Europe

Italy mafia trial: 200 sentenced to 2,200 years for mob links

The three-year trial saw individuals, including a former Italian senator sentenced for alleged links...

UK court to consider whether universities owe students legal duty of care

The landmark hearing next month comes at a time of widespread concern about declining student mental...

Benjamin Mendy suing Man City over unpaid wages

Mendy has filed the claim with the Employment Tribunal, claiming "unauthorised deductions from wages...

UK Supreme Court rejects Rishi Sunak’s plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda

Judges uphold appeal court ruling over risk to deported refugees and deals blow to PM’s ‘stop the bo...

British prosecutor suspended after 'pursuing romantic interest' in defendant

A disciplinary tribunal found he abused his position by using relevant personal contact information ...

Former Deloitte solicitor charged over alleged kiss at office party

It is alleged that Venkasatamy, whilst attending a social event organised by Deloitte at the Waldorf...

Ukrainian major killed by grenade given to him as birthday present

Hennady Chastyakov was killed as he showed the gift to his teenage son at home on Monday, officials ...

UK: Severely fatigued lawyer unfairly sacked over absences

Chinedu Orogbu brought employment tribunal proceedings against Duncan Lewis Solicitors after he was ...

UK officials use AI to decide on issues from benefits to marriage licences

Civil servants and a handful of police forces are using AI in a range of areas, but especially when ...

Online Safety Bill: divisive internet rules become law

It seeks to force tech firms to take more responsibility for the content on their platforms....

Sunak warns AI could help make chemical weapons

In a worst-case scenario, society could lose all control over AI, preventing it from being switched ...

British TikTok star jailed after trying to smuggle cocaine out of Peru

Peru's Supreme Court posted an edited image of the online influencer behind bars on social media aft...

US: Man who wrongly spent 16 years in prison shot dead by police officer

Leonard Allen Cure, 53, died on Monday after a police deputy pulled him over....

KPMG fined record £21m for failings in audit of collapsed British multinational company

Carillion’s implosion in 2018 was one of the most high-profile failures in British corporate history...

UK: Solicitor fined £7,500 over 'derogatory and puerile' remarks in emails to another lawyer

Britain's Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) found Taylor’s conduct was serious as it ‘had the po...

Cristiano Ronaldo faces new legal challenge from rape accuser over 2010 hush money deal

A woman accused Cristiano Ronaldo of raping her in Las Vegas in 2009, which he vehemently denied. A ...

UK barrister disbarred for hiding drink-driving conviction from prospective employer

Asked if she had any unspent convictions, she answered ‘no’ knowing that she was still subject to an...

Criminals roam free in Wales and England as Overcrowding in prisons affects sentences.

Judges and magistrates are giving people suspended sentences instead of immediate jail terms because...

Climate change: Six young people take 32 countries to court

They accuse the countries of insufficient action over climate change and failing to reduce their gre...

Football star Victor Osimhen threatens to sue his own club over TikTok video mocking him

The video, which appeared on the club's TikTok account, showed Osimhen failing to score from the spo...

Russian opposition leader loses appeal against extra 19-year jail sentence

The 19-year sentence was imposed on top of 11 and a half years he was already serving after being co...

Man arrested after touching Spanish reporter during live broadcast

Isa Balado was reporting on a Madrid robbery on Tuesday when he walked up and appeared to touch her ...

Paul Pogba: Juventus midfielder provisionally suspended for anti-doping offence

Nado Italia, the anti-doping agency, said that Pogba was suspended provisionally with immediate effe...

Pass AI law soon or risk falling behind, MPs warn

The EU could overtake the UK in efforts to make AI safe unless action is taken, members of the Commo...

British solicitor fined for allowing attorneys to sell client's property

Andrew John Chatterton had acted for a client living in a care home as well as her two beneficiaries...