The Latest Breaking News from the Court of Appeal

There is a clear ethical and legal principle that adults have a right to make decisions about their health. This is sometimes called the principle of patient autonomy. That is, of course, why doctors need patients’ consent before providing the treatment they recommend.

Thomas Cashman had previously lost an appeal bid against the length of his sentence for the nine-year-old’s murder.

Andrew Malkinson, 58, was jailed in 2004 until his conviction was quashed by the Court of Appeal in July last year.

The Court of Appeal found that it could not order Shell to reduce its emissions by 45% by 2030.

In the first ruling of its kind, the Dutch Hague District Court in 2021 ordered a fossil fuel company, Shell, to slash its emissions. This decision would have required the oil and gas giant to cut its emissions by 45% by 2030 (compared with 2019 levels) across its operations and…

Marcus Osborne fatally attacked his former partner, Katie Higton, and her new boyfriend Steven Harnett in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, in May 2023.

Marcus Osborne was jailed in March for the murders of his ex-partner and her new boyfriend.

Peter Sullivan remains behind bars for the murder of Diane Sindall who was killed on her way home from work in Merseyside in 1986.

Peter Sullivan – nicknamed ‘wolfman’ for bite marks on his victim – remains behind bars for the 1986 murder in Merseyside

The Court of Appeal in the Hague overturned the 2021 ruling that ordered Shell to cut emissions by 45% by 2030 compared to 2019 levels.

The Court of Appeal heard arguments from jailed rioters who claimed they had been treated too harshly