Labour MP Claudia Webbe faces trial after being accused of harassing woman

Labour MP Claudia Webbe’s harassment trial over ‘unwanted phone calls made to woman’ is adjourned after barrister falls ill Claudia Webbe was elected Labour MP for Leicester East in December 2019  The 56-year-old MP has been charged with the harassment of Michelle Merritt  Ms Webbe pleaded not guilty to one charge of harassment in November … Read more

Telegraph owner Sir Frederick Barclay’s divorce court trial with his wife Hiroko opens in secret

Telegraph owner Sir Frederick Barclay’s high-stakes divorce court trial with his wife Lady Hiroko opens in secret Sir Frederick Barclay, 86, and Lady Hiroko Barclay are expected to give evidence The virtual trial is taking place in private in the Family Division of the High Court Sir Frederick is among the UK’s most well-known businessmen … Read more

Spain will trial FOUR-DAY working week after government agrees to launch pilot scheme with companies

Spain is set to trial a four-day working week after the government agreed to launch a pilot project among interested companies.  In December, deputy prime minister Pablo Iglesias confirmed that the government was looking into the idea, saying that reducing the number of working hours in a week to 32, without loss of pay would … Read more

Loser of ‘Wagatha Christie’ libel battle will face legal bill of more than £1.6m if it goes to trial

The loser of the ‘Wagatha Christie’ High Court libel case between Coleen Rooney and Rebekah Vardy faces being saddled with a legal bill of more than £1.6m if it goes to trial, MailOnline has learned. Damages on top could easily push the total cost for the losing wag to over £2m. The two sides have … Read more

Loser of ‘Wagatha Christie’ libel battle will face legal bill of more than £1.6m if it goes to trial

The loser of the ‘Wagatha Christie’ High Court libel case between Coleen Rooney and Rebekah Vardy faces being saddled with a legal bill of more than £1.6m if it goes to trial, MailOnline has learned. Damages on top could easily push the total cost for the losing wag to over £2m. The two sides have … Read more

Loser of ‘Wagatha Christie’ libel battle will face legal bill of more than £1.6m if it goes to trial

The loser of the ‘Wagatha Christie’ High Court libel case between Coleen Rooney and Rebekah Vardy faces being saddled with a legal bill of more than £1.6m if it goes to trial, MailOnline has learned. Damages on top could easily push the total cost for the losing wag to over £2m. The two sides have … Read more

Alec Baldwin’s defamation allegations will go forward to trial 

Alec Baldwin ‘pleased’ after judge refuses to throw out his defamation lawsuit against the man who accused him of punching him during parking space row… as the case heads to trial The SNL star got caught up in a row over a parking space with Wojciech Cieszkowski in New York in November 2018 He insisted … Read more

Tommy Robinson will represent himself at libel trial because he ‘can’t afford a lawyer’, court hears

Tommy Robinson will represent himself in a libel trial next month because he ‘cannot afford a lawyer’, the High Court has heard. The English Defence League founder, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, is being sued by a Syrian refugee who was filmed being attacked in a school playground. A video showing Jamal Hijazi, then … Read more

British Army major general stands trial accused of illegally claiming £50k for children’s school fee

The most senior Army officer to face a court martial in more than 200 years today stood trial accused of defrauding the taxpayer out of almost £50,000 to pay for his children’s private school fees. Major General Nick Welch, 57, allegedly abused Army allowances when he took on the top job at the Ministry of … Read more

British Army major general stands trial accused of illegally claiming £50k for children’s school fee

The most senior Army officer to face a court martial in more than 200 years today stood trial accused of defrauding the taxpayer out of almost £50,000 to pay for his children’s private school fees. Major General Nick Welch, 57, allegedly abused Army allowances when he took on the top job at the Ministry of … Read more