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Ghanaian businessman jailed after council uncovers illegal fish processing in Watford flat
Stephen Akuoko, of Lincoln Green Court in Haines Way, admitted two food safety offences after prosec...
UK man faces cybercrime charge in Dubai after filming missiles
The man, who is from London, is said to have been charged under the UAE’s cybercrime laws, which cri...
Thomas Partey charged with two more counts of rape
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said it has authorised the new charges, linked to an allegation ...
Solicitor convicted of stalking court blogger
The court heard Milne sent around 120 emails, left two voicemails on Cloake’s birthday, sent him a b...
Nursery worker guilty of abusing toddlers in Bristol
Nathan Bennett, 30, of Corston near Bath, was convicted at Bristol Crown Court of two counts of rape...
France to abolish concept of sex as conjugal right in marriage
Lawmakers in the National Assembly approved a bill on Wednesday that would add an explicit clause st...
South Korea ex-first lady jailed over Unification Church bribes
The Seoul Central District Court said Kim took luxury gifts as part of efforts by the church to gain...
Solicitor banned for certifying documents online
Joe Morgan, a director of Document Certifier Ltd, had insisted that documents uploaded to the site c...
Top lawyer at global law firm paid £7m
The firm had earlier reported that global revenue rose 9% to £2.4bn, while profit per equity partner...
German court jails man for years-long drugging and rape of wife, filmed and shared online
The defendant, identified in line with German privacy laws as Fernando P, was found guilty of aggrav...
Ex-councillor faces 56 sex offence charges against ex-wife
Philip Young, 49, is charged with 56 offences, including multiple counts of rape and administering a...
UK's notorious romance fraudster who blew women’s life savings jailed for 17 years
Nigel Baker, 56, from Romford in Essex, targeted five women he met on dating sites, including Plenty...
Freshfields rolls out ‘resilience boot camp’ for Gen Z aspiring lawyers
The workshops cover techniques for staying calm under pressure, such as “centring” methods to deploy...
Romanian court jails Wiz Khalifa in absentia over on-stage cannabis use
The artist, whose real name is Thomaz Cameron Jibril, admitted to lighting a joint while performing ...
Starmer gives Abramovich ultimatum over £2.5bn Ukraine fund
Speaking in the Commons, Sir Keir said the government had now issued a licence allowing the frozen p...
Israel blocks Canadian MPs from entering West Bank over NGO ‘terror links’ claim
The 30-member delegation, travelling from Jordan, was attempting to cross via the Allenby Bridge on ...
Filipino Typhoon survivors sue Shell in UK over role in deadly storm
The case, filed at the Royal Courts of Justice in London, is believed to be the first brought by cli...
Standard Chartered settles £1.5bn investor lawsuit over Iran sanctions disclosures
More than 200 claimants, representing about 1,400 investment funds, had sued the UK-listed lender in...
Solicitor struck off for using brother’s drug money to pay off mortgage
Paul Simon Green, admitted as a solicitor in 2008, was removed from the profession after receiving a...
Ofcom hits porn firm with record £1m fine over weak age checks
The regulator found that AVS Group Ltd, which operates 18 pornography websites, had not introduced w...
Solicitor who failed to spot 'sophisticated' fraud fined £15,000
Paul Edmund Levy, admitted in September 1999, was a solicitor at international firm Singhania & Co b...
Solicitor struck off for using brother's drug money to pay mortgage
In 2019 Paul Green notified the Solicitors Regulation Authority he had been interviewed by Hampshire...
Judge throws out ex-wife’s claim 20 years after divorce
The couple were married for nine years and did not have children. The business in which they owned a...
Italy approves new law defining femicide as a distinct crime
The vote, held on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, marks one of ...
London to introduce Tourist tax
A spokesperson for Sir Sadiq Khan said City Hall welcomed the direction of travel, describing a mode...
