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Crunch time for iiNet case
Justice Emmett found that iiNet hadn't authorised the downloading because the notices did not provide it with “cogent and unequivocal” evidence. Today, AFACT's lead barrister Tony Bannon SC argued that Justice Emmett's view on the standards of iiNet
Updated: 11/30/2011 01:15A
Judge Who Opened Sudan Can of Worms
Justice Ombija said the experience almost tore his family apart because his wife thought he was a joker. "The bank subjected me to considerable amount of distress, agony, mental torture, humiliation, scandal, opprobrium and contempt in the eyes of the
Updated: 11/30/2011 01:15A
Jackson's doctor to serve about two years
The jury heard the recording of Jackson during the trial but defense attorneys never explained in court why he recorded the impaired singer six weeks before his death. "We have to be phenomenal," he was heard saying about his "This Is It" comeback
Updated: 11/30/2011 01:11A
˜I™ll never forgive thug who ruined my life™
Yesterday Christopher Towers, 24, of New Road, Boldon Colliery was due to stand trial at Newcastle Crown Court for a charge of causing grievous bodily harm with intent, which carries a maximum sentence of life imprisonment. But before a jury could be
Updated: 11/30/2011 01:10A
Ivory Coast 7th African probe for ICC
court for an attack on a village in 2003. Senior Rwandan rebel leader Callixte Mbarushimana, suspected of crimes against humanity and war crimes in the Kivu provinces in the eastern DRC, has been held in The Hague since 2009. He is awaiting trial.
Updated: 11/30/2011 01:09A
Michael Jackson's doctor jailed after 'horrific violation of trust'
Murray blew a kiss to someone in the public gallery as he was led out of the court by security officers. He will probably serve half of the sentence because of overcrowding in California jails. During Murray's six-week trial, the court heard he gave
Updated: 11/30/2011 01:09A
Jealous husband gave estranged wife Valentines cards, then stabbed her to
A JEALOUS husband was so desperate to reconcile with his estranged wife he gave her two Valentines Day cards but four days later he allegedly stabbed her to death, a court heard today. The Supreme Court in Brisbane heard the couple's son returned after
Updated: 11/30/2011 01:09A
Ivory Coast's Gbagbo Taken Into Custody At ICC
Despite Judge Michael Pastor's sharp rebuke of Dr. Conrad Murray, medical ethics and legal experts say the outcome is unlikely to dramatically change the culture of celebrity medicine. There are doctors who will apply the same standard of care to their
Updated: 11/30/2011 01:04A
Jackson case highlights celebrity medicine culture
(AP Photo/Reed Saxon) A man shouts with joy after hearing the sentencing of Dr. Conrad Murray, the doctor convicted in the overdose death of singer Michael Jackson, at the Los Angeles Criminal Justice Center in Los Angeles, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2011.
Updated: 11/30/2011 01:01A
Samsung defeats Apple in Australian court
By Song Jung-a in Seoul Samsung Electronics will be allowed to sell its latest Galaxy tablet computers in Australia during the crucial Christmas shopping season after it won a rare victory against Apple and overturned a sales ban in the country.
Updated: 11/30/2011 12:39A