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Shell Hit with Multi-Million Dollar Fine
(Posted on 04/08/11)Shell's reluctant admittance that it's responsible for two massive oil spills in Nigeria prompted an order for it to to fork over hundreds of millions of dollars in a London courtroom this week. The spills occurred at Bodo and video footage reveals the two spills combined could rival the devastating Exxon Valdez nightmare in 1989 that resulted in...
Contempt of Court for Sun, Mirror
(Posted on 29/07/11)Two publications, The Sun and the Daily Mirror, have been found guilty of contempt of court regarding their coverage of the Joanna Yeates murder and subsequent arrest of Chris Jefferies. Three judges, Lord Chief Justice, Lord Judge, Lord Justice Thomas and Mr Justice Owen ruled both publications' efforts of covering the arrest earlier this year resulted...
The Untouchables
(Posted on 28/07/11)"Organised crime has a local impact but a global reach" - Home Office minister James BrokenshireThis week, the UK is releasing its numbers associated with organised crime in the country. It's believed that criminals involved in these massive theft rings cost residents anywhere between £20 and £40bn annually. Last year alone, law enforcement...
The Growing Problem of Unqualified & Unregulated Legal Docs Writers
(Posted on 23/07/11)Whether it's the economy or a misunderstanding of the complexity of accurate legal writing, many folks are relying on unqualified legal writers for their important documents. Those documents include wills, property deeds and descriptions and divorce documents, just to name a few. While it's fine to save a few dollars whenever we can, the problem...
The Casey Anthony Effect
(Posted on 21/07/11)As millions of Americans take a step back from the trial of the summer and the one deemed the "social networking trial of the century", also known as the Casey Anthony Murder Trial, many questions linger on many fronts. One of the biggest conundrums is what the country will learn from the brutally biased American media. For close to three years,...
Julian Assange: He Said, She Said - Squared
(Posted on 14/07/11)It's only fitting that the ongoing legal debates regarding Julian Assange's extradition are unfolding with accusations between the solicitors that include comparisons of a "19th century conception of consent" along with Assange's solicitor in London calling Clare Montgomery QC, who's representing the Swedish prosecutors, "crazy". Meanwhile, Assange...
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