It is obvious that in this case, we need to exclude operators from liability for its emission, for them to avoid
any risks of prosecution,» said the official, incidentally showing that for him «bitcoin» is a synonym of cryptocurrency in general.
Moreover, a lawyer would be able to help assess
the risks of prosecution and help craft a regulatory strategy.
This statement gives a clear message to farmers across the UK that they can act with impunity and little
risk of prosecution by illegally gassing badgers.
In Italy they ran
the risk of prosecution for Judaizing, given that in law they were baptized Christians; for this reason they generally avoided the Papal States.
The Film, dumpster divers eating from the trash also run
the risk of prosecution.
This letter to the seven lukewarmer / skeptical scientists is political theater with
no risk of prosecution.
Even large European public and private organisations, from banks to telecoms operators, are unaware that many of their current contracts and products could put them at
risk of prosecution in 2018.
Rather, it requires there to be a sufficient causal link between the offence and the accident that the driver does not need to be warned of
the risk of prosecution.
HELD The policy behind the exception in RTOA 1988, s 2 (1) is that drivers who have committed a relevant road traffic offence and whose vehicles are involved in or concerned with an accident do not need the warning or notification prescribed by s 1 because the very fact of being involved or concerned with the accident is a sufficient indication of
the risk of prosecution.
Now plaintiffs of several political stripes have joined in a legal challenge alleging that they or their organizations ««routinely engage» in protected speech that «may be considered provocative»» and that the law is so vaguely and broadly worded as to subject them to «a credible
risk of prosecution.»
If you are in an accident and have no insurance, you will face
the risk of prosecution and financial responsibility, but it is not as bad as it sounds if you make it right.
Holding yourself out to be something the Legislation and the Registrar states your are not (ie anything other than a sales rep) like a housing market expert will not and only exposes you too extreme
risk of prosecution by Joe.
Not exact matches
While
prosecutions are rare, women who are hospitalized for abortion complications frequently face criminal and civil action, and even run the
risk of spending up to three years in jail.
On top
of the
risk of federal
prosecution, IRS targeting and asset seizure, cannabis entrepreneurs have to cope with the hazards
of conducting a business that deals mostly in cash, since a majority
of traditional financial institutions — banks, credit card issuers, and payment transaction companies — won't provide services to the industry.
Both because
of the possibility
of prosecution, and because
of the slippery slope between bribery and other forms
of criminality, bribery poses significant business
risks.
Since the raid, the president and his advisers have been singularly focused on the
risk of a potential federal
prosecution of Cohen, which they view as a much bigger existential threat to the presidency than former FBI Director James Comey, whose book «A Higher Loyalty» has dominated headlines and even Trump's Twitter feed even before its Tuesday release.
Citing cases
of public reaction and criminal
prosecution, the handbook forthrightly discusses the
risks and consequences companies face from ill - considered spending decisions.
Mr Conway said his current options are to «effectively suffocate» by choosing to remove his ventilator or to spend thousands
of pounds travelling to Switzerland to end his life and have his family
risk prosecution.
«If any supporters are found to be engaged in any form
of offensive or discriminatory behaviour by stewards or via CCTV then they will be immediately removed from the stadium,
risk arrest,
prosecution and be reported in accordance with the club's ground regulations.
By failing to do so, he could have put himself at
risk of arrest and
prosecution for «butthurt in the second degree» or some other equally ridiculous charge.
HMRC will continue to challenge in the courts and anyone who engages in tax avoidance schemes
risk not only the high cost
of these schemes but also lay themselves open to penalties and, potentially,
prosecution.»
Retrials typically favor the
prosecution, which carries the burden
of proof, said Daniel R. Alonso, a former federal prosecutor and current managing director at compliance
risk - consulting firm Exiger.
According to the Police perpetrators
of such attacks
risk arrest and
prosecution if they go ahead with such acts
of vandalism.
Just a few
of these include: restrictions trial by jury, DNA databases, ID cards, a Civil Contingency Act that gives the government the power to rule by decree, control orders, the Religious Hatred Bill and a definition
of glorifying terrorism that was drafted so widely that the Irish Taiseoch was reckoned to be at serous
risk of annual
prosecution commemorating the Easter Rising.
«President Mahama pledges to the people
of Ghana that the NDC will continue to make corruption a high
risk activity punishable in accordance with rule
of law,» he said, assuring that the various investigative and
prosecution bodies will be strengthened to support quest to fight corruption.
We ask for more clarity about the additional compliance obligations that a UK firm would have to meet when referring a client to an adviser located outside the UK, in order to protect itself from the
risk of a criminal
prosecution.
Governor El - Rufai, who said Kaduna had experienced so many crises in the past, said the state government can not take chances and
risk another crisis, hence the order for the arrest and
prosecution of those that signed the quit notice.
Opioids carry a
risk for addiction and abuse, which has drawn the attention
of law enforcement and led to investigations and
prosecutions that some physicians and patients say has inhibited access to effective pain relief.
This extraordinary video captures Andrew Wakefield publicly threatening to expose a senior British health official who, thinking that Wakefield was concerned with vaccine safety issues, had
risked his career and even possible criminal
prosecution to confide in the now - disgraced former doctor over what were claimed to be mistakes at the department
of health in London.
But when the paper's executive editor, Ben Bradlee (Tom Hanks), gaines access to the Pentagon Papers too, Katharine must decide whether or not to
risk The Post's future — not to mention possible criminal
prosecution and her long friendship with both The White House and Secretary
of Defense Robert McNamara — or stand up for freedom
of the press, and the truth, by publishing the story.
Since the introduction
of The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order, some Enforcing Authorities have taken
prosecutions against responsible persons with regard to failings
of fire safety measures in schools but it would appear that lessons are being learned with, for instance, the number
of fire
risk assessments increasing all the time.
A great number
of people have some kind
of medical expense that has been unpaid so far, and sometimes they need to pay it off before a certain date or
risk criminal or civil
prosecution.
The goal
of this webinar is to provide overview
of important factors involved in charge approval /
prosecution of animal cruelty cases including links to violence,
risk factors, abuse as predictor and indicator crime, public interest factors, youth statistics and types
of abuse.
(7) records or information compiled for law enforcement purposes, but only to the extent that the production
of such law enforcement records or information (A) could reasonably be expected to interfere with enforcement proceedings, (B) would deprive a person
of a right to a fair trial or to an impartial adjudication, (C) could reasonably be expected to constitute an unwarranted invasion
of personal privacy, (D) could reasonably be expected to disclose the identity
of a confidential source, including a State, local or foreign agency or authority or any private institution which furnished information on a confidential basis, and, in the case
of a record or information compiled by criminal law enforcement authority in the course
of a criminal investigation or by an agency conducting a lawful national security intelligence investigation, information furnished by a confidential source, (E) would disclose techniques and procedures for law enforcement investigations or
prosecutions, or would disclose guidelines for law enforcement investigations or
prosecutions if such disclosure could reasonably be expected to
risk circumvention
of the law, or (F) could reasonably be expected to endanger the life or physical safety
of any individual; [the law enforcement exemption]
But while Big Ag can dump endless supplies
of pesticides on genetically modified produce, Dashtaki is called to shut down immediately or
risk prosecution for making her artfully prepared yogurt.Homa Dashtaki started a tiny artisan yogurt business, named The White Moustache, for her father.
Writes Eugene Volokh, «It's not clear whether indeed the police ordered residents to remove the wire mesh — in the sense
of threatening them with arrest or
prosecution if they failed to comply — or just advised residents about the possible
risk of tort liability.
This protects an accused against the increased penalties
of aggravated DWI in Hudson Valley and reduces the
risk of a felony
prosecution, if an accused has a prior conviction within 10 years.
New
risks such as cyber incidents or data privacy, rising regulator and shareholder activism and the influence
of third party litigation funders are putting corporate leaders under more pressure than ever
of falling foul
of investigations, fines or
prosecution over alleged wrongdoing, says Allianz...
«I would anticipate that the Police and Procurator Fiscal are likely to deploy a common sense approach in the
prosecution of such offences — but drivers need to be aware
of the
risks and potential penalties for using a mobile phone whilst driving for any purpose.
Since the Bill C - 45 amendments to the Criminal Code, serious workplace accidents have attracted the
risk of both criminal and OHS investigations and
prosecutions.
It also conducts work in marine personal injury, casualty work including salvage and collision claims, marine insurance, and the full range
of marine regulatory issues such as wreck removal, harbour and pilotage dues, bye - law
prosecutions, and pollution
risks and obligations.
To eliminate the
risk of investigation or
prosecution for police officers and fire fighters under health and safety legislation when engaged in the course
of their duties if they have put themselves at
risk as a result
of committing an heroic act.
She worked at the Alberta Crown
Prosecution Service, most recently serving as the co-ordinator
of the High
Risk Offenders Unit in Specialized
Prosecutions.
There are, however, also concerns for the conduct
of the public inquiry itself, as witnesses may be more reluctant to give frank and open evidence if they feel exposed to the
risk of a criminal
prosecution as a result, and they may refuse to give evidence or disclose documents on the basis
of the privilege against self - incrimination.
If HMRC Inspectors believe that there is an element
of dishonesty in the arrangements or the disclosures to HMRC, there is a high
risk that a criminal
prosecution will follow.
[239] This case highlights a potential
risk in taking a simpler approach to claim construction by ignoring extrinsic evidence, such as the
prosecution history
of the patent in suit.
Having worked with the Justice Department in exchange for intelligence and investigative information (police,
prosecution), and having to set up an FIU as well as the AML / CFT regulatory framework for the Dutch Central Bank between 1998 and 2006, provided me with valuable insights into the «metrics»
of how an effective and
risk - based framework should be designed, built and implemented.
as part
of deferred
prosecution agreement negotiations there is a
risk that matters an authority seeks to include in an agreed statement
of facts could be relied on against the company in parallel civil proceedings.
«This
prosecution should act as a reminder, not just to schools but to all persons in control
of the repair and maintenance
of non-domestic premises,
of the need to ensure that a suitable and sufficient assessment
of risk from asbestos is carried out, and that correct control measures are put in place to ensure that exposure to asbestos is prevented, so far as is reasonably practicable,» commented HSE Inspector Glyn Davies.
Our work with children is focused on providing legal assistance to juveniles condemned to die in prison; challenging the placement
of youth in adult jails and prisons, where they face an elevated
risk of assault and sexual violence; and challenging the
prosecution of very young children as adults.