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What is the Mazur judgment? Court of Appeal ruling explained

A significant High Court ruling that restricted who could perform tasks in legal proceedings has been overturned by the UK’s Court of Appeal, a decision hailed as "the most consequential judgment for legal services in recent history. Last September, Mr Justice Sheldon had concluded that unauthorised individuals, such as paralegals…

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Court tells woman who had sex with identical twins it is ‘not possible’ to identify dad

It is ‘not possible’ to say who the biological father is due to the limits of DNA testing

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What to know about the Unduly Lenient Sentence Scheme which saw double murderer jailed for life

The scheme means that sentences can be referred to the Court of Appeal for re-examination

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Murdered mother’s child asks when she will return as killer gets whole-life term

Shaine March’s sentence for the murder of Alana Odysseos was increased to a whole-life order on Thursday at the Court of Appeal.

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Double murderer Shaine March to spend rest of life in prison after sentence is upgraded

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Man who killed his pregnant girlfriend in east London given whole life order after 'unduly lenient' sentence

Shaine March, 48, was handed a whole life order after judges at the Court of Appeal ruled his sentence was ‘unduly lenient’

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Wimbledon expansion plans get major High Court boost

A High Court judge has rejected campaigners’ claims over over restrictions on how the land earmarked for development could be used

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Sir Anthony Mason, a jurist who shaped Australia, dies at 100

Sir Anthony Mason, the former Chief Justice of Australia and one of Australia’s greatest and most influential jurists, has died just shy of his 101st birthday. He was a man of sharp mind, strong principles, and a wicked sense of humour. His jurisprudence shaped Australia, from the recognition of native…

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Home Office allowed to appeal against decision Palestine Action terror group ban was unlawful

High Court Judges recently ruled banning Palestine Action as a terror group was ‘disproportionate’

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Home Office granted permission to challenge ruling on Palestine Action terror ban

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood given permission to fight the lifting of the terror ban on Palestine Action

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New evidence claims man was framed for murder of foreign student in Dorset

Dorset Police has said its investigation was ‘thorough, detailed and very complex’

The Independent UK

Zack Polanski hails Palestine Action ruling and calls 2,700 arrested in support of group 'absolute trailblazers'

Green Party’s leader reacts after High Court ruling terror ban against Palestine Action was unlawful

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Oat-based products cannot be trademarked as ‘milk’, Supreme Court rules

The Swedish company had been in a legal battle with Dairy UK, the trade association for the UK dairy industry.

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Oatly banned from using word ‘milk’ to label vegan drinks

The UK’s highest court has sided with the dairy industry in the long-running row

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Christchurch terror appeal: why now, and what is really being decided?

The New Zealand Court of Appeal is this week hearing a case that is unusual in a number of respects.

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Tower residents' eviction win ahead of High Court fight

The Court of Appeal has ordered a state government body to halt its plan to evict residents at three public housing towers earmarked for demolition.

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‘I was like a hostage. After almost 18 years on an indefinite jail term, they finally admitted my IPP sentence was wrong’

JAILED WITHOUT HOPE: FIGHTING FOR JUSTICE: Exclusive: Haroon Ahmed, whose indefinite jail term was quashed in the Court of Appeal, says IPP prisoners are ‘hostages’ who have grown from teenagers to men watching more dangerous offenders be released, Amy-Clare Martin reports

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New hope for IPP prisoners as five men held on indefinite jail terms referred to appeal courts

IPP prisoner Luke Ings, who served more than 18 years after he was jailed for robbery and a fight in McDonald’s aged just 17, is among the cases up for review by judges

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Victory for Met Police as judges rule vetting can include unproved allegations

Police force will be able to consider even unproved allegations when vetting potential officers in the recruitment process

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East London residents win sensational victory in fight to save LTN low-traffic schemes

London-wide implications for LTNs as Court of Appeal rules that Tower Hamlets mayor Lutfur Rahman acted unlawfully in trying to ignore Sadiq Khan’s transport masterplan

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Ex MMO dev allegedly hacked 68 players for in-game gold worth over $700,000 and sold it for Bitcoin, UK court finds the gold legally counts as "property" and can be stolen

A previous ruling on this person's alleged MMO gold theft was reversed in an appeal

Evening Standard

Police hit back at decision not to bring more charges against nurse Lucy Letby

Cheshire Police said investigators believed they had the evidence necessary to bring charges, but prosecutors disagreed.

Evening Standard

Legal battle over Peter Cushing's Star Wars 'resurrection' dismissed by senior judges

Senior judges have dismissed a claim over Peter Cushing’s ‘resurrection’ in Rogue One

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Legal battle over Star Wars actor ‘resurrected’ in Rogue One moves to next stage

Peter Cushing’s likeness was featured in a 2016 Star Wars movie despite the actor passing away in 1994

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Father who shook baby daughter to death has murder sentence increased

Holford was “heavily intoxicated with cannabis” at the time of the fatal attack on his daughter

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