Sentences with phrase «prosecution cases»

In reference to criminal prosecution cases, we deal with all types of incidents including falls from height, trench collapses, electrocutions, collisions between plant and collisions between plant and pedestrians, overturning plant, crane collapses, incidents involving machinery and guarding, exposure to noxious gases and legionella cases as well as occupational health cases e.g. Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome.

In reference to criminal prosecution cases, the key thing is to not put your head in the sand and just hope it will all go away.

Should there not be a full review of all live prosecution cases, from rape cases to fraud cases?

«Biting the Hand that Sues You: Anti-SLAPP Statutes and Malicious Prosecution Cases,» panel speaker, Lawyers» Professional Liability Conference, American Bar Association, September 2007

com The CPS admission to disclosure failures are taken to be across the board and so a review should be properly taken of all the live prosecution cases.

We regularly advise corporations and statutory bodies on regulatory breaches and private prosecution cases and have acted in partnership disputes between local and international firms.

A review of all current CPS prosecution cases should be just the starting point.

«But we will continue to investigate and refer for prosecution cases in which companies - in any sector, including the wind industry - fail to comply with the laws that protect the public's wildlife resources.»

Cuomo said that he was open to legislative changes around the way police prosecution cases are handled.

The WA Department of Agriculture last month began preparing a prosecution case against WA - based Emanuel Exports over conditions on a ship that left Fremantle on 1 August, 2017, on which 2,400 sheep died, primarily of heat stress.

Had the Plaintiff gone to Sparrow's ER on the morning of the 12th and had a SANE nurse do a rape kit there might have been pubic hair samples or semen samples, both which might produce DNA evidence which would strengthen the prosecution case.

If not for the finer points of a poorly written law and a flawed prosecution case, Senator Joe would be behind bars already.

Jurors also noted Bruno business associate Jared Abbruzzese's testimony strengthened the prosecution case; both counts on which they found Bruno guilty involved Abbruzzese.

But even the Crown Prosecution Service in evidence to the committee said that it was «concerned that the courts charge will displace the prosecution costs award, which the CPS uses to recover part of the costs of bringing a prosecution case.

It was Hayes, who demanded that the messages be passed over to the defence and that, in his words, «blew the prosecution case out of the water».

This may include doctors, engineers or a host of other technical people to challenge the validity of the prosecution case.

Finally, where a juror knows or learns something prejudicial to a defendant, for example that he has criminal convictions, this does not amount to partiality to the prosecution case or consequent partiality in that juror.

Each may entail bias, but not necessarily to the same degree, and so where a witness is partial to a particular prosecution witness but not to the prosecution case, there may not be an appearance of bias.

The prosecution case concluded, on the basis of the complainant's evidence that Mr Allan had assaulted and raped her.

(vi) An important consideration is the relative importance of the witness's testimony in the prosecution case.

Th e accused solicitor should not have to root about in the papers fully to understand the prosecution case.

There is no jurisdiction for a judge to find, before the close of the prosecution case, that there was no case to answer.

The prosecution case imploded when an expert demonstrated that the bodies had been decomposing for five months, not two or three weeks.

I apply the same level of scrutiny and tenacity to clients I am defending in exactly the same way as when I prosecuted in terms of analysing the evidence, looking for the weaknesses in the prosecution case and achieving the best possible result.

(f) An important consideration was the relative importance of the witness's testimony in the prosecution case.

Part 8 (Initial details of the prosecution case) This part now applies in all cases in a magistrates» court.

The focus is on the defendant or offender, whatever doubts there may be about the quality of the prosecution case or the abilities or motives of the complainant or prosecution witnesses.

We would like to invite you and your client to meet with us to discuss an alternative means to resolve this matter in a way that is fair to our clients and respects the mandate of yours... We are of the opinion that, viewed objectively, the state of the evidence to this point demonstrates that this prosecution has no reasonable prospect of success... You have no evidence to respond to our experts and, it seems to us, no reasonable basis to expect they will be disbelieved... We think you will agree that an objective review of Mr. Marschdorf's evidence exposes serious weaknesses in the prosecution case and significant areas of agreement between the defence and your only witness... You are dependent on a theory advanced by Mr. Osborne which misconceives the law.

Assuming that the contradiction will greatly benefit the defense and the witness is an important part of the prosecutions case.

However, if there is no victim in a deferred prosecution case, the prosecutor who renders the deferred prosecution decision shall directly send the case files to the chief prosecutor of the superior court or the attorney general for reconsideration.

For every client we represent, we bring to bear our renowned forensic skills in analysing the prosecution case, and our fierce commitment to our clients» interests and rights in presenting their defence.

The prosecution case against Stock was this highly unorthodox identification together with a series of incriminating and nonsensical statements, supposedly made by Stock in his interviews with the police.

However, it would be prudent for defence representatives to ensure that they raise any concerns or objections as to the presentation of the prosecution case during the course of trial.

(i) the fact that the prosecution case is overwhelming without relying on admissions from the defendant may be a reason justifying departure from the usual discount of one - third (para 5.3).

After retiring to consider their verdict the magistrates were alerted to an evidential difficulty in the prosecution case.

[E] very jurisdiction which has spoken to the matter, and prohibited prosecution case - specific peremptory challenges on the basis of cognizable group affiliation, has held that the defense must likewise be so prohibited.

«Review into the disclosure handling in the case of R v Mouncher»: Adviser to Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of the CPS, appointed by the DPP to investigate conduct of the prosecution case in the collapsed trial of R v Mouncher (arising from the murder of Lynette White) amid allegations of police corruption.

Then, significantly, Lord Carswell said: «An important consideration is the relative importance of the witness's testimony in the prosecution case.

Concerning the second strand of the prosecution case, namely the finding of fibres on TPUs and at the mobile home, Weir J noted that there was no «significant challenge either to the findings or the conclusions arrived at by those scientists» (Dr Logan and Dr Griffin of FSNI) on the fibre evidence: «The dispute rather centred on whether the conclusions did or did not support the prosecution contention that the N Ireland TPUs were made by one person, the accused.»

The prosecution case against Bentley was that he had encouraged Craig to shoot the officer by shouting the infamous words: «Let him have it, Chris.»

The second applicant was convicted following a ruling by the trial judge that a statement from a deceased witness should be read because the contents of the statement were crucial to the prosecution case.

At the end of the prosecution case when the defendant completely changed his instructions, counsel had been presented with an impossible situation.

As reported by Law360, a California state judge recently ruled that Latham & Watkins tentatively was entitled to an award of attorney's fees to the tune of about $ 1.6 million as damages in a malicious prosecution case against litigants Messrs. Parrish and Fitzgibbons, in a case which produced quite a bit of appellate activity (including a published California Supreme Court decision).

Similarly, in relation to the Tasmanian fisheries prosecution case of Dillon v Davies, (14) no general system of traditional laws and customs was asserted by the Indigenous defendant.

Not exact matches

In any case, one doesn't need to in any way defend Edwards» conduct to see that the matter is a bit complex, and the prosecution for a federal crime, and the prospective punishment, extraordinarily harsh.

Consider also the case of the prosecution of GlaxoSmithKline, a few years ago, for selling adulterated drugs.

Young is considered the prosecution's key witness, and already, his testimony has provided new details for case, including how Edwards would typically send Hunter $ 5,000 a month, though sometimes he would sent up to $ 12,000, according to CNN.

Eventually, non-filers who owe taxes will be subject to additional penalties, notes Intuit, and in some cases even criminal prosecution: «Delinquent taxpayers who owe more than $ 25,000 will eventually receive a visit from an IRS representative to collect payment.»

Lawyers and prosecutors say that requiring such proof would make it harder for authorities to pursue insider trading cases, potentially preventing prosecutions in which corporate executives tip friends or relatives without any tangible quid pro quo.

No trial date for the case has been set because the defense and prosecution are still deciding what Top Secret evidence the defense will be able to access.