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LORD TAYLOR JAILED FOR EXPENSES FIDDLE
LORD Taylor was jailed for a year yesterday as a judge accused him of lying to save his skin. Barrister Taylor raked in more than £11000 in bogus overnight allowances and travel expenses by claiming he lived outside London.
Updated: 05/31/2011 07:04P
DC Goes Day-and-Date Digital Release Post-Flashpoint, Restarts Entire Line At
On Wednesday, August 31st, DC Comics will launch a historic renumbering of the entire DC Universe line of comic books with 52 first issues, including the release of JUSTICE LEAGUE by NEW YORK TIMES
Updated: 05/31/2011 07:04P
Alex Salmond: Why the sanctity of Scots Law remains an important cause and one
That would bring Scotland back into line with other European jurisdictions and would protect the independence of Scots criminal law, as originally guaranteed back in 1707. The current situation where criminal appeals decided in Scotland by a court of
Updated: 05/31/2011 07:03P
Senate Judiciary Committee approves Republican Anne Patterson for state
Patterson was nominated last May 3 to replace Justice John Wallace, whom Christie declined to reappoint. If renominated by Christie and approved by the upper house, Wallace, 68, the only African-American on the court, would have served two more years
Updated: 05/31/2011 07:03P
A DISGRACED Tory peer has been jailed for 12 months for expenses fraud.
Passing sentence, Mr Justice Saunders said Lord Taylor had thrown away his many positive achievements in public life "not by one stupid action but by a protracted course of dishonesty". The judge condemned the lies told by the peer to cover up his
Updated: 05/31/2011 07:03P
When Illegal Immigrants Are Jews
Rabbi Bonnie Koppell's October Sh'ma column suggests that we should have confidence in our law enforcement officials. And yet, in the immigration context, coercive abuse of power by various agencies is commonplace. Torah wisdom about boundaries also
Updated: 05/31/2011 07:03P
DC Comics to Relaunch Entire Line, Including Day-and-Date Digital
The reboot begins on August 31, with the final issue of the Flashpoint crossover miniseries and the first issue of a new Justice League series by DC's chief creative officer Geoff Johns and co-publisher Jim Lee. By the end of September,
Updated: 05/31/2011 07:02P
Court halts Access Bank's planned acquisition of Intercontinental
By Eric Ikhilae 2 minutes ago A Federal High Court in Lagos has halted the planned acquisition of the troubled Intercontinental Bank Plc by Access Bank Plc. The court presided over by Justice Okechukwu Okeke, in a ruling, restrained the Central Bank of
Updated: 05/31/2011 07:02P
EFCC arraigns Akingbola on fresh N47.1b theft charges
The presiding judge, Justice Habib Abiru, ordered that they be remanded in Kirikiri Maximum Security Prisons. He adjourned till June 6 for hearing of their bail applications. Akingbola had urged the court to restrain the agency from arraigning him on
Updated: 05/31/2011 07:02P
EFCC arraigns Akingbola on fresh N47.1b theft charges
The presiding judge, Justice Habib Abiru, ordered that they be remanded in Kirikiri Maximum Security Prisons. He adjourned till June 6 for hearing of their bail applications. Akingbola had urged the court to restrain the agency from arraigning him on
Updated: 05/31/2011 07:02P
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