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Ex Australian PM Gough Whitlam dismissal: Court grants access to Queen’s letters

June 1, 2020 World Justice News 0

Letters written by the Queen before the 1975 dismissal of then Australian Prime Minister Gough Whitlam can be made public, the Australian High Court has ruled. Mr Whitlam’s government was removed by her representative at […]

Cardinal Pell granted final chance to challenge sexual abuse convictions

November 12, 2019 World Justice News 0

Cardinal George Pell will be allowed a final chance to challenge his child sexual abuse convictions, Australia’s top court has ruled. Pell was granted leave to appeal the verdict in the High Court of Australia. […]

Australian defence lawyer named as police informant

December 3, 2018 World Justice News 0

The convictions of some of Australia’s most high-profile criminals have been cast into doubt after a lawyer was revealed to be a police informant. The defence barrister, who represented notorious organised crime figures, gave information […]

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Rape trial puts Norway’s royal family in unwelcome glare of public

February 1, 2026 0

When Marius Borg Høiby stands up in room 250 at Oslo district court on Tuesday, at the start of Norway’s biggest trial in years, he will have no moral support from his closest relatives. His […]

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France moves to abolish concept of marital duty to have sex

February 1, 2026 0

France is to enshrine in law the end of so-called “conjugal rights” – the notion that marriage means a duty to have sex. A bill approved on Wednesday in the National Assembly adds a clause […]

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Five-year-old detained in Minnesota ICE raid must be freed, judge rules

February 1, 2026 0

A US federal judge has ordered the release of a five-year-old boy and his father who were detained by ICE officers during a raid in Minnesota. Liam Conejo Ramos and his father, Adrian Alexander Conejo […]