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IU v OS [2020] EWFC 98 This case concerned an application for a financial remedy brought by IU, a wife (‘W’), against OS, her husband (‘H’).  ___ Cohen Js judgment is long (48 pages, 288 paragraphs). This is unsurprising in circumstances where the litigation lasted over 3 years, where the court heard from 12 witnesses (including H and W), where hand-writing experts where asked to assess various documents produced by H (and his team) which themselves required translation and where ord...

Those who travel to countries on a new COVID red list will have to pay £1,750 for a mandatory ten day quarantine period at a government hotel

LONDON: Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has defended plans for prison sentences of up to 10 years for returning travellers who try to evade strict coronavirus quarantine rules.Ministers have faced...

Two families who have united to call for stiffer penalties after losing teenage children to dangerous drivers have criticised plans to impose 10-year prison sentences on travellers who try to evade coronavirus quarantine rules. Health Secretary Matt Hancock announced on Tuesday that people returning to England from 33 "red list" destinations would have to pay £1,750 to quarantine for 10 days in Government-designated hotels. Those caught lying about their movements could be fined £10,000 or ...

Health Secretary Matt Hancock said those who lie about travel could face fines of £10,000 and 10 years in jail.

Sir Charles Walker urged Boris Johnson to rein in Cabinet ministers ‘very, very quickly’.

Hancock said those caught lying about their movements could be fined £10,000 or be jailed for 10 years.

TEN year jail sentences for travellers who try to conceal journeys to high-risk countries have been branded “extraordinarily high” in a backlash…

The Transport Secretary says ‘strong action’ is needed to prevent new Covid variants entering the UK.

Two former Conservative attorneys-general and backbench MPs have branded the government’s threat to impose 10-year jail sentences on travellers who try to conceal journeys from coronavirus hot-spots as disproportionate and an abuse of power. Matt Hancock has announced a requirement for UK residents returning to England from 33 “red list” countries to pay £1,750 to quarantine for 10 days in government-designated hotels. The health secretary said...