Sentences with phrase «prosecution agreements under»

At first sight, it appears odd to place a chapter on prosecution agreements under the heading «substantive criminal law» and it seems better placed near chapter 6 on negotiated justice.

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So far, both the RCMP and the Public Prosecution Service of Canada have maintained that these agreements are not available under current Canadian law, a position Mr. Barutciski dismisses.

Taub, 82, testified against Silver earlier his week under an agreement to avoid federal prosecution.

By Section 270 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, a plea bargain agreement is allowed as in this case, wherein the first defendant has provided relevant information to aid the prosecution of this case... it appears to me that by the above provisions of the ACJA, under a plea bargain agreement, the appropriate sentence to be recommended should be within the appropriate range of punishment stipulated for the offence charged.

Five months before the deal was struck, Shell had entered into a deferred prosecution agreement — the equivalent to being under probation — with the U.S. Department of Justice, which was still in place when the deal went through.

As agreements reached between the SFO and an organisation which could be prosecuted, under the supervision of a judge, DPAs allow a prosecution to be suspended for a defined period provided the organisation meets certain specified conditions.

In April 2017, Tesco subsidiary Tesco Stores Limited reached a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) with the UK Serious Fraud Office, under which Tesco agreed to pay a penalty of # 129 - million.

The Manhattan district attorney's (DA) office has agreed to drop fraud - related charges against former Dewey & LeBoeuf junior manager Zachary Warren under a one - year deferred prosecution agreement.

BNP Paribas plead guilty to felony charges under US and New York laws, and all of the other banks entered into deferred prosecution agreements with the Department of Justice.

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As solicitor general, Garnier was instrumental in the introduction of the American — style deferred prosecution agreements (DPAs) for those companies held to account under the Bribery Act 2010 and for several other financial crimes.

To the extent facts are admitted in, for example, a deferred prosecution agreement or a guilty plea, those facts will generally be admitted into evidence as party admissions under US evidentiary rules.

Advising in respect of its entry into the UK's first deferred prosecution agreement (which is also the first resolution of an enforcement action under section 7 of the Bribery Act 2010)

The messages were sent during the firm's representation of the client in the underlying matter - the prosecution of the client's employment related claims under a separation agreement the firm had helped negotiate.

Under Swiss law, there is no exact equivalent to deferred prosecution agreements or non-prosecution agreements as known in the United States.