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The Question to the Courts: Is serial litigation serial-killing justice?
Civil Procedure / Justice / Litigation / Reform

The Question to the Courts: Is serial litigation serial-killing justice?

A serial litigant, who has repeatedly advanced “baseless allegations of bad faith and dishonesty”, has now been banned from bringing claims in the High Court for two years.

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April 20, 2022
Guilty as Charged: MP David Amess’ killer receives whole-life sentence
Justice / Politics / Reform

Guilty as Charged: MP David Amess’ killer receives whole-life sentence

Ali Harbi Ali has received a whole-life sentence for the murder of Conservative MP for Southend West, Sir David Amess.

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April 20, 2022
It’s Your Problem Now: Criminal barristers to refuse return cases over legal aid funding concerns
Civil Procedure / Justice / Reform

It’s Your Problem Now: Criminal barristers to refuse return cases over legal aid funding concerns

The Criminal Bar Association has agreed to a “no returns” policy starting 11 April in response to a lack of government action over criminal legal aid fees.

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March 24, 2022
A Royal Resolution: Prince Andrew settles sexual assault lawsuit
Criminal / Justice / Litigation

A Royal Resolution: Prince Andrew settles sexual assault lawsuit

An unexpected financial out-of-court settlement has been reached in the US civil sexual assault case brought by Virginia Giuffre against Prince Andrew. Ms Giuffre claims Prince Andrew sexually assaulted her on three occasions when she was 17 after being sex trafficked by convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and his socialite friend Ghislaine Maxwell.

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February 25, 2022
The Peak of a Long-Winded Road: Military coup in Guinea leads to highest aluminium price in 18 months
International Relations / Justice

The Peak of a Long-Winded Road: Military coup in Guinea leads to highest aluminium price in 18 months

The President of aluminium-rich Guinea, Alpha Conde, was recently ousted in a military coup, leading to the highest rise in the global price of aluminium in 18 months.

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October 1, 2021
Letters of the Law: Post Office Workers’ Convictions Quashed
Justice / Litigation

Letters of the Law: Post Office Workers’ Convictions Quashed

The Court of Appeal has cleared the names of Post Office employees who were wrongly convicted of theft, fraud and other offences based on evidence from a faulty IT system.

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May 6, 2021
Signed But Not Sealed: Ex-Post Office employees attempt to overturn convictions in the Court of Appeal
Justice / Litigation / White Collar Crime

Signed But Not Sealed: Ex-Post Office employees attempt to overturn convictions in the Court of Appeal

42 former Post Office workers are set to appeal financial criminal convictions, due to claims that a faulty computer system was the cause for their wrongful convictions.

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April 11, 2021
George Floyd’s Killer Takes To Trial: what killed George Floyd?
Diversity / Justice

George Floyd’s Killer Takes To Trial: what killed George Floyd?

Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer accused of killing George Floyd, is to undergo trial.

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April 1, 2021
Access Denied: Shamima Begum loses legal battle to return to the UK following Supreme Court ruling
Human Rights / Justice / Politics

Access Denied: Shamima Begum loses legal battle to return to the UK following Supreme Court ruling

The Supreme Court has overturned the 2020 Court of Appeal decision which would have permitted Shamima Begum (who, at age 15, left the UK to join so-called ISIS) to return to the UK from the Syrian refugee camp where she currently resides.

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March 16, 2021
I Beg Your Pardon!: Do Trump’s pardons violate international law?
Justice / Politics

I Beg Your Pardon!: Do Trump’s pardons violate international law?

The United States President, Donald Trump, has pardoned four men convicted of killing fourteen unarmed Iraqi civilians while working as contractors for the US military in 2007. The United Nations has asserted that these pardons “violate US obligations under international law”.

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January 7, 2021
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