Hearing in YES Bank case put off
MUMBAI: The Bombay high court on Monday deferred till July 5 the hearing on a petition filed by MadhuKapur seeking a direction to YES Bank's board to appoint her daughter ShagunKapurGogia as a...
View ArticleOil workers strike triggers fuel queues in Nigeria
Published July 02, 2013AFP Buses are seen near a market in Lagos on February 1, 2012. Long queues have formed at petrol stations in some Nigerian cities after a key oil workers union ordered a...
View ArticleAgain, Disagreement Over Legal Representation Stalls Hearing of NGF Case
[This Day]For the second time, the case filed by...
View ArticleNorthern Ireland property developer facing £20m legal bill over lost case
A property developer from Northern Ireland could face a bill of £20m after he lost a court battle against one of the UK's best-known business families. The Barclay family said Belfast-born property...
View ArticleLouis Scarcella's Murder Cases To Be Reviewed By Panel After Wrongful...
NEW YORK -- A panel of former prosecutors, professors and retired judges will review dozens of trial convictions associated with a retired New York City police detective whose work may have sent...
View ArticleLegal aid cuts: 'a return to widespread miscarriages of justice'
What impact will the latest raft of legal aid cuts have on people fighting councils or who are wrongly accused of a crime? We ask former defendants, their families, lawyers and experts Gerry Conlon,...
View ArticleLegal aid cuts will lead to more miscarriages of justice, top judges warn
Judicial Executive Board tells justice minister £220m cut to legal aid budget will mean best lawyers desert criminal law The most senior judges in England and Wales fear poor advocacy will transfer...
View ArticleBoko Haram gets Nollywood treatment as Nigerian films imitate life
Industry insiders say there is a growing trend for Nigerian films that take on controversial topics in current affairs Watch the trailer for Boko Haram, also titled Nation Under Siege It's a tried and...
View ArticleClaims French police target minorities in court
PARIS (AP) — Thirteen people who claim they have been targeted by French police for identity checks, often with humiliating public pat-downs, because they're black or of Arab descent went to court...
View ArticleLegal aid overhaul 'may lead to lack of legal representation'
An overhaul of legal aid may lead to a significant number of people not being represented in court by a solicitor or barrister, the country's most senior judges have warned the Justice Secretary. Mr...
View ArticleIts Blackmail to Say Jang Does Not Take Advice - Makama
[Daily Trust]Jos -PDP chieftain...
View ArticleFerguson retial in bid-rigging case set for September
Contractor Bobby Fergusons retrial on bid-rigging charges has been scheduled for Sept. 10, almost exactly a year after the start of the public corruption trial that ended with him and former Detroit...
View ArticleNo reform possible if condemned for life: Legal experts
NEW DELHI: In their zeal to shame sexual offenders and identify them so that people become vigilant, Delhi Police has also uploaded cases in which charges were not proved and the accused was acquitted...
View ArticlePanvel politician's bail plea hearing today
PUNE: Fearing arrest in an alleged rape and cheating case filed by a Marathi actress, Panvel politician Siddharth Banthia moved the district and sessions...
View ArticleErap seeks more time to answer disqualification case
Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada has asked for a further four weeks to respond to the charges made against the former President in a disqualification petition filed before the Supreme Court. In a five-page...
View ArticleBoko Haram gets cinema treatment
It is a tried and tested formula for smash-hit Hollywood cinema: Terrorists plotting mass destruction only to be foiled by a mixture of fate and law enforcement — with a good love story thrown in to...
View ArticleDank's High Court challenge could stall investigation
Sports scientist Stephen Dank could face a tough challenge to win a High Court case against doping authorities, although this tactic could stall investigators for possibly a year. Dank has said...
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