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Crown to wrap up case against Rafferty today with last witness
Michael Rafferty, 31, has been on trial in London, Ont., for first-degree murder, sexual assault causing bodily harm and kidnapping for the past eight weeks. Court has heard that Tori was abducted outside her elementary school in Woodstock, Ont.,
Updated: 04/26/2012 10:13A
Discovery won't be a matter of course in NSW Supreme Court
This follows a recent trial in the Supreme Court in which the Commercial List judges directed parties to litigation to serve evidence before seeking a discovery order. The new Practice Note has formalised this, reversing the normal timeline of
Updated: 04/26/2012 10:11A
Crown to wrap up case against Rafferty today
Michael Rafferty, 31, has been on trial in London, Ont., for first-degree murder, sexual assault causing bodily harm and kidnapping for the past eight weeks. Court has heard that Tori was abducted outside her elementary school in Woodstock, Ont.,
Updated: 04/26/2012 10:09A
Trial Over Massachusetts School's Shock Treatments Settled
The settlement was announced Tuesday on the Norfolk Superior Court jury's first day of deliberations. Terms were not disclosed. The trial featured dramatic video of the aversive therapy administered in 2002 to McCollins' son, Andre,
Updated: 04/26/2012 10:06A
'Occupy' protesters headed for trial in Philly
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Thirty-one Occupy Philadelphia protesters arrested during the eviction of their City Hall encampment in November are scheduled to go on trial on misdemeanor charges in city court. The trial is scheduled for 9:30 am Thursday before
Updated: 04/26/2012 10:05A
16:49 Huge protest at Norway mass killing trial
Up to 40000 Norwegians staged an emotionally-charged sing along in Oslo on Thursday near the court house where Anders Behring Breivikis on trial for the murder of 77 people in a protest organisers said showed he had not broken their tolerant society.
Updated: 04/26/2012 10:04A
Taylor guilty in 'blood diamonds' trial
By MIKE CORDER, AP LEIDSCHENDAM, Netherlands (AP) -- In a historic ruling, an international court convicted former Liberian President Charles Taylor on Thursday of aiding and abetting war crimes and crimes against humanity for supporting notoriously
Updated: 04/26/2012 10:01A
The High Court in London has refused Patrick McKillen's application to give
High Court judge Mr Justice David Richards today dismissed Mr McKillen's privacy application. The judge said the nature of Mr McKillen's evidence came “nowhere near” overcoming the “basic requirement for open justice”. Mr McKillen is embroiled in a
Updated: 04/26/2012 10:01A
US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit clarifies standard for “domestic
The Southern District of New York trial court dismissed the complaint in its entirety, reasoning that, in light of Morrison, it lacked subject matter jurisdiction over the case.5 On January 20, 2011, the plaintiff funds appealed the district court's
Updated: 04/26/2012 10:00A
Taylor verdict: Implications for international justice
By Jon Silverman Professor of media and criminal justice In evaluating the significance of the Charles Taylor trial, it is necessary to strip away the partisanship with which many have responded to its judgment. For proponents of international justice,
Updated: 04/26/2012 09:59A
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