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Supreme Court The Supreme Court has ruled that a contractor did not have the right under JCT design-and-build terms to terminate a contract after it was paid late twice. The ruling ends a long-running dispute between Providence Building Services Ltd and client Hexagon Housing Association Ltd, which it was carrying out £7.2m of building work

A High Court judge has ruled that a self-employed bricklayer who died of mesothelioma was directly recruited and employed by a contractor in an asbestos claim brought by his widow. Eric Alger worked as a bricklayer at the Prince Regent Hotel and Church refurbishment project on Manor Road, Chigwell, in 1988. Clayton Bowmore was the

An Islamabad anti-terrorism court on Friday sentenced seven individuals, including journalists, a YouTuber and a former army officer, to two life terms each in...

A Lahore district and sessions court on Monday granted interim pre-arrest bail to YouTuber Rajab Butt and TikToker Nadeem Mubarak in a case related to the alleged promotion of gambling apps. The National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) has registered cases against several YouTubers on charges of promoting and encouraging a gambling application, including Butt

An Owerri Chief Magistrate Court, Imo State on Thursday ordered the remand of a 38-year-old businesswoman, Mrs. Juliet Igwe at the Owerri Correctional Centre over allegations of grievous harm and attempted m8rder of her five-year-old maid, Onyinyechi. LIB reported that the suspect used candlelight to burn the victim's priv@te parts and inflict multiple injuries on

The government's comprehensive support programme for Wang Fuk Court residents who were affected by last week's devastating inferno will continue without a fixed deadline, Secretary for Labour and Welfare Chris Sun said on Saturday. The initiative, which provides each household with both a dedicated social worker and the assistance of two to three civil servants

One of the leaders of Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) prosecuted by the Department of State Services (DSS) for alleged terrorism, Hussaini Ismaila, has been convicted of offences of terrorism and sentenced to 20 years imprisonment by a Federal High Court in Abuja. Justice Emeka Nwite pronounced the sentence The post Court sentences ISWAP

An expert on the Supreme Court of Canada says a British Columbia ostrich farm faces an uphill battle "with very low odds" to get a hearing to stop the cull of about 400 birds...