In the recent case of Hughes v Pritchard [2021] EWHC 1580, the judge found that a testator had lacked testamentary capacity notwithstanding expert evidence to the contrary. The testator had...
In this 1998 case -R. v. Patrick Nicholls [1998] EWCA Crim 1918 – a man was convicted of murder and robbery, and served 23 years in prison before having his...
In a recent case, the Ontario Court of Appeal allowed an appeal from the conviction of a man for firebombing his ex-wife’s house. Messages sent on various apps had not...
The cricketing body, the MCC, is to offer evidence to retain the ‘bouncer’ in cricket, as it would otherwise become a batsman-friendly game, it has been reported by the Daily...
A Chicago court has dismissed an appeal from a drugs conviction where a police officer gave evidence of the language of meth dealing, and ‘translated’ a number of text messages:...
The Supreme Court of India has set aside the conviction of two persons, including one who had been sentenced to death, following a challenge to the fingerprint evidence. Not only...
It was reported in 2018 that 40 convictions relating to drug driving had been quashed as the result of data tampering at a laboratory belonging to Randox Testing Services. Another...
In a UK trial for foxhunting, a prosecution expert who was a longstanding opponent of hunting was seen kissing a prosecution witness. The defence applied to exclude his evidence. “Professor...
An actor who was dropped from a play, for posting allegedly homophobic comments online, has brought a case alleging discrimination on the grounds of religion. In a preliminary ruling, the...
Clint Eastwood, 90, is due to appear as an ‘expert witness’ in a French trial, according to the BBC. The trial arises from a plot to attack Americans on a...
