UPDATE 8-Bolsonaro backers ransack Brazil presidential palace, Congress, Supreme Court

(Adds no immediate reports of injuries or deaths)

By Adriano Machado

BRASILIA, Jan 8 (Reuters) – Supporters of Brazil’s far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro invaded and defaced the country’s Congress, presidential palace and Supreme Court on Sunday, in a grim echo of the US Capitol invasion two years ago by fans of former President Donald Trump.

There were no immediate reports of deaths or injuries from their rampage, but the invaders left a trail of destruction, throwing furniture through the smashed windows of the presidential palace, flooding parts of Congress with a sprinkler system and ransacking ceremonial rooms in the

Brake and Anor v Chedington Court Estate Ltd – UKSCBlog

In this post, Tara McCarthy and James Warshaw, associates in the litigation team at CMS, preview the decision awaited from the Supreme Court in Brake and Anor v Chedington Court Estate Ltd.

Factual Background

The respondents in the Supreme Court are a married couple, Mr and Mrs Brake, and their son. Mr and Mrs Brake lived on a farm which they ran as a wedding and events venue in partnership with a third party. Mr and Mrs Brake contributed the farm as property of the partnership. The partnership later acquired legal title to the cottage which was transferred to

Khan v Meadows [2021] UKSC 21 – UKSC Weblog

On this put up Rebecca Khan, a Authorized Help Assistant at Matrix Chambers, feedback on the case of Khan v Meadows [2021] UKSC 21 – handed down on the 18th of June 2021. This enchantment raised essential questions concerning the software of the scope of responsibility precept in scientific negligence instances. The judgment is handed down along with the court docket’s judgment in Manchester Constructing Society v Grant Thornton UK LLP [2021] UKSC 20.

The Information

The appellant, Ms Meadows, is the mom of a kid with haemophilia and autism. Previous to her being pregnant, the appellant consulted her GP

Why Donald Trump ACTUALLY Wants His Trial Held After The Election

COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA - JULY 07: Former US President Donald Trump speaks to supporters during a Farmers for Trump campaign event at the MidAmerica Center on July 07, 2023 in Council Bluffs, Iowa.  The event was Trump’s largest in Iowa since a visit to Davenport in March.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA – JULY 07: Former US President Donald Trump speaks to supporters during a Farmers for Trump campaign event at the MidAmerica Center on July 07, 2023 in Council Bluffs, Iowa. The event was Trump’s largest in Iowa since a visit to Davenport in March.

Updated 06/15/2023 at 8:00 am ET

Federal prosecutors are calling BS on former President Donald Trump’s not-so-subtle attempt at avoiding accountability. On Thursday, prosecutors filed a motion asking the judge to reject Trump’s motion to postpone his federal trial indefinitely.

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“There is no basis in law or fact for proceedings in

OceanGate Letter Convinced Company to Let Employee Go on Titan: Docs

  • The company that owns the rights to the Titanic is lobbing new allegations against OceanGate.
  • RMS Titanic Inc. said it let Paul-Henri Nargeolet use the sub because of now-disputed safety claims.
  • Legal counsel to OceanGate rejected that characterization in comments to Insider.

The world’s preeminent authority on the Titanic shipwreck was permitted to join the ill-fated Titan dive on OceanGate’s false promises of top-tier safety, a new legal filing alleges.

Paul-Henri Nargeolet, a 77-year-old French submersible

Hampton County preps for influx of media, visitors

Unless a South Carolina circuit court judge grants a recent motion to change venue, small, rural Hampton County is about to play host to the next internationally followed, highly publicized trial in the Alex Murdaugh legal saga, and all of the logistical and financial challenges that will come with it.

The Beach family wrongful death suit is currently scheduled to begin Aug. 14 in Hampton County Court of Common Pleas and is expected to last at least two weeks, with Judge Daniel D. Hall presiding. It is a civil case four years in the making that helped expose the Murdaugh

R (on the application of Officer W80) v Director General of the Independent Office for Police Conduct and others [2023] UKSC 24. – UKSC Blog

W80, an armed police officer, shot Jermaine Baker dead in a police operation. Mr Baker was implicated in a plot to snatch two individuals from custody. The police had intelligence that the plotters would be in possession of firearms. W80’s account was that during the intervention, Mr Baker’s hands moved quickly up to a shoulder bag on his chest. Fearing for his life and those of his colleagues, W80 fired one shot. No firearm was found in the bag, but an imitation firearm was in the rear of the car.

An investigation was conducted by the Independent Office for Police

Swing state Republicans bleed donors and cash over Trump’s false election claims

By Tim Reid and Nathan Layne

(Reuters) – Real estate mogul Ron Weiser has been one of the biggest donors to the Michigan Republican Party, giving $4.5 million in the recent midterm election cycle. But no more.

Weiser, former chair of the party, has halted his funding, citing concerns about the organization’s stewardship. He says he doesn’t agree with Republicans who promote falsehoods about election results and insists it’s “ludicrous” to claim Donald Trump, who lost Michigan by 154,000 votes in 2020, carried the state.

“I question whether the state party has the necessary expertise to spend the money well,”