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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

The Independent UK

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

Evening Standard

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

Evening Standard

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

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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.

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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

Evening Standard

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

The Independent UK

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

The Independent UK

Showing Plaintiffs' House in an Ad for Netflix Real Estate Reality Show Isn't Actionable Invasion of Privacy,

even if it leads people "to visit plaintiffs’ home 'on a daily basis' asking to see it and claiming they learned it was for sale through the Buying Beverly Hills advertisement."

Reason

Wimbledon expansion opponents granted permission to fight go-ahead ruling in Court of Appeal

Save Wimbledon Park says it has been given permission to fight the expansion at the Court of Appeal

Evening Standard

Religious education in NI schools breaches human rights, Supreme Court rules

The legal action was taken by a girl who attended a Belfast primary school and her father.

Evening Standard

Asylum seekers can stay at protest-hit Epping hotel after council fails in High Court legal bid

Epping Forest District Council took legal action against owners of migrant hotel in Essex after a series of protests

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Teenagers have convictions for killing Mikey Roynon quashed

Mikey, 16, was stabbed to death during a birthday party in Bath

Evening Standard

Convictions for manslaughter of 16-year-old quashed at Court of Appeal

Cartel Bushnell and Leo Knight had been convicted of killing Mikey Roynon at a birthday party in Bath, Somerset, in June 2023.

Evening Standard

Bargain Hunt expert loses sentence appeal over sales to ‘Hezbollah financier’

Oghenochuko Ojiri was jailed for two and a half years with a further year on licence in June.

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TikTok influencer has ‘wholly disproportionate’ double murder sentence reduced

Mahek Bukhari was jailed for life in 2023

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Evening Standard

TikTok influencer has double murder sentence reduced at Court of Appeal

Mahek Bukhari was jailed for life in 2023 for her involvement in the murders of Saqib Hussain and Mohammed Hashim Ijazuddin in February 2022.

Evening Standard

TikTok influencer’s double murder sentence ‘wholly disproportionate’, court told

Mahek Bukhari was jailed for a minimum of 31 years in September 2023 for her role in the murders of Saqib Hussain and Mohammed Hashim Ijazuddin.

Evening Standard

Palestine Action co-founder can challenge terror ban, Court of Appeal rules

Huda Ammori is taking taking legal action against Government decision to proscribe the group under anti-terror laws

The Independent UK

Palestine Action legal challenge over group’s terror ban allowed to go ahead

Court of Appeal ruled Palestine Action’s co-founder can proceed with a High Court challenge against No 10

The Independent UK

Laurence Fox granted retrial in libel case over social media ‘racist’ claim

The Court of Appeal dismissed the actor’s bid to overturn the finding that he had libelled two people by calling them ‘paedophiles’

The Independent UK

First convictions linked to Post Office scandal referred for appeal

The case of Patricia Owen was lined up to be referred to the Court of Appeal in July

Evening Standard

First convictions linked to Post Office Capture software referred for appeal

The case of Patricia Owen was lined up to be referred to the Court of Appeal in July.

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