Sentences with phrase «of civil proceedings brought»

Acting for a Russian businessman in the defence of civil proceedings brought by a Russian Bank relating to alleged misconduct, including defending against a worldwide freezing injunction obtained by the Bank.

Not exact matches

In addition, currently the cost of bringing proceedings in the civil courts (under the Protection from Harassment Act, for example) is prohibitively expensive for the majority of victims of abuse.

After obtaining the required license, and paying the civil penalty prescribed by this subsection, the creditor may bring and maintain proceedings in the courts of this state on consumer credit transaction contracts, and the enforceability of the contracts shall not be impaired by the prior failure to obtain a license, irrespective of whether the consumer credit transaction contracts were made before or after the license was obtained.

As most of you know, the Dodd - Frank Act gives the CFPB various enforcement powers including the authority to engage in administrative enforcement actions (typically followed by a consent order) and to bring civil litigation proceedings.

Were there any real likelihood of this ensuring more payments it might be tolerable to see the criminal jurisdiction — excluded for civil proceedings since the late 19th century — brought into family law; but I doubt there will be any higher a rate of clearance of arrears than under the existing scheme.

So the Court has to somewhat state the obvious, holding that of course its reasoning applies to «all judicial proceedings brought within the territorial entity concerned, including civil proceedings» (para 20).

In this civil action brought by Dionisije and the other respondents in Illinois Circuit Court, the Supreme Court of Illinois held that the proceedings of the Mother Church respecting Dionisije were procedurally and substantively defective under the internal regulations of the Mother Church and were therefore arbitrary and invalid.

The report includes the recommendation that all cases «concerning legal support for children should be brought back into the scope of civil legal aid» and that cases within certain criteria, including local authority involvement in private law family proceedings, should be covered (see p 28 of the report).

It was Part III of the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 that provided a mechanism for someone who has not remarried or entered into a civil partnership to bring a claim in England and Wales against a spouse or former spouse even if a court has already made a financial order in divorce proceedings in another jurisdiction.

The claimant brought civil proceedings against the police, alleging that the search of his home was unlawful because it could not be proved that the original suspect had either occupied or controlled the claimant's premises and so the police were not entitled to search the claimant's premises.

But if the behaviour is outside of the diplomats professional functions, a civil case (such as care proceedings can be brought)

Although a claim brought in the courts will have a cost attached to it, the cost of any such proceedings may be less than the damage caused by the initial error, particularly in an unopposed claim brought pursuant to Part 8 of the Civil Procedure Rules.

Where: (i) the defendant's crimes are limited to offences causing loss to one or more identifiable loser (s); (ii) his benefit is limited to those crimes, (iii) the loser has neither brought nor intends any civil proceedings to recover the loss; but (iv) the defendant either has repaid the loser, or stands ready willing and able immediately to repay him, the full amount of the loss, it may amount to an abuse of process for the Crown to seek a confiscation order which would result in an oppressive order to pay up to double the full restitution which the defendant has made or is willing immediately to make.

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Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce et al. v. Deloitte & Touche et al. 2014 ONCA 89 Professional Occupations — Accountants — Disciplinary proceedings — Evidence inadmissible in civil proceedings The plaintiffs brought an action, alleging that the defendant, Deloitte & Touche (Deloitte) was negligent in preparing the 1995 and 1996 annual statements of Philip Services Corp. (Philip).

While the criminal proceedings might involve a determination of what restitution is to be made to you, the victim in the incident, it isn't designed for that purpose, which is why we have civil courts in which you can bring a civil claim (likely of negligence) against the drunk driver who caused the accident in which you were injured.

Mr Smith alleged that the proceedings as a whole, both criminal and civil, that had been brought against him in France were contrary to Article 6.1 and / or Article 6.3 of the ECHR and / or a breach of natural justice under English law.

The prospect of parallel civil proceedings brings further complexity to an already difficult area.

He has represented clients in civil, criminal and administrative proceedings brought by governmental authorities, including the Department of Justice and the offices of various U.S. Attorneys, State Attorneys General and District Attorneys.

This is one of the most interesting responses as, like the Special Advocates, the IPT has an enormous amount of experience in handling cases involving sensitive evidence, and so will be well placed to comment on the potential practical difficulties which CMPs in civil proceedings may bring.

Gene Besen is highly experienced at handling investigations, civil enforcement proceedings, and criminal proceedings brought by the U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Olympic Airways, the Hellenic Ministry of Transport and the Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority in defending Olympic's ground handling monopoly against Article 102 complaints made by various European airlines as well as Article 106 infringement proceedings brought by the European Commission against the Greek government.

The mother brought proceedings for the summary return of the children pursuant to the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction 1980 and to s 1 (2) of the Child Abduction and Custody Act 1985.

In July 2007, Mr Ahmad brought civil proceedings alleging that he had been assaulted in the course of his arrest and subsequent detention by the police.

This concerned proceedings for civil recovery under Pt 5 of POCA 2002 brought by the director of the Assets Recovery Agency.

Mesothelioma sufferers faced the prospect of paying up to # 10,000 in court fees to bring a claim, after the government controversially hiked court fees for civil proceedings in March 2015.

The Serious Organised Crime Agency v Azam [2013] EWCA Civ 970 (31 July 2013) Successful appeal to the Court of Appeal resulting in a variation of a Property Freezing Order so as to allow Mr Azam to fund the defence of civil recovery proceedings brought against him by SOCA.