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Court of Appeal slashes damages awarded to Singapore JTC
2008-04-12 16:03:00 Court of Appeal slashes damages awarded to Singapore JTC By MICHELLE QUAH THE Court of Appeal has substantially slashed damages granted to JTC Corporation after its 2005 victory over Hong Kong contractor Wishing Star. The Appeal Court, on Thursday, reduced JTC’s original award of $8.14 million damages to just $339,824 - and ordered it to pay three-quarters of costs. The case has its roots in a contract dating back to June 2002. JTC Corporation, Singapore’s biggest industrial landlord, contracted Wishing Star to provide glass facade walls at the Biopolis, the biomedical research centre at JTC’s one-north project in Buona Vista. In September 2002, JTC terminated the deal, accusing Wishing Star of misrepresenting its facilities and capabilities when it bid for the project in an open tender. Wishing Star sued, and the High Court ruled in its favour, in 2004. But JTC appealed. In 2005, the Appeal Court found that Wishing Star had made fraudulent misrepresentations that ...
Supreme Court of Appeals awards damages to wife of impotent husband
2007-08-14 13:01:00 Yes, I know, I know...I have been a slouch on posting. But for those of you who don't know, having twins is not easy. In addition, I have been devoting a lot of time to my other financial site on Turkey, Grandstanding Traction, because it is going really well.Nonetheless, to make things easier at this site, I have decided to not stop posting but otherwise treat this as somewhat of a dumping ground for the mind-boggling events that keep happening in Turkey. I will be staying away from politics, but more or less look on the humourous side of things as well as the beauties that exist in Turkey. So without any further adieu, the headlines:Posted in the Hurriyet, Turkey's leading newspaper:The Supreme Court of Appeals awarded ?impotence compensation? to a woman named after finding her husband completely at fault for a 1.5-year period of sexual inactivity between the couple, the duration of a marriage the woman, Ay?e K., said was arranged.A lower court issued the divorce but rejecte...
Court of Appeal rules that sacred bull Shambo must die
2007-07-24 16:44:00 The long-running saga of Shambo the bull entered its final chapter yesterday, as the Court of Appeal ruled a slaughter order on the animal was justified, despite his sacred status for the Hindu monks who keep him.
6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Plays Politics with Justice
2007-07-08 01:20:00 Last Friday, the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed a frivilous lawsuit brought by the ACLU against the NSA for it’s domestic terrorist surveillance program. Is that a good or a bad thing? It’s a good thing, because the lawsuit had no legal grounds. The plaintiffs had no grounds to bring the suit, as ...
Did the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals Get it Right?
2007-06-12 22:41:00 Being no lawyer one has to take it from the experience of those that are or from those with a certain legal knowledge. The first reaction to yesterdays news of the 4th Circuits ruling that Ali Saleh Kalah al-Marri, was here in the U.S. legally so cannot be held as an "unlawful enemy combatant" and must either be set free or tried within the U.S. civilian court system with the rights that any American has; leaves one sickened. And makes you wonder about just who is the Commander in Chief in time of war, a war that fails to fit a war definition that people are comfortable with.Turning to NRO, you can read the Editors take on the decision and Andrew McCarthys reaction.The editors at NRO:"Since al-Marri’s efforts were acts of war rather than mere crimes, President Bush ordered him held as an alien unlawful enemy combatant. But now the Fourth Circuit has substituted the commander-in-chief’s wartime judgment with its own. Two judges — Diana Gribbon Motz, a Clinton appointee, and R...
The DC Court of Appeals and some Libby notes
2007-06-12 17:57:00 Just in case anyone is wondering... the Libby appeal will first come across the DC Court of Appeals. The current composition of the court is as follows with the appointee in parenthesis: Chief Justice Douglas H Ginsburgh (Reagan) (Sr) Harry Edwards (Carter) (Sr) Laurence Silberman (Reagan) (Sr) James Buckly (Reagan) (Sr) Stephen Williams (Reagan) David B Sentelle (Reagan) Karen Henderson (Bush Sr) Arthur Randolph (Bush Sr) Judith Wilson Rogers (Clinton) David Tatel (Clinton) Merrick Garland (Clinton) Janice Brown (Bush Jr) Thomas Griffith (Bush Jr) Brett M Kavanaugh (Bush Jr) I have already heard some buzz from the left that they are very concerned with what the "wing nut" court might do with this appeal. Keep in mind that Libby also worked in both the Reagan and Bush Sr White House. It's likely he has a friend or two on this particular count, certainly figuratively and quite possibly literally. - The Fitzgerald response to the various filings by the Libby team is out there now....
By: Coldheartedtruth
Court Of Appeals Hears Challenge To Bahamas Burial
2007-03-09 15:09:16 A three-judge appeals panel expressed doubts about burying Anna Nicole Smith in Texas, as her mother wants, but also questioned how the advocate in charge of funeral plans knew Smith intended to be laid to rest in the Bahamas.The judges ended the hearing without indicating when they would rule. Two members of the panel, however, said Smith's purchase of burial plots in the Bahamas suggested a desire to be taken there."Why wouldn't that be written evidence?" Judge Mark Polen asked the attorney for Smith's mother, Virgie Arthur.Arthur had challenged a circuit judge's decision last week to give control of Anna Nicole Smith buried the person she loved most of all in the Bahamas," Carver said.Carver said if the court rules against Arthur, Smith's funeral would take place Friday in the Bahamas.But Mandel has said she would appeal to the state Supreme Court.Attorneys for Smith's boyfriend, Howard K. Stern, argued in court papers that Arthur was trying to "place her in death where she...
Court Of Appeals To Hear Anna Nicole Smith Case
2007-03-09 15:09:16 A Florida court of appeals will hear the case as to where Anna Nicole Smith's body is to be buried, with oral arguments to be presented Wednesday morning.At 9:30 AM, Justices Barry Stone, Mark Polen and George Shahood of the Fourth District Court of Appeals will hear 20 minutes of arguments from lawyers for Virgie Arthur, who is seeking to bury Anna's body in Texas, and 10 minutes each from attorneys for Howard K. Stern and Larry Birkhead, both of whom are seeking to have Smith's remains buried in the Bahamas.Richard Milstein has also filed his appeal asking the court to uphold Judge Seidlin's ruling give him custody of Smith's body on behalf of her baby daughter.See More Female Celebrity News and Pictures Click Here.
9th Circuit Court of Appeals Upholds Term ?Family Values? as Hate Speech
2007-03-08 22:29:01 Once again, the most overruled appellate court in the land has come down with a verdict which can only be described as un-constitutional. The lawsuit originated when two employees of the City of Oakland posted a notice on a city bulletin board, after a series of notices from homosexual activists were delivered to them via ...
Court Of Appeals Hears Challenge To Bahamas Burial
2007-03-02 13:46:00 A three-judge appeals panel expressed doubts about burying Anna Nicole Smith in Texas, as her mother wants, but also questioned how the advocate in charge of funeral plans knew Smith intended to be laid to rest in the Bahamas.The judges ended the hearing without indicating when they would rule. Two members of the panel, however, said Smith's purchase of burial plots in the Bahamas suggested a desire to be taken there."Why wouldn't that be written evidence?" Judge Mark Polen asked the attorney for Smith's mother, Virgie Arthur.Arthur had challenged a circuit judge's decision last week to give control of Anna Nicole Smith buried the person she loved most of all in the Bahamas," Carver said.Carver said if the court rules against Arthur, Smith's funeral would take place Friday in the Bahamas.But Mandel has said she would appeal to the state Supreme Court.Attorneys for Smith's boyfriend, Howard K. Stern, argued in court papers that Arthur was trying to "place her in death where she...
Court Of Appeals To Hear Anna Nicole Smith Case
2007-02-28 06:55:00 A Florida court of appeals will hear the case as to where Anna Nicole Smith's body is to be buried, with oral arguments to be presented Wednesday morning.At 9:30 AM, Justices Barry Stone, Mark Polen and George Shahood of the Fourth District Court of Appeals will hear 20 minutes of arguments from lawyers for Virgie Arthur, who is seeking to bury Anna's body in Texas, and 10 minutes each from attorneys for Howard K. Stern and Larry Birkhead, both of whom are seeking to have Smith's remains buried in the Bahamas.Richard Milstein has also filed his appeal asking the court to uphold Judge Seidlin's ruling give him custody of Smith's body on behalf of her baby daughter.See More Female Celebrity News and Pictures Click Here. |
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