Sentences with phrase «prevent civil recovery»

Specifically in the context of contemplated CROs, the current policy (set out in the Attorney General's Guidelines on asset recovery)[86] should prevent civil recovery proceedings from being pursued in parallel with criminal proceedings; although the Bruce Hall example discussed above demonstrates there is no bar against such proceedings being pursued in tandem with criminal proceedings provided the conduct that is the subject of the respective proceedings can be appropriately distinguished.

Specifically in the context of contemplated CROs, the current policy (set out in the Attorney General's Guidelines on asset recovery) 66 should prevent civil recovery proceedings from being pursued in parallel with criminal proceedings; although the Bruce Hall example discussed above demonstrates there is no bar against such proceedings being pursued in tandem with criminal proceedings provided the conduct that is the subject of the respective proceedings can be appropriately distinguished.67

Not exact matches

Consequently, as we enter the Bribery Act enforcement era with expanded corporate criminal liability and a new corporate offence of failing to prevent bribery, the trend to civil recovery is likely to be short lived and viewed as a pragmatic «stop gap» response to apparent deficiencies in the criminal justice architecture rather than as a long term enforcement trend in settling overseas corruption cases involving companies.

Double recovery can be prevented by the jurisdiction of the civil courts to require proper accounting of all sums recovered; and