An Oxford professor is in the midst of a £1.25 million High Court battle after his mother cut him out of her will before she died. Professor Christopher Gosden said his mother Jean Weddell, a distinguished physician, had ‘resolved’ to leave him her Edwardian home in Kennington, south London. However, after she started a relationship with
A man has been fined after he was found to be using his wife’s Blue Badge for his own benefit. James Mason initially claimed that he had dropped his wife off at an appointment but later admitted that he had lied. Blue Badges allow a disabled person to park closer to their home or destination,
Writer and broadcaster Lord Bragg, 79, and his wife Catherine Haste have been granted a divorce after a 44-year-marriage. Judge Anne Hudd granted a decree nisi at a 50-second hearing in the Central Family Court in London. Neither Catherine Haste nor Melvyn Bragg were present at the hearing. Paperwork showed their marriage was solemnised at
A “deceitful” former magistrate has been jailed after she lied about her mobility to cheat the benefits system out of more than £26,000. Sandra Howell, 43, fraudulently claimed the benefits while working as a domestic cleaner in Greater Manchester. The former Stockport magistrate was brought into court in a wheelchair, but footage was played to
A mother and her estranged son are in a courtroom battle over a family property. Pamela Moore and her son Stephen Moore are disputing a 65-acre Grade II listed Manor Farmhouse and estate worth £10 million. The court heard that Pamela Moore and her son had a strained relationship since he was young. The matter
Princess Tessy of Luxembourg is representing herself at the High Court in London in her divorce trial. Princess Tessy’s marriage to His Royal Highness, Prince Louis Xavier Marie Guillaume of Luxembourg has come to an end after a ten year marriage. After their marriage when he was just 19, Prince Louis renounced his succession
A landlord who did not repair a decaying former hotel has been fined £14,900. Teeside Magistrates’ Court found Rajesh Kumar Gupta guilty of failing to repair roofing and guttering at the former Royal Hotel, in Loftus. He had been ordered to make the repairs repetitively by Redcar and Cleveland Council. Gupta did not attend
A benefits cheat who falsely £78,000 claims she is ‘unfit’ to complete her community service. Kathryn Leathard, 30, pretended to be a single mum for five years in order to get tax credits, income support, council tax benefit and housing benefit. However, authorities found she had been living with her partner. Leathard
A Russian oligarch immersed in Britain’s most expensive divorce has lost a crucial court battle to avoid paying his ex-wife more than £450m. Farkhad Akhmedov refused to pay his ex the huge sum after claiming he was already divorced when they lived in Moscow. After he refused to accept a ruling by a British court
A woman and her estranged son are immersed in a courtroom dispute over a family estate. After Stephen Moore was written out of his parents will, he successfully challenged the move in 2016, claiming his father, who now lives in a care home and has advanced dementia, repeatedly promised the estate would all be his