Norwegian crown princess’s son convicted of rape and jailed for four years
Marius Borg Høiby, 29, has been convicted of two rapes, repeated domestic abuse against an ex-girlfriend, issuing threats and traffic violations.
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Sikh man who killed Henry Nowak found guilty of murder
The case has caused widespread controversy after police handcuffed the dying Nowak rather than treating his wounds.
Airbus and Air France convicted over 2009 Rio-Paris crash
The Paris Court of Appeal ruled today that the airline and the European aerospace manufacturer were "solely and entirely responsible for the crash of flight AF447".
European Court of Human Rights rules vulgar online insults against officials fall outside free speech
The Court emphasised that the message used aggressive, sexually explicit insults and was posted on a widely used social media platform.
Shakira wins €60 million tax battle as Spanish court rejects 2011 fraud case
In a statement, the singer said there had "never [been] any fraud" and expressed relief after years of what she called sleepless nights and reputational damage.
German court reopens BioNTech Covid vaccine damages case
The ruling could have consequences for other similar proceedings.
UK Quran burner wins landmark blasphemy case
A man who burned a copy of the Quran outside the Turkish consulate in London has had his acquittal upheld by the High Court.
Dutch court invalidates marriage after use of ChatGPT to ‘liven up’ ceremony
A Dutch court ruled a couple's marriage was invalid after a civil registrar used ChatGPT to draft a "lighter" ceremony speech–which omitted legally required declarations.
Polish court fines journalists for using quotes emailed by State media official
A Polish court has fined two journalists from one of Poland’s largest online news outlets for publishing statements sent to them by email from a public media…
Apple faces €1.7bn hit as UK tribunal finds it guilty of abuse of power
Apple has lost a UK lawsuit that accused it of abusing the dominant position of its App Store, with claimants seeking more than £1.5 billion (€1.72 billion).
French court convicts TotalEnergies over misleading climate claims
A French court ruled oil and gas giant TotalEnergies had engaged in "misleading commercial practices" by overstating its climate pledges, in what activists said…
Three years after Qatargate scandal broke, court cases still paralysed
Almost three years after the Qatargate corruption scandal erupted, the judicial process shows little sign of resolution.
Irish news gadfly Gript to sue Press Council over allegedly ‘flawed ruling’
Irish Conservative news site and government gadfly Gript has announced it will take the Irish Press Council to court.
German court slaps down library ‘warning labels’ on ‘controversial books’
Germany’s Higher Administrative Court in Münster has ruled that the city library must remove politically charged warning labels from two controversial books.
Litmus test for Christian views? Finland’s top court to hear MP Räsänen free speech case
Finland’s Supreme Court is preparing to hold an oral hearing in the high-profile free speech case of former Interior Minister and Christian Democrat MP Päivi…
Hoteliers set to launch legal claim over ‘billions in losses due to booking.com’
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Austrian court orders public health insurance to pay for trans woman’s beard removal
A court in Vienna, Austria, has ruled that the country’s public health insurance must pay for the removal of facial hair from a trans woman who was born as a biological…
Polish Supreme Court rules IKEA wrong to fire worker for expressing Christian views
The Polish Supreme Court has thrown out an appeal by the Swedish furniture giant IKEA filed in the case of Janusz Komenda, an employee the company fired for criticising…
Thomson Reuters wins AI copyright ‘fair use’ ruling
Canadian conglomerate Thomson Reuters has received a partial summary judgment in its favour in its copyright infringement lawsuit against Ross Intelligence, an AI…
French court confirms ban on Corsican language in Corsican parliament
The Corsican language can not be used in the Corsican parliament, the administrative court of appeal of Marseille has confirmed in a judicial decision.
Shell wins landmark emissions reduction case on appeal
Global oil producer Shell has won a landmark climate case in the Dutch courts, annulling an earlier ruling that forced the multinational to cut 45 per cent of its…
Polish journalists guilty of defamation over TV satire
Three Polish journalists have been found guilty of defamation, a criminal offence in Poland, for their part in a Polish TVP programme in which a well known charity…
US court backs Apple, Tesla and other Big Tech over child-labour in Africa
A US federal appeals court refused to hold five major technology companies liable over their alleged support for the use of child labour in cobalt mining…
Norwegian mass shooter Breivik pushes to end prison isolation
Anders Behring Breivik, the far-right fanatic who killed 77 people in a bombing and shooting rampage in Norway in 2011, will testify in court on Tuesday as he presses…
Bird-slaying French wind farm must be demolished, judges rule
A French court has ruled that a controversial seven-turbine wind farm has to be demolished.
Shell sues Greenpeace for €2 million over boarding oil vessel
Shell filed a nearly €2 million lawsuit against Greenpeace after protestors boarded one of its ships in January.
Judges strike down ‘inclusive’ French university statutes on grounds they’re incomprehensible
French words have either male or female gender, which appears to have been a grammatical construction too far for some at the University of Grenoble-Alpes