Sentence examples for close to trial from inspiring English sources

Steve Coogan and Paul Gascoigne headed a list of phone-hacking damages claims which settled today close to trial.

"Basic notions of fairness" should prevent him from changing the nature of his defense so close to trial, Mr. Benno said.

Mr. el-Hage's lawyers contended that the grand jury subpoenas, issued so close to trial, could only intimidate and eliminate potential trial witnesses, rather than contribute to the investigation.

If it goes forward, you can count on years of preparation before it ever gets close to trial – the league will look deep into the medical histories and playing histories of each person involved.

Adding a new charge this close to trial makes life more difficult for Mr. Gupta because his lawyers will have to determine how to fit this into the defense strategy.

Last month prosecutors dropped a crimes against humanity case against co-accused politician Francis Muthaura after a key witness admitted lying – the first time in the 10-year-old court's history that they have dropped a case so close to trial.

With each day he spent in jail, Browder imagined that he was getting closer to trial.

Even genocide — the gravest charge — may not bring the Sudanese leader closer to trial in The Hague any time soon.

The ruling by Judge Shira A. Scheindlin of Federal District Court in Manhattan allowed a lawsuit challenging police arrests for trespassing in housing projects to move closer to trial.

The re-opening of the genocide question may not bring Sudan's president, who has thus far defied the court, any closer to trial in The Hague.

A federal appeals court's ruling appears to have cleared the way for thousands of lawsuits filed against New York City and its contractors by ground zero workers to move closer to trial or settlement.