Brian Farmer

Business News

Campaigners opposed to new nuclear plant call on regulators after appeal fails

The Together Against Sizewell C group says it will keep fighting for the ‘soul of Suffolk’ despite losing the latest round of a legal battle.
21 Dec 2023
Crime

Judge dismisses bankruptcy petition lodged against ex-England star John Barnes

Judge Paul Greenwood considered the former footballer’s case at an Insolvency and Companies Court hearing in London on Wednesday.
7 Jun 2023
Politics

Campaign group loses legal fight with Government over arms sales to Saudi Arabia

Campaign Against Arms Trade was challenging the lawfulness of a decision to continue licensing arms exports for ‘possible use’ in a war in Yemen.
6 Jun 2023
UK

Daring baby swans get into more trouble after defying efforts to contain them

Rescuers leapt into action once more on Friday when six of the cygnets got washed over a weir again after learning how to scramble across a boom.
2 Jun 2023
Crime

Wealthy businesswoman ‘should pay estranged husband more than £6.5 million’

Louise Backstrom, 33, who is worth about £250 million, and Martin Wennberg had been embroiled in a private family court dispute over money in London.
30 May 2023
Environment

Fleetwood football owner loses civil court fight with council

Andy Pilley, who is also chairman of BES Utilities, had been involved in High Court litigation with Cheshire West and Chester Council.
25 May 2023
Crime

Leading judge welcomes seventh Tory Lord Chancellor in just under six years

Lord Burnett, the Lord Chief Justice, who is due to retire in the autumn, said he hoped Alex Chalk would be ‘my last’.
24 May 2023
Crime

Ex-England star John Barnes has paid money owed in tax, judge told

Barnes, 59, played for Watford, Liverpool and Newcastle and won 79 England caps between 1983 and 1995.
22 May 2023
UK

Rescuers install boom in bid to stop cygnets being washed into weir

The nine baby swans hit the headlines after getting into difficulties while paddling in a millpond in Nash Mills, Hertfordshire, on Monday.
21 May 2023
Crime

Google succeeds in bid to throw out medical records claim

The software giant and its artificial intelligence arm DeepMind was facing legal action over the transfer of patient data by an NHS trust.
19 May 2023
UK

Latest hearing in Sir Frederick Barclay’s cash fight with ex-wife adjourned

A judge had been due to oversee the latest stage of the dispute between Sir Frederick, 88, and Lady Hiroko Barclay at a High Court hearing.
19 May 2023
Business News

SP Hinduja, patriarch of one of Britain’s richest families, dies aged 87

A family spokesman described SP Hinduja, whose family topped 2022 Sunday Times Rich List, as a ‘visionary titan of industry and business’.
17 May 2023
Crime

Southend United given time to clear £275,000 tax debt

Judge Mark Mullen made his decision after considering arguments from lawyers at an Insolvency and Companies Court hearing in London.
17 May 2023
UK

Baby swans rescued after being washed over weir

The nine cygnets were saved after getting into difficulties in a millpond in Nash Mills, Hertfordshire.
16 May 2023
Crime

Barclay financial legal fight ‘not good for the family’, court told

The latest stage of a long-running fight over money between Sir Frederick and Lady Hiroko Barclay is being heard at the High Court.
16 May 2023
UK

Sir Frederick Barclay’s ex-wife ‘astonished’ over legal spending, court told

The latest stage of a fight over money between Sir Frederick and Lady Hiroko Barclay is being heard at the High Court in London.
16 May 2023
UK

Judge set for latest stage of Sir Frederick Barclay’s cash fight with ex-wife

Sir Frederick and Lady Hiroko Barclay are due to appear at a hearing overseen by Sir Jonathan Cohen in the Family Division of the High Court.
16 May 2023
Crime

Campaigner ‘proud’ of protest at site where beagles bred for medical research

John Curtin defended his right to ‘legally protest’ outside MBR Acres – and his right to call workers ‘puppy killers’
15 May 2023
Crime

Superyacht detained by Government after Ukraine invasion in High Court challenge

Owner Sergei Naumenko wants an order setting aside the decision to detain the Phi following the outbreak of war in February 2022.
11 May 2023
Crime

Lawrence Dallaglio given time to clear tax debt of around £700,000

Judge Sebastian Prentis considered the former England rugby star’s case at an Insolvency and Companies Court hearing in London.
9 May 2023
Crime

Unions in High Court fight with Government over agency worker regulations

Aslef, Unite and others are challenging law changes they say allow agencies to supply employers with workers to fill in for staff on strike.
3 May 2023