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By Sam Tobin LONDON (Reuters) – Tom Hayes, the first trader in the world to be jailed for interest rate rigging, lost his appeal against his conviction on Wednesday, a decision he said he would seek to challenge at the UK’s Supreme Court. Hayes, a former star Citigroup and UBS trader, was convicted in 2015…
WikiLeaks' Julian Assange was given permission by the High Court in London to take his challenge against extradition to the United States to another hearing on Tuesday. The court ruled that Assange could pursue his appeal at a full hearing, unless the U.S. provided "satisfactory assurances" on the questions of whether he was able to rely on the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and whether he could be subject to the death penalty.
Glencore's former head of oil has lost a legal battle with the British tax authority over nearly 150 million pounds of dividends paid out by the global commodities giant....
The Wikileaks founder's extradition from Britain is on hold until after a court said the US must provide assurances he won't face the death penalty.
LONDON (Reuters) -London's High Court will hand down its ruling on Tuesday on whether WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will be able to appeal against extradition from Britain to the United States, in what could be his final legal challenge in British courts. U.S. prosecutors want to put Assange, 52, on trial on criminal charges relating to WikiLeaks' high-profile release of vast troves of confidential U.S. military records and diplomatic cables. Assange's supporters hail him as a hero of journalism who is being prosecuted for exposing U.S. wrongdoing.