Sentences with phrase «loss of liberty»

This decision is an early Charter case on the unconstitutionality of an absolute liability regulatory offence where there is a potential loss of liberty through a term of imprisonment or probation.

We believe that every defendant should not only receive zealous advocacy but respect and dignity as they deal with the potential loss of their liberty.

In matters of criminal justice, we do not boast or make representations concerning outcome, instead, we pride ourselves in committed personal representation of the individual facing loss of liberty, or to businesses defending against substantial fines and forfeitures.

But wherever it exists, and is removable without some corresponding loss of liberty, it is the evil, it is the enemy.

As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know the fallout from a DUI conviction, including loss of liberty through possible jail time and through probation supervision (and, therefore, risk of future...

Debt jubilees were designed to make such losses of liberty only temporary.

The term servitù is always the one he uses when speaking of how an individual or a whole people living subject to the discretionary power of someone else will suffer loss of liberty, whether the power be internal to the polity (in the form of a prince or ruling oligarchy wielding arbitrary control) or external (in the form of a colonising power).

In those far off days, mitigation fell broadly into three categories: tax planning (perfectly legal and morally upright, according to the oft - quoted Lord Clyde), remains to this day an acceptable pursuit in the eyes of many; at the other end of the spectrum, tax evasion was, and remains, I am pleased to say, unlawful and is rightly punishable by heavy financial penalties and in rarer cases loss of liberty.

While not strictly just trading and certainly, if the breadth of the scandal is anything to go by, not all rogue, LIBOR is a striking example of pervasive and prevalent bank misbehaviour for which the ultimate punishment of loss of liberty fell to be served by the unlucky few.

But wherever it exists, and is removable without some corresponding loss of liberty, it is evil, it is the enemy.26

His criminal practice has always consisted of zealous representation for those that face the potential loss of liberty, property, or license, with an intense focus on the actual and immense burden placed on an accuser.

We are concerned with the loss of liberty and freedom.

The front bench is not leading over the credit crunch nor the loss of our liberties.

You can pick lots of holes in a plot that depends on the improbable motivations of an ex-girlfriend and a group of dissidents called the Bellringers, but what you can't shut out is the howl of rage that comes from the pages for the loss of liberty and a free Parliament.

Tocqueville feared that if either Americans neglected their participation in associations or local governments or Europeans lost their intermediate entities to the national governments, the tendency would be toward a loss of a liberty and a surrender to a soft despotism.

They will learn to divest themselves of such lines as «The loss of liberty is the price we pay for freedom» while defending Stalinism, for to criticize Stalin would be just boring, while defending him without the tools of rhetorical paradox would risk ridicule.

This is just another harassment of the American people and loss of liberty for loving, hard working people who care about the animals they breed and where their animals go.

Adequate legal aid for advice and representation for those held in immigration detention to challenge the loss of their liberty

His relentless voice and legal acumen level the playing field for individuals against prosecutors in serious criminal cases, opponents in high - conflict high - stakes civil disputes, victims of corporate malfeasance, and other people who face the loss of liberty or property.

Whether you are facing incarceration, fines or loss of liberty, we have decades of experience trying cases in criminal courts.

The point in the article is that the price of maintaining innocence could be the loss of liberty, family, career.

The courthouse serves as the physical interface for the execution of laws where a party against whom an action is brought — either civil or criminal — typically can not opt out of the action without potentially serious financial or personal consequences or loss of liberty.

Criminal charges carry jeopardy that ranges from a loss of liberty to a loss of your livelihood but regardless of the nature of the charges, individuals are routinely downcast by the criminal justice system.

So now you are accused of a felony and facing the loss of your liberty.

However, even the smallest change must be calibrated toward a goal we all share: maintaining the fine balance between protection of the public and protection of the individual within that system who is faced with a potential loss of liberty.

But it is made a lot harder when former judges can not even * notice * a loss of liberty when it is so close to home.

It is indeed hard to compensate for a loss of liberty.

Given that an accused person prosecuted under criminal or quasi-criminal charges may suffer the same punishment, namely, a loss of liberty, one might reasonably ask why a distinction exists between the crown's disclosure obligations in each circumstance.

Contained in this piece of legislation is conduct we deem as a society to be so abhorrent, so contrary to who we are, that we will punish those who commit these prohibited acts, often through a loss of liberty.

In his view, the public interest was not relevant to whether or not absolute liability violated the principles of fundamental justice under s. 7 as a loss of liberty where no intention was required would always be contrary to s. 7.

Is the loss of liberty necessary to reduce the threat of security breach or maintain order?

Is the loss of liberty worth the cost — losing one's privacy?

The ultimate sanction is a change of custody, but there are many others we could suggest the legal system has traditionally used fines and loss of liberty as punishments for failure to comply with court orders.