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
Airbus and Qatar Airways allege regulator ‘collusion’ in A350 aircraft dispute
The aircraft manufacturing giant is accused of ‘exerting its influence’ over the European Union Aviation Safety Agency.
By Tom Pilgrim
11 Nov 2022
Crime
Judge throws out claim watch tycoon ‘cheated’ brother out of inheritance
Marcus Margulies faced allegations that he had concealed funds from a “secret” trust held in a Swiss bank account.
By Tom Pilgrim
10 Nov 2022
Crime
Amanda Staveley gave ‘false picture’ over Newcastle United finances, court told
The takeover of the Magpies by an 80% Saudi-backed consortium completed in October last year was brokered by Ms Staveley.
By Tom Pilgrim
28 Oct 2022
Crime
UK failing to investigate cotton imports from Uyghur labour camps, court told
China has previously strongly denied international claims about human rights abuses against Uyghur Muslims.
By Tom Pilgrim
25 Oct 2022
Crime
Countess sues art dealer after £1m family painting re-sold for millions more
The dispute centres on a version of Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin’s Le Benedicite.
By Tom Pilgrim
7 Oct 2022
Politics
UK-Morocco trade deal did not get consent of Western Sahara people, court told
The Western Sahara Campaign UK has brought legal action against the Department for International Trade and the Treasury,
By Tom Pilgrim
5 Oct 2022
Crime
Panorama reporter receives apology over defamatory radio comments
John Ware has settled a libel claim he brought against Jewish Voice for Labour.
By Tom Pilgrim
4 Oct 2022
Crime
Justice Secretary urges striking lawyers to consider proposals at swearing-in
Brandon Lewis made his comments as he was formally sworn in as Lord Chancellor during a traditional ceremony at the Royal Courts of Justice.
By Tom Pilgrim
29 Sept 2022
Crime
Barristers’ strike delays ‘may not be good enough reason to extend custody’
The Director of Public Prosecutions had brought a challenge against decisions made in two separate cases in Bristol and Manchester.
By Tom Pilgrim
28 Sept 2022
Crime
Judges ‘wrong’ for position on barrister pay dispute, High Court told
The Director of Public Prosecutions is challenging judges’ refusals to extend custody in two separate criminal cases in Bristol and Manchester
By Tom Pilgrim
26 Sept 2022
Crime
Activists accused of breaching oil terminal injunction remanded in custody
Demonstrators, aged 24 to 78, appeared at the Royal Courts of Justice on Thursday afternoon following a protest at the Kingsbury Oil Terminal.
By Tom Pilgrim
15 Sept 2022
Crime
Fresh inquest ordered into death of teacher with ‘dangerous’ eating disorder
Megan Davison, 27, from Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, was found hanged at her home on August 4 2017.
By Tom Pilgrim
15 Sept 2022
Crime
UK has ‘assurances’ that Rwanda will honour asylum seeker deal, High Court told
Rwandan authorities have given ‘detailed assurances’ over the processing of asylum claims, Home Office lawyers argued.
By Tom Pilgrim
8 Sept 2022
Crime
Sending asylum seekers to Rwanda not a penalty, High Court told
The UN Refugee Agency has previously told judges that the Government’s Rwanda plan is ‘incompatible with UK’s fundamental obligations’.
By Tom Pilgrim
7 Sept 2022
Crime
Pipeline protester jailed for breaching High Court injunction
Scott Breen was previously among the group of campaigners who occupied a network of tunnels under a small park next to Euston station.
By Tom Pilgrim
6 Sept 2022
Crime
Warrant issued for arrest of activist accused of breaching pipeline injunction
Activist Scott Breen, 48, is alleged to have “flouted” the terms of a court order requiring him to leave a pit he dug next to the M25.
By Tom Pilgrim
2 Sept 2022
UK
Supreme Court refuses to hear Jeremy Corbyn appeal in libel case
Commentator Richard Millett is suing Mr Corbyn over remarks he made during an interview on the BBC’s Andrew Marr show in 2018.
By Tom Pilgrim
11 Aug 2022
UK
Anti-vivisection protesters given suspended sentences for injunction breaches
Michael Maher, 48, and Sammi Laidlaw, 35, took part in demonstrations at MBR Acres Limited in Cambridgeshire.
By Tom Pilgrim
2 Aug 2022
UK
Three fake Instagram posts at the centre of the Wagatha Christie libel trial
Coleen Rooney claimed Rebekah Vardy’s account was the only one to see the posts.
By Tom Pilgrim
29 Jul 2022
UK
Judges dismiss challenge over probe into cement mixer ‘murder’
Lee Balkwell, 33, died in a cement mixer in 2002
By Tom Pilgrim
30 May 2022