Category: High Court

UK High Court Hearing Immigration Appeal Told Rwanda ‘Tortures’ and Kills Opponents

September 5, 2022
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An appeal at the High Court in London against the British government’s plan to send illegal immigrants to Rwanda has been told the African country “tortures and murders those it considers to be its opponents.” In April the Prime Minister Boris Johnson—who will be replaced on Tuesday by Foreign Secretary Liz Truss—announced plans to send people…

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Canada’s High Court Won’t Hear Dispute Over $1B Vancouver Waterfront Development

August 18, 2022
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The Supreme Court of Canada has refused to hear an appeal from property developer Concord Pacific Acquisitions, ending a long-running legal dispute over the billion-dollar development of one of Vancouver’s last parcels of waterfront land. The feud began in 2015 when Concord argued Singapore-based billionaire Oei Hong Leong and his company, Canadian Metropolitan Properties, backed…

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Hong Kong Police Arrest 6 Activists on Accusation of Sedition

April 6, 2022
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HONG KONG—Hong Kong police arrested six activists on Wednesday for suspected sedition and contravention of a national security law in connection with what the police called “causing nuisance” at court hearings in December and January. Police, who typically do not identify arrested people, said the six were aged 32 to 67, had been arrested for…

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Ed Sheeran Wins UK High Court Copyright Battle Over Shape of You Hit

April 6, 2022
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Ed Sheeran’s 2017 hit Shape Of You does not infringe another artist’s copyright, a British High Court judge has ruled. At a trial last month, the singer and his Shape Of You co-writers, Snow Patrol’s John McDaid and producer Steven McCutcheon, faced accusations that they ripped off the 2015 song Oh Why by Sami Chokri…

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