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The sentencing council has said that, if their condition is not to blame for their offence, criminals suffering from mental health problems should not escape justice.  The council urges judges and magistrates to assess each case on its merits because

Mr Srichand Hinduja, aged 84, is suing his three younger brothers over controversy surrounding a letter stating that they all held each others assets. The brothers Srichand, Gopichand, Prakash and Ashok all signed a July 2014 letter stating, “assets held

Following inspections of the conditions in three jails, Elmley on the Isle of Sheppey, Altcourse in Liverpool, and Wandsworth in South London, findings emerged that prisoners with coronavirus symptoms were locked in cells for up to two weeks without being

An employee of the Natwest, owned by the Royal Bank of Scotland, has won a record employment payout. She was hit by a car on her first day working for the bank at their Croydon branch. At the time she

A Beauty pageant and former Miss World has lost her fight against changing the rules for entrants. Veronika Didusenko lost her Miss Ukraine crown and was banned from Miss World competitions after it was revealed that she had been married,

Prominent lawyers have criticised the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) for its decision to charge Caroline Flack with assault. They claim that Prosecutors who doggedly pursued Caroline Flack on domestic abuse charges were more interested in getting a “high profile scalp”

Heavy drinking can lead to many problems. As such one man woke up last February to find a credit-card charge for £50,000 hanging over his head. He subsequently contacted the police who visited the venue and launched an investigation into

A British couple with Indian heritage were informed that they could not adopt a “white infant” because of their ethnic origins. Consequently they won nearly £120,000 in damages against adoption agency “Adopt Berkshire” after they registered with them in 2016.

Couple Adrian and Lisa Powell are suing the sellers of a country home for failing to tell them of plans for a diner and motel just down the road. Having searched for six years Adrian and Lisa felt certain they

A row has broken out over the ranking of “top lawyers” in the UK as one individual refused to have his name listed claiming it under represented women in the profession. A leading authority on who are suggested to be