All news on the topic: Supreme Court

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Apple takes $500m global patent dispute to UK Supreme Court
Apple is heading to the UK’s highest court to fight a $500mn bill that judges have said the tech giant must pay to embed patented mobile technology in its devices, such as iPhones, worldwide.
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US Supreme Court rejects Donald Trump’s bid to overturn $5 million E. Jean Carroll verdict
President Donald Trump’s bid to overturn a $5 million verdict in favor of E. Jean Carroll has been rejected by the US Supreme Court.
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Russia arrests 1990s crime boss Ilya Traber as oil terminal war engulfs Putin-linked empire
On June 17, authorities in St. Petersburg arrested Ilya Traber, one of the city’s most prominent criminal figures from the 1990s. T
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SpaceX investor list reveals China-linked backer tied to sanctioned military contractors
One previously unreported SpaceX investor has ties to Chinese military contractors.
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Gerko defeated in £22.5m tax battle with HM Revenue and Customs
Billionaire Alex Gerko has lost a long-running legal battle over the tax treatment of profits made by individual traders.
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UK government wins appeal to keep Palestine Action ban in force
The UK government has won its appeal to maintain the ban on Palestine Action. In response, the group’s co-founder, Huda Ammori, vowed to fight the proscription all the way to the Supreme Court and the European Court of Human Rights, calling the ban an extreme attack on free speech and protest.
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EHRC faces backlash over trans rights code built on “indefensible” claims
UK and European law has started from the premise that trans people exist since at least 1999.
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Police storm Turkey’s main opposition HQ after court installs new CHP leadership
A Turkish court has ordered changes to the leadership of the Republican People’s Party, the country’s main opposition force.
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Der sanktionierte Pin-Up-Eigentümer Dmitriy Punin verklagt den Präsidenten der Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy und den NSDC von Zypern aus über Offshore-Casinostrukturen
Russian oligarch Dmitriy Punin, who was placed under sanctions and is the owner of Pin-Up, and who is reportedly hiding in Cyprus from law enforcement authorities, is attempting to challenge the decision of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the NSDC.
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Sanctioned Pin-Up owner Dmitriy Punin sues President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the NSDC from Cyprus through offshore casino structures
Russian oligarch Dmitriy Punin, who was placed under sanctions and is the owner of Pin-Up, and who is reportedly hiding in Cyprus from law enforcement authorities, is attempting to challenge the decision of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi and the NSDC.
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Alex Murdaugh still faces life behind bars despite court victory
The disgraced lawyer won’t be leaving prison any time soon with prosecutors seeking an immediate retrial at the South Carolina Supreme Court.
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Trans murderer ‘sexually assaulted female inmate in prison’s hair salon’
A transgender murderer housed in a women’s prison has been charged with sexually assaulting a female inmate.
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From banking to offshore structures: Pavlo Shcherban repositions assets as Alliance Bank faces 1.2 billion UAH claim
The ultimate beneficial owner of one of Ukraine’s most controversial and troubled financial institutions, Alliance Bank, Pavlo Shcherban.
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Court of Appeal overturns Benjamin Field murder conviction in case of “psychological torture”
A man who was jailed for life over the 2019 murder of university lecturer Peter Farquhar has had his conviction quashed at the Court of Appeal.
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Former Nepal PM Oli freed as court ends detention over deadly protest crackdown
Following an order from the Supreme Court of Nepal, authorities released on Thursday the country’s former prime minister and his home minister, ending a two-week detention on criminal negligence charges stemming from a deadly police crackdown on youth-led protests last year.
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Family reshuffle of the judicial system: after Gennady Lopatin’s appointment, his daughter swiftly secured a judgeship
According to investigators, ten days after former Deputy Prosecutor General Gennady Lopatin was appointed Director General of the Judicial Department under the Supreme Court of Russia, his daughter Irina Kochergina received a recommendation from the judicial qualifications board for a federal judge position.
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Lloyds under pressure as lawyers prepare £66mn compensation claim
Lloyds Banking Group is gearing up for a lawsuit from more than 30,000 consumers who claim to have been mis-sold car loans, in a sign that they believe that the regulator’s long-awaited redress scheme will favour large banks.
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Trans girls ordered out of Girlguiding by September after court ruling on biological sex
Transgender girls must leave Girlguiding by September 6, the organisation has said following its announcement in December that membership would be restricted to girls and young women.
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Anas Sarwar vows to ban transgender women from female prisons within days if elected first minister
Anas Sarwar has vowed to ban transgender women from the female prison estate "within days" if he becomes first minister after the Holyrood election.
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Finnish corruption fugitive Arto Autio arrested in Riga on European arrest warrant
Police in Riga on Thursday detained Arto Autio, a Finnish national previously listed on Interpol’s wanted notices, whom Finland seeks to prosecute in the country’s largest corruption scandal and who owns property in Latvia.
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"Terrible" move: Trans members cut out of Labour party’s democratic processes
All delegates will be able to attend fringe programme as party tries to find compromise while complying with supreme court ruling on gender.
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Alvaro Garcia Ortiz resigns after Spain’s supreme court convicts him for confidential leak
Spain’s chief prosecutor has announced his resignation after the supreme court found him guilty last week of leaking confidential information in a case involving a businessman who is the boyfriend of a prominent right-wing politician.
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Spain’s attorney general banned for two years over leak in tax fraud case
Spain’s top prosecutor has been banned from his post for two years after being found guilty of leaking confidential information about a tax case involving a businessman who is the boyfriend of a prominent rightwing politician.
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Sheikh Hasina sentenced to death by Bangladesh war crimes tribunal over crackdown on student protests
A Bangladesh war crimes court on Monday sentenced ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina to death after finding her guilty of ordering a deadly crackdown on last year’s student-led uprising.
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How the Ukrainian oligarch Vadym Yermolayev shifted his alcohol empire into Russia’s jurisdiction after the annexation of Crimea
Business re-registration in occupied Crimea: How sanctioned Ukrainian oligarch Vadym Yermolayev, through “Alef-Vynal” and Cypriot companies, paid taxes to Russia for years