Against their wishes, James and Jennifer Crumbley will not be allowed to attend their son’s hearing to determine whether he will have a chance at parole or will spend the rest of his life in prison for a deadly school shooting.

Without explaining why, a judge this week denied the Crumbleys’ request to attend their son’s so-called Miller hearing — an event that their lawyers argued “is of paramount importance.”

“The Crumbleys remain very concerned about their son and ask this court to allow them to attend the Miller hearing,” defense attorneys Shannon Smith and Mariell Lehman said in a

On Wednesday 5^th April the Court will hand-down judgment in R (on the application of Pearce and others) v Parole Board for England and Wales [2023] UKSC 13. The court will determine two questions: (i) When the Parole Board is deciding whether or not to direct the release of a prisoner on license, can it only take into account accusations if they are proved on the balance of probabilities? (ii) Does the Parole Board’s “Guidance on Allegations” misstate the law on this issue? The hand-down will take place at 9:45am in Courtroom 1.

The following Supreme Court judgments remain

On appeal from: [2018] EWCA Civ 2026

This appeal arose out of a contractual dispute between Ukraine and the Law Debenture Trust Corporation plc (“the Trustee”), acting on behalf of the Russian Federation (“Russia”).

In 2013, Ukraine issued Eurobonds (“the Notes”) with a nominal value of US $3 billion and carrying interest at 5% per annum to Russia, and Russia paid the subscription money to Ukraine. In substance this amounted to a loan of $3 billion by Russia to Ukraine, repayable in December 2015. The Trustee is the trustee of the Notes, which were constituted by a trust deed. The

In this post, Mark Chapman and Alisha Young (both associates within the Insurance Group at CMS) preview the decision awaited from the Supreme Court in Lifestyle Equities CV and Anor v Ahmed and Anor. The appeal was heard by the Supreme Court on 20 & 21 February 2023 and judgment is now awaited.

The issues appealed to the Supreme Court are the extent of the liability of a director, or senior executive employee, for causing a company to commit a civil wrong, for which a claim can be brought without a finding of fault by the wrongdoer (eg, a ‘strict

Legal analyst and former federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner said on Friday that former President Donald Trump is “one step” closer to an indictment from the Department of Justice (DOJ).

Kirschner began his 30-year legal career as a prosecutor for the US Army before moving on to a position in the US Attorney Office Homicide Section in Washington, DC Today, he is known as a legal analyst for NBC News and MSNBC, and an outspoken critic of Trump who provides frequent updates on the numerous legal battles facing him.

Kirschner appeared in a YouTube video on Friday posted by left-wing political

On appeal from [2020] EWCA Civ 1751

Land which is subject to a statutory trust in favor of the public is held by a local authority for the purpose of the public’s enjoyment. In order for local authorities to dispose of this type of land they must comply with statutory consultation requirements. The issue raised by this appeal is what happens to the public’s rights to use this type of land when the local authority disposes of the land but fails to comply with the statutory requirements.

This issue arose in the context of a challenge to the grant of

On appeal from: [2021] EWCA Civ 1150

This appeal is about Rent Repayment Orders. These are orders that can be made against landlords who have committed certain housing-related attacks. They require a landlord to repay an amount of rent paid by a tenant (or pay to a local housing authority an amount of universal credit paid in respect of rent). The question which arises is whether they can only be made against a tenant’s immediate landlord, or whether they can be made against a landlord higher up in a chain of tenancies (eg the landlord of the tenant’s immediate landlord)