Callum Parke
Business News
Plan to save Las Iguanas restaurant operator from administration approved
Mr Justice Meade sanctioned the scheme at the end of a High Court hearing in London.
By Callum Parke
5 Jun 2026
Crime
Tommy Robinson’s latest bid to lower contempt sentence to be heard at High Court
Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, was jailed for 18 months in October after admitting 10 breaches of an injunction made in 2021.
By Callum Parke
19 May 2025
Crime
London park festivals to go ahead as planned after court ruling, organisers say
Brockwell Live said that the series planned for 2025 will continue after a High Court ruling last week.
By Callum Parke
19 May 2025
Crime
Campaigners take step in legal action over toilet guidance after gender ruling
Good Law Project said on Friday that it had sent a pre-action letter to the Equality and Human Rights Commission over its guidance.
By Callum Parke
16 May 2025
Crime
Father who murdered daughter in play-fight will not have sentence increased
Simon Vickers, 50, was jailed for life with a minimum term of 15 years in February for the murder of his 14-year-old daughter, Scarlett Vickers.
By Callum Parke
15 May 2025
London15 May 2025
Search for mother of three abandoned babies narrows to 400 homes
The three siblings, Harry, Roman and Elsa, were abandoned within a few miles of each other in east London in 2017, 2019 and 2024
Crime
Father who murdered daughter in play-fight could have sentence increased
Simon Vickers was jailed for life with a minimum term of 15 years in February for the murder of his daughter Scarlett, 14.
By Callum Parke
15 May 2025
Crime
Peter Sullivan ‘not angry’ as murder conviction quashed after 38 years in prison
Mr Sullivan was jailed in 1987 for the murder of 21-year-old Diane Sindall the previous year.
By Callum Parke
13 May 2025
Crime
Man in prison for 38 years for murder has conviction quashed at Court of Appeal
Peter Sullivan was convicted in 1987 of the murder of 21-year-old Diane Sindall in Bebington, Merseyside, the previous year.
By Callum Parke
13 May 2025
Crime
New DNA evidence casts ‘sufficient’ doubt on 1987 murder conviction, court told
Peter Sullivan was jailed in 1987 for the murder of 21-year-old Diane Sindall in Bebington, Merseyside, in 1986.
By Callum Parke
13 May 2025
Crime
Killer of Met sergeant Matt Ratana loses conviction and sentence appeal bids
Louis De Zoysa, 27, was given a whole life order in July 2023 after being convicted of Sgt Matt Ratana’s murder the previous month.
By Callum Parke
8 May 2025
Crime
Wagatha Christie libel battle ruling a ‘relief’ – Coleen Rooney
In a post on Instagram stories, Mrs Rooney wrote that Tuesday’s ruling on costs had brought ‘closure for my family and I’.
By Callum Parke
7 May 2025
Celebrity News
Wagatha Christie battle appears to come to an end after latest costs ruling
The hearing on Tuesday came more than five years after the viral social media post at the heart of the libel dispute.
By Callum Parke
7 May 2025
Celebrity News
Rebekah Vardy to pay at least £1.4m of Coleen Rooney’s Wagatha legal costs
A judge said following a hearing on Tuesday that he hoped it was ‘the end of a long and unhappy road’.
By Callum Parke
7 May 2025
UK
Harry and others allege 'web of illegal acts' against Mail publisher
The Duke of Sussex, Baroness Doreen Lawrence, and Sir Elton John and his husband, David Furnish, among individuals bringing legal action against Associated Newspapers Limited
By Callum Parke
6 May 2025
Crime
Rebakah Vardy agrees to pay £1.2m of Coleen Rooney Wagatha legal costs
Mrs Vardy lost a High Court libel battle against Mrs Rooney in 2022.
By Callum Parke
6 May 2025
UK
Rebekah Vardy set to learn size of Wagatha libel battle legal bill
Colleen Rooney has accused Rebekah Vardy of leaking her private information to the press
By Callum Parke
6 May 2025
Crime
Harry says he ‘can’t see a world’ where his family come to UK after lost appeal
Harry, 40, lost a Court of Appeal challenge over his security arrangements while in the country.
By Callum Parke
2 May 2025
Crime
A timeline of the Duke of Sussex’s legal challenge over his security in the UK
The duke lost a Court of Appeal battle over his UK security arrangements in the latest stage of the case on Friday.
By Callum Parke
2 May 2025
Crime
Teachers’ union reaches agreement in High Court legal action over top role
A High Court judge commended the parties involved for their approach, which he said had led to a ‘desirable outcome’.
By Callum Parke
28 Apr 2025
Crime
Extinction Rebellion co-founder loses appeal over Heathrow drone conspiracy
Roger Hallam and Larch Maxey appealed against their convictions at a hearing in London in March.
By Callum Parke
16 Apr 2025