Legislation making upskirting a criminal offence punishable by up to two years in prison will be introduced by the Government after a previous bid was scuppered by one of its
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A man has told a court he did not rape a woman who has raised a civil legal action against him. Stephen Coxen admitted he had been “rude” towards the
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Grandparents, not council bosses, should have responsibility for two boys who have been at the centre of Family Court litigation, appeal judges have ruled. A Family Court judge had decided
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An 18-year-old who was allegedly allowed to “rot to death” had appeared healthy in the preceding months, his mother has told a court. Dawn Cranston, 45, claimed that her son,
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A senior judge has concluded that a woman accused of not complying with an order made in a family court was wrongly given a three-month suspended prison sentence. Mr Justice
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A foster carer who sued her former agency over allegations that prevented her from working has accepted substantial damages at the High Court. Francine West brought proceedings for defamation, malicious
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An “institutionalised regime” of prescribing and administering opioids without medical justification at the Gosport War Memorial Hospital shortened the lives of more than 450 people, an inquiry has found. An
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Victims of paedophile football coach Barry Bennell have spoken of their relief after he failed in a Court of Appeal bid to have his 30-year jail term cut. Three judges
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A change in the law is being demanded by the Victims’ Commissioner to stop victims of domestic violence being cross-examined by their abusers in the family courts. Baroness Newlove (pictured)
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A woman who murdered her step-grandfather on Christmas Day by beating him with his own walking stick and stabbing him more than 120 times has been told she will serve
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