12 h. ago Slater gave ’emphatic’ assurance to Biffa on deposit return scheme, court told

£166m court case over collapsed deposit return scheme expected to last for eight days at Court of Session

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16 h. ago £166m court case over collapsed deposit return scheme set to begin

Case expected to last for eight days at Court of Session

Economics

58 h. ago Nicolas Sarkozy to enter prison for criminal conspiracy over Libyan funding

Former French president set to start five-year sentence for scheme to obtain campaign funds from Muammar Gaddafi’s regimeThe former French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, will go to prison on Tuesday after a court sentenced him to five years for criminal conspiracy over a scheme to obtain election campaign funds from the regime of the late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi.Sarkozy, who was the rightwing president of France between 2007 and 2012, will become the first former head of an EU country to serve time in prison, and the first French postwar leader to be jailed. Continue reading...

Events

3 d. ago Plan for Welsh adventure hub previously ruled unlawful being revived

The scheme was approved in 2024 but a high court judge later quashed the decision

Politics

2 w. ago Prince Harry's case against Daily Mail: legal researchers hatched a 'camouflage scheme' to 'mislead' High Court, hearing is told

Prince Harry and Baroness Lawrence's legal team 'hatched a scheme' to mislead the High Court in the high-profile trial they are bringing with others against the Mail, a hearing was told.

Politics

4 w. ago Home Office loses bid to challenge High Court ruling that granted Eritrean man a temporary block on his deportation to France under 'one

Only three Channel have been deported so far as part of the agreement with President Macron , undermining claims it will act as a deterrent.

Society

4 w. ago I sought to protect an immigrant legal client. Instead, I’m facing Trump’s new sanctions

I appear to be the first attorney targeted in a scheme that calls on federal agencies to accuse lawyers of unethical conductOn Memorial Day weekend 2025, a woman frantically called to tell me her husband was being removed to Laos late that night, with only hours of notice. Though I’m a solo practitioner with limited resources, I took the case pro bono because my values drive me to help indigent clients. I was aware of the government’s catch-me-if-you-can scheme to move detainees around without notice to escape court oversight, but I felt prepared for the challenge because I’m also an independent legal scholar who published a practice guide to help lawyers navigate habeas corpus actions for immigrant clients.Though I secured an order from the northern district of Texas explicitly preventing my client’s removal from the United States, he was nevertheless put on an international flight around 1am on Memorial Day. After a restless night making calls and sending emails, I went on a hike ...

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