94 m. ago Michelle Mone hits out at Tory hypocrisy as she says she won’t return as Conservative peer

High Court ruled PPE Medpro provided government with 25 million faulty surgical gowns during pandemic

Events

52 h. ago PPE Medpro must repay £122mn over substandard Covid gowns, High Court rules

Medical equipment company linked to Michelle Mone breached government contract during pandemic, judge says

Economics

54 h. ago PPE Medpro must repay £122mn after supplying unsafe Covid gowns, High Court rules

Medical equipment company linked to Michelle Mone breached government contract during pandemic, judge says

Economics

54 h. ago Company linked to Michelle Mone breached Covid PPE contract, High Court rules

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) sued PPE Medpro over claims it breached a £121 million PPE contract.

Events

54 h. ago Company linked to Baroness Michelle Mone must repay government £122m for breaching PPE contract, High Court rules

A company linked to Tory peer Michelle Mone, must repay the Government almost £122 million for breaching a PPE contract 

Economics

62 h. ago High Court judge to rule on whether PPE Medpro breached Government contract

The company was accused of providing non-sterile gowns during the pandemic.

Events

3 d. ago Michelle Mone slams government for making her 'scapegoat' in PPE scandal

PPE Medpro, a consortium led by Baroness Mone's husband, businessman Doug Barrowman, is being sued by the Department of Health and Social Care.

Politics

3 d. ago Michelle Mone accuses Government of ‘scapegoating’ ahead of PPE court ruling

PPE Medpro, a company linked to Baroness Mone, is being sued by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) over an alleged contract breach.

Politics

4 d. ago Andrew Tate to face no criminal charges over abuse claims made in UK civil case

Four women are suing influencer at high court but CPS rules legal test for criminal prosecution not metAndrew Tate will face no criminal charges over allegations made by four women who are suing him in a civil case at the high court in London.The women accuse the self-proclaimed misogynist influencer of sexual violence, including grabbing one by the throat on several occasions in 2015, whipping her with a belt and pointing a gun at her face. Continue reading...

Events

7 d. ago Judge rules separated couple can finalise adoption in Scots legal first

Lady Tait ruled at the Court of Session that both adults and the eight-year-old girl live as a ‘family unit’, albeit in two households.

Events

7 d. ago Terrorism case against Kneecap rapper Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh thrown out

Chief magistrate at Woolwich crown court rules that ‘proceedings were instituted unlawfully and are null’The terrorism case against the Kneecap rapper Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh has been thrown out following a technical error in the way the charge against him was brought.The 27-year-old, who performs under the stage name Mo Chara, was accused of displaying a flag in support of the proscribed terrorist organisation Hezbollah at a gig at the O2 Forum in Kentish Town, north London, last November. Continue reading...

Events

7 d. ago Pittsburgh's 'jock tax' on visiting athletes, performers at publicly funded stadiums shot down

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled that Pittsburgh’s so-called jock tax discriminates against visiting professional athletes and performers

Economics

7 d. ago Las Vegas man raped by mother as a child is told by judge that he's legal father to brother believed to be his biological son

A Las Vegas man who was raped by his mother as a child and suspects he is his brother's father will now serve as his sibling's legal guardian, a court ruled.

Events

1 week ago UK nurse jailed for killing four patients is denied chance to appeal

Three judges block Colin Campbell’s attempt to overturn his murder convictions at the supreme courtA nurse convicted of murdering four patients and trying to kill a fifth will not be allowed to appeal to the supreme court, judges have ruled.Colin Campbell, 49, was jailed for life in 2008 for killing Doris Ludlam, Bridget Bourke, Irene Crookes and Ethel Hall on orthopaedic wards in hospitals in Leeds. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Federal appeals court reinstates Vermont Christian school after it objected to transgender player

A federal appeals court has ruled that a Vermont Christian school can participate in the state's sports league

Sport

1 week ago Drivers told to make one check now as they may eligible for payout

The Supreme Court has ruled on a long-running dispute over car finance, with millions of drivers potentially in line for compensation. They've been urged to make a simple check

Politics

2 w. ago How Trump has turned the legal system ‘on its head’ to meet deportation goals

Cuban asylum seeker EC and others saw hard-won victories vanish as new rules upended immigration courtsThe Cuban asylum seeker referred to in court papers as EC could not believe his luck, and neither could his lawyers.They’d come to immigration court in Miami in late spring expecting only incremental progress in a case that had been grinding away for more than three years. Yet here was the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) lawyer telling the judge the government was dropping its deportation demands. It seemed EC had won, eligible at last for a green card and permanent residency in the United States. Continue reading...

Politics

2 w. ago Trump’s take on a court decision on tariffs is bonkers – even for him | Steven Greenhouse

The president’s claim that undermining his tariffs would ‘literally destroy’ the country gets the situation backwardsJust hours after an appeals court ruled that it was illegal for Donald Trump to impose his unpopular across-the-board tariffs on dozens of countries, he posted a frantic, over-the-top rant that declared: “If allowed to stand, this Decision would literally destroy the United States of America.”So here the president of the United States was asserting that if the courts torpedoed his tariffs, then the US, the most powerful nation on earth, would be destroyed, would “literally” be kaput. Trump seemed to suggest that court rulings that blocked his beloved tariffs would have the destructive power of, say, 100 hydrogen bombs.Steven Greenhouse is a journalist and author, focusing on labour and the workplace, as well as economic and legal issues Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Judge quashes Home Office decision to extradite vulnerable man to US

Portugal has also made extradition request for Diogo Santos Coelho who is facing cybercrime chargesA high court judge has ruled that a vulnerable autistic man should not be extradited to the US on cybercrime charges, quashing a Home Office decision.The UK government has accepted that Diogo Santos Coelho, 25, was groomed and exploited online by adults from the age of 14, leading to him setting up the website RaidForums, to which the alleged crimes relate. Continue reading...

Society

2 w. ago Starmer suffers blow as High Court rules man cannot be deported to France

The Home Office has suffered a blow after a High Court ruling that an Eritrean man will not be deported to France on Wednesday under the Government's "one in, one out" scheme

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