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Bid for Trump to be fined 10,000 dollars a day for failing to turn over evidence

New York’s attorney general has asked a court to hold former president Donald Trump in contempt and fine him 10,000 dollars per day for failing to comply with a subpoena for documents in her ongoing civil investigation into his business practices. ...

07 Apr 2022 at 19:55

High Court to rule on bid for injunction to block BBC story over ‘MI5 informant’

The High Court is due to give a ruling on whether the BBC can identify a “dangerous extremist and misogynist” who is allegedly an MI5 informant. Attorney General Suella Braverman is seeking an injunction to block the planned broadcast, arguing it ...

07 Apr 2022 at 03:55

World

Zelensky tells legal officials that Russia must face court for war crimes

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has met with US Attorney General Merrick Garland and top European legal officials, and called for Russia to face international prosecution for war crimes. Mr Zelensky announced the meetings in the western ...

03 Mar 2023 at 21:14

MI5 agent BBC wants to identify ‘is dangerous enough to kill a woman’

An alleged MI5 informant is “dangerous enough to kill a woman” and should be identified publicly “to prevent future harm” to women, the High Court has heard. The BBC wants to air a report which would identify the man, referred to as “X” in ...

01 Mar 2022 at 18:25

Insulate Britain trial protest referred to Attorney General

A woman accused of holding up a banner outside court calling on jurors to acquit Insulate Britain supporters has been referred to the Attorney General. Trudi Warner, 68, from Walthamstow in east London, was detained last week after ...

04 Apr 2023 at 13:58

Star Hobson’s mother has sentence increased by Court of Appeal

The mother of Star Hobson has had her prison sentence for causing or allowing the toddler’s death increased by four years at the Court of Appeal. Frankie Smith, 20, was jailed at Bradford Crown Court in December last year for her ...

15 Mar 2022 at 14:25

Northern Ireland

20,000 deprivation of liberty authorisations in four years, MLAs are told

Twenty thousand people have been subject to deprivation of liberty authorisations to protect their health in the past four years, MLAs have been told. Northern Ireland’s Attorney General Dame Brenda King, who reviews the ...

11 Apr 2024 at 17:22

Ireland

Calls to end ‘blanket ban’ on publishing Attorney General’s advice

Calls have been made for the government to stop the “blanket ban” approach to publishing the Attorney General’s advice. An opposition party has pledged to publish the AG’s advice when relevant and important while a ...

28 Dec 2022 at 11:00

Attorney General considering if Cody Fisher murder sentences should be reviewed

The Attorney General is considering whether to refer the sentences of two men who were convicted of murdering a footballer on a nightclub dancefloor to the Court of Appeal for reconsideration. Remy Gordon, 23, and ...

20 Apr 2024 at 10:38

Braverman tells lawyers to give ‘solutions’ when assessing legal risk of policy

The Attorney General will order Government lawyers to give “solutions-based advice” when challenging the legality of ministers’ policies. Updated guidance to be published shortly will state that when “a ...

30 Jul 2022 at 12:56

Government will make ‘robust arguments before the Supreme Court’ on Rwanda plan

The Government “is going to make robust arguments before the Supreme Court and will be applying for permission later today,” Attorney General Victoria Prentis has said. Proposals by Rishi Sunak’s ...

06 Jul 2023 at 11:25

Northern Ireland

New inquest ordered into murder of Jim Murphy in 1974

A new inquest has been ordered into the death of a man in Co Fermanagh almost 50 years ago. The Attorney General for Northern Ireland Dame Brenda King has directed the new proceedings amid ...

16 Jan 2024 at 13:31

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