"Legal Advice"

Home Office questioned over Phorm - BBC Technology (Legal Advice News)

tedthedj — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 18:34:40 +0000

Questions about how the government has dealt with complaints about an ad-serving firm that monitors web traffic are being asked ahead of an EU enquiry. In the House of Lords Lib Dem peer Baroness Miller has asked a series of questions about the Read More

Wellington City Council is seeking legal advice on whether it must release security footage to the National Party. National wants the footage as it tries to find out who made secret audio recordings of its MPs’ conversations during their party Read More

A Gloucestershire councillor is taking legal advice after being accused of shoplifting last night. Police were called to the Tesco store in Lydney after the incident involving councillor Alan Preest - a member of the Gloucestershire Police Authority Read More

The National Party is considering taking legal action to force Wellington City Council to hand over security camera footage to identify who leaked damaging secret recordings of the party’s MPs. A legal stoush is looming after the council refused to Read More

Automobile Accidents: Legal Advice by New York Auto Accident Lawyer - NewYorkInjuryNews (Legal Advice News)

tedthedj — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 18:33:57 +0000

Automobile Accidents: Legal Advice by New York Auto Accident Lawyer
NewYorkInjuryNews, New York - Aug 5, 2008
Leading New York Auto Accident Lawyer gives Legal Advice. New York City Injury News - There are certain steps one must take to protect themselves when you …

BBC News

Mbeki seeks legal advice over arms deal claims
SABC News, South Africa - Aug 6, 2008
President Thabo Mbeki is seeking legal advice on action to be taken against a Sunday newspaper in his personal capacity and as head of government. …
Mbeki may sue over arms deal allegations Business Day
Pahad, Erwin and Simelane speak on the arms deal Politicsweb
Mbeki did not benefit from the arms deal, says Pahad BuaNews Online (press release)
Independent Online - The Herald Eastern Cape
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HA sits on Orwell Crossing legal advice
Road Transport, UK - Aug 4, 2008
The Highways Agency (HA) has upheld a decision not to release the legal advice it received that would explain why it attempted to ban the public from eating …

Funding threat to advice bureaus
WalesOnline, United Kingdom - Aug 2, 2008
The reforms are designed to improve the quality of legal advice but there are now concerns they could cut-off vital investment, forcing charities to close. …

CAB volunteers are motivated to help others
Falkirk Herald, UK - 7 hours ago
In many cases it's a last resort for people who can't afford the expense of legal advice or are exhausted after hours of frustrating phone calls. …

Philadelphia councilman’s chief of staff indicted - Philadelphia Inquirer (Legal Advice News)

tedthedj — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 05:31:32 +0000

PHILADELPHIA - The chief of staff to Philadelphia City Councilman Jack Kelly is among four people indicted by a federal grand jury. Christopher Wright is accused of taking bribes from two real estate developers and their lawyer to in exchange for Read More

URBANA - Loss of a crop to a flood usually will not excuse a farmer’s obligation to deliver grain at harvest under a forward contract otherwise legally enforceable, concludes a new University of Illinois Extension study. The full report, “Grain Read More

Levein said McCurry had “bottled” major decisions following United’s 3-1 defeat against Rangers at Ibrox on 10 May. He was angry at not being awarded a penalty and seeing a ‘goal’ ruled offside after a long-range shot had deflected in off a defender Read More

The Miami-Dade School Board has weak legal grounds for firing Superintendent Rudy Crew at Monday’s highly anticipated school board meeting, the district’s attorney has advised all nine board members, The Miami Herald learned on Sunday. In a five-page Read More

Constitutional Scholars Say Advice of Counsel Is Probably Not a … - The Washington Independent (Legal Advice News)

tedthedj — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:30:42 +0000

The Washington Independent

Constitutional Scholars Say Advice of Counsel Is Probably Not a …
The Washington Independent, DC - Jul 23, 2008
“To then plead innocence based on legal advice would eviscerate the whole purpose of these laws.” The United States has even codified the international ban …

Biota's bitter pill
Sydney Morning Herald, Australia - Jul 23, 2008
New legal advice it seems. Until this year, Biota had taken legal advice from Maurice Blackburn Cashman lawyer Bruce Goldman. MBC and Goldman's fees are …
Biota's bitter pill for investors The Age
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Check travel etiquettes, British Embassy in Dubai urges - Gulf News (Legal Advice News)

tedthedj — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:30:49 +0000

Dubai: The British Embassy in Dubai has reiterated that it is unable to “get people out of prison”, if they are arrested in the UAE. Simon Goldsmith, Second Secretary, Political and Media Affairs, said: “We offer consular advice to British nationals Read More

Say you’re having a dispute with a landlord over a lease. Or facing possible foreclosure proceedings amid the widening subprime mortgage crisis. Or being sued. Whatever the situation, you might want to seek legal advice to make sure your rights are Read More

Thanks for all your comments this morning on plans for the programme. You certainly got worked up over Christopher Hitchens being waterboarded. And no, Neil Robertson , we can’t hold him for 42 days first. Here’s programme producer Richard Pattinson Read More

Struggling restaurant owner Rochelle Gee has set Your Business the challenge of identifying the options open to small business owners who find themselves in financial difficulty as a result of the economic slowdown. This week we look at an unlikely Read More

Transparency overrides EU institutional secrecy - Times Online (Legal Advice News)

tedthedj — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:31:43 +0000

Transparency overrides EU institutional secrecy
Times Online, UK - 9 hours ago
Where a document concerning legal advice was concerned, the Council had to carry out an examination comprising three stages: First, it had to satisfy itself …

Hunstanton: Decision due on pier issue
Lynn News, UK - 1 hour ago
A report to members states: "The report is based on the best legal advice available to the council and notwithstanding the fact that the petitioners do not …

Baltimore County - Newsday (Legal Advice News)

tedthedj — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 11:31:22 +0000

A teenager on trial for his role in a knife attack on another teen outside a Columbia mall should not face an attempted-murder charge because he was not the one who stabbed the victim, the defendant’s attorney argued yesterday. The only crime Read More

A vote in the U.S. Senate on legislation that includes relief for homeowners has been delayed until next week at the earliest. The multibillion-dollar legislation would allow some borrowers to refinance their mortgages with new fixed-rated loans Read More

FORMER Peterborough MP Helen Clark has threatened to take legal action after a film of her involved in an altercation in a Peterborough hotel was posted on a video hosting website. A YouTube video, apparently filmed on a mobile phone, shows Mrs Clark Read More

The arrival of the amended Ontario Human Rights Code is not the best way to celebrate Canada Day Read the full article Please let us know if this reader’s comment breaks the editor’s rules and is obscene, abusive, threatening, unlawful Read More

WOODSTOCK – Citizens representing themselves in court sometimes file paperwork that might as well have been written on the back of a napkin. It’s frustrating for them, and it can be frustrating for judges, Chief Judge Michael Sullivan said. But a Read More

Habeas corpus upholds democratic rights - Reseller (Legal Advice News)

tedthedj — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:31:42 +0000

You have probably seen headlines recently about detainees held by the US Government at Guantanamo Bay. The process by which people challenge their detention is usually called habeas corpus, and it exists in New Zealand as well as in many other Read More

During tax season there was a commercial in which a woman was critical of her husband for using purchased computer software to prepare their tax return. When her husband stated that he was “stuck,” she said, “Let’s ask the box.” The point was that Read More

Madonna has been hosting late-night visits from New York Yankee Alex Rodriguez at her Central Park West apartment in New York City, Us Weekly reports. A source tells Us that the $28-million-a-year Rodriguez, 32, has made numerous solo nighttime Read More

An established Chicago law firm with deep ties with LaSalle Bank will disappear, much like its banking client. Schwartz Cooper will wind up operations next month, after 53 of its approximately 60 attorneys move to the Chicago office of Dykema, the Read More

Legal Service - Chicago Tribune (Legal Advice News)

tedthedj — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:30:49 +0000

Severn Trent, the UK’s second largest water company, was today fined £2 million at the Old Bailey for misreporting leakage information in a case brought by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO). Today’s penalty adds to the £35.8 million already imposed on Read More

New: Service offers county residents self-help legal advice - Northwest Herald (Legal Advice News)

tedthedj — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:30:53 +0000

Editor’s note: The information in this column is not intended as legal advice but to provide a general understanding of the law. Readers with legal problems, including those whose questions are addressed here, should consult attorneys for advice on Read More

Leaders at an African Union summit stepped up pressure on Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe to share power Monday after last week’s disputed runoff election in which he was the sole candidate. The opposition Movement for Democratic Change said most Read More