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Juries can be lotteries in which no one wins
So might it be said of juries: that they are the best way to resolve an issue, at least in criminal law, where it is presumed one of the parties is lying. But Gordon Wood's acquittal last week on appeal has once again raised the question of whether
Updated: 02/27/2012 08:04A
BP Oil Spill Trial Delayed For Settlement Talks: report
Less than 24 hours before the case was set to start in a New Orleans federal court, US District Judge Carl Barbier pushed back the date to March 5 from February 27. it said. The delay allows further talks between BP and the Plaintiffs' Steering
Updated: 02/27/2012 07:32A
Charlotte Church 'Sickened And Disgusted' By News Of The World Phone Hacking
Charlotte Church, who settled her and her parents' phone-hacking damages action for £600000 at the High Court today, said she was "sickened and disgusted" by what she had discovered during her legal action against News International.
Updated: 02/27/2012 07:28A
UK singer gets $951000 in Murdoch hacking case
News International, a division of Murdoch's News Corp., has tried hard to keep phone hacking cases from going to trial. It has launched its own compensation program, overseen by a respected former judge, and has paid out millions in out-of-court
Updated: 02/27/2012 07:25A
Vulcan, Martin Marietta to Face Off in Trial
(VMC) and hostile suitor Martin Marietta Materials Inc. (MLM) face off in Delaware Chancery Court tomorrow in a trial over a $4.7 billion takeover that would create the world's largest producer of sand, gravel and crushed stone. The court's chief judge
Updated: 02/27/2012 07:22A
Vulcan, Martin Marietta to Face Off in Trial
(VMC) and hostile suitor Martin Marietta Materials Inc. (MLM) face off in Delaware Chancery Court tomorrow in a trial over a $4.7 billion takeover that would create the world's largest producer of sand, gravel and crushed stone. The court's chief judge
Updated: 02/27/2012 07:22A
News Corp. to Pay $951000 to U.K. Pop Star Church Over Phone Hacking
Enlarge image Singer Charlotte Church Singer Charlotte Church Oli Scarff/Getty Images Singer Charlotte Church leaves with her lawyer David Sherborne, left, after giving evidence to The Leveson Inquiry at The Royal Courts of Justice in November in
Updated: 02/27/2012 07:17A
Will Aarushi murder case move to a Delhi court?
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has finished hearing arguments on whether the trial of Aarushi Talwar's parents should move to a court in Delhi. Noopur and Rajesh Talwar, both accused of killing their 14-year-old daughter, want the case moved out of
Updated: 02/27/2012 07:16A
Assault trial of rugby star Max Evans rescheduled
The 28-year-old former Glasgow Warriors star was expected to appear at Edinburgh Sheriff Court today. However, it is understood his trial will now start on a later date. Evans is charged with assaulting Alasdair McCaig at the Capital's Lulu nightclub
Updated: 02/27/2012 07:11A
Trial starts for murder defendant who claims insanity
He is only now coming to trial because while in jail, a judge found him mentally incompetent, and he underwent more than six months of treatment at a mental health facility. He returned well enough for the case to proceed, according to court records.
Updated: 02/27/2012 07:07A
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