LAW – GREAT BRITAIN – CASES

Kerr found not guilty of racially aggravated harassment

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The New Daily – Page: Online : 12-Feb-25

A British jury has taken just over four hours to find soccer player Sam Kerr not guity on a charge of racially harassing a police officer. The captain of Australia’s national women’s team did not address the media outside the Kingston Crown Court, but subsequently issued a statement in which she apologised for her behaviour. Kerr acknowledged that she had expressed herself poorly on a "traumatic evening", adding that she had always maintained that she did not intend to insult or harm anyone. Kerr was charged after calling a male police constable "stupid and white".

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Julian Assange wins temporary reprieve in case against extradition to US

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Original article by Haroon Siddique
The Guardian – Page: Online : 27-Mar-24

Amnesty International and the National Union of Journalists have urged the US government to abandon its efforts to extradite Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. The British High Court has ruled that Assange will be entitled to appeal against his extradition to the US unless the Biden administration provides an assurance by mid-April that he will not face the death penalty if he stands trial and is convicted on espionage charges. The court has also sought an assurance from the US government that Assange will be able to rely upon the first amendment if his case goes to trial in the US.

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WIKILEAKS, HIGH COURT OF ENGLAND AND WALES, AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL, NATIONAL UNION OF JOURNALISTS

London judges backtrack to revive $9.43-billion Brazil dam lawsuit against mining giant BHP

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abc.net.au – Page: Online : 28-Jul-21

BHP faces renewed legal action over the collapse of the Samarco iron ore tailings dam in Brazil in 2015, after London’s Court of Appeal ruled that a $9.4bn lawsuit can proceed. A lower court had struck it out the lawsuit by 200,000 claimants in 2020, ruling that the UK legal action was an abuse of process. The Court of Appeal had upheld this ruling in March. BHP has contended that the case should not proceed in the UK as the tailings dam disaster is also subject to legal action in Brazil.

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BHP GROUP LIMITED – ASX BHP, COURT OF APPEAL (GREAT BRITAIN), SAMARCO MINERACAO SA