The UK Supreme Court has prevented Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro from accessing $1.95bn (£1.4bn) of gold stored in the Bank of England (BoE). Mr Maduro says the cash will be used to fight Covid-19 in […]
A campaigner has lost a Supreme Court case challenging the government’s refusal to issue gender neutral passports. Christie Elan-Cane said the application process breaches human rights laws by not allowing an “X” option. But the court […]
Thousands of Asda supermarket workers have won a major victory at the Supreme Court in their battle for equal pay. The court upheld an earlier court ruling that lower-paid shop staff, who are mostly women, […]
Shamima Begum, who left the UK for Syria to join the Islamic State group as a teenager, will not be allowed to return and fight her citizenship case, the Supreme Court has ruled. The court […]
Ride hailing taxi app firm Uber must classify its drivers as workers rather than self-employed, the UK’s Supreme Court has ruled. The decision means tens of thousands of Uber drivers are set to be entitled […]
A hotly-contested case about insurance payouts for small businesses who were unable to trade owing to lockdown heads to the Supreme Court on Monday. A host of businesses closed or faced significant losses, so made […]
A convicted paedophile has lost a Supreme Court challenge over using evidence in court gathered covertly by so-called paedophile hunters. Judges unanimously dismissed an appeal which argued that evidence from vigilante groups breached a person’s right […]
The deportation of a criminal to Zimbabwe has been stopped by the Supreme Court amid concerns his life would be shortened by HIV. Five justices unanimously ruled the case must be reconsidered in full by […]
The UK acted unlawfully by passing evidence to the US that could lead to the execution of two British members of an Islamic State murder squad. The Supreme Court said former Home Secretary Sajid Javid […]
Outgoing Supreme Court President Lady Hale has warned against politicians choosing the UK’s top judges in a speech marking her retirement. She advised against adopting a US-style approach “whether in powers or in process of […]
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