Ward of Court

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Name: Ward of Court

First reported Apr 30 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 1 reports

Dearbhail McDonald: Failure of case was inevitable in this desperate human tragedy

THE rejection of MS sufferer Marie Fleming's landmark challenge was as inevitable as it was a desperate human tragedy.Had the Supreme Court created a new right to take one's life, or one allowing third parties to help others to do so, it would have provoked ... [Published Irish Independent - Apr 30 2013]

Entities: Oireachtas, Supreme Court, Suicide

First reported Apr 29 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 2 reports

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Failure of case was inevitable in this desperate human tragedy

Entities: Oireachtas, Supreme Court, Suicide

First reported Mar 17 2013 - Updated Mar 18 2013 - 1 reports

Top French lawyer Olivier Metzner's body found near private island

Figure nicknamed the 'gangsters' lawyer', whose clients included Manuel Noriega, discovered near Brittany island of BoëdicOne of the giants of the French legal system was found dead near his private island in Brittany on Sunday morning. A suicide note ... [Published Guardian.co.uk - Mar 17 2013]

Entities: Olivier Metzner, Manuel Noriega, Ward of Court, Bertrand Cantat, Jérôme Kerviel

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"He was from the mountains and incapable of explaining his defence in any understandable language. It made me want to be an interpreter for those who had difficult expressing themselves in front of the court and at the same time explain the justice system to them, because the incomprehension goes both ways" he once said

Top French lawyer Olivier Metzner's body found near private island [Published Guardian.co.uk - Mar 17 2013]

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