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Lawyer seeking readmission to the bar
October 25, 2019
Lawyer seeking readmission to the bar
A LAWYER, disbarred 18 years ago after $400,000 allegedly went missing from a client's account, is seeking readmission to the roll of the Bahamas Bar Council. The council will hear Leon Smith's application for restoration to the roll on October 30 a
Public to foot bill for Archer killer39s lawyer
October 17, 2019
Public to foot bill for Archer killer39s lawyer
KOFHE Goodman is to be assigned an attorney at the public's expense to better enable him to appeal his latest sentence for murdering 11-year-old Marco Archer eight years ago, the Court of Appeal ruled yesterday.The appellate tribunal of Justices Jon
December 10, 2014
Lawyer: Court of Appeal ruling sets The Bahamas back to 1950s
The Court of Appeal has issued a ruling against the Commonwealth Union of Hotel Services and Allied Workers in its dispute with Hutchison Lucaya Limited, operators of the Grand Lucayan hotel in Grand Bahama. Union lawyer Obie Ferguson said the ruling effectively returns industrial relations in The Bahamas to the 1950s.
In short, the Court of Appeal has set aside Supreme Court Justice Hartman Longl...
September 10, 2019
Commonwealth Lawyers Association Pays Courtesy Call on the Governor General
President of the Commonwealth Lawyers Association Mr. Brian H. Speers (left) and Vice-President, Americas (Canada and Caribbean) Dr. Peter D. Maynard (right) paid a courtesy call on Governor General, the Most Hon. Cornelius A. Smith at Government House, on September 6, 2019...
August 21, 2019
Bar Council: Why hire foreign lawyers for prosecutor posts
THE Bahamas Bar Council wants the director of public prosecutions to justify the hiring of two foreign lawyers to top-level posts at the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions and is not inclined to give the lawyers entry into the Bahamas Bar without adequate justification, The Tribune understands.
July 26, 2019
Faruk Orman: Murder Conviction Quashed in Australia 'Lawyer X' Scandal
An Australian man's conviction for a gangland murder has been quashed, after a high-profile scandal where his lawyer was revealed to be a police informant.
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.
Lawyers angry over DPP's expat hirings
June 19, 2019
Lawyers angry over DPP's expat hirings
THE Judicial and Legal Services Commission has appointed a Nigerian and a Ugandan to top level positions at the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions...
May 17, 2019
February 06, 2015
Lawyer cites publicity's effect on jury in child killer's trial
COURT of Appeal judges were told by convicted child killer Kofhe Goodman's lawyer that he would seek a deferment of a retrial if the court allowed the appeal against his client's murder conviction and death sentence due to the publicity of the matter.
January 28, 2019
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...
January 08, 2019
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...
Police seek motive in lawyer stabbing
January 08, 2019
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...
November 15, 2018
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
October 23, 2018
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...
Lawyer firm helping to prepare for hurricanes
September 26, 2018
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
Gibson's lawyers allege police coached witnesses
September 19, 2018
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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Gibson's lawyers allege police coached witnesses
September 19, 2018
Gibson's lawyers allege police coached witnesses
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September 19, 2018
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"...
August 22, 2010
Bishop Simeon Hall speaks out against electing lawyers to Parliament
By TANEKA THOMPSON
Tribune Staff Reporter
tthompson@
tribunemedia.net
BAHAMIAN voters should throw their support behind "ordinary" members of society instead of continuously electing lawyers to the halls of Parliament, said Bishop Simeon Hall.
The senior pastor of New Covenant Baptist Church reasoned that lawyers - many of whom profit from the "present culture of criminality" - cannot be expec...
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