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Britain’s courts are potential hotbeds for coronavirus, senior judge warns

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EXCLUSIVE: Britain’s courts are potential hotbeds for coronavirus because staff fail to enforce social distancing and ‘woeful’ technology means video-link hearings can’t go ahead, senior judge warns Judge described hearings of litigants squeezed around tables in close proximity  They claimed the roughly 200 people who enter building are not asked if ill  Justice department said … Read more

The four rows that could sink EU deal: Fishing rights, Euro courts, goods and trade deal legalities

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The FOUR rows that could sink EU trade deal: Britain and the EU warn of ‘serious’ and ‘significant’ differences that could sink post-Brexit negotiations Chief negotiator David Frost is in Brussels for the first round of EU negotiations He and Michel Barnier have warned of ‘serious’ and ‘significant’ differences  Both sides have agreed to try … Read more

How courts backed media fight to tell Princess Haya’s story

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Even as the sheikh tried to hush up the kidnap case, his ex-wife was determined to expose the sham of Dubai’s claim to be an oasis of tolerance. Princess Haya – along with the court-appointed guardian representing their children Princess Jalila, 12, and Prince Zayed, eight – backed the Daily Mail’s application to allow to public … Read more

Victims of rogue pensions scandal take their fight to the courts

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Pension scam victims yesterday gathered outside a Spanish court at the start of a major criminal prosecution of alleged fraudsters accused of fleecing Britons of millions. After the failure by UK authorities to take action, campaigners launched a private prosecution on the Costa Blanca where many of the rogue schemes operate. Victims of the now … Read more