4 d. ago UN compares UK’s Palestine Action ban with human rights restrictions in Russia

UN special rapporteur on human rights says the ban is ‘an unnecessary and disproportionate restriction’ on fundamental human rights

Politics

5 d. ago Rooney books may be pulled from UK sale due to Palestine Action ban, court told

The Normal People author has given her support to the banned group, the High Court heard.

Events

6 d. ago Protest group Palestine Action goes to court to challenge its ban by the UK government

Lawyers for a pro-Palestinian protest group banned by the British government are challenging its classification as a terrorist organization

Events

6 d. ago Starmer and Trump discussed Palestine Action twice on calls before group’s terror ban, court hears

Palestine Action co-founder Huda Ammori is fighting the group’s terror ban at the High Court, arguing it will have a ‘dramatic, severe, widespread and potentially lifelong’ effect

Events

6 d. ago Suffragettes could have been banned as a terror group, High Court told

Palestine Action’s co-founder Huda Ammori is taking legal action against the Home Office over the decision to ban the direct action group.

Events

7 d. ago US justice department renews request to unseal Epstein grand jury materials

DoJ argues that congressional action last week to release the Epstein files permits unsealing of court recordsThe justice department has renewed its request to unseal grand jury materials from the Jeffrey Epstein investigation that led to the disgraced financier’s federal indictment on sex-trafficking charges in 2019.The submission, signed by US attorney Jay Clayton for the southern district in New York, says that Congress made clear in approving the release of investigative materials last week that the court records should be released. Continue reading...

Politics

2 w. ago ATP Finals match halted for 'medical emergency' as umpire takes action on court

Alexander Zverev and Felix Auger-Aliassime were both left confused as their ATP Finals semi-final match was briefly paused for a medical emergency in the crowd

Events

3 w. ago Jeremy Corbyn turns up at court in solidarity with Palestine Action protesters accused of terror offences

Some 36 people pleaded not guilty at Westminster Magistrates' Court in London after being charged under anti-terror laws for supporting the banned group.

Events

3 w. ago Drivers are left scratching their heads after being hit with parking fines at holiday hotspot... from YEARS ago

One woman said she was slapped with a £170 fine from a debt recovery company two years after her stay in Polzeath. Alliance Parking is now threatening court action despite proof she's paid.

Events

3 w. ago Supreme Court takes swift action on Kim Davis bid to overturn same

Justice deny longshot attempt to overturn Obergefell v Hodges

Events

3 w. ago Welsh farmers 'being invaded' by pylon plans take company to court

More than 300 people have launched High Court legal action against a green energy company planning to build the infrastructure across Wales

Events

4 w. ago Teenager taken to Ghana away from UK ‘gang culture’ to stay for now, court rules

Boy had sought court order to force his return, after parents took him on trip to Ghana and returned without himA British teenager whose parents left him in Ghana, fearing he was at risk from “gang culture” in the UK, should stay there until at least the end of his GCSE exams, a judge sitting at London’s high court has ruled.The boy took legal action against his parents, seeking a court order that would force his return, after they enrolled him in a boarding school and arranged for him to live with extended family in Ghana without telling him. Continue reading...

Events

last month Salmond’s estate seeks effective bankruptcy over costs of court action

The former first minister successfully took the Scottish Government to court and was acquitted of a raft of sexual misconduct charges.

Economics