Italy Italy court ends ‘absurdity’ which forced abuse victim’s family to pay The Bologna appeals court has overturned a ruling that forced the family of a sex abuse victim to pay her aggressor thousands of euros — but far too late to save the girl’s life. 24/05/2018
United Kingdom Migrants wrongly denied legal status in ‘flawed’ UK system, say lawyers The Law Society says too many immigrants and asylum seekers in Britain are having to go through lengthy and costly appeals after being wrongly refused the right to stay. 12/04/2018
France Air France 'shirt-ripping': case goes to Paris appeals court Today, twelve former and current Air France workers will appear before the Paris Court of Appeal charged with violence and vandalism. 12/03/2018
USA US Supreme Court blocks Trump on DACA The US Supreme Court has blocked Trump's move to call a halt to DACA, the programme protecting the children of illegal immigrants from deportation. The scheme had been set to come to an end on 5 March. 27/02/2018
world news Mixed reactions to Praljak appeal outcome Some former prisoners of war say justice has only partially been done. 29/11/2017
South Africa South African judge increases Pistorius' sentence to 13 years The former Paralympian had his sentence raised from six years to 13, taking into account the time he has already served in jail 24/11/2017
Greece Greek court blocks Turkish extradition request The Greek appeals court has rejected Ankara's request for the extradition of three Turkish soldiers. The cases of a further five soldiers will be decided in the coming weeks. 25/04/2017
world news Norway: appeals court rules Breivik's human rights not violated An Oslo appeals court rejects claims that prison authorities are treating mass murderer Anders Breivik inhumanely. 01/03/2017
Sport Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter attends CAS hearing Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter appeared before the Court of Arbitration for Sport on Thursday to appeal against his six-year ban from football. 25/08/2016
Switzerland Former FIFA boss Sepp Blatter goes before tribunal to appeal football ban Disgraced former FIFA president Sepp Blatter is going before sport’s highest tribunal, to appeal against his six-year ban from football. 25/08/2016
South Africa South African Supreme Court considering new Pistorius verdict South Africa’s Supreme Court is considering whether to scale up Paralympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius’ culpable homicide conviction to murder. The 03/11/2015
