News Archive for February 2008

McCain's Panama birth prompts eligibility probe by his campaign

is no legal precedent. The lawyer Theodore ... request for legal help was purely routine

Friday February 29 2008, 11:58PM

Iraqi Family Sues Soldiers in Australia

using peacetime legal standards years later to ... wrongdoing or legal liability,'' the statement

Thursday February 28 2008, 07:31AM

Exxon could face payout 20 years after oil spill

though the legal system, ExxonMobil's appeal, on ... uk Legal Terms & Policies | E-mail

Thursday February 28 2008, 06:13AM

Defense Stalls in Sept. 11 Case at Gitmo

The additional legal help, once it arrives ... Last week, legal officials agreed to allow

Thursday February 28 2008, 12:58AM

The name's Dmitry

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Wednesday February 27 2008, 11:53PM

French teachers unite against online ratings by pupils

teachers, after legal action and outrage from

Wednesday February 27 2008, 06:31PM

Finally, The D.C. Madam Heads To Court

was perfectly legal. A top State Department ... Disagreements over legal strategy led Palfrey to ... disagreements about legal strategy. Instead, Palfrey decided

Wednesday February 27 2008, 05:55PM

Longtime Pentagon Lawyer Stepping Down

``I have valued his legal advice and

Tuesday February 26 2008, 02:33AM

Why Byrne was among last to know about Swinton’s Oscar

in the legal thriller Michael Clayton, beating ... wasn't there some legal wrangle between ... wasn't there some legal wrangle between ... LA, There was some legal problem, ... LA, There was some legal problem, I

Tuesday February 26 2008, 12:10AM

Report: Nigeria's Justice System Broken

to afford legal representation, and just one

Tuesday February 26 2008, 12:03AM

Victims are given chance to sue over abuse

in Scottish legal history, comes after Law

Tuesday February 26 2008, 12:03AM

Sister's fight after brother's death at work

Legal experts say the new UK-wide legislation

Monday February 25 2008, 09:18PM

How he was sentenced to die

right to legal representation. "I think if ... uk Legal Terms & Policies | E-mail

Monday February 25 2008, 04:32PM

Foreign stars grab Oscar glory

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Four European actors and the maverick Coen brothers shared top honours at the Oscars, relegating the traditional Hollywood of big stars and box office hits to a supporting role

Monday February 25 2008, 02:52PM

Europeans and mavericks grab Oscar glory

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Monday February 25 2008, 02:30PM

Bali bombers appeal over executions

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Monday February 25 2008, 08:04AM

Oscars 2008: Daniel Day-Lewis wins best actor

drama Atonement, legal thriller Michael Clayton and

Monday February 25 2008, 06:59AM

And the award goes to...

Financial Times - ... earned her supporting actress Oscar playing an ethically challenged corporate lawyer in ... looking at the life of a sadistic oil prospector played by Daniel Day-Lewis, and legal ...

Monday February 25 2008, 04:58AM

Top Oscars go to Cotillard and Bardem

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Monday February 25 2008, 04:22AM

Oops!… don't do it again

if a legal case in the central ... on Mars Legal update 'I understand the

Saturday February 23 2008, 11:58PM

Treasury to tell Northern Rock shareholders:'Bank is effectively bust ...

Once it has a legal framework in ... mobilising for legal action over compensation. RAB ... already started legal action. Last night shareholders ... without a legal challenge they can forget

Saturday February 23 2008, 09:21PM

NYPD Trio Set for Trial in Groom's Death

Legal experts said the absence of a

Saturday February 23 2008, 08:45PM

Britney can see her boys again: Ex-husband says the troubled singer ...

Britney Spears was finally reunited with her sons yesterday after more than seven weeks apart." /

Saturday February 23 2008, 01:42PM

Lawyers get to work as Vegas vetoes Tyson

over the legal implications of the Nevada

Saturday February 23 2008, 01:28PM

Ex-husband lets Britney visit sons

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Saturday February 23 2008, 09:53AM

Diana's butler asked to return to inquest

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Friday February 22 2008, 07:27PM

Ex-union chief jailed in VW scandal

Financial Times - His lawyer said he would appeal the verdict. The scandal led to the downfall of Peter Hartz ... court in January he had “at no point been aware” of the wrong­doing, and more legal ...

Friday February 22 2008, 06:51PM

Graft probe judge clashes with Ahern's lawyer

by Ahern's legal team that lawyers acting

Friday February 22 2008, 06:30PM

NatWest Three jailed

NatWest Three's legal difficulties will not end

Friday February 22 2008, 05:26PM

Congressman Charged in Land Deal

The extensive legal document says Renzi refused

Friday February 22 2008, 04:35PM

China: Free human rights defender Yang Chunlin

supporting a legal action brought by more

Friday February 22 2008, 04:07PM

Legal Eye: High Court's patent sense

com > Software > Applications Legal Eye: ... More from Legal Eye: Scrabble-Facebook row spells ... largest global legal services organisation with more ... Richard Taylor Legal Eye: High Court's patent

Friday February 22 2008, 03:45PM

Legal Eye: Is it wise to hit ISPs over file-sharing?

com > Networks > WebWatch Legal Eye: ... But legal liability cannot rest solely on ... or face legal sanctions. But the proposals ... investment and legal liability cannot lie solely ... More Legal Eye: Richard Taylor interprets the ... largest global legal services organisation with more ... Simon Levine Legal Eye: Is it wise

Friday February 22 2008, 03:38PM

Smith wins damages over Hitler claim

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Friday February 22 2008, 03:24PM

Tommy Sheridan's wife and father-in-law charged with perjury during ...

sacked his legal team and was representing

Wednesday February 20 2008, 07:55AM

MPs question home secretary's ingredients

if for legal reasons the home secretary

Wednesday February 20 2008, 01:14AM

Watch out Beijing, it's the Paddy Olympics

is threatening legal action to overturn rules

Wednesday February 20 2008, 12:03AM

Northern Rock shareholders look to the law for compensation

least three legal routes in an attempt ... However, legal experts warn investors' best hope ... "Every natural or legal person is ... A second legal avenue involves Lloyd TSB's

Tuesday February 19 2008, 11:27PM

Prosecutors To Appeal Shaken Baby Ruling

The decision ``applies a novel legal analysis ... plowed new legal ground and could affect

Tuesday February 19 2008, 08:35PM

Madeleine McCann: Legal Action Fury

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Tuesday February 19 2008, 08:21PM

Christopher Gosland

with the legal minefield of charities and

Tuesday February 19 2008, 07:16PM

How to avoid a hard day's night in court

point seeking legal advice. She says: "If ... have no legal force in court, which

Tuesday February 19 2008, 06:34PM

CHAMBERS APPEAL MUST WAIT

High Court legal action allowing him to ... ahead with legal action, would fund the ... for the legal advice he is being

Tuesday February 19 2008, 03:13PM

Lawyer of the Week: Lucy McLynn

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Monday February 18 2008, 10:31PM

British lawyer deported from Fiji

assess its legal system has been refused ... of international legal practitioners, bar associations and

Sunday February 17 2008, 07:05PM

Venezuela's Chavez says could sue Exxon Mobil

an escalating legal battle with Exxon over ... protest the legal assault, though Exxon and ... Chavez has described Exxon's legal fight as

Sunday February 17 2008, 05:24PM

Former Iraq deputy minister faces terrorism trial

custody, lacked any legal basis. "If Hakim ... in Iraq's legal system." The arrest was

Sunday February 17 2008, 05:17PM

Hotel-plunge dad could be free in three months after throwing son to ...

Should the legal drinking age be raised ... examining the legal framework and the terms ... medical and legal authorities, it is our

Sunday February 17 2008, 03:58PM

THE LAW IS SIMPLY LOOPY

Wine Shop Legal Store FlatShare THE LAW ... for finding legal technicalities to get celebs ... of the legal profession, he can sue

Sunday February 17 2008, 03:15PM

Experts: Verdicts Unusual in Murder Case

death, some legal experts say. After deliberations ... child, and legal experts said they can't

Sunday February 17 2008, 03:08PM

GEORGE’S MOVE FOR TRIAL

Wine Shop Legal Store FlatShare Columnists Richard ... for the legal battle during which George

Sunday February 17 2008, 01:42PM

Joe Corre: Mister Fancy Pants fights back

it has already started funding legal ... uk Legal Terms & Policies | E-mail

Sunday February 17 2008, 11:05AM

Insurers'put pressure on claimants to settle for less'

can obtain legal advice has sparked an ... take independent legal advice - known in ... waived her legal right to compensation. She ... to seek legal advice, and make them ... paid in legal fees', a figure that ... describes the legal process as 'horrendously elongated ... seek independent legal advice at any stage' ... take independent legal advice. ·If you are ... the union's legal service. If you are

Sunday February 17 2008, 12:14AM

Top Pakistan lawyer in vote rigging tape row

his bitter legal battle against then chief

Saturday February 16 2008, 01:29PM

Back into the light

in a legal matter following threats from ... The British government's chief legal adviser, attorney ... The SFO is opposing the legal challenge

Friday February 15 2008, 08:01AM

European firms face Y2K legal chaos in wake of Good Samaritan Act

face Y2K legal chaos in wake of ... our excellent legal system. We should look ... should seek legal advice immediately, trawl through ... legal auditing they have already prepared, and

Friday February 15 2008, 07:54AM

Chinese land rights activist who opposed Olympics to be put on trial

could make legal history. Jurassic lark: new ... MSN Privacy Legal Advertise Help Feedback ©

Friday February 15 2008, 07:54AM

Man Tied to Windshield Death Sentenced

twice Wisconsin's legal limit for driving. He

Friday February 15 2008, 06:35AM

Reds edge closer to Mascherano deal

possibility of legal action against a Sunday

Friday February 15 2008, 06:21AM

Court extends conservatorship of Britney Spears, takes steps to make ...

could make legal history. Jurassic lark: new ... MSN Privacy Legal Advertise Help Feedback ©

Friday February 15 2008, 12:59AM

Panama: Relatives of poisoning victims say death toll higher than ...

attorney general's Legal Medicine and Forensic Science ... could make legal history. Jurassic lark: new ... MSN Privacy Legal Advertise Help Feedback ©

Thursday February 14 2008, 10:07PM

Baseball: Trainer McNamee's lawyer predicts presidential pardon for ...

could make legal history. Jurassic lark: new ... MSN Privacy Legal Advertise Help Feedback ©

Thursday February 14 2008, 08:48PM

France: Lawyer seeks questioning of trader's bosses in Societe ...

could make legal history. Jurassic lark: new ... MSN Privacy Legal Advertise Help Feedback ©

Thursday February 14 2008, 07:15PM

China: Free human rights activist Hu Jia

the necessary legal procedures. This included the

Tuesday February 12 2008, 06:13PM

Miliband'concerned'about Guantánamo trials

respect his legal rights, Miliband replied: "We ... over the legal treatment of the 275

Tuesday February 12 2008, 05:23PM

Macca grins as judge rules divorce details must stay secret

a 20-month legal battle, much of which ... Ms Mills's legal bill. She owes her ... million in legal fees alone. Ms Mills

Tuesday February 12 2008, 04:33PM

Edinburgh law? She could write a book about it

of Edinburgh's legal fraternity, referring to clients ... of the Legal Aid system, which they ... pay for legal fees against the Law ... of Edinburgh's legal world. It's a subject ... renaming their legal drop-in centres, which offered ... Our legal cafes had fruit for kids ... the Scottish legal system is like..." she ... the Scottish legal system. "We were always ... judiciary and legal establishment, justice isn't always ... the Scottish legal system is something Maria ... Her friends in the legal profession are ... in the legal profession. It was the ... It was mostly Legal Aid but because ... lot without Legal Aid too. They said ... about the legal establishment, under the pseudonym

Tuesday February 12 2008, 04:04PM

Rings Trilogy Maker Sued Over Billions

One of their legal team, Bonnie Eskenazi

Tuesday February 12 2008, 02:38PM

Mucca V Macca: Home Movies, Hunting Heather And Smiles

with his legal team and went into

Tuesday February 12 2008, 01:41PM

Spears manager'broke court plea'

court order, legal documents have shown. Papers ... Spears has legal control of his daughter's ... The legal papers also claim Mr Grossman

Tuesday February 12 2008, 11:25AM

US seeks the death penalty as six detained in Guantánamo are charged ...

over the legal treatment of the 275 ... Brigadier General Thomas Hartmann, the legal adviser

Tuesday February 12 2008, 09:45AM

With legal help from my friends

content With legal help from my friends ... Mucca With legal help from my friends ... advise on legal protocol as she represents ... led his legal team. The latest stage ... legal bills are expected to hit

Tuesday February 12 2008, 03:26AM

Feared lawyer Lerach is jailed for two years

by filing legal actions on behalf of

Monday February 11 2008, 11:29PM

Egypt Court Upholds Christian Conversion

a yearlong legal battle over the predominantly

Sunday February 10 2008, 12:36AM

Battling billionaires rock the America's Cup boat

in a legal spat of nit-picking complexity

Sunday February 10 2008, 12:00AM

Top Scottish lawyers: we’re'all being bugged'

John Bynorth Legal professionals say prisons, police ... World Press Photography The legal figures ... a perfectly legal way in which the ... standard of legal service later on ... used ... standard of legal service later on ... used

Saturday February 09 2008, 11:39PM

Top lawyers claim bugging is routine

with their legal representatives were illegally intercepted ... firmly believed legal conversations were being routinely ... in the legal aid claims as quickly

Saturday February 09 2008, 09:23PM

Hundreds of lawyers'bugged on prison visits'

eavesdropping on legal meetings, it is such ... of our legal system. I'm astonished that ... right or legal. Every person who came

Saturday February 09 2008, 08:11PM

Knife pouch with Jodi's initials'does not make Mitchell a murderer'

to reverse legal rulings made by trial

Saturday February 09 2008, 04:37PM

Guantánamo detainees said to face 9/11 trial

denied basic legal rights that would normally

Saturday February 09 2008, 04:08PM

Paris broker released in SocGen trading case

illicit trades, legal experts say prosecutors could

Saturday February 09 2008, 03:54PM

Call for prison bugging inquiry

eavesdropping on legal meetings, it is such ... true, fundamental legal procedures have been breached

Saturday February 09 2008, 02:13PM

Is it ever justified to bug lawyers'conversations with clients?

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Saturday February 09 2008, 11:43AM

US loses prison camp records of bin Laden's driver

Legal authority to try non-U.S. captives ... an 1865 legal opinion from the U

Thursday February 07 2008, 08:07PM

France's Sarkozy files legal complaint over article about his love ...

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Thursday February 07 2008, 07:38PM

Civil and Religious Law in England: a religious perspective

the British legal system alone. But, as ... public or legal recognition, if any, might ... to the legal provisions of a religious ... strongly entrenched legal and moral codes. As ... of certain legal provisions - as in ... In the hands of contemporary legal traditionalists ... schools of legal interpretation. But there are ... two rival legal systems when we discuss ... of the legal category of citizenship and ... Essays in Legal Theory, ed. Peter ... examples of legal rulings which have disregarded ... in the legal process (or indeed to ... kind of legal theory (expounded recently, for ... of certain legal functions to the religious

Thursday February 07 2008, 05:58PM

Britney's parents fear for her life as she reunites with paparazzo ...

Streisand's attempt at legal representation was rebuffed ... later clutching legal documents. Following a conference ... of the legal documents is a declaration

Thursday February 07 2008, 05:43PM

Police accused over Natascha Kampusch kidnapping

of taking legal action against the authorities ... possibility of legal action against the state

Thursday February 07 2008, 05:43PM

Britney Spears's'life in danger'say parents

her own legal matters and appointed her

Thursday February 07 2008, 02:52PM

Lawyer'bit colleague's breast'

now launched legal action against him for ... "I am taking legal action because

Thursday February 07 2008, 10:27AM

Khmer Rouge leader asks for bail

over his legal team. Nuon Chea was ... the Cambodian legal authorities had refused to

Thursday February 07 2008, 10:20AM

Russian judge halts trial of Yukos lawyer

Mr Alexanyan, 36, the company's legal chief

Thursday February 07 2008, 05:55AM

Sadiq Khan: The bus driver's son, human rights lawyer and bugged MP on ...

been a legal thorn in the side ... for his legal team. Mr Khan also

Tuesday February 05 2008, 07:44AM

DOCK STAR

dumped her legal team and will represent

Tuesday February 05 2008, 07:44AM

Clinton Reunites With Legal Colleague

Reunites With Legal Colleague AP Tuesday February ... of her legal career as a child

Tuesday February 05 2008, 01:32AM

Crash passengers consider legal bid

Crash passengers consider legal bid Passengers ... are considering legal action against the airline ... about their legal options. She said: "We ... what their legal remedies might be. They

Tuesday February 05 2008, 01:04AM

Illegal bug uncovered in second UK prison

recording of legal visits is widespread. Security ... However the taping of legal meetings is ... with other legal documents. The transcripts of ... discussions of legal tactics that he was ... bugging of legal telephone calls was a ... calls to legal advisers is banned. Prisoners ... lawyers and legal visits are being bugged ... assurances that legal visits were not being ... Bugging of legal visits would be a ... comes to legal visits. To justify such ... 20 weirdest legal disputes Biggest cash robbery

Tuesday February 05 2008, 12:49AM

US: Jailhouse lawyer persuades Supreme Court to hear his client's case ...

Legal experts estimate the high court accepts ... MSN Privacy Legal Advertise Help Feedback ©

Monday February 04 2008, 07:27PM

Jailhouse Lawyer Gets a Hearing

buried in legal texts and journals. Over ... Legal experts estimate the high court accepts ... He keeps current on legal issues by ... joined several legal associations, including the American ... on his legal brief. ``This Supreme Court ... has no legal training, I think it

Monday February 04 2008, 07:20PM

E. Coli Lawyer Is Busier Than Ever

rapidly growing legal field of food safety

Monday February 04 2008, 07:20PM

Hillary Rodham Clinton emotionally recalls her early legal career as a ...

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Monday February 04 2008, 05:47PM

Britain accused over E Guinea coup'kidnapped': lawyer

and his legal team has lost contact ... that his legal team last spoke to

Monday February 04 2008, 10:09AM

OJ wants judge to strike 1995 case

to meet legal standards to prosecute him

Saturday February 02 2008, 05:35PM

Art Raises Specter of Family's Nazi Past

Not even Bissonnette's most recent legal loss

Saturday February 02 2008, 05:06PM

Cheryl's Split Truth

Chezza's seeked legal advice. But we have

Saturday February 02 2008, 04:59PM

Domestic Partnerships Allowed in Oregon

for Christian legal issues, said it would

Saturday February 02 2008, 04:49AM

Lifeline for Pervez: Afghan Senate withdraws demand for death sentence

not allowed legal representation at his trial ... and other legal rights. But approval of ... and complicated legal process". Mr Ahmadi added: ... the Afghan legal system, said the upper ... uk Legal Terms & Policies | E-mail

Saturday February 02 2008, 02:47AM

Accused ex-SAS coup plotter Simon Mann'secretly deported to hell-hole ...

a desperate legal battle to avoid being ... of his legal team. "It is illegal

Friday February 01 2008, 10:58PM

Weird Cases: is this a person?

in a legal category. Is, for instance ... declared a legal person as chimpanzees share ... if no legal mechanism could be found ... judicial power Legal Moves More law news ... company in legal danger? A special look ... legal and regulatory risks and how to ... How technology is changing legal services: perspectives

Friday February 01 2008, 09:47PM

Briton deported from Zimbabwe

losing a legal appeal against extradition, his

Friday February 01 2008, 04:03PM

Zimbabwe deports'coup mastermind'to EGuinea: lawyer

he lodged legal papers on Friday morning ... before his legal team had managed to

Friday February 01 2008, 10:55AM

Cheryl consults divorce lawyer

She has taken legal advice after the

Friday February 01 2008, 06:02AM