Sentences with phrase «misconduct in public office by»

Wolchover also argues that the prime minister and senior ministers may have committed the common law offence of misconduct in public office by wilfully misconstruing the referendum as decisive.

Not exact matches

Duckenfield has been charged with the manslaughter by gross negligence of 95 of the 96 disaster victims, while Bettison is charged with four offences of misconduct in public office.

A new inquest into the deaths increases the chances of convictions that were suggested by the recent announcement by the Crown Prosecution Service, who are looking into the possibility of manslaughter, perjury and misconduct in public office offences.

Hafner noted that, in addition to investigating crimes, grand juries can investigate «any misconduct, nonfeasance or neglect in public office, by a public servant, whether criminal or otherwise.»

Should politicians and others in public office, also paid by the public purse, condone such examples of obvious misconduct (by staff and bureaucrats in the University) indicates they are party to an even larger problem the nation faces — the deliberate incremental loss of freedom and liberty.