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Goncalves Taborda & Olaiya-Imam v R: Court of Appeal upholds murder and child death convictions following expert evidence dispute

Appeal against conviction dismissed; appellant's sentence reduced from ten to seven years

Kanametova v OSG Records Management: High Court upholds arbitrator's finding of backdated agreement

A challenge to an arbitral award has failed after the Commercial Court found that a long-term incentive agreement was signed in 2020 and fraudulently backdated...

Grimes v Liberty Mutual: High Court rules on meaning of "discovery" in Covid-19 business interruption claims

Post-closure evidence of Covid-19 at premises can satisfy policy trigger, judge finds

Court of Appeal overturns foster care ruling in Re L and orders adoption placement for infant girl

A placement order and sibling contact arrangements have been substituted on appeal after the Court of Appeal found a recorder's welfare analysis to be fundamentally...

Marinakis v Karypidou: High Court finds anti-Nottingham Forest campaign publications defamatory at common law

A coordinated anonymous campaign targeting the owner of Nottingham Forest FC carried defamatory meanings at the highest Chase level, the King's Bench Division has ruled.

Queenscourt v HMRC: KFC dip pots ruled zero-rated as Upper Tribunal rejects composite supply argument

KFC franchisee wins VAT appeal over dip pots included in takeaway meal deals.

Kyte v McLaren: High Court strikes out £2.1m fire claim over deficient pleadings

A McLaren owner's multimillion-pound claim has been dismissed after the court found his particulars of claim insufficiently particularised to constitute a cause of action.

Diageo DV Limited v Nio S.R.L.: English court grants final anti-suit injunction to restrain Italian proceedings

High Court upholds exclusive jurisdiction clause, blocking Italian litigation over €780,008 withheld payment.