Problems involved in six cases did not align with the procedural defences in place, some of which represented major hazards.
31 Of particular concern was our finding that the problems involved in six cases did not align with the procedural defences at all, and at least some represented major hazards.
This is partly to prevent the exclusion of potentially exculpatory evidence, and therefore to pre‑empt possible procedural objections from the defence in any future trial.
The report rightly highlights key issues like the need for monitoring implementation of legislation; boosting the training of judges, prosecutors and defence lawyers; and new legislation ensuring procedural safeguards, as Gérard Deprez has emphasised.
Defence lawyers are expected to use a procedural hearing today to seek a postponement of Mr Chirac's trial for, in effect, embezzling Paris taxpayers' money to fund his political career in the early 1990s.
However, there would still a breach of the defendant's rights unless there were counterbalancing factors, including strong procedural safeguards, to compensate for the difficulties caused to the defence and the dangers of relying on hearsay evidence.
As a step towards the explication and defence of such requirements, we propose that deep inclusion is a key procedural component of equity-oriented research priority-setting.
In a statement, Glencore cited "procedural irregularities" in the ruling, saying the judge did not consider evidence that its defence team submitted.
The governors leapt to Mr Gilligan's defence, largely echoing the BBC management's line and admitting only minor procedural flaws in the reporting of the story.
Then there's the self defence or 'Law' crowd, even though the layman doesn't understand the procedural aspects of the law, they'll still have an opinion.
