Tom Pilgrim
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UK
Judge criticises legal battle between Prince Harry and the Sun
The Duke of Sussex is bringing a High Court claim against News Group Newspapers over allegations of unlawful information gathering
By Tom Pilgrim
4 Oct 2024
Crime
Dismissed Christian school worker had free speech rights ‘violated’, court told
Kristie Higgs was dismissed by Farmor’s School after sharing Facebook posts criticising LGBT+ relationships teaching plans.
By Tom Pilgrim
3 Oct 2024
Business News
Judge approves Nationwide’s £2.9bn takeover of Virgin Money
A specialist court’s sanctioning of the deal follows approval being received from financial regulators.
By Tom Pilgrim
27 Sept 2024
Business News
Covid-19 vaccine patent legal battle heading to Court of Appeal
Moderna, Pfizer and BioNTech are locked in dispute over the rights to vaccine technology patents.
By Tom Pilgrim
25 Sept 2024
Crime
Child serial killer Lucy Letby to bring further conviction appeal bid next month
Judges will consider the case at a hearing on October 24, according to court listings.
By Tom Pilgrim
20 Sept 2024
Crime
JSO protesters at Silverstone lose appeals against convictions
Five activists were found guilty of causing a public nuisance amid a protest at the British F1 Grand Prix in 2022
By Tom Pilgrim
13 Sept 2024
Business News
Ruling over Covid insurance claims a win for thousands of businesses – lawyers
The Court of Appeal rejected a bid by insurance firms to reverse a 2023 High Court decision over claims for business losses linked to the pandemic.
By Tom Pilgrim
6 Sept 2024
Tech
Judge orders hackers to return stolen NHS patient data
A ransomware gang targeted pathology services provider Synnovis on June 3
By Tom Pilgrim
15 Aug 2024
Business News
Judge rejects High Court challenge over new gas power plant
The Government faced legal action over the granting of development consent for the Net Zero Teesside Project.
By Tom Pilgrim
14 Aug 2024
Crime
Just Stop Oil activists to appeal jail terms for M25 conspiracy
Five individuals were previously handed what are thought to be the longest sentences ever given for peaceful protest
By Tom Pilgrim
13 Aug 2024
Business News
Revolution Bars secures High Court approval of restructuring plan
The hospitality business is ‘heavily loss-making’ and ‘deeply unprofitable’, a judge was told.
By Tom Pilgrim
8 Aug 2024
London
UCL granted High Court order against Gaza protest encampment
The university took legal action over the months-long occupation of part of its central London campus
By Tom Pilgrim
6 Aug 2024
Crime
Nearly 100 migrants suing Government over ‘ill-treatment’ at Manston centre
Lawyers say the cases concern ‘breaches of fundamental rights, including the right to liberty and prohibition on inhuman and degrading treatment’.
By Tom Pilgrim
2 Aug 2024
Crime
The Sun publisher agrees to searches over ‘fake security threat’ allegations
The claim about the mass deletion of emails features in legal action brought against NGN.
By Tom Pilgrim
29 Jul 2024
Politics
Teacher banned over misgendering pupil loses High Court appeal
Joshua Sutcliffe claimed a prohibition order against him was an ‘unjustified interference’ with his rights to freedom of speech and religion.
By Tom Pilgrim
26 Jul 2024
Music
Evidence of ‘suspicious circumstances’ around Amy Winehouse auctions, court told
Two of the late singer’s friends are being sued by her father over allegations they benefited from selling her belongings.
By Tom Pilgrim
25 Jul 2024
Business News
Supreme Court to hear cases of traders jailed over rate-rigging
Tom Hayes and Carlo Palombo have secured permission to take bids to clear their names to the UK’s highest court.
By Tom Pilgrim
25 Jul 2024
Environment
Ministers have not explained how new power plant helps net zero goal, court told
The Government is facing legal action over the granting of development consent for the Net Zero Teesside Project.
By Tom Pilgrim
23 Jul 2024
Politics
Government climate change adaptation plan ‘deficient’, High Court told
Campaign group Friends of the Earth and two individual activists affected by climate change are taking legal action against ministers.
By Tom Pilgrim
23 Jul 2024
Crime
Relatives of women who died with herpes after childbirth suing NHS trust
Kimberley Sampson and Samantha Mulcahy died in 2018 after having Caesarean sections at hospitals in Kent.
By Tom Pilgrim
19 Jul 2024