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January 12, 2024
Pinder says lawyers practice of adjournments to delay court cases for clients 'unacceptable'

ATTORNEY General Ryan Pinder said some defence lawyers use adjournments as a litigation strategy for their clients, an "unacceptable" practice contributing to trial delays.

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March 11, 2024
'Why should we believe you?', key witness asked by lawyer

A DEFENCE attorney asked a key witness in the criminal trial of Long Island MP Adrian Gibson and others why jurors should believe her testimony after she admitted to lying to police during her record of interview.

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July 06, 2019
Lawyer says client gave purported confession under duress

The lawyer for murder accused Christopher Joseph has asked a jury to reject his purported confession to police.

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March 20, 2024
Defence lawyers oppose ending jury trials

DEFENCE lawyers oppose eliminating jury trials, saying the diverse backgrounds of jurors make the system preferable.

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February 29, 2024
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried's lawyer asks judge to reject 100-year recommended sentence

NEW YORK (AP) — Sam Bankman-Fried's lawyer said Tuesday that a suggested 100-year prison sentence for the FTX founder by an arm of the court is "grotesque" and "barbaric" and at most a term of a few years behind bars is appropriate for cryptocurrency crimes that the California man still disputes.

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January 31, 2024
Gibson's lawyer cross examines Cargill-Sherman focusing on her claim of being terminated

TESTIMONY continued in the criminal trial of Long Island MP Adrian Gibson and his co-accused yesterday, with a defence attorney attacking a witness' claim that she was "terminated" from a senior position within the Water & Sewerage Corporation.

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January 25, 2024
Not so fast - lawyers say Parliament can't scrap bail

DEFENCE lawyers said the amendments to the Bail Act Prime Minister Philip "Brave" Davis announced in the House of Assembly yesterday in response to the soaring murder rate will not significantly change the status quo or affect Supreme Court judges' discretion to grant people bail.

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January 24, 2024
Did 'common sense go out the window', asks lawyer

ROMONA Farquharson-Seymour, a lawyer representing the estate of three men police killed at a mansion in Blair in 2019, asked an investigator during a Coroner's Court inquest yesterday if "common sense goes out the window if officers are involved in a shooting investigation".

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August 23, 2023
Lawyer's 'disservice' in Azario finding challenge

A JUDGE told the lawyer representing the officers who killed Azario Major that he was doing his clients a "disservice" by insisting the inquest finding should be quashed because the coroner did not consider his constitutional motion claiming that pretrial publicity prevented a fair inquiry.

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June 18, 2015
Grand Bahamian rated as Florida 'Super Lawyer'

Roig Lawyers, a minority-owned, multi-practice litigation law firm in Deerfield Beach, is dedicated to serving clients across six offices throughout Florida.

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