As we just saw with the Lindsay Clancy case, juries can deadlock, leading to a hung jury and a mistrial. So, what should happen when the jury sends a note that they’re deadlocked to the judge, who responds with a
Duxbury on the "General Law Renaissance"
Neil Duxbury, London School of Economics, has posted The General Law Renaissance and the Common Law, which is forthcoming in the Notre Dame Law Review: Of late, there has emerged an important body of legal scholarship sympathetically reassessing
US appeals court rejects Trump’s request to lift block on USPS rule restricting mail-in ballots
A federal appeals court in Boston on Thursday rejected the Trump administration’s request to remove an injunction barring the US Postal Service (USPS) from implementing the rule restricting the issuance of mail-in ballots, affirming a decision from a lower district
NT Supreme Court converts oppression application to action in governance dispute
Judge sees need for pleadings and discoveries to resolve factual issue on legal fee invoices
Supreme Court: How much weightage is to be given to evidence of doctor conducting post-mortem than to statements made in the textbooks?
We are disposed to think so when we weigh the medical testimony vis-a-vis the ocular testimony. There is no dispute that the value of medical evidence is only corroborative. It proves that the injuries could have been caused in the
Notice to Admit May Not Address Legal Conclusions or Facts That Go to the Heart of the Dispute
On September 2, 2026, the Second Department issued a decision in Ramos v. 126th St. Equities, LLC, 2026 NY Slip Op. 05201, holding that a notice to admit may not address legal conclusions or facts that go to the
Supreme Court: How to appreciate evidence of prosecution if weapon of offence is not shown to doctor to obtain his opinion?
A very relevant piece of evidence which has been noticed by the High Court, but not given due consideration, is that apart from the blood-stained knife (Ex. P-3) and certain other items mentioned in the letter of Investigating Officer, one
Supreme Court: Weapon of offence must be shown to medical witness and his opinion must be obtained whether injuries were caused to the victim by that weapon
The same has been again asserted by this Court in Ishwar Singh v. State of U.P. MANU/SC/0120/1976 : (1976) 4 SCC 355 by observing as under:It is the duty of the prosecution, and no less of the Court,
Supreme Court: How to appreciate evidence if there is contradiction in injuries found by doctor who examined victim first and doctor who examined him subsequently
The prosecution examined PW8-Dr. Sarika Gadekar at Exhibit-108 who medically treated the injured-PW1 at MGM Hospital, Aurangabad on 11.06.2014. The PW8 deposed that PW1-Sikandar Baig narrated the history of the assault to his right eye and she found extra ocular
Washington SCT Accepts Direct Review of Cougar Den Inc. v. State of Washington
Here are the materials: