Sentence examples for conducting preliminary inquiries from inspiring English sources
The Serious Fraud Office is also understood to be conducting preliminary inquiries into the activities of Chappell's Retail Acquisitions consortium leading up to the deal.
Paul Martin, the deputy inspector general, said Tuesday that his office was "conducting preliminary inquiries into the F.B.I.'s role and use of information" from the surveillance program.
The SFO is understood to be conducting preliminary inquiries into the activities of the group of entrepreneurs led by the former racing driver Dominic Chappell, who bought BHS for £1 a year ago.
Its failure is already under investigation by the Insolvency Service and the Pensions Regulator, while the Serious Fraud Office is also conducting preliminary inquiries into the demise of BHS and the actions of Retail Acquistions.
Under their proposals, agency workers would no longer be allowed to routinely forward information about potential criminal violations by campaigners to the Justice Department, and the commission's staff investigators would be severely hobbled in conducting preliminary inquiries.
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department and the Senate Ethics Committee are expected to conduct preliminary inquiries into whether Senator John Ensign violated federal law or ethics rules as part of an effort to conceal an affair with the wife of an aide, current and former officials said Friday.
By the mid-5th century they no longer gave their own judgments but merely conducted preliminary inquiries (anakrisis), then brought the case before a jury, presiding over the hearing, but with no responsibility for directing the jury on matters of law.
In R. v. Race Relations Board, ex parte Selvarajan (1975), it was accepted that the Board could establish a committee in order to investigate and conduct preliminary inquiries, and that it was not practical for the whole body to be engaged in such a task.
The Queens and Brooklyn district attorneys' offices are also conducting a preliminary inquiry.
The F.T.C. confirmed yesterday that it was conducting "a preliminary inquiry," but would not discuss any details.
The Serious Fraud Office is also conducting a preliminary inquiry, but is yet to announce a formal investigation.
