9 h. ago High Court to hear major legal challenge over 'baffling' Greater Manchester masterplan change

Greater Manchester's Places for Everyone plan is to face legal scrutiny over the proposed loss of green belt land at London's high court

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26 h. ago Ghislaine Maxwell's final bid for freedom crushed as court makes dramatic decision

Jeffrey Epstein's 'madam' Ghislaine Maxwell has lost her final appeal after the Supreme Court refuses to hear her case, leaving a presidential pardon from her pal Donald Trump as her only hope of an early release

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28 h. ago US supreme court declines to hear Ghislaine Maxwell’s appeal of sex trafficking conviction

Jeffrey Epstein associate was sentenced in 2022 to 20 years in prison for sex trafficking and related crimesThe US supreme court has declined to hear an appeal from Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell of her sex trafficking conviction.Maxwell in 2022 was sentenced to 20 years in prison for sex trafficking and related crimes. Continue reading...

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28 h. ago US supreme court declines to hear Ghislaine Maxwell’s appeal of sex

Jeffrey Epstein associate was sentenced in 2022 to 20 years in prison for sex trafficking and related crimesThe US supreme court has declined to hear an appeal from the Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell of her sex-trafficking conviction.The decision brings an end to Maxwell’s legal effort to have her 2021 conviction on sex-trafficking charges overturned – and leaves presidential clemency as her only option for early release from a 20-year prison sentence handed to her in 2022. Continue reading...

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59 h. ago London Court To Hear Nirav Modi’s Petition To Reopen Extradition Trial On November 23

London Court To Hear Nirav Modi’s Petition To Reopen Extradition Trial On November 23  WION

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1 week ago Ely riots trial to hear fresh evidence as eight appear before court

Lee Robinson, Luke Williams, Jaydan Baston, Michaela Gonzales, McKenzie Danks, Jordan Bratcher, Zayne Farrugia and Connor O'Sullivan are accused of rioting in the Cardiff suburb following the death of two teenagers

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2 w. ago Nirav Modi files fresh appeal in UK to delay extradition to India, London court agrees to hear plea

Nirav Modi files fresh appeal in UK to delay extradition to India, London court agrees to hear plea  Moneycontrol

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2 w. ago McGregor asks Supreme Court to hear appeal over civil court’s rape verdict

Nikita Hand successfully sued the MMA fighter over an incident in which he was alleged to have ‘brutally raped and battered’ her.

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3 w. ago New Hampshire Supreme Court to hear death row inmate's appeal for life sentence

New Hampshire's Supreme Court has agreed to hear the appeal of Michael Addison, the state's only inmate on death row

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3 w. ago Judge dismisses two top charges against Luigi Mangione in UnitedHealthcare CEO shooting

Man accused in killing of Brian Thompson will not face state charges of first- and second-degree murder but will still face other chargesLuigi Mangione scored a major legal victory on Tuesday with a judge dismissing the two top state charges against him: first-degree murder and second-degree murder, both of which prosecutors had argued were terrorism crimes.Mangione still faces an additional second-degree murder charge, as well as a federal murder charge, in the killing of United HealthCare executive Brian Thompson last December. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Voices: The Hillsborough Law will stand as the beating heart of this Labour government

My experience of shaping the new Hillsborough Law – which will compel public officials to tell the truth to public inquiries after major tragedies – has left me with a deep conviction that our legal system can and must do better, says attorney general Richard Hermer

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3 w. ago Linking of oil giants to major heatwaves marks ‘leap forward’ for legal liability cases

Study shows how individual fossil fuel companies are making previously impossible heatwaves happen and could have to pay compensationCarbon emissions from the world’s biggest fossil fuel companies have been directly linked to dozens of deadly heatwaves for the first time, according to a new analysis. The research has been hailed as a “leap forward” in the legal battle to hold big oil accountable for the damages being caused by the climate crisis.The research found that the emissions from any one of the 14 biggest companies were by themselves enough to cause more than 50 heatwaves that would otherwise have been virtually impossible. The study shows, in effect, that those emissions caused the heatwaves. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Alex Jones begs Supreme Court to hear his appeal so he doesn’t have to pay Sandy Hook families $1.4 billion

‘There is no legitimate basis for the U.S. Supreme Court to accept this last gasp from Alex Jones and we will oppose it in due course,’ a lawyer for the Sandy Hook families said.

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3 w. ago Alex Jones asks U.S. Supreme Court to hear appeal of $1.4 billion Sandy Hook judgment

Far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear his appeal of the $1.4 billion judgment a Connecticut jury and judge issued against him for calling the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting a hoax

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4 w. ago Reopening of Dumfries cinema moves closer after major legal hurdle cleared

Missives to allow Tristan Campbell to take on the former Odeon on Shakespeare Street have finally been completed.

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4 w. ago Appeals court hears from US military contractor ordered to pay $42M to former Abu Ghraib detainees

An appeals court is set to hear oral arguments from a U.S. military contractor ordered to pay $42 million for contributing to the torture and mistreatment of three former detainees of Iraq’s notorious Abu Ghraib prison two decades ago

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