Sentences with phrase «presenting at his criminal trial»

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As Vancouver Sun investigative reporter David Baines revealed in a series of articles, Eker has invited the likes of Milowe Brost, who is currently in prison awaiting trial over an alleged $ 400 - million Ponzi scheme in Alberta, convicted white - collar criminal Nick Thill, Michael Ruge, who was banned for life from dealing in securities by the BCSC, and Nick Lathigee, head of the failed Freedom Investment Club, to present at his «Millionaire School» events and received commissions for steering investors in their direction.

At that point, defense attorneys are expected file a Rule 29 motion, allowed in any criminal trial, in which they will argue that the prosecution failed to present enough evidence to prove its case.

With the Directives on the right to information in criminal proceedings and the right to access to a lawyer successfully passed, the Proposal for a Directive on the strengthening of certain aspects of the presumption of innocence and the right to be present at trial in criminal proceedings marks a new step in the recent efforts of the Commission to create common EU framework of defence rights which minimally need to be respected by the Member States.

From the year 2000, the SCC established that the absolute content of the right to a fair trial (Article 24 (2) of the Constitution) included the right to be physically present at the hearing in criminal proceedings related to serious offences.

proposal for a directive on the strengthening of certain aspects of the presumption of innocence and of the right to be present at trial in criminal proceedings

He is a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers; has been listed for 14 consecutive years in The Best Lawyers in America, in diverse practice areas including at present bet - the - company litigation, commercial litigation, white - collar criminal defense, and securities litigation; and is also listed in Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business as one of Maryland's top 16 commercial litigators, and as a «Litigation Star» in the Benchmark Litigation guide.

R. v. Amell (D.P.) 2013 SKCA 48 Criminal Law — General principles — Rights of accused — Right to be present at trial Douglas Amell practised naturopathy through his incorporated clinic, and was the sole director and shareholder of the corporation.

Given the nature of the present charges of corruption against these lawyers — and their confessions to misconduct — it seems unreasonable not to give the barreau (and other regulatory bodies) the power to suspend its members» licences, at least temporarily, while an investigation or criminal trial is underway.