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CBS News
The duke offered Linotte an annual payment of 2,000 livres for life; the canny barrister successfully countered with an annuity payable to "the date of death of the last survivor among the descendants of Mr. and Mrs. Linotte." (A livre was ...
Mandelson, too grand for Pooh-Bah
The Guardian
Not since a learned judge asked a barrister whether this "Gazza" played Rugby or Association football has a public figure caused more innocent pleasure to the Radio 4-listening middle classes than Lord Mandelson did on Today this morning . ...
Information, vital to 7-point agenda –Akunyili
Daily Sun
Human rights lawyer and former Director of Legal Services of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), Barrister Uche Okwukwu made, the call in an interview with Daily Sun in Port Harcourt during which he...
Rugby league star 'lost his cool' before bashing
Brisbane Times
He simply lost his cool, momentarily, briefly, and punched him [Mr Anderson] once," his defence barrister Steve Kissick said. Read the full story at The Rockhampton Morning Bulletin .
Child pornography accessed from library computer
News.com.au
Barrister Mike Nicolson, for Vassallo, said his client had been curious rather than seeking sexual gratification and the images were at the lowest level of child pornography. Senior Judge Gilbert Trafford-Walker said the images were offensi...
Massive Mistake - Akpoborie, Dudu Slate NFF Over Amodu
TMCnet
But Barrister Dudu Orumen who has given up hope of any meaningful outing by the Eagles in the World Cup said that he has purchased for himself an Ivoiren T'shirt as a sign of support for the Elephants of Cote d'Ivoire that would be led by C...
Holidays are well spent with Rumpole
Chicago Sun-Times
Anyone who was ever a faithful fan of John Mortimer’s “Rumpole of the Bailey” — that long-running British-bred PBS television series about an aging London barrister who defends all comers — will probably tell you the same thing: Once you .....
15 thousand delegates for BNP council: 8 tipped as new standing body ...
New Nation
The names of MK Anwar, MP, Tariqul Islam, Barrister Jamiruddin Sircar, MP, Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury, MP, BNP Joint Secretaries-Nazrul Islam Khan, Abdullah Al Noman, Mirza Abbas and Goyeshwar Chandra Roy and Justice TH Khan are being disc...
Fraud: Intercontinental Bank axes 26 top managers
Daily Sun
Chairman of Itsekiri Leaders Forum (ILF), Barrister Godfrey Etikerentse, was making his presentation when they came to invade the palace. “All of us were shocked and panicked during the siege on the palace. When the Itsekiri youths heard of...
Turnbull defiant to the end - but future uncertain
The Independent Weekly
As he tried to turn left, Malcolm Turnbull was hit by the proverbial bus, but barring any other unforeseen events he says he won't be departing the political world just yet.
The Thin Woman - on trust and family law
Salon
A friend phoned today. His family law barrister was killed in a car accident on the weekend. I'm sure there's a lawyer joke in there somewhere. However, M and I feel sad for this man who was such a fine member of his profession. M's Queen's...
Ballarat barrister's case moved to Melbourne
Ballarat Courier
A BALLARAT barrister facing perjury and dishonesty charges has had his case moved to Melbourne. Graeme Jackson, 55, was arrested and charged in June after a series of police raids on properties in Ballarat, Horsham and Melbourne. He was cha...
Karadzic challenges appointment of defence lawyer
Reuters via Yahoo!Xtra News
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Radovan Karadzic will challenge the decision by war crimes judges to appoint him a defence lawyer in a trial in which the former Bosnian Serb leader is representing himself, his legal adviser said Thursday.
Repay expenses or we dock pay and pensions, Speaker warns MPs
Times Online
Sir Paul Kennedy, a barrister and the Interception of Communications Commissioner, will take written submissions with rulings on repayment published next month. The committee made clear that the scope for appeals would be tightly limited, w...