Sentences with phrase «of videolinks»

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The US secretary of state conceded in a videolink to the Open Government Partnership conference that the revelations from whistleblower Edward Snowden had shown the American government was behaving inappropriately.

At least 2 lessons worth of resources to introduce students to key Sikh beliefs - first lesson - story of Vaiskahi - the origin of the Khalsa PLUS lesson on the 5 K's includes presentations with videolinks, starters and plenaries and differentiated activities.

When the Commercial Court refused Khrapunov's application to give evidence by videolink from Switzerland, it did so on essentially 3 grounds: (1) Khrapunov had delayed too long before applying; (2) so far as the risk of extradition to Kazakhstan was concerned, that risk would be no greater in England than it is in Switzerland; and (3) so far as the risk of extradition to Russia or Ukraine was concerned, there was no evidence of criminal proceedings against Khrapunov in either jurisdiction.

The Court of Appeal also ruled, however, that the new evidence regarding the risk of extradition to Ukraine (with which, unlike Kazakhstan, the UK has entered into an extradition treaty) amounted to a material change of circumstance which meant that the application to give videolink evidence from Switzerland had to be considered afresh.

There were significant problems attending the giving of evidence by videolink from Switzerland: it would be illegal under Swiss law unless conducted according to Swiss rules, one of which was that the witness could not be compelled to answer any particular question.

In 2005 the House of Lords, by a bare majority, ruled that a claimant who was not prepared to come to England to give evidence at his defamation trial because he feared extradition to another country if he did, could be allowed to give his evidence via a videolink from France: Polanski v. Conde Nast Publications Ltd [2005] 1 W.L.R. 637.

The Guardian reports on the latest «thinking» from our political masters over at the Ministry of Cheap Justice:» «Flash incarceration» of offenders who breach court orders, widespread naming online of those convicted, more witnesses giving evidence via videolink and Sunday court sittings are among measures outlined in government plans to speed up justice.»