Sentences with phrase «now against justice»

It states that: «The facts as they are now against Justice Umar raised a mere suspicion and will therefore not be sufficient to successfully prosecute for the offence.»

«The Commission's investigation report dated 5th March 2015 addressed to the Secretary to the Government of the Federation stated as follows: «The facts as they are now against Justice Umar raised a mere suspicion and will therefore not be sufficient to successfully prosecute for the defence.

Not exact matches

Matthew Whitaker, a former US attorney and 2014 Republican primary candidate in Iowa's Senate race who is now the executive director of the conservative Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust, told Business Insider in an email that Comey's testimony made it «clear» that «there is absolutely no criminal case to be made against President Trump for obstruction of justice.»

She now wants justice in a civil lawsuit against the hotel chain.

Sessions, who was confirmed as Attorney General and now heads the U.S. Department of Justice, has spoken out against marijuana legalization in the past.

In Lavender v. Miller Bernstein, Justice Edward Belobaba sided with investors who brought a class action lawsuit against an accounting firm that had audited a now - defunct securities dealer, Buckingham Securities.

News reports of the last several months freshly impress upon the mind the bright prospects for the human future now that science, greed, and justice have joined forces against the wickedness of the cigarette industry.

You shall not follow a multitude to do evil [all of this is in the nature of general admonition against damaging words: and now the same passage turns to formal legal consideration; nor shall you bear witness in a suit, turning aside after a multitude, so as to pervert justice; nor shall you be partial to a poor man in his suit [if formal false witness may not damage the innocent it must also refrain from endorsing the guilty]» (Exod.

The decision in the ACCC's case against PZ Cussons alleging participation in a laundry detergent cartel was handed down late last year, with Justice Wigney dismissing the ACCC's claim; the reasons for judgment have now been published.

All the available evidence, including the new material, has now been carefully considered by the CPS and we have concluded that there is sufficient evidence to bring criminal charges against Mr Huhne and Ms Pryce for perverting the course of justice.

It's why our party has always stood up against the denial of human rights and for justice and my view, Mr Speaker, is that we must now confront this evil.

As New York moves to decriminalize low - level offenses, arguing enforcement is «rigged against communities of color,» other large cities are coming under pressure from the Justice Department — now led by former head of the U.S. Attorney's office in Brooklyn, Loretta Lynch — to do the same thing.

Justice Archibong (now retired) had in a judgment delivered on April 2, 2012 struck out the 26 counts contained in a charge numbered FHC / L / 443C / 2013 filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission against Akingbola on the grounds that the prosecution was not diligent in the handling of the case.

The decision by Justice Mohammed Idris last Friday has now cleared the way for SERAP to advance its case against the Federal Government on the publication of the reports of investigation into the allegations of budget padding and prosecution of indicted officers of the National Assembly.

Mr. Cuomo, reacting to the mass protests against police brutality that have convulsed the country since grand juries failed to indict police officers in the deaths of black men in Staten Island and Ferguson, Mo., argued that «today, sadly, too many people are questioning if the blindfold is still intact or does the justice system now see black and white or black and blue or rich and poor.»

Webber was also considered among several Republicans who could potentially challenge Sen. Bob Mendez, a Democrat, who can now run for reelection without facing bribery charges after the U.S. Department of Justice dropped its corruption case against him.

The indictments formalize the complaint that Schneiderman's staff lodged against the trio in April, and it is now expected they will be arraigned in the next week or two before the State Supreme Court justice from Madison County assigned to the trial, Donald F. Cerio Jr..

First, Warner Bros. and DC decided against halving Justice League into two films, and now Marvel Studios has elected to do the same with its next Avengers movie.

But the Texas Education Agency notes that a court now can dismiss a charge against a parent of contributing to the truancy if a judge finds that the dismissal «would be in the best interest of justice» and the student is unlikely to continue skipping school or has a good reason justifying the absence.

Now, Penguin and Macmillan, the two remaining publishers who are going to court to defend themselves against anti-trust violation allegations, have spoken out against Amazon and against the Department of Justice investigation.

Now that Judge Denise Cote ruled that Apple was, in fact, guilty of the price fixing allegations that the Department of Justice brought against it and five of the Big Six publishers, Apple's punitive fate is still being hashed out.

But there appears to be another issue at the core of the conflict as well: which party will bear «the financial burden of e-book discounting» now that S&S has agreed to settle the price fixing suit brought against it and other publishers by the Department of Justice.

The Department of Justice's case against Apple is now in the judge's hands.

Macmillan settled with the Department of Justice Friday over allegedly colluding to set ebook prices, and is now settling the class action and states» lawsuits remaining against it.

Okay, we saw it with the Justice Lords, but now Mortal Kombat developer Netherrealm's DC Comics fighting game, Injustice: Gods Among Us, shows hero against hero, villain against villain, and every other permutation.

The group just wrapped up a two - day symposium in Montreal at which more than 100 experts in international law explored ways to use legal tools, most of which are oriented toward doling out justice among those alive now, to avert what amount to crimes against the future.

Hopefully the footage of the attempted murder now rocketing around Youtube will be used in the coming legal action against the Japanese, helping halt this horror, and also bring that individual who tried to assassinate Paul Watson to justice.

Moreover, the Department of Justice should begin now preparing federal charges against the Malheur occupiers.

The Superior Court of Justice decision, now largely upheld on appeal, was important because it deals with defamation against a lawyer, but also provided salient points for understanding the nuance of online defamation in the modern era.

The enforcement of financial claims against criminal offenders is now handled by the criminal justice authorities, who distribute the assets among the victims.

Whether it's facing medical debt that is now in collection, loan default due to predatory lending practices, or having to secure a protective order against perpetrators of domestic violence, the Northwest Justice Project provided legal help to 1,426 people last year in the 9th District alone.

But when it comes to the Guantanamo defendants now filing for habeas corpus in United States courts, the tables are turned, with Department of Justice lawyers struggling against an army of elite law firms and law professors who represent the detainees, according to the Wall Street Journal's editorial page:

I now have Justice Lax in McKenna v. Gammon Gold Inc. to back me up when she ruled that Siskinds should not be disqualified for a conflict of interest from prosecuting a class action against an underwriting subsidiary of a client bank that it acts for in separate matters.

This decision opens important avenues for justice: disenfranchised groups who lack access to courts — including refugees — now have potential voices who can speak on their behalf against institutionalized injustices.

Fast forward 50 years, and we now know that civil claims against poor people grease their skids into the criminal justice system.

At the same time, the start and finish of the criminal justice process are now indefinite and indistinct as a result of the introduction of mass surveillance and the erosion against «double jeopardy» protections caused by scientific advances that make it possible to revisit conclusions reached in the distant past.

One can guess the direction that Lord Justice Jacob's judgment is going to take from his opening lines: «It is one of the glories of this country that every now and then one of its citizens is prepared to take a stand against the big battalions of government or industry.

Now, unlike the dominant tide in Canadian political culture against which Chief Justice Joyal wants to push back, I am not uncritical of the courts — of their power and of the manner in which they exercise it.

We now have the long - awaited decision of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) in this case (C - 303 / 06), [2008] All ER (D) 245 (Jul) posing the question whether disability discrimination (like sex and race) includes the concept of «associative discrimination», ie discriminating against A because of B's disability.

The SCC has solidified that shift with R. v. Grant now clearly stating that where the exclusion of evidence would bring the adminsitration of justice into disrepute, courts must balance this against the severity of the Charter breach with the judicial trend now explicitly favouring admission of evidence even where it is obtained unlawfully.

This column came as a result of a recent breakfast conversation and involved a convoluted tale of a neighbourhood now pitted against itself over the actions of one resident who set himself up as the sole arbiter and overseer of municipal justice.