Tom Pilgrim
TV14 Nov 2024
Wagatha Christie timeline: the Vardy v Rooney libel battle
How did it all unfold? With Coleen Rooney set to go into the I’m A Celebrity jungle, we explain
Business News
Young workers to bear £19bn cost of fixing pension scheme wrongdoing, court told
The British Medical Association and the Fire Brigades Union are bringing linked legal challenges against the Treasury.
By Tom Pilgrim
1 Feb 2023
UK
Eva Green showed ‘vitriolic aversion’ to plans for failed film
The Bond actress is suing production company White Lantern Films, claiming she is entitled to her fee for the abandoned film A Patriot
By Tom Pilgrim
26 Jan 2023
Crime
Drink-driver who killed rickshaw passenger has prison term increased
Luis Balcazar Soto did not have a licence and was over twice the drink-drive limit in Elephant and Castle
By Tom Pilgrim
25 Jan 2023
Crime
Uyghur group loses legal challenge on cotton imports from labour camps
The World Uyghur Congress brought a claim against the Home Secretary, HMRC and the National Crime Agency
By Tom Pilgrim
20 Jan 2023
Crime
Education of Afghan refugee children disrupted by hotel moves, High Court told
Three families have brought a legal challenge against the Home Secretary after being forced to move out of London.
By Tom Pilgrim
17 Jan 2023
Crime
Dartmoor wild camping ruling ‘huge step backward’
Farmers Alexander and Diana Darwall brought a successful legal challenge over wild camping.
By Tom Pilgrim
13 Jan 2023
Environment
Dartmoor landowners win legal fight against wild camping
Alexander and Diana Darwall said wild campers on their land caused livestock and environmental problems
By Tom Pilgrim
13 Jan 2023
Crime
Three suspects in Tokyo robbery lose challenge over Japan extradition request
Joe Chappell, Daniel Kelly and Kaine Wright are alleged to have posed as a customers to gain entry to the store in 2015.
By Tom Pilgrim
21 Dec 2022
Politics
Tony Hudgell’s mother ‘disappointed’ after failed bid to delay abuser’s release
Jody Simpson and her partner Anthony Smith Both were both jailed for 10 years in 2018 after torturing the little boy.
By Tom Pilgrim
17 Dec 2022
Crime
M&S and Aldi face off in court over festive gin bottle fight
The British retailer claims its German rival infringed the design of its ‘Instagrammable’ product.
By Tom Pilgrim
16 Dec 2022
Crime
Ex-Culture Club drummer racks up £1m costs in court battle with former bandmates
The payment of legal fees in the case will be decided following an outcome of the trial due to begin on March 23 next year.
By Tom Pilgrim
15 Dec 2022
Crime
Landowners’ legal challenge is ‘attack’ on Dartmoor wild camping, court told
Alexander and Diana Darwall believe that camping “often creates problems and risks” which are “getting worse”.
By Tom Pilgrim
13 Dec 2022
Crime
Art dealer not negligent over sale of aristocratic family painting, judge rules
Trustees of the Wemyss Heirlooms Trust sought millions of pounds in damages in a claim against the dealer.
By Tom Pilgrim
2 Dec 2022
Crime
Prosecutors challenge dismissal of charges against anti-HS2 Euston tunnellers
The judge erred when she threw out the charges on a technicality, prosecutors have argued.
By Tom Pilgrim
1 Dec 2022
Celebrity News
Panorama presenter awarded £90,000 after libel battle with blog editor
John Ware sued Paddy French, editor of the Press Gang blog, over claims a BBC documentary was ‘rogue journalism’
By Tom Pilgrim
30 Nov 2022
Environment
Judge gives green light for proposed sale of Bulb to Octopus
The ruling came soon after other energy providers lodged High Court bids to challenge the lawfulness of decision-making over the proposed transaction.
By Tom Pilgrim
30 Nov 2022
Business News
Bulb sale could be delayed amid new legal challenges from rival energy suppliers
Scottish Power, British Gas and Eon have lodged urgent High Court bids.
By Tom Pilgrim
29 Nov 2022
Crime
Rejection of £1.2bn cross-Channel energy cable project challenged at High Court
Development consent for Aquind’s new subsea electricity link between Portsmouth on the south coast and Normandy in France was refused by then Business
By Tom Pilgrim
23 Nov 2022
UK
Frasers Group takes over lease of Coventry City’s home ground
The sportswear tycoon’s retail group secured the lease after the appointment of administrators.
By Tom Pilgrim
17 Nov 2022
Crime
Commercial operators challenge Ofcom approval of BBC Radio 1 Dance online stream
Radiocentre Ltd, the industry body for commercial radio, is bringing a challenge against the regulator.
By Tom Pilgrim
15 Nov 2022