New evidence obtained in the latest probe of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has revealed several new offenses with which the premier could potentially be charged, on top of the bribery suspicions that sparked the investigation, law enforcement officials told Haaretz yesterday.
According to the officials, there is relatively substantial evidence of fraud, breach of trust and [...]
Britain has sought liberalisation of the Indian legal sector to enable British legal firms open shop in the Legal country.
UK Minister for Justice Bridget Prentice said that India was now becoming a growing economic power and it should go for liberalising its legal sector.
The minister said that around 200 foreign legal firms were already working [...]
It is estimated that customers could receive up to ï¿¡326 million or ï¿¡2,000 per person if the action proves successful.
The protection policies are usually sold alongside loans and credit cards, car finance and Legal occasionally mortgages.
Law firm Clyde & Cois is launching the case against HFC, a lender owned by HSBC, which sold payment protection [...]
This marks an improvement over its 31st ranking in 2007, but is a slot below its 27th ranking in 2006.
For the third year in a row, West Virginia had the worst legal climate, followed by Louisiana and Mississippi. Delaware had the best legal climate, followed by Nebraska and Maine.
The survey, conducted by Harris Interactive, a [...]
Action on the disclosure legislation – a vote is expected next week in a state Senate committee – was prompted by publicity surrounding the creation of a defense fund for Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick. But until final details are worked out, it won’t be clear whether or not the legislation would require disclosure of donors [...]
Michael John Carroll and Allan Brian Miller, convicted on five and three rapes respectively and both in jail on preventive detention, allege the board is neither independent nor impartial and its decisions are illegal, largely because of its ties with the Corrections Department.
They want a raft of remedies, ranging from sacking the Parole Board to [...]
Investigations into finance companies were one of the commissions two highest enforcement priorities this year, commission chairman Jane Diplock said in a speech to the Auckland District Law Society.
In the past two years, 17 finance companies have gone to the wall. More than $2 billion had been invested in the 17 companies, with some of [...]
Samoan boxer David Tua showed up with Fields family yesterday at Manukau District Court, where a deposition hearing is under way.
Tua, who expects to return to the United States early next month and hopes to return to the ring in New York in June, said he did not know much about the legal issues Field [...]
Michael John Carroll and Allan Brian Miller, convicted on five and three rapes respectively and both in jail on preventive detention, allege the board is neither independent nor impartial and its decisions are illegal, largely because of its ties with the Corrections Department.
They want a raft of remedies, ranging from sacking the Parole Board to [...]
Her comments last night may fuel accusations that the decision to block foreign ownership was made with an eye on the election.
But Miss Clark defended her comments, delivered to a huge cheer at Labours congress in Wellington. She was satisfied the two Cabinet ministers went through a full and proper process and weighed up whether [...]
