British Activists Hail New Ruling in 'McLibel' Case
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STRASBOURG, France  - Two Britons found to have  libeled the U.S. fast food chain McDonald's after the longest  court case in English legal history did not have a fair trial,  the European Court of Human Rights ruled Tuesday.
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LONDON -- Britain&#39;s highest court harshly condemned yesterday one of the most hotly disputed elements of the country&#39;s anti-terrorist strategy -- a law allowing some foreign suspects to be locked up indefinitely with no charge.
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Britain's top court delivered a severe  jolt to Prime Minister Tony Blair's post-Sept. 11 security  policies on Thursday by ruling against the detention of nine  foreign terrorism suspects without trial.
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Britain&#39;s highest court ruled Thursday that the government cannot detain terror suspects indefinitely without trial. Nine Law Lords ruled in favor of a group of men jailed without charge for
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Detaining foreign terrorism suspects without trial breaks human rights laws, the UK's highest court has ruled. What is your reaction?
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LONDON -- In a rebuke to Tony Blair's government, Britain's highest court yesterday ruled that the country's policy allowing indefinite detention of foreign terrorism suspects violates European human rights laws and is discriminatory.
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A UK lawyer is to bring a group action on behalf on thousands of people in Ivory Coast who claim they were injured by "toxic waste".
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Judge says law violates free speech, orders blocking stopped.
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More lawyers may follow the lead of a top QC who has resigned following the Law Lordsâ damning verdict on the Governmentâs anti-terror laws, a civil rights group claimed today.
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Two activists convicted of libeling the U.S. fast food chain McDonald's after the longest court case in English legal history did not get a fair trial, the European Court of Human Rights ruled on Tuesday.
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BRUSSELS, Belgium  - The European Court of Human Rights ruled Tuesday that two vegetarian activists convicted of defaming fast-food giant McDonald's did not receive a fair trial in Britain.
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Britain's highest court of appeal was due to rule on whether foreign nationals can be detained indefinitely without trial in the country, a case with sweeping constitutional and security implications.
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An appeals court Tuesday revived part of a class-action lawsuit blaming McDonald's for making people fat, reinstating claims pertaining to deceptive advertising.
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BRITAIN&#39;s highest court has ruled today that the UK Government cannot detain terror suspects indefinitely without trial. Nine judges in the House of Lords ruled in favour of a group of men jailed without charge for up to three years.
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Britain&#39;s Law Lords has ruled that detaining terrorism suspects indefinitely and without trial violates their civil rights under the European Convention... Britain&#39;s highest court has ruled in favor of nine
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LONDON  - A key but controversial plank of Britain&#39;s post-September 11 security policy was thrown into disarray as the country&#39;s highest court ruled that detaining terror suspects indefinitely without trial violated human rights laws.
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Law lords rule anti-war campaigners' rights were violated at a protest at an RAF base.