‘Fanciful’ – EE’s legal claim against Virgin Mobile given brutal rebuff by High Court August 2, 2023 The High Court has dismissed EE’s legal claim against Virgin Mobile, describing it as “fanciful” with “no real prospect of succeeding”. British telecoms company EE attempted to sue Virgin Mobile for a reported £24.6m over a contract dispute back in August 2022. In a decision ruling in favour of the applicant, the court proclaimed EE’s [...]
PCI-PAL: Cloud payment specialist reports jump in new business as it shrugs off High Court patent case February 27, 2024 Secure payment solutions provider PCI-PAL has reported a jump in revenues for the six months ending 31 December 2023 as it saw an uplift in new business and touted victory in a High Court patent case.
Bitcoin case: High Court refers Craig Wright to CPS and orders him cough up over £5m in costs July 17, 2024 A judge is referring Craig Wright over to the Crown Prosecution Service after he "lied to the court extensively and repeatedly” in the Bitcoin case earlier this year
ULEZ: High Court backs London Mayor Sadiq Khan’s controversial emissions charge July 28, 2023 Sadiq Khan’s ULEZ plan got a major boost today after a court threw out a judicial review claiming the scheme to charge drivers who fail to meet emissions standards was unlawful. Plans to widen the ultra low emission zone (ULEZ), already in place across inner London, slated to expand throughout Greater London’s 32 boroughs from [...]
ULEZ: Dutch lorry firms launch High Court challenge over £6.5m in fines in blow to Sadiq Khan December 27, 2023 Transport for London (TfL) could be forced to pay back millions in ULEZ fines after Dutch lorry firms launched a legal challenge in the High Court.
Credit Suisse in High Court tomorrow: Bank sued over securities linked to 2008 crisis April 19, 2023 Credit Suisse is set to appear at the High Court in London on Thursday to defend itself against a $160m (£129m) claim over allegations the Swiss bank made “fraudulent misrepresentations” related to the sale of residential mortgage-backed securities. The claim, brought by Loreley Financing, a subsidiary of German bank IKB, argues it was misled by [...]
KPMG’s failings led to Carillion’s collapse, High Court lawsuit says November 28, 2022 KPMG’s incompetence in its audits of Carillion played a core part in the construction giant’s 2018 collapse, Carillion’s liquidators have said, as part of a £1.3bn lawsuit against the Big Four accounting firm. KPMG’s 2016 audit of Carillion lulled the construction firm’s board into a false sense of security that saw the firm make a [...]
Explainer-in-brief: High Court gives the green light to the Rwanda asylum plan December 20, 2022 Yesterday, the High Court ruled that the controversial policy of sending asylum seekers to Rwanda was legal. But the judges also said that the Home Office had failed to properly consider the circumstances of the eight people it was trying to deport back in June, and invited the department to consider them once more. The [...]
Government’s Rwanda deportation plans for asylum seekers are legal, High Court rules December 19, 2022 Government plans to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda are lawful, the High Court has ruled. Several challenges were brought against the proposals announced by then-home secretary Priti Patel in April, which she described as a “world-first agreement” with the east African nation in a bid to deter migrants from crossing the Channel. The first deportation [...]
Sir Frederick Barclay facing next round of High Court divorce fight with ex wife March 6, 2023 Retired businessman Sir Frederick Barclay is to face the next round of a High Court fight over money with his ex-wife. A judge ordered Sir Frederick, 88, to hand Lady Hiroko Barclay, 80, lump sums totalling £100 million in May 2021 following the breakdown of their 34-year marriage. Sir Jonathan Cohen said at the time [...]