Smith's lawyer: No notice of appeal?

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Wang Quanzhang: China jails leading human rights lawyer

China has sentenced prominent human rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang to four and a half years in prison for state subversion...

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Carlos Ghosn likely to spend six more months in jail, says lawyer

Former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn could be in jail for another six months, his lawyer says...

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Police seek motive in lawyer stabbing

A PROSECUTOR at the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions is nursing wounds after he was stabbed in the head on Sunday night, an attack officials say has little precedent in The Bahamas...

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BPL fraud trial delayed at lawyer's request

The trial of five men accused of defrauding the national power company of millions of dollars by creating fake invoices for fictitious vendors was yesterday adjourned without a date. Former Bahamas Power and Light (BPL) Fixed Asset Manager James Dean, attorney Che Chase Campbell, former [...]
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Ex-Trump lawyer: Hush money paid over election concerns

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Shaken and facing a prison term, President Donald Trump's longtime personal lawyer said Friday that Trump directed him to buy the silence of two women during the 2016 campaign because he was concerned about how their stories of alleged affairs with him [...]
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Judge gives ex-Trump lawyer Michael Cohen 3 years in prison

NEW YORK (AP) -- Michael Cohen, who as President Donald Trump's personal lawyer and fixer once vowed he would "take a bullet" for his boss, was sentenced Wednesday to three in prison for an array of crimes that included arranging the payment of hush money [...]
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Bahamas' top aviation lawyer renews call for drone guidelines, stresses need for regulations

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Smith39s lawyer quizzes police officer over cash payments

FORMER PLP Senator Frank Smith's lead attorney yesterday asked a senior police officer if he had verified the virtual complainant's claims that his client demanded cash payments for helping her get a cleaning contract with the Public Hospitals Author

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Cristiano rape allegation: Juventus forward says 'lawyer confident'

Cristiano Ronaldo says his "lawyers are confident" and "the truth is always coming" as he answered questions at a Juventus news conference about a woman who has accused him of rape...

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Lawyer firm helping to prepare for hurricanes

ASSOCIATES at McKinney, Bancroft and Hughes partnered with the Red Cross to package and distribute one hundred hurricane preparedness boxes for the Fort Charlotte community last week.The hurricane season spans from June to November; however, the law

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Gibson's lawyers allege police coached witnesses

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Gibson's lawyers allege police coached witnesses

Former Cabinet Minister Shane Gibson's lawyers appeared before a judge yesterday in their bid to stop his trial due to alleged improper conduct by police. Gibson, the former labor and national insurance minister who is accused of receiving $610,000 in kickbacks from a contractor, appeared [...]
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OUT OF ORDER: Gibson's lawyers attack prosecution's 'tainted' evidence

LAWYERS for former Cabinet minister Shane Gibson yesterday accused the Crown of engaging in "wholly improper conduct" for allegedly conducting meetings with two key prosecution witnesses and their lawyers to discuss how the evidence they would eventually give against Gibson should be "edited" or "amended"...

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Sterling Global Financial Appoints Leading Fin-tech lawyer Cory Macculloch as Managing Director

Sterling Global Financial (?Sterling?) announced today the appointment of Cory Macculloch as its Cayman Managing Director. Mr. Macculloch will manage Sterling?s fiduciary business and strategically expand its fin-tech and digital asset-based service offerings...

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Lawyer says resort39s purchase unlawful

ATTORNEY Maurice Glinton, QC, believes the Minnis administration's purchase of the Grand Lucayan resort is unlawful.In a recently written opinion piece, he described the purchase as evidence that the government's "decision-making process (or lack the

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Lawyers' departure 'shows chaos in AG's office'

PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party Leader Philip "Brave" Davis said it is "alarming" high profile attorneys severed ties with the Attorney General's Office over the shanty town issue, as he suggested the move could have been prompted by a "rudderless" and "chaotic" state of affairs at the office...

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AG's lawyers walk away over strategy

HIGH-profile attorneys on the government's legal team have severed ties with the Office of the Attorney General due to a difference of legal opinion on which strategy to take in its rebuttal to legal action filed over the removal of shanty towns...

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Govt releases private lawyers in shantytown matter

The government has changed its legal representation in the ongoing shantytown litigation due to a "difference of opinion as to the legal strategy in the government's defense" regarding the judicial review application, Attorney General Carl Bethel said last night. As it relates to the judicial [...]
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Theft case delayed at lawyer's request

The trial of a man who allegedly laundered stolen money by opening a party rental and event planning business was yesterday adjourned to next month. L'Shabazz Forbes is accused of stealing $11,579.94 from Simply Business Solutions that police allege his girlfriend Krystal Rolle transferred to [...]
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