US shipbuilding group finds ally in key Trump aide to give Ships for America bill new momentum
But complex legislation to revitalise American shipbuilding and add hundreds of US-flag vessels still faces political hurdles
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Stephenson Harwood promotes three new partners to strengthen shipping team
Appointments split between London and Paris
Police and ombudsman investigate death of boy, 16, at young offender institution
Teenager found unresponsive at Feltham YOI, the first such death in England or Wales since 2019Police and the prisons ombudsman are investigating the death of a 16-year-old boy who was being held at a young offender institution in south-west London.The…
Roman Abramovich takes Jersey to European human rights court over criminal investigation
Lawyers for oligarch claim freezing of £5.3bn of assets ‘unfair and abusive’ amid row over use of funds for Ukraine Roman Abramovich has gone to the European court of human rights (ECHR), claiming that a criminal investigation into his financial affair…
‘In two years, nobody will care’ if actors are AI or not, predicts La Haine director
Mathieu Kassovitz, who is currently working on an AI-enabled film, also dismisses concerns over copyright His hit film was a masterpiece capturing the gritty truth of the Paris suburbs, but the director of La Haine is now sold on an AI-generated future…
Israel’s death penalty law could spell suspension from rights body role, says chief
Not using capital punishment ‘really a requirement’ for Council of Europe’s parliamentary assembly, says presidentIsrael’s observer status at the Council of Europe’s parliamentary assembly could be suspended over the country’s new law mandating the dea…
Prolific unregulated sperm donor loses UK legal fight to be named as child’s father
Robert Albon cannot be declared four-year-old’s father because he ran illegal sperm donation business, court rulesA prolific unregulated sperm donor described in the high court as a “highly dangerous man” has lost a legal fight to be named as the fathe…
Mobile phones to be banned in schools in England under new plans
Government amendment to children’s wellbeing and schools bill to replace existing guidance with statutory banA ban on mobile phones in schools in England is to be introduced by the government to ensure that “critical safeguarding legislation” is passed…
From the tanker wars to the Hormuz: Lawyer Paul Dean opens up on advising clients in times of crisis
HFW shipping boss likens firm’s proactive approach to a regular trip to the dentist
Man found guilty of rape that led to Andrew Malkinson’s wrongful imprisonment
Paul Quinn convicted in light of DNA evidence from 2003 attack that led to notorious miscarriage of justice• The rape case that became one of Britain’s greatest miscarriages of justiceA man who evaded justice for more than two decades has been found gu…