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Jail term avoided over texts
Renee Dudley, 26, was convicted by the Whangarei District Court in August of attempting to pervert the course of justice and appeared for sentencing last week. Dudley persuaded Andrea Jenkins, through text messages, not to testify against her father
Updated: 11/13/2011 06:07P
Bridgecorp directors relied on staff, court told
Rod Petricevic, Rob Roest, and Peter Steigrad each face 10 Securities Act charges brought by the Financial Markets Authority (FMA) for allegedly making untrue statements in the investment statements, registered prospectuses and extension certificates
Updated: 11/13/2011 06:07P
Three Swiss to avoid trial in nuclear case
The Federal Prosecutors Office in Bern was quoted as saying it plans to use a shortened procedure to require a penalty but no trial if the nation's top criminal court doesn't object and the men plead guilty, the Zurich weekly newspaper SonntagsZeitung
Updated: 11/13/2011 06:02P
Trial to begin over fatal Calif. chopper crash
Families who lost loved ones in a Sierra Nevada helicopter crash that killed three Department of Fish and Game biologists and a pilot will go to trial next week in Los Angeles County Superior Court. The team was conducting an aerial deer survey on Jan.
Updated: 11/13/2011 05:57P
Petricevic unaware of default: lawyer
IN COURT: The trial of former Bridgecorp directors Rod Petricevic (pictured), Rob Roest, Gary Urwin and Peter Steigrad has resumed. Bridgecorp boss Rod Petricevic did not know the financier had defaulted on payments to investors until he was told at a
Updated: 11/13/2011 05:50P
Trial to begin over Sierra Nevada chopper crash that killed 3 Calif. Fish and
Families who lost loved ones in a Sierra Nevada helicopter crash that killed three Department of Fish and Game biologists and a pilot will go to trial next week in Los Angeles County Superior Court. The team was conducting an aerial deer survey on Jan.
Updated: 11/13/2011 05:46P
Redknapp still sidelined by heart surgery as trial date set
They will stand trial at Southwark Crown Court on Monday, January 23. Mandaric and Redknapp will both plead not guilty, with the case scheduled to last a fortnight. But the legal issues are not the reason Spurs boss Redknapp may not be in the dug-out
Updated: 11/13/2011 05:45P
Trial looms for liability case in Gulf oil spill
That legal wrangling stretched for nearly a decade and ended in a US Supreme Court ruling slashing damages against the oil giant from $2.5 billion to $500 million, he says. The trials also could set an important precedent for how companies compensate
Updated: 11/13/2011 05:40P
Petricevic unaware of default: defence
IN COURT: The trial of former Bridgecorp directors Rod Petricevic (pictured), Rob Roest, Gary Urwin and Peter Steigrad has adjourned. Bridgecorp boss Rod Petricevic did not know the financier had defaulted on payments to investors until he was told at
Updated: 11/13/2011 05:38P
Intention to mislead investors denied
Three senior company officers are on trial in the High Court in Auckland, following the collapse of the business owing investors more than $450 million. Lawyer Charles Cato told the court his client denies any wrong-doing. He said Mr Petricevic trusted
Updated: 11/13/2011 05:29P