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Funding cuts 'eroding' BC court system: judge
He said that in BC, the budget for court services will be cut by more than 10 per cent between 2008 and 2013. That means staffing has been slashed, leading to trial delays and holdups in processing court orders. The situation in the provincial court
Updated: 11/24/2011 07:44P
Guilty plea in Carmen Thomas murder case
He pleaded not guilty to the murder charge in May this year and a trial was expected to start next February. However, in a surprise appearance in Auckland's High Court this morning the Crown Solicitor's Office confirmed Callaghan pleaded guilty.
Updated: 11/24/2011 07:40P
Lawrence trial hears fibres testimony
Adrian Wain told the court that because of the two-week gap between the stabbing and raids when the clothes were found, he did not believe any fibres would be left. He said: “Given that there was this two-week gap between the offence and the seizure of
Updated: 11/24/2011 07:36P
BC justice system "in peril," says top BC Supreme Court judge
Bauman said the public is loathe to see government cut funding for health and education. He called on lawyers to ensure the public understands that the justice system is an even more important pillar of Canadian society. "That may sound sacrilegious
Updated: 11/24/2011 07:30P
Man competent for trial in neighbor dismemberment
On Wednesday, he waived his right to a preliminary examination after Woodhaven District Judge Michael McNally found him competent for trial in Wayne County Circuit Court. Authorities found the headless remains of Pamela Prpich (PER'-pich) in a suitcase
Updated: 11/24/2011 07:29P
Musharraf, not Benazir, wanted NRO: CJ
Later, after the interval, Wasim Sajjad, cousel for former Attorney General Malik Qayyum, submitted before the court that his client could not give his stance in the case and the court later ordered a criminal case against him in connection with
Updated: 11/24/2011 07:25P
Silvio Berlusconi fails in bid to stop David Mills giving evidence in trial
The Milan district court made a request to UKCA on 11 April to call a number of witnesses living in the UK, including Mills, to give evidence at the trial. Mills was summoned to appear before senior district judge Howard Riddle at Westminster
Updated: 11/24/2011 07:22P
Babar Awan's legal team in disarray
ISLAMABAD: The Babar Awan legal team is extremely frustrated and infuriated because it has failed to politicise the Supreme Court proceedings by declaring NRO case as a 'trial of BB's grave' and is now planning to launch attacks on the person of judges
Updated: 11/24/2011 07:21P
Lawyer seeks policy to track, discipline police who lie in court
In another case, a judge tossed out drug charges against a Seneca College student after finding that Const. Scott Aikman “was evasive and contrived” in his testimony. Ruby said any officer found to have misled the court is “a shame and a disgrace.
Updated: 11/24/2011 07:21P
Pakistan: The Issue Of Foreigner Juveniles Must Be Solved
The boy was produced before the Principal Magistrate for Juvenile Justice at the Amritsar District Courts on February 19th. Attique was a student of class seven. (16) Attique mistakenly entered India without valid papers and was arrested at the Attari
Updated: 11/24/2011 07:19P
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