Urine tests not a breach of human rights, judge rules
Testing urine from people accused of a crime to enforce drug abstinence bail conditions isn't unlawful or a breach of their human rights, a judge has ruled. ACT Supreme Court Chief Justice Terence...
View ArticleApartment management wants to evict woman because son is in rap video
Talitha Funchess, 43, is being evicted from her subsidized apartment in the South Loop because her 20-year-old son appeared in a rap video. Actually, he appeared in a very bad rap video. Funchess has...
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 ArticleRenting and Law: Can tenant be evicted if already moving out?
Q: I’m moving out, and my ex-partner has taken over the lease. He has put it in writing that he will not evict me under any circumstances, or change the locks until I move. The management has said that...
View ArticleReno homicide suspect convicted in 1988 Henderson slaying
RENO (AP) — A man who was arrested after he told police he killed a woman Sunday at a Reno motel had been released from prison in September after serving more than 20 years for the murder of his fiance...
View ArticleAppeals court overturns life sentence for Jacksonville teen convicted of murder
A Jacksonville teenager who stabbed a man to death in 2010 for $3 had his life sentence thrown out Friday by a three-judge panel of 1st District Court of Appeal. By a 2-1 decision, it ordered a new...
View ArticleIRA killer whose licence was revoked must be freed: judge
A convicted double murderer has won his High Court challenge to being returned to prison. Martin Corey is to be released on unconditional bail after a judge ruled that the Parole Commissioners breached...
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 ArticleEvicting a tenant
EVICTING a tenant is probably one of the most difficult tasks faced by landlords of properties governed by the Rent Restriction Act (hereafter referred to as "the Act"). Quite often, a landlord may...
View ArticleCourt backs bankrupt's right to occupy
A bankrupt former retirement home operator is vowing to live in his former business premises until he dies following a significant High Court decision in his battle against bankers who want him...
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...
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