Moundreas repeats victory over insurers in appeal of $37.5m capesize case
Second consecutive English court dismisses arguments by Allianz, Axa and Generali, which sought to avoid payout
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Abramovich business associate Eugene Shvidler fails to overturn UK sanctions
Supreme court dismisses appeal by Russian-born tycoon, in test case of sanctions regimeBusiness live – latest updatesA business associate of the oligarch Roman Abramovich has failed to overturn sanctions imposed on him after Russia’s invasion of Ukrain…
Navios Logistics founding shareholders battle with duelling allegations
Lopez family is pursuing court proceedings over claims of ‘self-dealing’
Will of man suspected of being army’s top IRA spy Stakeknife to be sealed, high court rules
Judge rules that Freddie Scappaticci’s will cannot be made public for 70 years in a legal firstThe will of the man alleged to have been Britain’s top agent inside the Provisional IRA is not to be made public, the high court has ruled in a legal first.O…
The legal minefield of hacking back
In this Help Net Security interview, Gonçalo Magalhães, Head of Security at Immunefi, discusses the legal and ethical implications of hacking back in cross-border cyber incidents. He warns that offensive cyber actions risk violating international law, …
UK jail escape trial reignites debate over indefinite sentences
Joe Outlaw, who climbed on to a prison roof, is using the mental toll of indeterminate detention as a legal defence The trial of an alleged escapee who spent hours on the roof of a high-security prison in his underpants is set to be the first time the …
Zero-hours contracts: peers accused of ‘trying to block stronger UK workers’ rights’
Lords ‘doing bidding of bad bosses’, says TUC, amid growing campaign by business leaders to water down Labour’s plansConservative and Liberal Democrat peers have been accused of trying to block stronger rights for millions of workers amid a growing cam…
Survivors of coercive control are being criminalised in England, research finds
Centre for Women’s Justice says the criminalisation of women for their abusive partners’ actions is ‘shocking’Survivors of coercive control are being unfairly criminalised in England and punished by a justice system that should be protecting them, rese…
‘Really cautious’: why the ICJ is delaying a Gaza genocide verdict
While Palestinians starve and global opinion hardens, judgment from international court may not come until 2027 – or laterWhile Palestinians in Gaza die in ever-increasing numbers from starvation each day and a growing number of legal scholars, aid off…
France’s top court annuls arrest warrant for Bashar al-Assad
Judges rule document invalid as former Syrian leader had immunity as head of state France’s highest court has cancelled an arrest warrant for the former Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad for complicity in war crimes and crimes against humanity during the …