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Cabinet to discuss role of UK Supreme Court in criminal cases
"It was meant to be a situation that when the Supreme Court was invoked that criminal law would remain in the jurisdiction of the High Court of Justiciary in Scotland. "I don't think anybody ever imagined that we would have the routine challenges on
Updated: 06/01/2011 06:30A
Duma adopts new measures to fight corruption
Additionally, the criminal law indicates a new violation: mediation in bribery, which is the indirect offering of bribes and the facilitating of such transfers. As we reported in the March 2011 edition of the Legal Digest, this law is one of the
Updated: 06/01/2011 04:49A
Consent ruling sends a welcome and clear message
A win for women at the Supreme Court of Canada last week in the JA decision also had a worrying subtext: All three dissenting justices who argued in favour of decriminalizing sex with unconscious
Updated: 06/01/2011 04:26A
Bicycle thefts: A harbinger of summer at the Jersey Shore
Lock the bike in a lighted, visible place with plenty of pedestrian traffic. Make sure the lock is not near the ground, where it can be hammered. Register the bike with local police or the National Bike Registry, a national database that helps recover
Updated: 06/01/2011 04:26A
Newsmaker: Bruce Antkowiak
By staff report Background: Antkowiak has served as an assistant US attorney and as a criminal defense counsel in state and federal courts throughout Pennsylvania. He has argued numerous times before the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and
Updated: 06/01/2011 02:45A
Convicted sex offender living in Leamington
Dahle also can't purchase, possess or consume alcohol or drugs and is forbidden from owning, possessing or carrying any weapon as defined by the Criminal Code of Canada. During sentencing Dahle also received a lifetime prohibition order that means she
Updated: 06/01/2011 02:44A
Criminal annulment law moves to Senate today
A bill that would update the state's criminal annulment law and offer more protections for media reporting on such cases is scheduled to hit the Senate floor today. If House Bill 82 makes it through the Senate, it will head to Gov.
Updated: 06/01/2011 02:23A
Opinion: Compassion clubs form group to push for better regulation
An Ontario court recently struck down the anti-cannabis criminal law because the medical program is so flawed. In the eyes of the judge, it is unconstitutional for the government to enforce a criminal prohibition without providing appropriate access to
Updated: 06/01/2011 02:14A
WPL evasion a criminal offence
Employers without a licence or who breach their licence will also be fined but under civil contraventions rather than criminal law. Culprits will be forced to pay 50% of the annual charge per unlicensed place for each day a contravention occurs.
Updated: 06/01/2011 02:03A
Cornwall Stodart | Sexting: the legal implications :: Cornwall Stodart Lawyers
Schools should not collect phones or computers which they believe to contain the nude or sexual images of students, but should take steps to remove any images especially if they have made their way on to the school's online environment.
Updated: 06/01/2011 02:00A
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