All news on the topic: Supreme Court

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Samsung billionaire Jay Y. Lee cleared of all charges in significant legal victory
Samsung Electronics Co. Executive Chairman Jay Y. Lee won a court decision clearing him of charges of fraud and stock-rigging, allowing the head of Korea’s most influential firm to focus on turning around a struggling electronics business.
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Terminally ill individuals may be allowed to end their lives without judge’s approval under assisted dying legislation
Terminally ill people may be able to take their own lives without a judge’s approval under the assisted dying proposals currently being scrutinised - after warnings that courts could be overwhelmed.
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Two Iranian supreme court judges fatally shot
Two senior Iranian judges have been shot dead in an apparent assassination in the country’s supreme court.
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Donald Trump faces a significant setback in the New York hush money case
Donald Trump will now be sentenced on Friday for counts around the New York hush money case - days before the 78-year-old politician is due to return to the US presidency.
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The quartet of judicial terror
From their anti-terrorism courts in Caracas, four improvised judges have dedicated themselves to, precisely, spreading terror.
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Former UK Supreme Court head resigns from media freedom role due to judicial work in Hong Kong
David Neuberger was part of court panel that dismissed appeal of Jimmy Lai and six other pro-democracy activists
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Donald Trump immunity ruling means presidents can ’order assassination of rivals’
The Supreme Court’s decision on presidential immunity has led to liberal justices warning that a president could order a Navy SEAL team to assassinate his political rivals with no legal consequences
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Arms sales to Israel: Top judges urge UK to halt weapons trade
Three former Supreme Court justices have joined more than 600 legal experts in calling for the UK government to end weapons sales to Israel.
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Two ex-Tory donors to profit from £6.4million Rwanda contract for Home Office
A pair of wealthy former Tory donors are set to profit from a multi-million Home Office contract to practice forcing asylum seekers onto planes heading to Rwanda
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Deliveroo boss says 'weight of inflation' is easing after takeaway costs soared
Will Shu, the platform's founder and chief executive, said some consumers started viewing food delivery as non-essential when the cost-of-living crisis worsened
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Deliveroo cuts losses to £31m as founder looks to 'unlocking future growth'
The group posted a £31.8 million loss for the year, significantly smaller than the £294.1 million loss reported for 2022
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Tory ministers told to come clean over threat of war in Rwanda after UN warning
The Government has repeatedly refused to share its assessments on tensions between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) despite saying it is a safe country
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'New version of Joe Biden' in State of the Union as he delivers 'tough talk'
Body language expert Judi James broke down Joe Biden’s behaviour as he took to stage and presented a fiery 'new version' of himself delivering on the ball wise-cracks and hard truths
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Biden scolds Supreme Court to faces for overturning Roe as they sit in front row
US President Joe Biden scolded Supreme Court for overturning Roe v Wade abortion rights as stern-faced justices took the flak in the front row at his State of the Union on Thursday
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Why Donald Trump won't win Republican Presidential nomination tonight
As the race for a Republican and Democratic Presidential candidate heats up on Super Tuesday, here's what is stopping former President Donald Trump from winning today
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Super Tuesday explained - what it is and when these 15 states go to the polls
One of the most important days of the 2024 Presidential election campaign - dubbed Super Tuesday - kicks off tomorrow - but what is it? Why is it called that? And who will be voting?
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Rishi Sunak dealt heavy blow as House of Lords rips up his desperate Rwanda Bill
Tory heavyweights including Ken Clarke were among those who blasted Rishi Sunak's controversial Safety of Rwanda Bill, which faced widespread opposition in the House of Lords
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Trump celebrates 'big win for America' as Supreme Court restores him to ballot
The US Supreme Court has restored Donald Trump to the ballot, rejecting state attempts to hold him accountable for the January 6 attack on the Capitol in 2021.
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Supreme Court decision expected as Trump fights 'insurrection' ballot ban
The court is expected to release one or more opinions on Monday regarding Trump's challenge after he was taken of the ballot in Colorado for being an "insurrectionist"
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Over 50,000 asylum seekers in perma-backlog due to botched Tory legislation
A damning report by the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) warned Home Office 'chaos' is costing taxpayers millions of pounds with 55,000 in permanent limbo
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'Grand strategy' of Trump's 'inventive' lawyers as he appeals $454M fraud ruling
Trump's numerous legal issues and his team's attempts to shake them off have put everyone into 'uncharted territory,' Syracuse professor Grant Reeher warns. This comes as Trump leads Biden on numerous polls
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Tory plans to resurrect fees for workers suing bad bosses slammed by unions
The joint statement from almost 50 organisations comes after ministers kick-started a consultation last month to reintroduce fees at employment tribunals
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Double child killer and rapist sentenced to death for heinous crimes
A double child killer and convicted rapist was sentenced to death for the third time on Thursday after he brutally raped an 11-year-old girl in front of her 7-year-old sister, then strangled both of them
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Another death row killer in nitrogen gas execution despite it being 'agonising'
Alan Eugene Miller, 59, was sentenced to death following a fatal workplace shooting that killed three people in the US - he is set to become the second prisoner to face death by nitrogen gas
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British tourist 'dragged into Ayia Napa hotel room and gang-raped' by five men
The British tourist, who was 20 when she was attacked, walked into Famagusta criminal court with "her head held high" as she testified in court about being gang-raped by five Israelis while on holiday in Ayia Napa