Sentences with phrase «involves civil recovery»

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Consequently, as we enter the Bribery Act enforcement era with expanded corporate criminal liability and a new corporate offence of failing to prevent bribery, the trend to civil recovery is likely to be short lived and viewed as a pragmatic «stop gap» response to apparent deficiencies in the criminal justice architecture rather than as a long term enforcement trend in settling overseas corruption cases involving companies.

She is an Associate Advocate at the firm's Dispute Resolution Department where she is involved in civil and commercial litigation, debt recovery, succession and labour disputes.

Commercial Litigation — Lead attorney in international fraud and breach of contract action resolved in client's favor on summary judgment including recovery of all attorneys» fees; Served as first - chair defending a loan servicer in complex civil litigation involving declaratory judgment action and cross-claims for commercial torts; Second chair for seven day jury trial involving claims for indemnification and statutory business conspiracy; Won summary judgment as the lead counsel on behalf of a charitable trust in litigation over a commercial lease termination; Represented financial institutions in commercial tort actions; Represented finance company in AAA Arbitration.

Proceeds of crime: The firm assists clients in matters involving cash seizure, detention and forfeiture; civil forfeiture and civil recovery and confiscation orders, restraints and receivership, and revenue functions.

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Civil cases involving contracts, damage to personal property and recovery of personal property in matters less than $ 25,000.

It was accepted that the orders had implemented the first defendant lord chancellor's prior policy decision (the decision) that the principle of «full cost recovery» in setting court fees (the principle) should be applied to public law family proceedings; that the rationale for the decision had been a wish to fix fees at a level which reflected the true cost to the courts services and to replace the then extant model which involved heavy subsidisation; and that s 92 of the Courts Act 2003 (CA 2003) was relevant insofar as it empowered the lord chancellor to prescribe court fees by order, and that it set out obligations to «consult» specified judicial persons, the Civil Justice Council in civil proceedings, and «persons likely to have to pay [fees]», prior to the making of any orCivil Justice Council in civil proceedings, and «persons likely to have to pay [fees]», prior to the making of any orcivil proceedings, and «persons likely to have to pay [fees]», prior to the making of any orders.

From a practical perspective the four main difficulties are that (1) people convicted of crimes often lack the income or assets to pay judgments, (2) there are double recovery issues involved in reconciling restitution awards in a criminal case (where the measure of damages is narrower) and damage awards in a civil case (where the measure of damages is broader), (3) there are priority issues involved in reconciling criminal awards for fines, restitution and costs, in each case with civil awards for damages, and (4) if the defendant declares bankruptcy, the non-dischargeability of the civil judgment must be affirmatively raised and proved (often this is elementary but there are strict time limits) in the bankruptcy proceeding.