Premier League v Man City: What to expect from the eye-catching legal battle September 16, 2024 What exactly is the hearing looking at, and what should we expect to learn?
Julian Assange: Ruling on right to appeal US extradition delayed March 26, 2024 The legal battle over the extradition of Julian Assange has been in and out of court for several years. The Australian-born editor faces a 175-year jail sentence in the United States.
Rebellion seen off as Rwanda amendments fail ahead of crunch small boats vote January 16, 2024 The government has faced down a febrile rebellion over toughening up a small boats law as amendments to the Rwanda Bill failed to pass, ahead of yet another crunch vote this week.
Litigation funding brought the Post Office to justice – now it’s time to take it to water companies August 16, 2024 Without litigation funding, the Post Office may have never seen justice. Now it’s time to use it against polluting water companies, writes environment consultant Carolyn Roberts Ofwat recently announced hefty fines for three water companies dumping sewage in our waterways. Alongside regulatory pressure, collective opt-out legal action like the one I’m leading can play a [...]
Explainer: The Court of Appeal’s decision on the Rwanda scheme is a loss for Braverman June 29, 2023 Today, the Court of Appeal ruled the Home Office’s plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda unlawful. Ten asylum seekers, together with the charity Asylum Aid, had brought the case to the Court of Appeal after the High Court sided with the government at an earlier hearing. Today, they won. The appellants won on the [...]
Key Rwanda safety bill scrapes through crunch Commons vote December 12, 2023 Rishi Sunak has been spared defeat after a key bill declaring Rwanda a safe country for migrant flights scraped through a Commons vote - but could face a future rebellion in the New Year.
Autumn Statement: What do Tory MPs make of Hunt’s ‘crowd-pleaser’ budget? November 23, 2023 Jeremy Hunt's Autumn Statement delivered, without being flashy, enough content to satisfy most quarters.
Sunak hails ‘united team’ as new cabinet meets for first time November 14, 2023 Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has hailed his “strong and united team” as his new-look cabinet featuring Lord David Cameron met for the first time this morning after a dramatic reshuffle.
Truss condemns ‘sham’ decision as two British men sentenced to death by Russian-backed court June 10, 2022 Two British men captured by Russian-backed separatists in occupied Ukraine have been sentenced to death. Aiden Aslin, 28, and Shaun Pinner, 48, were handed the punishment by a ‘supreme court’ in the Donetsk region, alongside a Moroccan student, Ibrahim Sadun. The duo were held by separatists in the city of Mariupol in April and were [...]
UK judge orders Julian Assange to be extradited to the US April 20, 2022 WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will be extradited to the US after all, following a long legal battle, after a UK judge ordered him stateside to face a 175-year sentence. The US Department of Justice indicted Australian-born Assange on 18 counts, including breaking spying laws and conspiring to hack government computers. The decision will now move [...]