Sir Frederick Barclay has been ordered to pay his estranged wife £100million after a judge blasted the Telegraph owner for selling a luxury yacht and keeping the proceeds for himself.
Mr Justice Cohen said Sir Frederick Barclay, 86, sold a luxury yacht and applied the equity for his own use in breach of orders.
He said he regarded that as reprehensible , in a ruling published on Wednesday.
The judge said he had ruled that Lady Hiroko Barclay should receive lump sums totalling £100million. She had wanted £120million.
Judge Mr Justice Cohen said he had ruled that Lady Hiroko Barclay (pictured with lawyer Fiona Shackleton outside the High Court in London at an earlier hearing) should receive lump sums totalling £100million
Woman With Dementia Who Is Opposed to Vaccines Should Not Get Jab, Judge Rules
An 85-year-old woman who suffers from dementia and is in a care home should not be given a coronavirus vaccine, a judge has ruled.
Mr. Justice Hayden was told that the woman, a former secretary at a factory in London, had a long-standing opposition to vaccines and would need to be restrained before being given an injection.The judge concluded that vaccination was not in her best interests.
He heard evidence at an online hearing in the Court of Protection, where judges consider issues relating to people who lack the mental capacity to make decisions, on Friday, and was told that much of the woman’s cognitive function had gone.
Martha Koome’s rise strikes gender balance at top court
Friday April 30 2021
By SAM KIPLAGAT
Summary
If approved by Parliament and becomes Kenya’s third Chief Justice after the passing of the Constitution in 2010, and also the first woman CJ in the country’s history, Justice Koome, 61, will be joining Deputy Chief Justice Philomena Mwilu and Justice Njoki Ndung’u at the top court.
If Martha Koome becomes the country’s next Chief Justice (CJ), the Supreme Court shall have ended a 10-year wait to comply with the constitutional one-third gender rule.
Article 81(b) of the Constitution states that not more than two-thirds of members in elective and appointive bodies shall be of the same gender, while Article 27(6) proposes legislative and other measures, including affirmative action, to be put in place to achieve the rule.
An 85-year-old woman who lives in care and suffers from dementia will not be given a coronavirus jab due to her longstanding anti-vaccine views, a judge has ruled.
Mr Justice Hayden was told that the woman, a former secretary at a factory in London, had a long-standing opposition to vaccines and would need to be restrained before being given an injection.
The judge concluded that vaccination was not in her best interests.
The judge said evidence showed that she had a long-standing opposition to vaccines and would need to be restrained or sedated before being given an injection
He heard evidence at an online hearing in the Court of Protection, where judges consider issues relating to people who lack the mental capacity to make decisions, on Friday, and was told that much of the woman s cognitive function had gone.
Updated: 21 Apr 2021, 13:44
A RUSSIAN billionaire s ex has won £453million in Britain s biggest divorce settlement today.
The finale to the High Court battle comes after a judge found Tatiana Akhmedova s former husband and son plotted to hide the huge fortune.
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Temur Akhmedov, son of oil and gas tycoon Farkhad and Tatiana AkhmedovaCredit: Reuters
She had argued her ex has hidden assets and accused their 27-year-old son, Temur Akhmedov, of acting as his dad s lieutenant in the legal scrap.
Today, a judge made rulings in Ms Akhmedova s favour and granted her the enormous sum after noting the formidable smokescreen created to conceal assets.