Courts of England and Wales

The French Foreign Legion the last option for those desperate to escape the UK

Lostyour job your home your business? Is the wife about to take you to the cleaners? Is that a county court judgement dropping through the letterbox? Life is getting harder for the poor putupon British male. Really just how...

Trio are jailed over flat killing

Three men who admitted killing a man at his Blackpool flat have been jailed for between seven and 14 years at Preston Crown Court. Stephen Rumsam, 28, was found dead at his home in Norbreck Road on 31 May. Edmund Forbes, 39, of...

Witness 'telling a pack of lies'

The murder trial is being held at Belfast Crown Court A murder trial has heard a claim that the chief prosecution witness "is telling a pack of lies to save his own skin". Mark Burcombe, 28, was giving evidence at the trial of...

Obituary: Professor Sir Hugh Laddie (1946–2008)

Professor Sir Hugh Laddie died at home in London on 29 November 2008. On becoming a High Court judge in 1995, as Mr Justice Laddie, it was said of him at his inauguration that “we suspect we are about not to see a cruiser, a...

Lawyer of the Week: Adrian Budgen

Adrian Budgen, head of industrial disease litigation at Irwin Mitchell, acted for Ruth Durham, the lead claimant in the employer’s liability insurance policy “trigger” litigation in the High Court. Mr Justice Burton ruled that...

Pentagon Hacker Tries One More Time to Avoid Extradition (PC World)

A British systems administrator who hacked into U.S. military computers in 2001 and 2002 will have another chance to make his case of why he shouldn't be extradited to the U.S. A High Court judge will decide on Jan. 20 whether...

NSW holiday for flamingo bash accused

ANDREW DOWDELL, COURT REPORTER TAXPAYERS will pay for one of the alleged Adelaide Zoo flamingo bashers to travel to New South Wales to visit his mother. The 17-year-old appeared briefly in Adelaide Youth Court today on a charge...

London hacker tries one more time to avoid extradition over Pentagon

Demonstrators ask Barack Obama to interveneA London systems administrator who hacked into US military computers in 2001 and 2002 will have another chance to make his case of why he shouldn't be extradited to the US.

Ferry denies perverting justice

Otis Ferry, the son of Roxy Music singer Bryan, has denied two charges of perverting the course of justice. Mr Ferry, who is master of South Shropshire Hunt, appeared at Gloucester Magistrates' Court to enter his pleas. The...

Liedetector for Jeremy Kyle show accuses rival of lying over Trisha Goddard test

A dispute between lie-detector firms used by rival television hosts Trisha Goddard and Jeremy Kyle to settle arguments between guests is being taken to the High Court. The Jeremy Kyle Show: uses a lie detector to settle...