Latest Trial Court News
Janet Jackson Cancels Australia Shows
Janet Jackson cancelled multiple shows in Australia to be with her family during the final days of the trial of Dr. Conrad Murrary. Janet Jackson did not arrive in time to be in the courtroom for this session of court on Monday morning.
Updated: 10/24/2011 01:20P
Bridgecorp trial due to start after months of delays
The high court trial of four directors of failed finance company Bridgecorp is expected to start in Auckland on Tuesday after a series of delays. Rod Petricevic, Robert Roest, Gary Urwin and Peter Steigrad face fraud charges after the company collapsed
Updated: 10/24/2011 01:20P
Lawyers decry 'meddling' in genocide trial
Their long-awaited trial is set to hear opening statements on November 21. It is the court's second case after the conviction last year of a Khmer Rouge prison chief. A third and fourth case are officially still under consideration but are widely
Updated: 10/24/2011 12:48P
Man arrested near Joss Stone's house denies plotting to rob and murder the
Liverpool, 34, pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to murder, conspiracy to commit grievous bodily harm and conspiracy to commit robbery Monday at Exeter Crown Court. Both men were ordered detained until their trial next August. Grammy winner Stone said
Updated: 10/24/2011 12:45P
Man denies Joss Stone robbery and murder plot
Liverpool, 34, pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to murder, conspiracy to commit grievous bodily harm and conspiracy to commit robbery Monday at Exeter Crown Court. Both men were ordered detained until their trial next August. Grammy winner Stone said
Updated: 10/24/2011 12:44P
Janet Jackson interrupts Australian tour to be with family
Janet and Randy Jackson leave court after the opening day of Dr. Conrad Murray's trial in the death of pop star Michael Jackson in Los Angel (Reuters) - Janet Jackson is putting her Australian tour on hold and returning to the United States to be with
Updated: 10/24/2011 12:43P
Edward Allen, co-defendent of Telly Hankton, has trial delayed
NEW ORLEANS - The trial of Edward Allen, co-defendant of convicted killer Telly Hankton, has been postponed. Allen was set to stand trial today, but the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal reversed the decision of ad-hoc trial Judge Dennis Waldron to go
Updated: 10/24/2011 12:43P
John Haggerty. Azi Paybarah
The trial's glossary of double-talk opens with the setting itself, "Manhattan Supreme Court," which despite its name is New York's trial-level court. (The state's high court is the Court of Appeals.) Its judges are nominally elected to 14-year terms
Updated: 10/24/2011 12:42P
Fremont Reorganizing Corp.v. Faigin: court denies litigation privilege defense
The attorney moved to strike the cross-complaint under the anti-SLAPP statute which the trial court granted. On appeal, the court reversed (in part) the holding and found that the attorney's statements to the Commissioner in connection with the
Updated: 10/24/2011 12:38P
Recent costs decisions
In Sebastian Marcus v Medway Primary Care Trust & another5, the Court of Appeal overturned the trial judge's costs order. The defendants had been ordered to pay 50% of the claimant's costs. The Court of Appeal held that, having been awarded just 0.4%
Updated: 10/24/2011 12:38P