1.   The Coroner who will hold the inquest into the deaths, has agreed to sit with a jury... which relatives and their lawyers claim is vital.

2.   And juries are prone to hike up punitive damages when lawyers claims that evidence has been withheld or destroyed.

3.   Defense lawyers claim Erik suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder as a result of a lifetime of abuse.

4.   From the same pulpit, he will comfort the mother who took their lives in what her lawyer claims was a mercy killing.

5.   The lawyers claim, and nearly everyone, including Smith, agrees, that the association negotiated a disastrous labor agreement in June.

6.   Defense lawyers claim most of the defendants have but a passing connection to the three leaders of the networks, who they say should be tried separately.

7.   The player and his lawyer claim there were irregularities in the handling of the urine sample and asked for a further genetic analysis.

8.   His lawyers claim he blacked out during the crime was unaware of his actions.

9.   If convicted, which defence lawyers claim is a very unlikely scenario, Malan and the generals face life imprisonment.

10.   But their lawyers claim that the evidence heard in the trial was flawed and the sentences too harsh.