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General Abdourahamane Tiani installed as Niger leader following coup

JURIST

Niger’s national broadcaster identified Army General Abdourahamane Tiani as President of Niger’s new military government on Friday following a coup that deposed former President Mohamed Bazoum. Both countries recently underwent military coups with Burkina Faso’s occurring in October 2022 and Mali’s in May 2021.

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When And How To Depose Fact Witnesses Remotely In 2022

Law 360

Tim Tryniecki and Thomas Mudd at MG+M offer a series of practice tips for successfully conducting remote depositions of often-inexperienced fact witnesses, as the virtual court proceedings sparked by COVID-19 look set to become a part of the legal landscape next year.

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Myanmar dispatch: Supreme Court hears appeals by lawyers representing imprisoned Aung San Suu Kyi

JURIST

Myanmar law students are reporting for JURIST on challenges to the rule of law in their country under the military junta that deposed the civilian government of Aung San Suu Kyi in February 2021. The courts have ordered her imprisonment for a maximum term of 33 years in connection with these 19 cases.

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Pro-coup protesters in Niger call on French military to leave country

JURIST

Niger’s deposed President Mohamed Bazoum, an ally of France, has been detained by members of his presidential guard since the coup. Successive coups as well as protests against French military presence have been carried out in Mali and Burkina Faso, two former French colonies, in 2020 and 2022.

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Myanmar dispatch: what is happening in Myanmar, or where do you stand on the Rohingya, NUG?

JURIST

Myanmar law students are reporting for JURIST on challenges to the rule of law in their country under the military junta that deposed the civilian government of Aung San Suu Kyi in February 2021. The text has only been lightly edited to respect the author’s voice.

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Why Depositions Matter More

The Cloud Court Blog

of federal civil matters are resolved at trial[i] Litigators always depose witnesses before a trial – if there is a trial You will almost never depose a witness more than once – so you get one shot to take or defend that deposition well But why do depositions matter more? It’s not just an aphorism. Let’s take a step back.

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Denial of Natural Justice as a Defence to Enforcement of a Chinese Judgment in Australia

Conflict of Laws

On 22 October 2021, summary judgment was entered in favour of Wu by an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court: Wu v Yin (Supreme Court of Victoria, Efthrim AsJ, 22 October 2021); see Wu v Yin [2022] VSC 729, [5]. Tsalamandris J rejected this ground, and Yin’s appeal: [2022] VSC 729, [124], [133]. That evidence was uncontradicted: [90].