http://theglobalherald.com News, Analysis & Reflection Mon, 21 May 2012 11:05:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://theglobalherald.com/nokia-to-audit-australian-sms-marketing/27259/ http://theglobalherald.com/nokia-to-audit-australian-sms-marketing/27259/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:59:35 +0000 Business Desk http://theglobalherald.com/?p=27259 Finnish mobile giant, Nokia Corporation, is to audit its SMS marketing in Australia following an investigation by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA). The ACMA is Australia’s regulator for broadcasting, the internet, radiocommunications and telecommunications. The ACMA’s strategic intent is to make communications and media work in Australia’s public interest. The ACMA commenced the [...]]]> http://theglobalherald.com/nokia-to-audit-australian-sms-marketing/27259/feed/ 0 http://theglobalherald.com/australian-high-court-reverses-refugee-swap-program/24179/ http://theglobalherald.com/australian-high-court-reverses-refugee-swap-program/24179/#comments Wed, 31 Aug 2011 15:49:25 +0000 Law Desk http://theglobalherald.com/?p=24179 The High Court of Australia has ruled that controversial plans to swap asylum seekers for registered refugees from Malaysia was “made without power and is invalid”. The Minister for Immigration and citizenship has been restrained from removing the asylum seekers in question to Malaysia. The Gillard government had announced the plans to return asylum seekers [...]]]> http://theglobalherald.com/australian-high-court-reverses-refugee-swap-program/24179/feed/ 0 http://theglobalherald.com/lucasfilm-ltd-calls-on-uk-to-modernise-copyright-law/22561/ http://theglobalherald.com/lucasfilm-ltd-calls-on-uk-to-modernise-copyright-law/22561/#comments Thu, 28 Jul 2011 15:20:27 +0000 Law Desk http://theglobalherald.com/?p=22561 Lucasfilm Ltd which owns the rights to Star Wars and its related products, today issued a mixed reponse to a UK Supreme Court ruling on a copyright infringement of a storm trooper outfit. There were two aspects to the ruling – firstly that of the copyright infringement itself and secondly “Whether an English court may [...]]]> http://theglobalherald.com/lucasfilm-ltd-calls-on-uk-to-modernise-copyright-law/22561/feed/ 0 http://theglobalherald.com/guantanamo-victims-win-judgement-on-closed-material-procedures-in-uk-justice-system/22007/ http://theglobalherald.com/guantanamo-victims-win-judgement-on-closed-material-procedures-in-uk-justice-system/22007/#comments Wed, 13 Jul 2011 12:51:14 +0000 Law Desk http://theglobalherald.com/?p=22007 In a landmark case against the security services, rendition victims have won their case that special “Closed Material Procedures” are not permissible in a civil case for damages against those who were complicit in their extraordinary rendition. The judges ruled that courts cannot go beyond the current Public Interest Immunity process without new legislation from [...]]]> http://theglobalherald.com/guantanamo-victims-win-judgement-on-closed-material-procedures-in-uk-justice-system/22007/feed/ 0 http://theglobalherald.com/uk-elderly-forced-to-use-incontinence-pads-rather-than-the-bathroom/21210/ http://theglobalherald.com/uk-elderly-forced-to-use-incontinence-pads-rather-than-the-bathroom/21210/#comments Wed, 06 Jul 2011 13:10:08 +0000 Law Desk http://theglobalherald.com/?p=21210 http://theglobalherald.com/uk-elderly-forced-to-use-incontinence-pads-rather-than-the-bathroom/21210/feed/ 0 http://theglobalherald.com/augustin-bizimungu-sentenced-to-30-years-for-rwandan-genocide/16438/ http://theglobalherald.com/augustin-bizimungu-sentenced-to-30-years-for-rwandan-genocide/16438/#comments Wed, 18 May 2011 12:05:31 +0000 Law Desk http://theglobalherald.com/?p=16438 Augustin Bizimungu, the former Chief of the Rwandan Army, has been sentenced to 30 years in prison by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. A three judge panel found him guilty of six counts of genocide, crimes against humanity for murder, extermination and rape and violations of articles of the Geneva Conventions. He was acquitted [...]]]> http://theglobalherald.com/augustin-bizimungu-sentenced-to-30-years-for-rwandan-genocide/16438/feed/ 0 http://theglobalherald.com/miscarriage-of-justice-payments-not-to-compensate-someone-who-had-in-fact-committed-the-crime/16317/ http://theglobalherald.com/miscarriage-of-justice-payments-not-to-compensate-someone-who-had-in-fact-committed-the-crime/16317/#comments Wed, 11 May 2011 18:29:32 +0000 Law Desk http://theglobalherald.com/?p=16317 The Supreme Court has issued a ruling on the matter of compensation payments to people with quashed convictions. The ruling gave four categories of those cases in which the Court of Appeal would quash a conviction on the basis of fresh evidence: Where it showed a defendant was innocent of the crime Where it was [...]]]> http://theglobalherald.com/miscarriage-of-justice-payments-not-to-compensate-someone-who-had-in-fact-committed-the-crime/16317/feed/ 0 http://theglobalherald.com/law-the-twists-and-turns-of-the-case-of-the-bahia-emerald/15085/ http://theglobalherald.com/law-the-twists-and-turns-of-the-case-of-the-bahia-emerald/15085/#comments Thu, 14 Apr 2011 17:28:02 +0000 Law Desk http://theglobalherald.com/?p=15085 Judge Kronstadt’s Tentative and Proposed Statement of Decision in the case of the Bahia Emerald provides provides a fascinating insight into the twists and turns of the high profile case currently before a Los Angeles court. Several years ago, the world’s largest emerald went missing, allegedly en route from Brazil to the USA following its [...]]]> http://theglobalherald.com/law-the-twists-and-turns-of-the-case-of-the-bahia-emerald/15085/feed/ 1 http://theglobalherald.com/law-judge-issues-tentative-and-proposed-statement-of-decision-in-bahia-emerald-case/14942/ http://theglobalherald.com/law-judge-issues-tentative-and-proposed-statement-of-decision-in-bahia-emerald-case/14942/#comments Tue, 12 Apr 2011 14:31:29 +0000 Law Desk http://theglobalherald.com/?p=14942 On 11th April 2011, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge John A. Kronstadt signed a Tentative and Proposed Statement of Decision finding Anthony Thomas’ claim of ownership of the Bahia Emerald not credible. After hearing the evidence, the Judge found that Mr. Thomas never purchased the Bahia Emerald. If the Judge’s Tentative and Proposed Statement of [...]]]> http://theglobalherald.com/law-judge-issues-tentative-and-proposed-statement-of-decision-in-bahia-emerald-case/14942/feed/ 1 http://theglobalherald.com/law-indian-supreme-court-judgement-rajesh-singh-ors-v-state-of-u-p/14170/ http://theglobalherald.com/law-indian-supreme-court-judgement-rajesh-singh-ors-v-state-of-u-p/14170/#comments Mon, 28 Mar 2011 17:47:38 +0000 Law Desk http://theglobalherald.com/?p=14170 In the case of Rajesh Singh & Ors. V State of U.P., Justice V.S. Sirpurkar reversed the acquittal of Rajesh Singh, Najai Srivastav and Mohan Singh for the murder of an eleven year old boy, Deepak. Giving judgement on 28th March 2011, the judge criticised the “peverse” findings of the original trial court. Among the inconsistencies [...]]]> http://theglobalherald.com/law-indian-supreme-court-judgement-rajesh-singh-ors-v-state-of-u-p/14170/feed/ 0