Farmers tilling river land face eviction, get notices
JALANDHAR: About two-and-a-half years after the Supreme Court invalidated Punjab government's policy of 2007 that gave ownership rights to farmers cultivating river land, hundreds are facing eviction...
View ArticleNotorious crim back behind bars
Notorious criminal Matthew James Massey is back behind bars after his parole was revoked, despite arguing a cat allergy had made it impossible to report to authorities on one occasion. The convicted...
View ArticleRatbag public housing tenants thrown on to the street under tough new laws
DOZENS of public housing tenants have been turfed out of their taxpayer-funded homes in just four months following the rollout of a tough new three strikes bad behaviour policy. And the Newman...
View ArticleTime to set up Tenancy Act
RENTAL ISSUES: Pretam argues that as more and more people rent due to skyrocketing house prices, now is the right time to set up an Act to deal with tenancies The need to have a Residential Tenancy...
View ArticleMurderer Rebecca Massey denied conviction appeal
Murderer Rebecca Anne Massey will serve out her time in jail after a court on Friday ended her fight to overturn her conviction. Massey applied to the High Court for special leave to appeal her...
View ArticleConvicted killer evicted from public housing
Convicted killer Rebecca Anne Massey has been evicted from her northside public housing home, despite arguing the expulsion was a breach of her human rights. A tribunal terminated the tenancy...
View ArticleWest Lancashire tenant convicted of cannabis production is evicted (West...
(Source: West Lancashire Borough Council) 12 December 2013, 2013/248 Council tenant convicted of cannabis production is evicted A tenant convicted of cannabis production and possession at his West...
View ArticleConCourt to hear eviction appeal case
Johannesburg - The Constitutional Court will hear an application on Thursday for leave to appeal against an eviction order. Johanna Malan, 75, is seeking to challenge a Western Cape High Court judgment...
View ArticleHigh court ruling on tenant eviction
KOCHI: Tenants won't be eligible for protection from eviction if they are not occupying the rented premises any longer, the Kerala high court held. The ruling by a division bench comprising Justices K...
View ArticleHometruths
When people let their homes out for rent, they are often letting strangers into their fold. It is only understandable that home owners are usually anxious and very particular about who occupies their...
View ArticleMatthew Massey arrested on drug charges
Matthew Massey has been extradited to NSW to face drug charges. Massey, 38, was transferred across the border after an extradition hearing in the ACT Magistrates Court on Tuesday. He applied for and...
View ArticleState act primacy in tenant eviction: SC OUR LEGAL CORRESPONDENT New Delhi,...
New Delhi, March 11: Landlords can evict tenants under a Bengal act even if there is an agreement under the central arbitration legislation, the Supreme Court has ruled. A bench of Justices A.K....
View Article>Killer sentenced at 14 can petition for release
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Now 40 years old, a Pierce County, Washington, killer who was just 14 when he was ordered to serve life without parole has been...
View ArticleKiller sentenced at 14 can petition for release
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Now 40 years old, a Pierce County, Washington, killer who was just 14 when he was ordered to serve life without parole has been resentenced and can petition for release. Superior...
View ArticleEviction painful but our right - marae
Members of Omaka Marae in Blenheim are disappointed that a tenancy dispute involving a kaumatua flat was played out in public. They said the issue had divided communities and fractured families, but...
View Article>Resentencing could free Steilacoom killer
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Barry Massey was 14 when he became the youngest person in the United States ever sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. On Friday, Massey, who was convicted...
View ArticleNine One One must leave Esso garages
Nine One One had sought to remain in the garages until the end of May 2014, arguing it needed that amount of time to address several issues, including the entitlements of employees. Maurice Collins SC,...
View ArticleCourt to hear Morcombe's convicted killer's appeal
Daniel Morcombe's convicted killer will try to have his life sentence overturned on appeal. Brett Peter Cowan was sentenced in March to life with...
View ArticleTenant convicted of cannabis production is evicted (West Lancashire Borough...
(Source: West Lancashire Borough Council) Tuesday, October 07, 2014 Tenant evicted for cannabis production A tenant who was convicted of cannabis production at his West Lancashire Borough Council home...
View ArticleDerryn Hinch guilty of contempt over Jill Meagher case
Broadcaster claims he has been made a scapegoat for blogging about killer Adrian Bayley's criminal history ...
View ArticleTwo youths convicted of killing Akol Akok seek to be released after just two...
TWO youths convicted over the brutal gang murder of Sudanese man Akol Akok are seeking to be released into the community on licence after serving less than two years in custody. The pair have applied...
View ArticleRAF ex-wife Helen Nicholas' eviction delayed
The ex-wife of an RAF officer who is refusing to move out of her married quarters has had her eviction delayed so she can appeal to the Supreme Court. Helen Nicholas, 46, claims the Ministry of Defence...
View ArticleHousing commissioner had no duty of care to dog attack victim, lawyers argue
The ACT's social housing commissioner had no duty of care to a young boy mauled by two vicious dogs at a Griffith home, lawyers have argued. And even if that duty of care existed, the government has...
View ArticleTenants evicted for breaching tenancy agreements (Kingston-upon-Hull City...
(Source: Kingston-upon-Hull City Council) Tenants evicted for breaching tenancy agreements - 16/03/2015 Hull City Council has successfully evicted two tenants from their properties due to continued...
View ArticlePetroleum retailer seeks overturning of eviction order
A SOWETO petroleum retailer which has been evicted from its business premises by petroleum wholesaler Engen on Tuesday asked the Constitutional Court to overturn the high court order. Engen had leased...
View ArticleWildlife keeper wins High Court battle with USPCA over eviction
A wildlife keeper has won a High Court battle over being evicted from his Co Antrim sanctuary. Norman Elder sued the USPCA after being forced to vacate the centre where a pet tiger was among the...
View ArticleTenant evicted for breach of tenancy (Kingston-upon-Hull City Council)
(Source: Kingston-upon-Hull City Council) Tenant evicted for breach of tenancy - 04/03/2015 A Council tenant has been evicted from their property after being found guilty of assaulting another tenant...
View ArticleFamily locked out of rented home by Dublin County sherriff allowed to return
A family which was locked out of its rented home by a sheriff without notice have been allowed to return . The Irish Times reported earlier this week that Ventsislava Lyubenova, her husband Ivaylo...
View ArticleAlleged damaged bumper lands convicted armed robber back behind bars
A former Canberra jail inmate who pledged to turn his life around is back behind bars. Bradley Mark Flynn, 25, appeared in the ACT Magistrates Court on Thursday on charges of driving an unregistered...
View ArticleMaking life easier for landlords
Now that the NDA government has finally started pushing for the Draft Model Tenancy Act 2015, the rental market has reason to cheer. If the Act comes through, there will be significant changes made to...
View ArticleFamily locked out of rented home allowed to return
A family which was locked out of its rented home by a sheriff without notice have been allowed to return . The Irish Times reported earlier this week that Ventsislava Lyubenova, her husband Ivaylo...
View ArticleFamily locked out of rented home by sheriff allowed to return
A family which was locked out of its rented home by a sheriff without notice have been allowed to return . The Irish Times reported earlier this week that Ventsislava Lyubenova, her husband Ivaylo...
View ArticleDeregulation Act 2015: changes to tenants' protection from eviction (The Law...
(Source: The Law Society) Some important changes take effect on 1 October 2015 that will alter tenants' protection from eviction under assured shorthold tenancies (AST). The implementation of the...
View ArticleDeregulation Act 2015: changes to tenant's protection from eviction (The Law...
(Source: The Law Society) Some important changes take effect on 1 October 2015 that will alter tenants' protection from eviction under assured shorthold tenancies (AST). The implementation of the...
View ArticleVeteran prosecutor John Lundy on a career fighting crime in the territory
Retired deputy director of public prosecutions John Lundy. Photo: Rohan Thomson The worst crimes will never leave John Lundy. Twenty years as a cop, 15 as a prosecutor, including two as deputy Director...
View ArticleConvicted drug dealer evicted from Haddington tenancy (East Lothian Council)
(Source: East Lothian Council) East Lothian Council has evicted a tenant for breaching his tenancy agreement after being convicted of being in possession, and supplying drugs at his property in...
View ArticleWildlife keeper wins battle over eviction from Co Antrim sanctuary
A wildlife keeper has won a Northern Ireland High Court battle over being evicted from his Co Antrim sanctuary. Norman Elder sued the Ulster Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (USPCA)...
View ArticleProminent Canberra doctor evicted from Barton surgery in property spat
A prominent Canberra doctor has been evicted from his Barton surgery after a bitter split with a southside medical partnership. But Dr Andrew Foote has appealed against the ACT Supreme Court decision...
View ArticleBanks may face duty of care over evictions in buy-to-lets
Legislation to ensure banks and receivers, moving to repossess buy-to-lets, do not evict tenants into homelessness is being explored by Government. Senior sources in the Department of the Environment...
View ArticleTenants who had loud, abusive fights on street win right to stay in home
A Florey couple have successfully appealed against eviction from their public housing home despite neighbours complaining of loud, aggressive arguments and of being threatened with a machete. The pair...
View ArticleSergi mafia clan fingered for top cop Colin Winchester's murder, as convicted...
PARTS of a secret police dossier blaming the mafia for executing the most senior police officer killed in Australia have emerged in court. The confidential document identifies the Sergi clan as the...
View ArticleLawyer seeks bail for Kennedy cousin convicted on 1975 murder
MILFORD, Connecticut (Reuters) - A defense attorney for Kennedy cousin and convicted murderer Michael Skakel, freshly granted a new trial for the 1975 slaying of a teenage neighbor in Connecticut, made...
View ArticleKillers convicted as teens could make bids for parole concessions
A killer whose court victory cleared the way for dozens of lifers convicted as teens to seek freedom is expected to make new demands before a judge today, including giving cons the opportunity to...
View ArticleAnother 1993 bomb blast convict gets parole
On the heels of release of actor Sanjay Dutt on parole to take care of his ailing wife, a similar relief has been extended to another 1993 bomb blast accused on the same ground. Pune Divisional...
View ArticleAfter Sanjay Dutt, another 1993 blast convict gets parole
MUMBAI: Close on the heels of release of actor Sanjay Dutt on parole to take care of his ailing wife, a similar relief has been extended to another 1993 bomb blast accused on the same ground. The...
View ArticleAnother 1993 blast convict gets parole
On the heels of release of actor Sanjay Dutt on parole to take care of his ailing wife, a similar relief has been extended to another 1993 bomb blast accused on the same ground. Pune Divisional...
View ArticleLawyer argues assault justified
An attempt by Lake Horowhenua advocate Philip Taueki in the Supreme Court to overturn an assault conviction could lead to a landmark ruling on how one of New Zealand's most polluted waterways can be...
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