been approached by a lawyer
from Jcope and was cooperating.
The announcement follows an open letter
from Time's Up, the female - led organization formed in the aftermath of the Weinstein scandal, to «open an
investigation» of District Attorney Cyrus Vance and his office «to determine the
facts related to the decision not to prosecute Harvey Weinstein for sexual abuse crimes against one of his accusers, Ambra Battilana.»
In
fact, the only direct reference to a time frame for JCOPE
investigations came
from the task force itself — it recommended that the commission spend more time conducting them.
The president of the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association, Patrick Lynch, said the
fact the information cards have contact information for the Civilian Complaint Review Board — where
investigations into allegations of police wrongdoing are conducted — will lead to retaliation, and dissuade officers
from proactive policing.
From our
investigation, we believe everything points to the
fact that, whatever was authored by Mr. Eugene Arhin was palpable falsehood and has no merit.
«
From all available records, none of the grounds required to postpone an election is existing in the state of Osun for now and so one wonders why this chairman, if he truly believes in the
fact of his allegations, can not report it to the police for
investigation because this allegation if really they are true, is a violation of the electoral act and the constitution of the federal republic of Nigeria.
«The
fact that nothing has happened for almost two months can only mean one of two things: either his administration is paralyzed by the various
investigations or his commitment was nothing more than political theater
from the beginning,» one Albany insider groused.
But it was the Moreland Commission's initial
investigation that led U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara to arrest Mr. Silver, one
fact alone that could make some members shy away
from Mr. Heastie.
A former adviser to President Bill ClintonWilliam (Bill) Jefferson ClintonTrump, taxpayers want Title X funding protected
from abortion clinics President Trump's historic rescissions package is a welcome step to cut wasteful spending America will be stronger with our immigration policy based on
facts MORE predicts «a tough road» for Hillary ClintonHillary Diane Rodham ClintonTrump Jr. met with Gulf adviser who offered help to win election: report Voters Dems need aren't impressed by anti-waterboarding showboating After year of
investigation, Trump can rightly claim some vindication MORE as she prepares to possibly announce a 2016 presidential campaign in coming months.
The Ukip leader put aside his ongoing feud with the deputy prime minister after Clegg returned
from a
fact - finding trip to Colombia with a pledge to complete a Lib Dem
investigation into international alternatives to drug prohibition.
«The legal strategy that we decided was optimum
from our point of view was to file the civil suit yesterday, lay out the entire case in a civil suit, seek certain remedies in the civil suit and commence a criminal
investigation today on the same basic underlying
facts and proceed with the criminal
investigation jointly with our federal counterparts.»
Bharara confirmed as much in yesterday's letter: «the commissioners and the commission's employees are important witnesses in this ongoing
investigation, and information
from those with personal knowledge of
facts of the
investigation is highly material to that
investigation.»
«To exclude one very potent source right away
from your
investigation is highly problematic, and in
fact, indefensible,» she said.
In an e-mail titled «
Fact Sheet» sent to reporters Friday before the mayor's once weekly press conference where he takes any question
from the City Hall press corps, de Blasio Press Secretary Eric Phillips laid out what he called a «detailed rundown» of the issues surrounding the
investigations.
The ensuing chaos led to the discovery that the project wasn't in default, that COMIDA investigated the claims after they had made them (a
fact that cost Deputy County Clerk Justin Roj — who ordered the
investigation after Reilich's claims — his job and forced the resignation of four COMIDA members), and backtracking
from Reilich and Dinolfo.
Sheinkopf said that Liu has also benefited
from the
fact that there has been little news on the
investigation - front, giving reporters little reason to mention the scandal.
Some also took issue at the
fact that Basri had refrained
from informing anyone in the department of the
investigation's findings.
Sally explains and demonstrates throughout the lesson how potentially complicated science lessons shouldn't be avoided and in
fact it's important to allow the pupils to take the responsibility for
investigation,
from the planning and designing stage to the practical hands - on element.
He shows how changing the way we use time will transform our schools
from the «
fact factories» they have become into the democratic communities of learning which they can and should be, schools in which the pace of the day encourages
investigation, contemplation, completion, and community.
Writing assignments in a health science require hard work and extensive research followed by a vigorous
investigation of
facts from the students on all its related topics.
In the Special Events hall of today's IDPF Digital Book event, a last minute guest speaker, Paul Aiken
from the Author's Guild, gave a ten - minute one - sided explanation of the DoJ
investigation against Apple and five publishers but he somehow managed to insert the phrase, «Amazon's predatory pricing model,» three times, despite the
fact that Amazon is not named in the
investigation or lawsuits.
If the
investigation reveals there was in
fact an error on your report, it will be deleted
from your file.
Unless you want to go live in that country, you're going to have to transfer the funds out to spend them, and now you're right back on the radar — except now it's even worse, because the
fact that the funds come
from a suspicious jurisdiction will automatically cause your transfer to get flagged for
investigation!
In
fact, recent undercover
investigations by the HSUS revealed that 99 % of puppies for sale in pet stores come
from puppy mills.
In
fact, recent undercover
investigations by HSUS revealed that 99 % of the puppies for sale originated
from mills.
Now, the California Superior Court of Los Angeles County, reacting to what began as an
investigation prompted by Best Friends Animal Society, has entered a permanent injunction against Barkworks based on accusations that it acquires its animals
from «puppy mills» and conceals that
fact from consumers.
Taking funds away
from animal care to pay for pushing paperwork undermines our very mission.Many people, because of our name, think that we are county - funded when, in
fact, the county contributes only $ 20,000; that accounts for 1.5 percent of our annual expenses, which is basically a travel allowance for our cruelty
investigations van.
In
fact, in another attempt to ground me with laughter, it seems whenever a team
from the plethora of organisations carrying out these
investigation found what appeared to be a suspicious character or nugget of information, it turned out to be a just another friendly spy.