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Hace 5 horas · Attorney-General Judith Collins today announced the appointments of 19 King's Counsel. Also known as a silk, in reference to a gown traditionally worn as part of their robes, the rank of King's Counsel is awarded to barristers sole who have demonstrated excellence in their careers or, from time to time, other lawyers in recognition of their extraordinary contributions to the field of law.
Hace 5 horas · He graduated with an LLB and BA from the University of Otago in 1996 and was admitted to the bar in 1998. Since 2003, he has been a barrister sole, and in 2016 was a founder of Pipitea Chambers. Mr Stevenson is also a founder of Te Matakahi, New Zealand Defence Lawyers Association, and is involved in criminal justice law reform. Robert Stewart
Hace 1 día · VALLEJO – Members of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 1245 filled the Vallejo City Council chambers at a meeting Tuesday to emphasize their demands for wage and benefit increases in stalled negotiations. The union has been negotiating a new contract since March, but said negotiations are at a standstill with the contract set to expire on Sunday.
Hace 2 horas · The CAMPUS Act, originally House Bill 606, was partly amended into Senate Bill 94 on Wednesday. Both chambers passed SB94, and it now heads to the governor’s desk. “We want to make sure we are ...
Hace 1 día · On the west are four paintings depicting the founding of the United States. The east side paintings include The Baptism of Pocahontas by John Gadsby Chapman, The Embarkation of the Pilgrims by Robert Walter Weir, The Discovery of the Mississippi by William Henry Powell, and The Landing of Columbus by John Vanderlyn.
Hace 4 días · Top 100 EBooks yesterday. Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare (2727) Moby Dick; Or, The Whale by Herman Melville (2449) Dulce Nombre (Novela) by Concha Espina (1926) La novela de un novelista by Armando Palacio Valdés (1824) Middlemarch by George Eliot (1806) A Room with a View by E. M. Forster (1743)
Hace 2 días · Lieutenant-General Sir William Babtie (1859—1920), Royal Army Medical Corps; Major-General Anthony Bacon (1796—1864); General Sir Alexander Robert Badcock (1844—1907), quartermaster-general, Indian Army; Major-General John Michael Watson Badcock (1922—2020), Royal Corps of Signals Lieutenant-General Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell (1857—1941), GOC 50th (Northumbrian) Division
