Sentences with phrase «such prosecutions»

The courts would probably take a dim view of such a prosecution, viewing it as petty.

I, for one, would welcome such a prosecution.

However in R v Bow Street Metropolitan Stipendiary Magistrate, ex p South Coast Shipping Co Ltd [1993] 1 All ER 219 it was held that the mere presence of an indirect or improper motive in launching a prosecution did not necessarily vitiate it; and the court would be slow to halt such a prosecution in the case of mixed motives unless the conduct was truly oppressive.

The Australian authorities would then look at the international law and political issues discussed in the other answers; political discretion in a s 115.1 prosecution is maintained by the requirement for that the Attorney - General's consent is required for such a prosecution: s 115.6.

Sales could be prosecuted under the criminal accessory component of this law, though such prosecutions were rare, because the state's policy was meant to prevent birth - control clinics from operating in Connecticut.

The SID works with the Erie County District Attorney's office to prosecute fraud cases when possible, with 39 such prosecutions occurring in 2017 that obtained approximately $ 60,000 in restitution along with producing roughly $ 95,000 in cost avoidance, a state - standardized measure of tax dollars saved which is used by all counties throughout NYS.

Kelly Kramer, a white - collar criminal defense attorney at the Mayer Brown firm, said the Supreme Court has scaled back the «honest services fraud» statute, as it is called, in deciding the case of former Enron executive Jeffrey Skilling, limiting such prosecutions to cases involving bribes or kickbacks, rather than mere self - dealing.

Indeed the success of the Hudson River Fisherman's Association in finally finding a US Attorney willing to use the 1899 Refuse Act (a law rediscovered by Robert Boyle) to prosecute Hudson River polluters, and the spread of such prosecutions across the country produced a legal nightmare for industry which created the impetus for the Clean Water Act (1972) in the first place.

Canada's approach to HIV non-disclosure is exceptionally punitive, especially when such prosecutions are compared to those for sexual assaults where the sex was actually coerced.

City white - collar crime specialists have been drafted in as the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) today (20 June) charged Barclays and four former executives with conspiracy to commit fraud, false representation and unlawful financial assistance in arranging a # 7.3 bn Qatar funding deal at the height of the financial crisis - the first such prosecution of a bank.

Prosecutors could no longer prosecute criminal domestic violence allegations involving cohabiting couples (and would have to dismiss such prosecutions that were ongoing or concluded).

They use lawyers in a very limited way, purposely to thwart such prosecutions.

She also acts for the firm's corporate clients and for individuals on the receiving end of such prosecutions.

His proposed recommendations, including changes to the Criminal Code to permit such prosecution, culminated in the Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Act in 1987.

The policy and public interest arguments for such prosecutions are well known; however, many have voiced concerns over the ability of the defence to test witness accounts.

Until the problem of «the unavailability to the majority of the population of legal services at reasonable cost» is solved, the prosecutors of this offence should be Crown counsel, or at the least such prosecutions... [more]

However, a prosecution may be commenced within 1 year after discovery of the offense by an aggrieved party, or by a person who has a legal duty to represent the aggrieved party and who is not a party to the offense, if such prosecution is commenced within 5 years after the violation occurred.

As for the possible result of such prosecutions, she said, «the government of Saudi Arabia would have to address that.»

I can picture certain Constitutional obstacles to such prosecutions myself, but some of the blogosphere's leftwing nutroots, example: Kirk Murphy at FireDogLake, are calling Hansen's proposal «a nice start.»

The investigation of financial transactions, for example for the purchase of arms used in murder, may well provide evidence proving the commission of atrocities... Such prosecutions will be a key deterrent to the commission of future crimes, if they can curb the source of funding.

But that does not dispose of the constitutional question whether misrepresentation of religious experience or belief is prosecutable; it rather emphasizes the danger of such prosecutions.

We now solely act for the firm's corporate clients and for individuals on the receiving end of such prosecutions.

The authors explain the law surrounding health and safety prosecutions as detailed by the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, and analyse the practical issues involved in such prosecutions.

It was not clear whose privilege it was, but nobody had waived and as such the prosecution could not use it.

Though I can't find the original source, I recall Orin Kerr recounting how his prosecutor colleagues said the same thing 10 years ago when he argued the CFAA might apply to those who breach contracts, and now such prosecutions are commonplace.

Such a prosecution would be preposterous, skeptics might say.

Obama indicated at the time that such prosecutions were not high priority, a determination that is uncontroversially within the discretion of any law enforcer.

Such prosecutions were, and have remained, rare.