Court

Privacy International wins Supreme Court battle with Investigatory Powers Tribunal over judicial review 0
- TECHNOLOGY
- May 15, 2019
Privacy International has fought a long battle against the extension of state electronic surveillance powers Privacy International has won its five-year legal battle with the Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT), with the Supreme Court ruling today that the IPT can be subject to judicial review. The decision guarantees that when the IPT gets the law wrong,
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Arriva takes UK to court over East Midlands rail franchise | Business 0
- BUSINESS
- May 12, 2019
Chris Grayling’s embattled transport ministry faces a second legal challenge over the way the East Midlands rail franchise was awarded, from Arriva Rail, owned by Germany’s state-backed Deutsche Bahn. The claim, filed at the high court last week, will pit the UK and German governments against each other and could lead to the transport secretary
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Burma’s top court rejects final appeal by jailed Reuters journalists 0
- BUSINESS
- April 23, 2019
A policeman told a lower court last year that officers had planted secret documents on the two reporters. “Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo did not commit any crime, nor was there any proof that they did. Instead, they were victims of a police set-up to silence their truthful reporting. We will continue to do
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Premier League star who was ‘caught speeding past police car’ is in court 0
- BUSINESS
- April 18, 2019
Premier League star accused of driving his Mercedes at 166mph past a police car on the M25 is finally revealed as £40k-a-week Watford midfielder Etienne Capoue Etienne Copoue, 30, faces trial today over the incident on December 30 last year If guilty he could be banned or fined between 125 to 175% of his weekly income
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Dispute over siting of oil refinery near national park heats up in court 0
- BUSINESS
- March 23, 2019
Parties involved in a dispute over whether regulators in North Dakota should be involved in the siting of an oil refinery near Theodore Roosevelt National Park have filed their initial legal arguments in state court. Here is a look at the dispute over the $800m (£606m) Davis Refinery being built by Meridian Energy. The refinery We’ll tell you what’s
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China’s ‘Ivory Queen’ sentenced to 15 years by Tanzanian court after smuggling tusks from 350 elephants 0
- BUSINESS
- February 19, 2019
A huge international effort, comprising Interpol, conservationist groups and African governments, has mounted a concerted campaign in recent years to infiltrate and expose the Asian wildlife crime networks. In Tanzania, in particular, it was highly dangerous work. Wayne Lotter, a South African conservationist group that funded and backed the operation to capture Fenlan, was shot dead
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