Italian billionaire whose £30m superyacht sank after it fell off the back of a cargo freighter is suing the British transport firm for compensation The £30m yacht My Song was lost from a cargo vessel in October 2019 Owner Pier Luigi Laro Piana used Peters and May to transport his vessel Mr Piana is suing … Read more
A former student at an elite private school in Utah has accused administrators of mishandling a 2017 sexual assault allegation, claiming they encouraged classmates to shun her and shared private details of her ordeal that ended up being reenacted in an assembly. After Tabitha Bell, now 20, told the school she was raped at home … Read more
British Muslim leader facing the death penalty in Bangladesh sues Home Secretary Priti Patel for £60,000 after she shared report on Twitter linking him to war crimes Chowdhury Mueen-Uddin, 71, faces the death penalty for alleged war crimes Mueen-Uddi denies claims linking him to killing of pro-independence activists He claims a Home Office report defamed … Read more
A Household Cavalry corporal is fighting for a £700,000 payout after claiming his career was wrecked when he was hit in the eye by a rubber bungee while putting up an army tent. Simon Harley, an NCO in the mounted regiment – which forms part of the Queen’s official bodyguard – says he was erecting … Read more
An influential London club packed with business and political heavyweights is taking legal action against a book which claims Beijing is grooming the British establishment. The 48 Group Club, which counts former deputy prime minister Lord Heseltine among its founders, took down its website after ‘Hidden Hand’ was published, The Times reported. Stephen Perry, a … Read more
Black Lives Matter protestor sues police because they ordered her to cover up her ‘F*** Boris’ T-shirt Jessie-Lu Flynn had attended a BLM demonstration in central London on June 3 Later, she was challenged by police officers for wearing a ‘F*** Boris’ T-shirt Ms Flynn is now suing police for blocking her right to express … Read more
Former Bond girl Eva Green sues film company White Lantern for $1million after they pulled the plug on her new sci-fi thriller Eva Green was set to begin shooting for A Patriot over seven weeks last summer In the film she would have appeared alongside Charles Dance and Helen Hunt White Lantern Film shut down … Read more
A housemistress at one of Britain’s top boarding schools is suing it for £1.8m in compensation after breaking her wrist slipping on a wet corridor floor. Lindsey Shaw, 59, fractured her right wrist at £35,000-a-year Mill Hill School, in north London, in June 2016, when she slipped and fell following a meeting with a pupil … Read more
A financier who claimed she was called ‘the tart’ by a Barclays executive has accused bank bosses of misleading her, shareholders and the market when negotiating investment deals during the 2008 financial crisis. Amanda Staveley, who runs private equity firm PCP Capital Partners, is suing the bank for £1.6 billion in damages after Barclays bosses reportedly agreed … Read more
Grieving dentist sues Matt Hancock over his father’s death from Covid-19 because he fears he inadvertently infected his parents after following ‘erroneous’ Government advice Dentist launches legal action after his father, aged 80, dies from coronavirus Dr Minesh Talati fears he infected parents after following ‘erroneous’ Gov advice The lawsuit is the first by a … Read more