Tom Pilgrim
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Wagatha Christie timeline: the Vardy v Rooney libel battle
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Crime
Afghan families say they are ‘trapped’ in hotels after losing High Court case
At a hearing in January, their lawyers alleged the Home Secretary was failing to fulfil a commitment to help them rebuild their lives in the UK.
By Tom Pilgrim
24 Mar 2023
Crime
Campaigners win bid to continue injunction protecting Plymouth trees
A campaign group has won the latest round in a legal battle with the city council over trees which were cut down in Plymouth.
By Tom Pilgrim
24 Mar 2023
Crime
Insurer wins court fight over refusal to pay for Second World War bomb damage
Allianz won its case against the University of Exeter at the High Court.
By Tom Pilgrim
22 Mar 2023
Environment
Campaigners bring High Court challenge over Sizewell C nuclear plant approval
Protest group Together Against Sizewell C has launched a bid to challenge development consent granted for the multibillion-pound project in Suffolk.
By Tom Pilgrim
22 Mar 2023
Music
Culture Club bandmates to pay £1.75m to ex-drummer as High Court trial dropped
A trial over the value of the band name and its profits was expected to begin in London on March 27.
By Tom Pilgrim
21 Mar 2023
Crime
Supreme Court hands legal boost to Ukraine over multibillion-dollar Russian loan
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky hailed the ruling as a ‘decisive victory against the aggressor’.
By Tom Pilgrim
15 Mar 2023
Crime
Appeal judges reject bid to increase jail term of man who murdered colleague
Ross McCullam, 30, was handed a life sentence with a minimum term of 23 years in December for killing Megan Newborough, 23.
By Tom Pilgrim
14 Mar 2023
Crime
Asylum seekers can widen scope of Rwanda policy appeals, judge rules
A group of individuals from countries including Iran, Iraq and Syria are aiming to overturn rulings made by two High Court judges in December.
By Tom Pilgrim
14 Mar 2023
Crime
Mother wins High Court challenge over refusal of legal aid for custody battle
She brought a case against the Ministry of Justice and Legal Aid Agency challenging their ‘unjust’ approach to legal aid rules.
By Tom Pilgrim
9 Mar 2023
Crime
Ex-marine awarded £700,000 after suing MoD over hearing loss
James Barry claimed he suffered hearing loss and tinnitus due to exposure to noise during his service
By Tom Pilgrim
3 Mar 2023
Science
Supreme Court considers whether AI can be named as inventor in patent dispute
Dr Stephen Thaler is locked in a dispute with the IPO, after it rejected his bid to list an AI he created as the inventor for two patents.
By Tom Pilgrim
2 Mar 2023
UK
Unfair Bulb sale process prevented ‘better’ bid, court told
Power companies Scottish Power, British Gas and Eon are taking legal action over the sale of failed supplier Bulb to Octopus
By Tom Pilgrim
28 Feb 2023
Crime
Windrush victim brings compensation fight with Home Office to the High Court
In July 2005, he visited his youngest son in Jamaica but was refused re-entry to the UK three years later.
By Tom Pilgrim
22 Feb 2023
Crime
Ministers challenge tribunal ruling over ex Irish soldier who joined IS
Lisa Smith was made subject of a Home Office-issued exclusion order.
By Tom Pilgrim
21 Feb 2023
Crime
Sex offender has jail term doubled but is living free in Albania, court told
Baftjar Bilalaj had been voluntarily deported under an early release scheme in January.
By Tom Pilgrim
17 Feb 2023
Crime
Moderna, Pfizer and BioNTech Covid vaccine patent dispute heads to 2024 trial
US firm Moderna is suing its competitors for alleged patent infringement in relation to their Comirnaty vaccine.
By Tom Pilgrim
16 Feb 2023
Crime
Increased prison sentences for pair who helped killers evade police
Kane Hull and Liam Porter went on the run for 10 days, including travelling to Ireland, before being arrested over the murder of Ryan Kirkpatrick.
By Tom Pilgrim
14 Feb 2023
Crime
Mercedes facing 330,000 legal claims over ‘defeat devices’ in diesel vehicles
The German manufacturer is alleged to have ‘deliberately misled’ customers over whether its cars complied with emissions standards.
By Tom Pilgrim
9 Feb 2023
Crime
Braverman must house family facing homelessness or return to Grenada
Rawle Ganpot, 73, Fayrose Dickson, 69, and their son Paul Dickson, 49, currently rely on foodbanks to survive, court told.
By Tom Pilgrim
5 Feb 2023
Crime
Tony Hudgell’s mother ‘shocked’ to learn of abuser’s release
Jody Simpson, 29, and her partner Anthony Smith tortured the boy as a baby so badly that both his legs had to be amputated.
By Tom Pilgrim
3 Feb 2023