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Robert Durst charged with murder of ex-wife who vanished in 1982

October 23, 2021 World Justice News 0

US real estate heir Robert Durst has been charged in the 1982 disappearance of his ex-wife, authorities have said. Kathie McCormack Durst’s body was never found, and she was legally declared dead in 2017. A […]

Trump Invokes Presidential ‘Absolute Immunity’ in Electric Avenue Copyright Suit

October 20, 2021 World Justice News 0

Last month, lawyers acting for Donald Trump failed to have a court dismiss a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by musician Eddy Grant over the unlicensed use of his track Electric Avenue in a campaign video. […]

R Kelly guilty in sex trafficking trial

September 27, 2021 World Justice News 0

US singer R Kelly has been found guilty of exploiting his superstar status to run a scheme to sexually abuse women and children over two decades. Eleven accusers, nine women and two men, took the […]

Post, courier, e-mail – the saga to serve papers on Prince Andrew

September 18, 2021 World Justice News 0

For weeks, lawyers acting for a woman who alleges she was sexually abused by Prince Andrew have been trying to alert him to their plans. It has been a drawn-out process involving email auto-replies and […]

Judge rules Prince Andrew’s US lawyer can be served with sexual assault legal papers

September 18, 2021 World Justice News 0

A judge has ruled that Prince Andrew’s US lawyer can be served with legal papers in a sexual assault case filed by Virginia Giuffre in New York. It follows a dispute over whether the prince […]

Prince Andrew’s lawyer says NY case is baseless and non-viable

September 13, 2021 World Justice News 0

The Duke of York’s lawyer has described allegations of sexual assault filed in a US court as “baseless, non-viable [and] potentially unlawful”. Andrew Brettler told a pre-trial conference call in New York that a 2009 […]

Prince Andrew’s team dispute claims accuser served legal papers

September 11, 2021 World Justice News 0

Prince Andrew’s team do not believe that legal papers from lawyers for the woman who has accused him of sexual abuse have been successfully served, the BBC understands. Virginia Giuffre has launched a civil case […]

SPARKS Piracy Group: British Man Extradited to US to Face Criminal Conspiracy Charges

September 1, 2021 World Justice News 0

British man George Bridi, an alleged member of the infamous SPARKS release group, has been extradited to the United States from Cyprus. He faces several charges including conspiracy to commit copyright infringement, wire fraud conspiracy, […]

Virginia Giuffre: Prince Andrew accuser files civil lawsuit in US

August 9, 2021 World Justice News 0

A US woman who alleges she was brought to the UK aged 17 to have sex with the Duke of York has filed a civil lawsuit in New York claiming he abused her. Virginia Giuffre, […]

Andrew Cuomo: Biden says governor should resign over harassment report

August 3, 2021 World Justice News 0

President Joe Biden has called on Andrew Cuomo to resign after a damning independent inquiry found the New York governor had harassed multiple women. Mr Biden’s condemnation of Mr Cuomo came hours after the state’s […]

Canada

Canadian ‘online poison seller’ Kenneth Law to have ‘murder charges dropped in plea deal’

April 19, 2026 0

A Canadian chef accused of supplying deadly substances to people around the world who have taken their own lives will have murder charges dropped as part of a plea deal, his lawyer has said. Kenneth […]

Australia

Australia’s most-decorated living soldier charged over alleged war crimes

April 7, 2026 0

Australia’s most-decorated living soldier has been charged over allegations he committed war crimes in Afghanistan. Ben Roberts-Smith – who left the defence force in 2013 – was arrested at Sydney airport on Tuesday and will […]

Human Rights

‘The gravest crime against humanity’: What does the UN vote on slavery mean?

March 28, 2026 0

The United Nations General Assembly this week overwhelmingly backed a resolution declaring the transatlantic slave trade “the gravest crime against humanity”. Welcoming the vote, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that the wealth of many Western […]