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Legal Aid stoush jeopardises another criminal trial
Melbourne :: Australia | 1 month ago
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If that doesn't happen, in my view, the trial of the accused would be an unfair one and I will not preside over an unfair trial," he said. Solicitors, the first lawyers to speak to alleged offenders, later instruct barristers on how to present their
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Jury selection begins in Desai criminal trial
Las Vegas :: NV :: USA | 1 month ago
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Jury selection began this morning in the criminal trial of Dr. Dipak Desai and nurse anesthetist Ronald Lakeman stemming from the 2007 hepatitis C outbreak. This came as Desai's lead defense lawyer, Richard Wright, asked the Nevada Supreme Court to
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VICKY PRYCE: "Perverting the course of Justice"
VICKY PRYCE: Perverting the course of Justice; and, the sheer travesty of a rigged criminal trial.... MR. JUSTICE SWEENY today lectured, admonished, and condemned VICKY PRYCE for, "Perverting the course of
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Another trial postponed as Legal Aid cuts bite
Sydney :: Australia | 3 months ago
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Justice Terence Forrest in the Supreme Court ordered on Monday that the trial be postponed until Legal Aid could provide the defendant an instructing solicitor for the duration of the trial. Justice Forrest said that the case, which involved up to 78
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Another Vic trial delayed due to aid cuts
Sydney :: Australia | 3 months ago
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The murder trial was postponed on Monday after Justice Terry Forrest found the accused man would be unable to receive a fair trial unless he had an instructing solicitor for the whole trial. Justice Forrest said there would be an "inequity of arms"
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Lawyer challenges Legal Aid cuts
Melbourne :: Australia | 3 months ago
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Under the Victorian Criminal Procedure Act the court can order VLA to provide legal representation for defendants. The court can also adjourn a criminal trial until representation has been provided if it is satisfied the person cannot afford a lawyer
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Sneiderman seeks to delay civil depositions until after criminal trial
Atlanta :: GA :: USA | 4 months ago
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Sponsored Links The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Andrea Sneiderman's attorneys have asked a judge to postpone any depositions in the civil cases brought against her until after she stands trial in DeKalb County for conspiring to kill her husband.
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Lawyer decries 'disgracefully inadequate' court conditions
Saint George :: Bermuda | 4 months ago
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Chief Justice Ian Kawaley today said the physical accommodations for criminal trials in Bermuda are disgracefully inadequate. A special sitting of the Supreme Court was held this afternoon to formerly open the legal year. Mr Kawaley spoke of the
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Ian Mulgrew: You can't always believe what you see, says judge in gay-bashing case
Vancouver :: Canada | 4 months ago
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Provincial Court judge who this week declared two brothers not guilty of a high-profile gay-bashing, dismissing the finger pointed by six people. Be it the victims, two witnesses or a pair of co-workers who identified security-video images, Judge
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Panel recommends three to fill judge post
Lake Sarasota :: FL :: USA | 6 months ago
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A judicial nominating commission has recommended three local attorneys to fill a county court judge's post that was left vacant by the retirement of George K...The three candidates who were recommended are all either current or former assistant state
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