Jeff Bezos-led Amazon urges US judge to throw out $100m claim by shipping firm China United Lines
Lawyers for e-commerce giant allege Chinese liner operator trying to turn contractual fight into US Shipping Act violation
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Woman wins £30,000 compensation for being compared to Darth Vader
Croydon employment tribunal concludes rules NHS worker Lorna Rooke suffered workplace ‘detriment’ Comparing someone at work to Star Wars villain Darth Vader is “insulting” and “upsetting”, an employment tribunal has ruled.A judge concluded that being t…
Criminals in England and Wales face sanctions for refusing to attend sentencing
Segregation in cells and less gym time among measures to be introducedCriminals who refuse to attend their sentencing face segregation in prison cells and longer time in jail under new powers handed to judges.Tougher sanctions across England and Wales …
UK parole hearing for notorious prisoner Charles Bronson to be held in private
Bronson’s last parole hearing, in 2023, was one of the first to be held in public, but the board did not grant his latest applicationThe parole hearing for Charles Bronson, one of the UK’s longest serving and most notorious prisoners, will be held in p…
Rebekah Vardy told to pay £1.4m of Coleen Rooney’s legal costs
Long-running legal battle comes to end as judge highlights ‘extraordinary expenditure of costs’ incurred by both sidesA judge has criticised Rebekah Vardy over a torturous finale to the high-profile “Wagatha Christie” libel battle against Coleen Rooney…
MSC and FedEx agree to end bitter legal fight over rubber gloves held by US officials
Settlement under wraps after companies trade barbs over tens of millions of dollars in delay charges
US maritime agency’s former top lawyer joins law firm at ‘exciting and unprecedented time’
Jeffrey Lewis has worked in the Biden and Trump administrations, as well as the Senate
Two Britons to challenge UK’s ‘weak’ response to climate crisis in Strasbourg court
Doug Paulley and Kevin Jordan say their lives being ruined, and lack of effective strategy infringes their human rightsTwo men who say they are being failed by the UK’s flawed response to climate breakdown are taking their case to Europe’s top human ri…
Singaporean bank OCBC triumphs in $56m claim against insurer of capsized offshore vessel
Singapore High Court ruling clarifies points of English insurance law, barrister says
Governors have lost control of prison in Staffordshire, union says
Prison Officers’ Association claims officer was stabbed in head and two others punched in face at HMP Swinfen HallGovernors have been accused of losing control of a Staffordshire jail after a union claimed that a male officer was stabbed in the head an…