Sentences with phrase «succeed as defence»

As always, we seek to highlight the work and achievements of female defence lawyers and offer advice and ideas on how to succeed as defence lawyers.

It was common ground between the parties that if Stone & Rolls had been the victim of the fraud, the principle that a claim can not be founded on an illegal act would not succeed as a defence.

Not exact matches

If Trump succeeds in getting more favourable terms of trade from his trading partners, along with perhaps relief on his defence budget, he will emerge as the winner in the noisiest trade quarrel the world has seen in the last couple of decades.

The two favourites to succeed Sir Jock Stirrup as chief of defence staff are his deputy, General Sir Nick Houghton, at present vice-chief of the defence staff, and the head of the British Army, General Sir David Richards.

A left wing MP who only entered Parliament last May is being tipped to succeed Maria Eagle as shadow defence secretary in Jeremy Corbyn's «revenge reshuffle», which is expected in the next few days.

Rudolph, who succeeded Galloway last September, controls the chemical and biological defence research budget, which includes standard drug - and vaccine - research programmes as well as the TMT.

The defence succeeded in having a breathalyzer certificate excluded as evidence.

The defendant would have to show that it was not made aware of the proceedings as opposed to being formally served in time in order to succeed on this defence.

A possible (if unlikely to succeed) defence would be to demonstrate that the combination of your driving skill, your vehicle's performance and the road conditions were such that you were as or more capable of avoiding a collision at 80mph as the general population is at 70mph.