4 h. ago No Mor Chikin! Detroit school launches legal fight to stop Chick

The Giving Tree Montessori School says Chick-fil-A should find a new location for its store, set to be built right next to its playground.

Politics

9 h. ago Sandie Peggie announces second legal action against NHS Fife over further allegations in Dr Beth Upton case

Sandie Peggie, the nurse at the centre of an employment tribunal against NHS Fife, is taking further legal action against the health board and three senior colleagues.

Events

44 h. ago Now council launches legal action to shut THREE migrant hotels: After saga over Bell hotel in Epping, Reform

West Northamptonshire Council said that by accommodating asylum seekers, the three sites may have breached planning rules.

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6 d. ago New model of litigation finance created in Wales with £50m of financial firepower

Capital Law has launched new legal litigation venture New North with backing from Pollen Street Capital

Economics

9 d. ago Sting 'being sued for millions' by former bandmates in The Police

The legal challenge launched by musicians Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland has been listed at London’s High Court under 'general commercial contracts and arrangements'

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1 week ago ‘Hypocritical’ Badenoch calls for Tory councils to launch legal challenges against asylum hotels

Tory leader has encouraged local authorities to ‘take the same steps’ as Epping Forest District Council

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1 week ago 'Desperate' Kemi Badenoch accused of 'hypocritical nonsense' over asylum hotels

Kemi Badenoch has been accused of spouting 'desperate and hypocritical nonsense' after calling on Tory councils to launch legal challenges over a problem her party caused

Events

1 week ago Asylum hotels latest: Badenoch calls for Tory councils to launch legal challenges after Epping migrant site shut

Chaos facing Starmer comes after Epping council granted temporary injunction blocking migrants from being housed at The Bell Hotel

Events

2 w. ago Ospreys and Scarlets in legal action against WRU amid Cardiff controversy

The WRU's acquisition of Cardiff didn't go down well in some quarters and its emerged a legal challenge has been launched

Politics

2 w. ago Christian campaigners launch legal action to ban civil servants from Pride events and rainbow lanyards

The Christian Institute claims civil service endorsement of Pride breaches rules on impartiality

Politics

2 w. ago Security minister refuses multiple times to outline alternative to asylum hotels

Labour is in turmoil after more councils consider launching legal challenges over the government’s use of asylum hotels.

Politics

2 w. ago Campaigners launch legal action to ban civil servants from Pride events and wearing rainbow lanyards

The Christian Institute claims civil service endorsement of Pride breaches rules on impartiality

Politics

2 w. ago Labour faces migrant hotel chaos as more councils consider launching legal action to ban asylum seekers

The Reform leader says his party’s 12 local councils will do ‘everything in their power to follow Epping’s lead’ and challenge the use of hotels to house asylum seekers

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2 w. ago Migrant hotel chaos as more councils to consider launching legal action to ban asylum seekers

The Reform leader says his party’s 12 local councils will do ‘everything in their power to follow Epping’s lead’ and challenge the use of hotels to house asylum seekers

Events

2 w. ago Transgender judge launches legal action for rehearing of Supreme Court gender ruling

The Supreme Court ruling on biological sex is facing a human rights challenge.

Events

2 w. ago For Women Scotland launches legal action against Scottish Government on gender

The Supreme Court ruled in April that the words “woman” and “sex” in the Equality Act 2010 refer to a biological woman and biological sex.

Politics

2 w. ago For Women Scotland launches new legal action against Scottish ministers on gender

The group said it has ‘little choice’ but to take further legal action

Politics

2 w. ago For Women Scotland launches legal action against Scottish ministers on gender

The group believe some Scottish Government policies are ‘inconsistent’ with the UK Supreme Court ruling.

Politics

4 w. ago The Guardian view on asylum myths: when truth loses, scapegoating takes over Britain’s migrant debate | Editorial

Labour’s cautious fixes for immigration and asylum policy face a toxic public mood shaped by fear, falsehoods and far-right provocationIn politics, numbers rarely speak for themselves. They must be framed and interpreted. They are often weaponised. In Britain’s increasingly toxic debate over asylum and migration, the question isn’t just how many asylum seekers arrive on small boats. It’s what those numbers are made to represent – and why polls suggest a large proportion of the public now believes things that are simply untrue.Yvette Cooper, the home secretary, has staked her political credibility on restoring a sense of grip over the asylum system: reducing the backlog by processing cases, accelerating returns of those with no legal claim to stay and launching an as yet small-scale “one in, one out” returns deal with France. In balancing operational realism with symbolic reassurance, Ms Cooper walks a knife-edge between policy and perception. Continue reading...

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