1.   They had only three working days in which to prepare the defence against the new charge.

2.   ...the legal big guns who will prepare his defence.

3.   He was detained for an initial period of four days, which he specifically asked for to prepare his defence.

4.   Illingworth was due to appear on Wednesday but has requested more time to prepare his defence.

5.   Chechen separatists said Sunday they were preparing defences after Russian troops advanced overnight on their positions in the mountain village of Vedeno.

6.   Earlier, Russian armoured vehicles poured into the Caucasus republic as thousands of supporters of Chechen leader Dzhokhar Dudayev prepared last-ditch defences around the capital Grozny.

7.   The parliamentary vote had been scheduled for Saturday but was postponed a day after the NCP-UML asked that Adhikari be allowed more time to prepare his defence.

8.   The rebels prepared defences in Pervomaiskaya overnight, while Russian reinforcements surrounded them.

9.   Uldry, the Swiss metallurgical company whose director is the fifth man facing charges, said it would contest the accusations and was preparing a defence.

10.   Lawyers must not only accept such cases but devote the required time to preparing the defence, rather than rushing their work, he said.