Janner child abuse claims: police guilty of failing to investigate, report finds
Independent inquiry into child sexual abuse criticises ‘culture of disbelief’ at Leicestershire police in 2002Leicestershire police were guilty of multiple serious and inexcusable failures to properly...
View ArticleUK politics: net zero strategy to support 440,000 jobs by 2030, says Greg...
This live blog is now closed. You can find out latest stories on the government’s climate strategy below:UK government reveals net zero plan it says will create up to 400,000 jobsMinister hints at gas...
View ArticleWoman wins right to sue Egyptian hotel in English courts over husband’s death
Lawyers hail judgment as landmark case for English nationals injured or killed abroadA woman whose husband was killed in a car crash in Egypt during an excursion booked through the hotel they were...
View ArticleBlue plaque for first practising female barrister Helena Normanton unveiled
English Heritage commemorates trailblazing lawyer at London home where she forged her legal careerHelena Normanton, the first woman to practise as a barrister and lead murder trials in the English...
View ArticleEngland and Wales court backlog crisis ‘to go on for several years’
Report says MoJ and and HM Courts and Tribunals Service ‘not yet working towards shared objectives’The backlog of cases in criminal courts in England and Wales is likely to be a pervasive issue for...
View ArticleCouncil worker sacked for comments about Zionism wins back job
Stan Keable awarded £70,000 after tribunal judge in London rules he was unfairly dismissed from roleA self-described anti-Zionist who was sacked from his job of more than 17 years after being filmed...
View ArticleAlmost 1m Tripadvisor reviews in 2020 found to be fraudulent
In total Tripadvisor penalised 34,605 properties for fraudulent activity and banned 20,299 membersAlmost 1m reviews submitted for inclusion on Tripadvisor– equivalent to 3.6% of the total – were...
View ArticleBudget 2021 live: ‘many to face living standards squeeze’ despite Sunak...
IFS warns take-home pay will fall due to rising prices and taxes; Sunak announces universal credit taper reduction and fuel and alcohol duty cutsSunak softens universal credit cuts to tackle squeeze on...
View Article‘Honour-based’ offences soared by 81% in last five years
Lawyer calls for improved education on issue and says figures are likely to show ‘tip of the iceberg’The number of “honour-based” abuse (HBA) offences recorded by English police forces has soared over...
View ArticlePrince Andrew’s criticisms of Virginia Giuffre may backfire, lawyers say
UK experts say accusing Giuffre of seeking a ‘payday’ at prince’s expense is riskyPrince Andrew’s attacks on Virginia Giuffre’s character in an attempt to get her sexual assault lawsuit against him...
View ArticleMan accused of murdering two women abused bodies in mortuaries, court told
David Fuller, 67, sexually abused dead women in hospitals where he worked, trial hearsA man who sexually assaulted two women after killing them performed similar sex acts on bodies at two hospital...
View Article‘Females with fair skin’: Mayfair casino guilty of race discrimination,...
Crown London Aspinalls accommodated patron’s request not to have black dealersAn exclusive London casino racially discriminated against one of its dealers by allowing a request by a patron not to have...
View ArticleInfected blood scandal: firm claimed products were safe despite using...
Armour UK also aware two people who had used its products had tested HIV positive, the inquiry heardA pharmaceutical company continued to insist its blood products were safe despite knowing it had used...
View ArticleBarristers from ethnic minority backgrounds ‘face systemic obstacles’
Report by Bar Council’s race working group says ethnic minority barristers are paid less and are at greater risk of bullyingBarristers from ethnic minority backgrounds in England and Wales find it...
View ArticleWrongly convicted post office workers need compensation now, inquiry told
Lawyer acting for 151 operators says Post Office and BEIS may try and delay compensation until after inquiryThe independent inquiry into how hundreds of post office workers were wrongfully accused of...
View ArticleGeoffrey Cox under pressure to quit over working from Caribbean
Labour refers Tory to standards commissioner amid suggestions his Commons office also used to join court hearingThe Tory MP Geoffrey Cox was facing mounting pressure to quit, as Labour referred him to...
View ArticleGaddafi minister orchestrated shooting of PC Yvonne Fletcher, court told
Saleh Ibrahim Mabrouk accused over death of police officer who was shot outside Libyan embassy in 1984A former minister in Muammar Gaddafi’s government “orchestrated” the shooting of PC Yvonne Fletcher...
View ArticleColleague of Yvonne Fletcher tells court of 37 years of pain and anger
John Murray making civil claim over 1984 murder of police officer outside Libyan embassy in LondonA retired police officer who is suing a man over the murder of PC Yvonne Fletcher outside the Libyan...
View ArticleJudgment time: admission and apology up the ante in Meghan privacy case
The Duchess of Sussex’s case against the Associated Newspapers offered much drama this week which looks set to continueAn 11th-hour intervention, an admission of forgetfulness, and an apology to the...
View ArticlePriti Patel apologises to man falsely described as extremist hate preacher
Dr Salman Butt wins compensation for being described in 2015 press release as someone who legitimises terrorism The home secretary, Priti Patel, has apologised to a Muslim man after the government...
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