Zuma, Mbeki legal fees: state in the dark (Independent Online)

It’s still not known how much President Jacob Zuma’s legal battles with the state have cost taxpayers nor how much funding was used in Thabo Mbeki’s court bid to clear his name.

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Legal Forum to IDF Rabbi: Shavuot Eviction Illegal (Israel National News)

(IsraelNN.com) The Legal Forum for the Land of Israel has asked the IDF Chief of Staff and the military’s Chief Rabbi to investigate why the community of Shvut Ami was torn down in the course of the Jewish holiday of Shavuot and during Shabbat, in contravention of an IDF order forbidding the desecration of Sabbaths and holidays for non-operational reasons.

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Legal Forum to IDF Rabbi: Shavuot Eviction Illegal (Israel National News)

Novato wins ruling on legal fees in free speech case (Marin Independent Journal)

A state appeals court has ruled in favor of the Novato Unified School District in a dispute over legal fees in a student journalist’s lawsuit.

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Pay cut for legal aid providers (Scoop.co.nz)

“While we appreciate that the Government is operating in a very difficult economic climate, it is extremely disappointing that it has chosen not just to freeze but actually to reduce the remuneration rates for legal aid lawyers,” New Zealand Law Society President, John Marshall QC, said today (31 May).

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Pay cut for legal aid providers (Scoop.co.nz)

Pay cut for legal aid providers (Scoop.co.nz)

“While we appreciate that the Government is operating in a very difficult economic climate, it is extremely disappointing that it has chosen not just to freeze but actually to reduce the remuneration rates for legal aid lawyers,” New Zealand Law Society President, John Marshall QC, said today (31 May).

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G8 vows legal cooperation to tackle Somali piracy (Deepika)

ROME, May 31 (Reuters) Ministers from G8 industrialised nations agreed today to work toward a legal framework for the trial of Somali pirates, seen as a major obstacle to policing the dangerous shipping lanes off the Horn of Africa.

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G8 vows legal cooperation to tackle Somali piracy (Deepika)

G8 vows legal cooperation to tackle Somali piracy (Deepika)

ROME, May 31 (Reuters) Ministers from G8 industrialised nations agreed today to work toward a legal framework for the trial of Somali pirates, seen as a major obstacle to policing the dangerous shipping lanes off the Horn of Africa.

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Bigger legal role sought for Arab women (Gulf Times)

By Ourouba Hussein Women in the Arab world should have a larger presence in the legal circles, Qatar University’s Faculty of Law dean Hassan Abdurrahman al-Sayed said yesterday.

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Call for legal reform to deal with crunch (Gulf Times)

By Peter Townson Qatar’s Minister of Economy and Finance, HE Yousef Hussein Kamal, addressed participants at the Qatar Law Forum yesterday claiming that legal restrictions imposed on governments and financial institutions had meant that the response to the current global financial crisis was not as quick as it might have been.

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Call for legal reform to deal with crunch (Gulf Times)

Call for legal reform to deal with crunch (Gulf Times)

By Peter Townson Qatar’s Minister of Economy and Finance, HE Yousef Hussein Kamal, addressed participants at the Qatar Law Forum yesterday claiming that legal restrictions imposed on governments and financial institutions had meant that the response to the current global financial crisis was not as quick as it might have been.

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Call for legal reform to deal with crunch (Gulf Times)

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