Sentences with phrase «of a criminal offence»

For example, a person convicted of a criminal offence appeals the conviction.

In the meantime, if you are accused of a criminal offence, including serious sexual offences and rape, your choice of criminal defence lawyer is of paramount importance.

Whether or not a DNA order is given depends largely on the type of criminal offence in question.

Our lawyers are specialized in a broad range of criminal offences and legal matters.

Not every person suspected of a criminal offence will be arrested and held in custody at the beginning, but many will.

Many officers who are convicted of criminal offences receive a slap on the wrist and are allowed to continue working.

Mutual assistance encompasses all measures aimed at facilitating the prosecution and punishment of criminal offences and is generally requested by prosecution authorities.

We have particular expertise where there is a risk of criminal offences being committed or where a criminal investigation has already started.

Surprisingly, the current law goes overboard in offering protection to those convicted of criminal offences.

Anyone who fails to obey these statutes is guilty of a criminal offence.

Being accused of a criminal offence can have a devastating and long - lasting impact on your personal and professional life.

Which conditions the police decide to impose will depend on the type of criminal offence, the severity of the alleged offence and the past criminal history of the offender.

General for investigation and prosecution in line with the following sections of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29):

As a conclusion, one can say that the CJEU did not only reply to the question raised by Advocate General Kokott whether «EU law require [s] the courts of the Member States to refrain from applying certain provisions of their national law on the limitation periods applicable to the prosecution of criminal offences in order to guarantee the effective punishment of tax offences» (§ 1 of the Opinion).

Remember the standard of proof to find anyone guilty of a criminal offence in Canada is proof «beyond reasonable doubt», meaning the judge or the jury must be convinced that the criminal offence occurred and no one should lightly guess.

Sarah worked primarily on reform of the criminal offences of misconduct in public office, kidnapping and child abduction.

No one shall be held guilty of any criminal offence on account of any act or omission which did not constitute a criminal offence under national or international law at the time when it was committed.

There are also concerns those accused of criminal offences under Nexus are not being given the right to a fair trial.

Articling with the law firm Gindin Wolson Simmonds Roitenberg, Mr. Schwartz gained experience in a wide range of criminal offences including large scale drug trafficking and drive impaired charges.

She said the Commission will «refer the matter of the possible forgeries of these signatures to the Ghana Police Service and the Attorney General for investigation and prosecution in line with the following sections of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29): Section 211: Perjury Section 248: making false declaration etc. for office or voting; Section 251: Deceiving a public officer Section 256: Corruption, Intimidation and impersonation in respect of election.»

In R. v. Sault Ste. Marie, the Supreme Court distinguished between three categories of criminal offence based on the fault element.

It can range from non-consensual physical contact that rises to the level of a criminal offence to less serious forms of harassment that would include off colour jokes and suggestive words and gestures.

Donna V. Pledge is a highly experienced criminal lawyer in Toronto with almost three decades of experience in the area of criminal offence.

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters)- Malaysia's attorney - general cleared Prime Minister Najib Razak of any criminal offences or corruption on Tuesday, closing investigations into a murky multi-million-dollar funding scandal that his opponents had hoped would bring him down.

It cited concerns about Uber's treatment of criminal offences, medical certificates, and drivers» background checks.

It would be recalled that the Court of Appeal, sitting in Accra on March 10, 2016, unanimously dismissed an appeal filed by the Attorney General, Marietta Brew Appiah - Opong, challenging a ruling of the High Court and discharged Alfred Agbesi Woyome of any criminal offence over the controversial GHC51.2 million judgement debt paid to him by the state.

«BASC challenged each of the practices concerned advising them that we believed this to be a malicious process that could meet the threshold of criminal offences including demanding money with menaces, fraud and wasting police time.

Fifa has stated it will not respond to the allegations, citing a 2008 court case in Switzerland which did not convict any Fifa member of criminal offences.

There are plenty of criminal offences in relation to rigging elections: voter impersonation or intimidation, interfering with ballot boxes or voting machines, vote - buying, abuse of public offices.

Has been found guilty by the Courts of a criminal offence and sentenced to a term of imprisonment of more than three months; or

In addition, the legal framework has also been strengthened with the amendment of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29), to criminalise female genital mutilation or cutting (FGM / C).

This explains observations made, for instance, in the USA: according to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program, cyclical changes in the frequency of criminal offences can be found in several American states.

Article 12 of this Directive concerns statutes of limitations for investigation, prosecution, trial and judicial decision of criminal offences affecting the Union's financial interests.

The ICC held that under Italian constitutional law the principle of legality covers not only the definition of criminal offences and the applicable penalties but also statutes of limitations periods.

The previous provisions under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 meant those suspected of criminal offences regularly remained on bail for lengthy periods.

The majority of criminal offences in Canada are prosecuted by a provincial Crown Attorney at a local office.

Firstly, competition law does not belong to the «core» of criminal offences foreseen in this provision, and secondly there is a risk of transforming the ECtHR in a third appellate instance in EU law which could generate considerable potential of strategic abuse (p. 270).

Before the accident, he had been convicted of criminal offences such as theft and burglary and he had a poor employment record.