3 h. ago Decision to cut winter fuel payment ‘complied with Equality Act’, court told

Attorney General Andrew Webster said there is ‘no general common law duty to consult residents who may be affected by such a law’.

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18 h. ago Rachel Reeves knew winter fuel payment cut would plunge 150,000 OAPs into poverty, court hears

The decision to cut the winter fuel payment was made in the full knowledge that 150,000 pensioners would be plunged into poverty, a court was told yesterday.

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25 h. ago UK Government ‘blinded’ by money worries when it cut fuel payment, court told

Pensioners Florence and Peter Fanning, from North Lanarkshire, are challenging last year’s change to the winter fuel payment.

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28 h. ago Winter fuel payment cut ‘tainted’ by lack of impact assessment, court told

Two Scottish pensioners have brought a legal challenge to the decision at the Court of Session.

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29 h. ago Constance Marten trial resumes without defendants as court told of abandoned cat

Marten and Mark Gordon are accused of the manslaughter of a baby who died after they went off grid and slept in a tent in early 2023.

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30 h. ago Sara Sharif's father should be locked up for whole life, Court of Appeal judges told

Sara Sharif’s father Urfan Sharif should be locked up for the rest of his life, judges have been told.

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31 h. ago Sara Sharif’s father should have received whole life order, Court of Appeal told

Urfan Sharif was handed a life sentence with a minimum term of 40 years for his daughter’s murder.

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51 h. ago Prince Andrew was told Epstein saw Staley as close friend, court hears

FCA presents email evidence it claims shows bank boss and child sex offender were like ‘family’Prince Andrew was among a number of high-profile contacts of Jeffrey Epstein who were told that the child sex offender considered the former Barclays boss Jes Staley to be a close friend and like “family”, a court has heardA package of emails presented at the upper tribunal in London marked the first time that the prince was explicitly mentioned in the case launched by Staley in hopes of overturning a lifetime ban from working in the City. Continue reading...

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52 h. ago Constance Marten posed as journalist as she hid tragic newborn baby, court told

Marten, 37, and her partner Mark Gordon, 50, are on trial at the Old Bailey over the death of baby Victoria.

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53 h. ago Bridgen has ‘no real prospect’ of winning Hancock libel claim, High Court told

The ex-MP for North West Leicestershire is suing the former health minister over a post on social media in January 2023.

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55 h. ago Woman who was declared dead appears during court probate row saying 'I'm very much alive'

A long-running probate wrangle was upended after the 'dead' woman – Nigerian-born June Ashimola – gave evidence in the High Court in London and told a judge that she was alive

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3 d. ago Police officers's six words to suspect after man found cut into 27 pieces and scattered in Salford

Bodycam footage from the arrest of Marcin Majerkiewicz for the murder of Stuart Everett was played to the court, and the officer told him it was more serious than stealing

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3 d. ago Staley pushed JP Morgan to keep Epstein as client despite human trafficking concerns, court hears

Former Barclays boss told Jeffrey Epstein suspicious withdrawals from his account were being investigatedThe former bank boss Jes Staley pushed JP Morgan to keep Jeffrey Epstein as a client despite human trafficking concerns and told him suspicious withdrawals from his account were being investigated, a court has heard.The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) put the allegations to the ex-chief executive of Barclays during his second day of witness testimony at the upper tribunal in London. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Constance Marten ‘fell asleep on newborn baby in tragic accident’, court told

The 37-year-old aristocrat and Mark Gordon, 50, are accused of the gross negligence manslaughter of their daughter Victoria in early 2023.

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3 d. ago Clifford’s decision to ‘turn to Andrew Tate’ was no coincidence, court told

The triple killer is due to be sentenced at Cambridge Crown Court on Tuesday.

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3 d. ago Thames Water restructuring plan should not have been approved, court told

A group of Thames Water’s creditors and others are appealing against a decision by the High Court to sanction a plan to keep the company afloat.

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3 d. ago No coincidence killer ‘turned to Andrew Tate’ night before murders, court told

Kyle Clifford will be sentenced in his absence on Tuesday.

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3 d. ago Triple murderer Kyle Clifford turned to ‘posterboy for misogynists’ Andrew Tate before killings

The 26-year-old searched online for Tate’s podcast the night before he carried out the murders of Louise, Carol and Hannah Hunt

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3 d. ago Emmerdale writer 'told partner he wanted to kill her and chop up her face', court hears

Martin Fustes, 47, assaulted the terrified woman and the made vile threats on January 27 after a late-night argument at their home in Beverley, East Yorkshire, where they lived with their children.

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4 d. ago Noel Clarke had life ‘smashed’ by Guardian misconduct allegations, court told

The actor is suing Guardian News and Media for libel.

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