Brian Farmer
Business News
Campaigners opposed to new nuclear plant call on regulators after appeal fails
The Together Against Sizewell C group says it will keep fighting for the ‘soul of Suffolk’ despite losing the latest round of a legal battle.
By Brian Farmer
21 Dec 2023
Business News
Protest group opposed to new Sizewell nuclear plant loses appeal
Together Against Sizewell C objects to a decision, made in 2022 by then business secretary Kwasi Kwarteng, to give the development the green light.
By Brian Farmer
21 Dec 2023
Environment
Poultry farmers await judge’s ruling on bird flu compensation fight
Producers have taken legal action against Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Secretary Steve Barclay saying compensation assessments were ‘unlawful’.
By Brian Farmer
13 Dec 2023
Crime
Migrants who crossed Channel claim damages for 'unlawful' treatment
Asylum seekers have made High Court claims against the Home Office after complaining about searches and phone seizures on arrival in England
By Brian Farmer
12 Dec 2023
Crime
Prince Harry ordered to pay Mail on Sunday nearly £50,000
Prince Harry should pay lawyers' bills, totalling £48,447, for Associated Newspapers Limited, a judge has said
By Brian Farmer
11 Dec 2023
Crime
Judges hearing claims made in wake of ‘dieselgate’ told of secrecy concerns
The High Court has heard allegations that ‘defeat devices’ were fitted to diesel vehicles to get round emissions tests.
By Brian Farmer
8 Dec 2023
Crime
‘Secrecy’ fears raised in court case brought by motorists over emission tests
The High Court has heard allegations that ‘defeat devices’ were fitted to diesel vehicles to get round tests.
By Brian Farmer
8 Dec 2023
Crime
Car makers face more than a million claims in wake of ‘dieselgate’, judges told
Four judges overseeing a preliminary High Court hearing in London on Friday heard Mercedes-Benz was facing more than 300,000 claims.
By Brian Farmer
8 Dec 2023
Politics
Storage of legal battle ‘sterile gowns’ costing £3.2m per year, court hears
The Government has sued PPE Medpro – the firm which supplied the gowns – and Mr Justice Bright on Thursday oversaw a pre-trial hearing.
By Brian Farmer
7 Dec 2023
Crime
Former Pc convicted over sex assaults and misconduct has jail term cut
Jurors heard that Adnan Ali was serving with Greater Manchester Police when the offences were committed.
By Brian Farmer
7 Dec 2023
Crime
Council loses High Court fight over migrant plan for disused Dambuster airfield
West Lindsey District Council argued that a decision to use land at the disused RAF Scampton airfield, where the Dambusters were based, was wrong.
By Brian Farmer
6 Dec 2023
Crime
Judge loses High Court fight after failing to get promotion
District Judge Kate Thomas took legal action against the Judicial Appointments Commission after failing in a bid to become a circuit judge.
By Brian Farmer
6 Dec 2023
Crime
Council awaits ruling on migrant plan for disused Dambuster base
West Lindsey District Council says Government plans to house asylum seekers on part of the former RAF Scampton airfield should be quashed.
By Brian Farmer
6 Dec 2023
Crime
Ex-Lib Dem minister Chris Huhne settles News Group hacking claim
Comedian Catherine Tate, radio presenter Chris Moyles and Spice Girl Melanie Chisholm have also reached agreements after suing, a judge was told
By Brian Farmer
5 Dec 2023
Showbiz
Catherine Tate among celebrities to settle hacking claims - court
A barrister representing News Group Newspapers, which publishes The Sun and used to publish the News Of The World, apologised
By Brian Farmer
5 Dec 2023
Crime
Judge tells fertility clinics to make sure parent ‘status’ paperwork in order
Mrs Justice Theis issued a warning after a couple were told ‘our baby might not be our baby any more’ because forms had not been completed.
By Brian Farmer
1 Dec 2023
Crime
Financier’s ex-wife given jail term after breaching order on ‘luxury’ ski chalet
A High Court judge said Caroline de Vechere was in contempt as a result of breaching an order to hand the chalet in the French Alps to Eric Hersman.
By Brian Farmer
1 Dec 2023
Crime
Home Office ‘secret policy’ blocked asylum-seekers from staying, court told
The claim was made in the High Court as part of a damages case involving an Albanian asylum-seeker who is suing the Home Office.
By Brian Farmer
30 Nov 2023
Crime
Holidaymaker who got sick on break to Turkey wins nine-year legal battle
Peter Griffiths took his case against tour operator Tui to the Supreme Court after losing in the county court and Court of Appeal.
By Brian Farmer
29 Nov 2023
Crime
Judge dismisses bankruptcy petition lodged by tax officials against John Barnes
But Judge Mark Mullen heard the former Liverpool footballer is facing another claim from the liquidators of a company he used to run.
By Brian Farmer
29 Nov 2023
Politics
Judge notes falling number of lone child migrants going into hotels
But Mr Justice Chamberlain suggests that the Home Office should do more to eliminate the use of hotels to house unaccompanied child asylum-seekers.
By Brian Farmer
28 Nov 2023