The Latest Breaking News from the High Court

Men who tried to smuggle £592,000 of drugs on transatlantic flight jailed

Jamaal Darbasie, 27, and George Manton, 19, both from Harlow in Essex, were stopped at Glasgow Airport in March 2024.

Evening Standard · May 28, 2025

Australia whistleblower who exposed war crime allegations loses bid to reduce prison sentence

Australian army whistleblower David McBride, who leaked allegations of Australian war crimes in Afghanistan to the media, has lost a court bid to have his prison sentence reduced

The Independent UK · May 28, 2025

UK urged to bring hundreds of Afghan heroes to safety after major blunder saw them wrongly rejected

Afghan commandos who fought side-by-side with UK special forces had been denied help and left at the mercy of the Taliban before ministers announced a rethink of cases

The Independent UK · May 24, 2025

Gerry Adams had reputation as ‘warmonger’, victims’ campaigner tells court

Mr Adams is suing the BBC over a claim made by a source in a documentary that alleged he had sanctioned the killing of a former Sinn Fein official.

Evening Standard · May 21, 2025

Tommy Robinson to be released from prison within days after sentence cut

The far-right activist has had his sentence reduced by four months

The Independent UK · May 20, 2025

Victory at last! Right to wild camp on Dartmoor saved as Supreme Court rules against landowners in final decision

We hear from the campaigners who led the fight for the right to roam and sleep out on the moor, and find out where the campaign for better access goes from here

Advnture · May 20, 2025

Qantas apology for sackings 'wholly hollow'

Qantas has maintained a self-righteous attitude in defending its sacking of 1820 workers and its apology this week rings hollow, a court has been told.

AAP · May 20, 2025

Couple awarded damages after 170 footballs kicked into garden of £2m home

Homeowners Mohamed and Marie-Anne Bakhty said the sports pitch had ‘taken over’ their life

The Independent UK · May 19, 2025

Roberts-Smith faces battle for High Court challenge

Disgraced special forces veteran Ben Roberts-Smith's bid to take his legal battle to the High Court will be difficult but not impossible, legal sources say.

AAP · May 16, 2025

BBC reporter denies claims she had ‘no regard or care’ about Adams allegation

Jennifer O’Leary said she did not treat the allegation against Gerry Adams ‘recklessly’, saying her journalism was carried out in ‘good faith’.

Evening Standard · May 15, 2025