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Documents at centre of appeal bid
Top QC, Joel Bennathan, said the "two poles" of Lane's challenge are the dishonesty conviction of a detective who worked on the case, and the fact that two men originally implicated in Mr Magill's death are now serving life in jail for another murder.
Updated: 11/28/2011 07:29A
No verdict in trial of man accused of sexually touching teen on bus through
By Staff Reporter The jury in the trial of a man accused of sexually assaulting a sleeping teenaged girl on an overnight bus through Cumbria has failed to reach even a 10-2 majority verdict. The five men and seven women spent more than six hours
Updated: 11/28/2011 07:23A
Indicted restaurant owner gets new trial date, release from home detention
Prior to its current incarnation as Boulevard Haus, the restaurant filed for Chapter 11 reorganization bankruptcy in April 2009 when it was operating as Cafe Boulevard. The filing allowed Cafe Boulevard to reorganize its debts.
Updated: 11/28/2011 07:22A
Jeffrey Gilham appeal hears bloodied intercom evidence
"It was the appellant's account he was summoned to his mother's aid through the intercom and this corroborates his case, that his mother did summons him by way of the intercom." The jury was told in the 2008 Supreme Court trial that the low level of
Updated: 11/28/2011 07:22A
U.S. Supreme Court affirms a policy preference for arbitration
The Circuit Court denied the motion. The Fourth District Court of Appeal affirmed, on the basis that the claims for negligent misrepresentation and the violation of FDUTPA did not arise from the services KPMG performed under the audit services
Updated: 11/28/2011 07:19A
Redistricting threatens effective representation!
Gov) in 2001, deadlock led to the court case in US District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin which eventually issued its decision with the new maps on May 30, 2002. For a thorough report on the present 2011 redistricting process and
Updated: 11/28/2011 07:18A
UAE jails internet activists for 'insults'
Their trial was criticised earlier this month as "grossly unfair" by a coalition of seven rights groups including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, which called for the five to be freed. But the Supreme Court pressed ahead announcing its
Updated: 11/28/2011 07:16A
Disclosure obligations: courts adopt a balanced approach
Applying these principles, the Supreme Court held that the trial judge made three legal errors in finding that the alleged conflict of interest was material. First, she treated the existence of a potential or actual conflict of interest as inherently
Updated: 11/28/2011 07:14A
Kanimozhi finally gets bail, DMK family gets reason to smile
The court rejected the plea of former telecom secretary Siddharth Behura. Kanimozhi's lawyers had tried for bail from the 2G trial many times but they were rejected. Kanimozhi's bail will bring cheer to Karunanidhi, who has suffered several setbacks
Updated: 11/28/2011 07:11A
Woman who abused infant enters prison
She was sentenced this month in Multnomah County Circuit Court. Lambert's boyfriend Corey McAdoo, of Vancouver, Wash., was arrested in Afghanistan on charges of receiving child pornography. His trial in US District Court is scheduled to begin in
Updated: 11/28/2011 07:09A