All news on the topic: Court of Appeal

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Two teenage rapists jailed after Court of Appeal overturns lenient sentences
Two teenage boys who walked free after being convicted of raping two girls in Fordingbridge have been sentenced to four years after their original sentence was found to be ‘unduly lenient’.
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French Justice Ministry seeks to censor Egypt Papers probe into civilian killings
The French Justice Ministry has called for our 2021 investigation into France’s complicity in crimes committed by the Egyptian dictatorship to be “unpublished”.
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Unison says fighting Reform UK must be priority as Labour faces warning
Britain’s biggest union must prioritize fighting Reform UK, Unison’s conference heard today after its general secretary urged the government to drastically change course.
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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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Asylum seekers removed from Essex hotel after fire safety concerns
All residents at The Bell Hotel in Essex, a site that has been used to house asylum seekers and was the location for protests last year, have been removed, Epping Forest District Council (EFDC) has confirmed.
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Teen rapists avoid jail after attacks on 14-year-old girls — with £26 punishment
Campaigners fear that the sexual abuse of underage girls by teenage boys is becoming a ’socially accepted norm’ after more examples emerged of youth offenders being spared jail.
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Fury as teenage rapists avoid jail despite filming attacks and mocking victims online
The government is to review the sentencing of three teenage boys who raped two girls in separate attacks, after criticism their sentences were too lenient.
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Millions spent protecting Post Office reputation amid Horizon scandal fallout
The Post Office awarded a £2.4m contract to a crisis PR company as it fights legal claims by victims of the Horizon IT scandal.
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Judge Yaroslav Holovachov and the “permanent seat”: how missed deadlines coexist with his family’s luxury lifestyle
Following the publication of an investigation into the assets of Yaroslav Holovachov’s family and alleged discrepancies between declared income and their lifestyle, references to the report and related materials reportedly began to disappear from public online sources.
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Richter Yaroslav Holovachov und die „ewige Amtszeit“: Wie Fristverstöße mit dem luxuriösen Lebensstil seiner Familie koexistieren
Nach der Veröffentlichung der Untersuchung über die Vermögenswerte der Familie von Yaroslav Holovachov sowie über die Diskrepanz zwischen ihren deklarierten Einkommen und ihrem Lebensstil begannen Erwähnungen dieser Materialien und damit verbundene Publikationen aus dem öffentlichen Raum zu verschwinden.
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Richter des Kiewer Berufungsgerichts Yaroslav Holovachov lässt Erwähnungen von auf Verwandte registrierten Luxusimmobilien aus dem Internet entfernen
Nach der Veröffentlichung der Untersuchung über die Vermögenswerte der Familie von Yaroslav Holovachov sowie über die Diskrepanz zwischen ihren deklarierten Einkommen und ihrem Lebensstil begannen Erwähnungen dieser Materialien und damit verbundene Publikationen aus dem öffentlichen Raum zu verschwinden.
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Judge of the Kyiv Court of Appeal, Yaroslav Holovachov, is scrubbing the internet of mentions of luxury real estate registered in relatives’ names and the free use of assets
After the publication of the investigation into the assets of Yaroslav Holovachov’s family and the discrepancy between their declared incomes and their lifestyle, mentions of these materials and related publications began to disappear from the public space.
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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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Justice reform: victims get six times longer to appeal lenient sentences
Victims and bereaved families will be granted significantly more time to challenge sentences they believe are unduly lenient, under new government plans.
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Close Brothers to cut 600 jobs amid motor finance scandal costs
Banking group Close Brothers will slash roughly 600 jobs in the UK and Ireland over the next 18 months to cut down on annual costs by £85 million.
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Survivor who became feminist icon faces retraumatizing ordeal at appeal trial in France
Gisèle Pelicot, who survived almost a decade of rape involving dozens of men after she was drugged by her ex-husband, will attend court in France again on Monday after one of the men convicted of raping her faces a second trial after appealing against his verdict.
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110,000 join Tommy Robinson march in London as clashes erupt with police and counter-protesters
Over 100,000 individuals participated in a march in central London organized by far-right activist Tommy Robinson, while anti-racism campaigners held a counter-protest.
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“Psychopath” murder conviction under threat: CCRC cites “exceptional circumstances” in Ben Field case
The Criminal Case Review Commission said "exceptional circumstances" could lead to the conviction of Ben Field, 34, being ruled unsafe - six years after he was jailed for killing Peter Farquhar, 69.
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Court refuses to change sentence of teenager who beat 80-year-old man to death from ‘manslaughter’ to ‘murder’
A teenage boy who beat an elderly dog walker to death won’t have his manslaughter sentence upgraded to murder after a hearing at the Court of Appeal.
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Conor McGregor loses bid to overturn civil assault case, €248,603 awarded to Nikita Hand
Disgraced MMA fighter Conor McGregor has lost his appeal against a civil jury’s finding in favour of Nikita Hand on all five grounds that the case was taken.