8 h. ago Prince Harry's security battle may return to court in major case update

The Court of Appeal has given a ruling in the case of the Duke of Sussex's security arrangements in the UK, ahead of a hearing next week

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9 h. ago Major ruling in Prince Harry's security battle as case poised for return to court

Prince Harry's appeal against a High Court ruling over his security arrangements when in the UK is set to be heard next week - and the Court of Appeal has issued a ruling ahead of the hearing

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13 h. ago Parts of Harry challenge over UK security arrangements to be held in private

Three judges said that ‘confidential facts’ in the case would be heard in private.

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34 h. ago FCA says UK Court of Appeal car finance ruling went ‘too far’

Financial regulator’s submission to Supreme Court comes at start of pivotal three-day hearing

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5 d. ago US Naval Academy to no longer consider race when evaluating candidates

White House detailed policy change in filing asking court to suspend appeal by group opposed to affirmative actionThe US Naval Academy has changed its policy and will no longer consider race as a factor when evaluating candidates to attend the elite military school, a practice it maintained even after the US supreme court barred civilian colleges from employing similar affirmative action policies.The Trump administration detailed the policy change in a filing on Friday asking a court to suspend an appeal lodged by a group opposed to affirmative action against a judge’s decision last year upholding the Annapolis, Maryland-based Naval Academy’s race-conscious admissions program. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Former Brazil footballer Dani Alves has rape conviction quashed after appeal

Ex-player was initially sentenced in February 2024Court rules unanimously that conviction was unsafeThe former Brazil international Dani Alves has had his conviction for rape overturned on appeal.In February 2024, a court sentenced Alves to a minimum sentence of four years and six months for the rape of a 23-year-old woman in a Barcelona nightclub in December 2022. As he had already spent more than a year on remand, Alves was released under legal supervision shortly afterwards. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Dani Alves’ sexual assault conviction overturned by Spanish court on appeal

A court last year found him guilty of raping a woman in a Barcelona nightclub in 2022

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5 d. ago Dani Alves’ rape conviction overturned by Spanish court on appeal

The former Barcelona and Brazil right back was previously found guilty of sexual assault in a nightclub in 2022

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5 d. ago Dani Alves cleared of raping woman as appeal rules on 'contradictions' in case

Ex-Barcelona and Brazil full-back Dani Alves has had his conviction of rape overturned by a top court in Spain's Catalonia region after 'contradictions' in the case

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5 d. ago Dani Alves CLEARED of raping woman in nightclub after appealing guilty verdict

Dani Alves was handed a four and half year prison sentence in February last year after three judges convicted him of the sex attack following a three-day trial - but he has now been cleared

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6 d. ago Environmental campaign group Just Stop Oil announces end to direct action

The group has drawn attention, criticism and jail terms for protests ranging from defacing artworks and heritage to invading motorways.

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8 d. ago Former Fifa president Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini cleared in corruption case

Swiss Criminal Court clears pair of fraud mismanagementHearing came after appeal against their acquittal in 2022 Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini have been acquitted for a second time on charges of fraud, forgery, mismanagement and misappropriation of $2.2m (£1.7m) of Fifa money in 2011.The attorney general’s office in Switzerland had challenged a first acquittal in July 2022 and asked for sentences of 20 months, suspended for two years, for the former Fifa and Uefa presidents. However the federal criminal appeals court accepted the two men’s explanation that the payment had been for consultancy work. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Former bank trader Tom Hayes in Supreme Court appeal to clear his name after extraordinary LIBOR downfall

Tom Hayes shared cells with killers. Now he’s fighting to clear his name

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9 d. ago ‘Nazis got better treatment’ than Venezuelans under Alien Enemies Act, says appeal court judge – US politics live

US circuit judge Patricia Millett criticizes lack of due process as Venezuelans were deported to El Salvador without the right to contest their removalDonald Trump’s forceful attack on the American judiciary hits the appeals court today for a high-stakes hearing over the president’s controversial use of wartime powers to deport foreign migrants.Politico reports that the Trump administration will urge a three-member appeals panel to overturn federal judge James Boasberg’s temporary restraining order blocking use of the 1798 Alien Enemies Act to deport planeloads of migrants without due process. Justice Department lawyers will also demand Boasberg be thrown off the case following a ferocious weeklong effort to publicly discredit him led by the president himself. The hearing starts in Washington at 1.30pm ET, each side will be allocated 30 minutes to make their case. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Profumo affair scandal icon Christine Keeler's son demands Royal Pardon after set

Seymour Platt today said he would pursue a Royal Pardon as he blasted the Criminal Case Review Commission's decision not to refer Christine Keeler's perjury conviction to the Court of Appeal

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1 week ago Love Island star Jack Fincham grins and gives a thumbs up as he's spared prison over dog attack that saw his cane corso maul runner

The 32-year-old reality TV star was originally sentenced in January 2025 after his black Cane Corso, Elvis, injured runner Robert Sudell in Swanley, Kent, in September 2022.

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1 week ago Love Island star Jack Fincham grins as he's spared prison over dog attack that saw his cane corso maul runner

The 32-year-old reality TV star was originally sentenced in January 2025 after his black Cane Corso, Elvis, injured runner Robert Sudell in Swanley, Kent, in September 2022.

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1 week ago Conor McGregor seeks to introduce new evidence in civil rape appeal case

Last November Nikita Hand won her claim against McGregor after accusing the professional fighter of raping her in a Dublin hotel in December 2018.

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1 week ago Shamed Love Island star Jack Fincham walks free from court after winning appeal against prison sentence for dog attack committed by his cane corso

The 32-year-old reality TV star was originally sentenced in January 2025 after his black Cane Corso, Elvis, injured runner Robert Sudell in Swanley, Kent, in September 2022.

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1 week ago Jack Fincham's vicious rant at cops before being jailed as he appeals sentence today

Love Island winner Jack Fincham will appear in court today to appeal his sentence after he was jailed – and quickly released – after his cane corso dog was involved in two attacks

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