Sentences with phrase «law as defence»

Hon. Justice Nakatsuru has considerable experience, both in the private sector and in government, in criminal and public law as a defence lawyer, regulatory prosecutor, and constitutional / human rights lawyer.

(13) A judge, a justice of the peace, a police officer and a person who practises criminal law as a defence counsel may not be a member of a board.

Since that time, he has practiced exclusively in the area of criminal law as defence counsel and has become a leading member of the criminal defence bar in the Toronto area.

«If we fall short of that with respect to personal compliance, we don't get to use our licence to practise law as a defence to the finding of contempt.»

Not exact matches

Groups as diverse as the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, the Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon, the American Islamic Congress, the Jewish Federation of Greater Portland, the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty, the Sikh American Legal Defence and Education Fund and the Anti-Defamation League supported repealing the law.

It's in gaps between the orthodox positions and departments of defence, midfield and attack where managers and players are evolving the game to find new ways to gain advantages, to surprise opponents and drag them into areas they don't want to go, uncertain of how to react to a footballer seemingly playing as a law unto themselves.

Talking about values is cheap, sticking out your political neck to try and construct these values in the actual world is expensive - saying no to corporations rather than finger - waving, creating strong laws rather than voluntary codes, recognising and defending unions as a legitimate defence of those with limited power and the strikes which go with it, being prepared to replace internal markets with internal democracies and so forth.

But if believers try to invoke their beliefs as a defence for treating other people badly — denying them a service because they are gay or claiming a right to preach at them in a professional context — the law is right to prevent them.

Nick Clegg's defence of human rights came after weeks of attack from the prime minister and assorted Conservative backbenchers, as right - wingers sought to use the riots as a trigger to renegotiate European human rights law.

«We urge you all progressive Zimbabweans to respect the country's laws and cooperate with our officers as they perform their duties,» Charamba said, reading from a joint statement of the police and defence forces.

International law recognizes a right of self - defence, as the International Court of Justice (ICJ) affirmed in the Nicaragua Case on the use of force.

«This exercise will therefore be conducted with the involvement of other security agencies such as the Nigerian Police and Nigeria Security, Department of State Services, Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, Nigeria Customs Service and National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, just to mention a few.

As you know very well HURIWA has on numerous occasions rose to the Defence of NYSC and as a group with thousands of youth membership we will follow the due process of the law to demand accountabilitAs you know very well HURIWA has on numerous occasions rose to the Defence of NYSC and as a group with thousands of youth membership we will follow the due process of the law to demand accountabilitas a group with thousands of youth membership we will follow the due process of the law to demand accountability.

I thought I heard that George Osborne would squeeze benefits, while increasing funding on such things as law & order and defence?

As defence secretary in 2013 he attracted criticism by talking about «a real sense of anger among many people who are married» who felt the gay marriage law would change the institution.

Reform that makes it less easy to use the law as a tool of intimidation and that introduces a robust public interest defence will be of critical importance for the future open discussion of issues of scientific concern.

There's something Shakespearean about the rise of Mireles's wingman, «Papa Smurf», and Heineman captures the innate theatricality of public meetings wherein a choric crowd accuses the Autodefensas of «usurping the law» even as the government offers / threatens to transform it into the authorised «rural defence force».

There's even a law which states that, if found guilty, a defence attorney will share the same punishment as the defendant.

In his 2016 exhibition Earshot, Abu Hamdan conducted a detailed acoustic analysis of the recorded gunshots associated with the same shooting to determine whether soldiers from the Israeli Defence Force had used rubber bullets, as they claimed, or had broken the law by firing live ammunition.

Although «defence of the realm» and «law and order» have always been at the top of official priorities — for better or worse — the government's role as protector has expanded in two respects.

CRA should strip «Environmental Defence» of their charitable status TORONTO — On March 21 EthicalOil.org wrote to the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) calling for the lobby group «Environmental Defence» to be stripped of their charitable status as a consequence for breaking charities law.

That perspective is to favour as much personal freedom and independence as possible within an administrative structure that deals primarily with defence against external threats, the assisting of the unfortunate, maintenance of a basic infrastructure and the supervision of a light handed rule of law.

Unless «vital national interest» is construed so narrowly as to be equivalent to «self - defence», this is a direct repudiation of the central founding principle of international law, prohibiting aggressive war as a crime against peace, indeed, the supreme international crime.

But while a defence of necessity to trespass does exist, as noted in Southwark Borough Council v Williams [1971] 1 Ch 734, [1971] 2 All ER 175: «The law regards with the deepest suspicion any remedies of self - help, and permits those remedies to be resorted to only in very special circumstances.

The number of partners who identify white - collar criminal defence and investigations as their primary practice focus has more than doubled at Am Law 200 firms since 2011

I think Angela Swan is perceptive (here as elsewhere), but to say that someone who has been defamed has no right to find out what is being said is bizarre (even if it turns out to be accurate and defensible under defamation law, i.e. a defence of truth would work in an accusation of being a scumbag... a matter on which I have no opinion in the present case).

timely responses to communications by email and telephone timely production of documents especially medical counsel for plaintiffs advising their clients about early settlement and realistic expectations counsel for defendants advising their clients to attend mediations with sufficient settlement authority expertise in a particular area of law posturing and egotism on both sides claims for punitive damages where none are warranted under law preparation for significant events such as examinations for discovery and motions accountability for the consequences of steps taken or delayed unnecessary or defensive crossclaims and third party claims by defence counsel regional differences (some local bars are more collegial than others)

After establishing itself as the biggest family law presence in what is described as the «magic circle», Vardags expanded to include private client, civil litigation and criminal defence departments and can now offer a bespoke solution for all her clients» legal needs.

The important thing here is that if you have an old IRP review decision, it may be worth appealing it now bearing in mind that the law has changed and is still changing to recognize the defences that lawyers such as ourselves identified over two years ago.

In both cases, as well as a subsequent case, the AUC applied the due diligence defence as it exists in criminal law.

Any instruction of defence counsel attempting to balance the insurer's interests against the defended policyholder's interests is seen as an encroachment of the policyholder's rights — a reflection of the boundary - based American approach to contract law.

Here are some of their robust defences, as found in the Law Times article.

I write this post in defence of the legal profession, especially when contrasted with an undue emphasis on operating law firms strictly as a business.

At civil law, the website might sue you for making a defamatory statement, but as long as the statement is true, then you are still permitted to make the statement, and even if the statement turns out to be false (that the website turned out to be legal), then the defence of reportage (now known as the defence of Publication on a Matter of Public Interest, Defamation Act 2013 s. 4) would protect you, since you are arguably spreading information which is in the public interest.

«As the 15th judge advocate general, my vision of legal service delivery is one that will be very much driven and focused on my institutional clients» needs,» says Bernatchez, whose role involves advising military decision - makers, such as the minister of National Defence, on legal actions touching on military laAs the 15th judge advocate general, my vision of legal service delivery is one that will be very much driven and focused on my institutional clients» needs,» says Bernatchez, whose role involves advising military decision - makers, such as the minister of National Defence, on legal actions touching on military laas the minister of National Defence, on legal actions touching on military law.

Of course, as the Law Commission pointed out, a claim for compensation for detention as a result of the claimant's crime is but one of several scenarios which can give rise to the illegality defence.

I did write a book on immigration law and criminal convictions because, as a criminal defence attorney I must know some basics.

She was there from the beginning, conducting IRP hearings, finding pragmatic defences and predicting the twists and turns of the law as it applied on the ground.

The chief constable submitted that that the criteria for self - defence in civil law should be the same as in criminal law.

Moreover, the Directive's scope is limited to natural persons: the EU legislator does not seem to be willing to consider to grant protection to legal persons, regardless of the fact that they can be held criminally liable in most MS.. In sum, the real added value of the Directive will depend on its implementation in national law and the willingness of the national courts, as well as of the Court of Justice, to ensure that the Directive contributes to the enhancing of defence rights in the EU.

Savone's lawyer Brian Radnoff, a partner at Lerners LLP, says his client was treated unfairly by the law society as it would not allow production of vendor and lender documents the defence considered vital to its case and yet still moved for disbarment.

When defence secretary Michael Fallon complained in the Commons of lawyers making a «shameful attempt to use our legal system to attack and falsely impugn our Armed Forces», a columnist on the Law Society's Gazette went so far as to compare it to the shocking case of the murdered Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane.

Statutes may provide or limit specific defences, as the Libel and Slander Act of Ontario does for press and broadcast defendants, but the general law is all judge - made.

«Denying a lawyer's right to free expression on behalf of a client in a court of law in favour of a vague definition of civility and its application after the fact fetters and chills the lawyer's ability to engage in vigorous advocacy,» Groia argues in his factum, «in turn damaging the public interest, as well as infringing [on] the ability of an accused or client to make full answer and defence in a judicial proceeding.»

These trends aren't limited to law schools or the profession as deep structural changes are occurring in wider society as well, but it's changing the profession slowly and eliminating what I consider some of its best parts: defence for the downtrodden, zealous advocacy on social justice issues, or the ability to contest (and stop) governmental action.

The balance struck was serving a quite different purpose from that served by the criminal law when answering the question whether or not the infliction of physical injury on another in consequence of a mistaken belief by the assailant of a need for self - defence should be categorised as a criminal offence and attract penal sanctions.

Lord Rodger emphasised [68] that privilege would similarly have applied «to presentational advice sought from lawyers by any individual or company who believed himself, herself or itself to be at risk of criticism by an inquiry», emphasising that the «defence of personal reputation and integrity is at least as important to many individuals and companies as the pursuit or defence of legal rights whether under private law or public law».

You should also attempt to manage risk via contractual provisions such as insurance, the right to control the defence of any claims, defined responsibilities, indemnification, and law of the contract.

There is no rule of law or of practice which requires a trial Judge to make any ruling as to the order in which witnesses for the defence should be called.

As Jeremy Waldron has noted, while we may all agree that rape is wrong, disagreement arises fairly quickly as soon as we think about questions like the age of consent or whether there ought to be a defence for a reasonable but mistaken belief in consent (Jeremy Waldron, Law and Disagreement, 1999, p. 105As Jeremy Waldron has noted, while we may all agree that rape is wrong, disagreement arises fairly quickly as soon as we think about questions like the age of consent or whether there ought to be a defence for a reasonable but mistaken belief in consent (Jeremy Waldron, Law and Disagreement, 1999, p. 105as soon as we think about questions like the age of consent or whether there ought to be a defence for a reasonable but mistaken belief in consent (Jeremy Waldron, Law and Disagreement, 1999, p. 105as we think about questions like the age of consent or whether there ought to be a defence for a reasonable but mistaken belief in consent (Jeremy Waldron, Law and Disagreement, 1999, p. 105).