News of court ruling

US abortion ruling roils midterm election campaign

01-07-2022 13:52 Supreme Court ruling upends race to crucial vote that will decide who controls Congress for rest of Biden’s term in office.

JUDICIARY

Supreme Court rules 2006 reform of Magistrates Council was 'unconstitutional'

17-12-2021 02:48 In a unanimous ruling, the Supreme Court on Thursday declared that the the 2006 reform of the Council of Magistrates was unconstitutional.

UK COURTS

Organiser of flight that killed footballer Emiliano Sala jailed for 18 months

12-11-2021 09:28 David Henderson, the businessman who organised the 2019 flight that killed Argentine footballer Emiliano Sala in a crash in the English Channel, sentenced to 18 months in jail for endangering safety of aircraft.

Death of Emiliano Sala

Businessman who organised flight that killed Emiliano Sala convicted

28-10-2021 10:16 David Henderson, the 67-year-old businessman who organised the flight in which Emiliano Sala died, found guilty of endangering the safety of an aircraft by a majority jury verdict at Cardiff Crown Court.

PLANE CRASH TRAGEDY

UK court told man accused over Emiliano Sala's plane crash was not 'reckless'

26-10-2021 14:31 The lawyer defending a man on trial over the 2019 plane crash that killed Argentine footballer Emiliano Sala said on Tuesday his involvement in the tragedy was "purely a paperwork issue."

PLANE CRASH TRAGEDY

Owner of plane in Emiliano Sala crash 'forbade use of pilot'

20-10-2021 10:41 The owner of a plane that crashed with Argentine footballer Emiliano Sala on board told a UK court on Wednesday she had ordered the operator not to use the pilot.

HUMAN RIGHTS

Court finds Colombia responsible for rape, torture of journalist

19-10-2021 09:05 Inter-American Court of Human Rights rules Colombia bears responsibility for the ordeal of a female journalist Jineth Bedoya, who was kidnapped, raped and then tortured in 2000 by far-right paramilitaries.

PLANE CRASH TRAGEDY

Man goes on trial in UK over plane crash death of footballer Emiliano Sala

18-10-2021 08:58 David Henderson stands trial for charges in connection with the death of Argentine footballer Emiliano Sala in a light aircraft crash in 2019.

EDITORIAL

Courting deadlock

08-05-2021 00:28 The whole idea of the separation of powers is to achieve a constructive division of labour, not a collision course in which the component forces cancel each out.

POLITICS & THE PANDEMIC

The school feud

17-04-2021 07:33 Fernández and Rodríguez Larreta, much to the dismay of the hawks in both coalitions, gave moderation a shot. Now the rift is back.

by Martín Gambarotta

APPS & WORK

UK top court shakes up gig economy with ruling against Uber

19-02-2021 14:19 UK's Supreme Court rules Uber drivers are entitled to breaks, holiday pay and minimum wage, in what has been described as "another nail in the coffin" for the gig economy.

CIVIL SUIT

Press freedom row erupts as journalist told to turn over audio recordings

13-02-2021 09:09 Author and journalist Santiago O’Donnell ordered to hand over recordings used to create his best-selling book Hermano, which features interviews with Mariano Macri, brother of former president Mauricio Macri.

by Jennifer Heiman

ALBERTO´S FIRST YEAR

Covid, crisis, coalition tensions: Alberto Fernández's first year in office

12-12-2020 09:45 One year on from his inauguration, the president is pinning his hopes on a mass Covid-19 vaccination campaign to kickstart Argentina’s economic recovery. Infighting in his Frente de Todos coalition is increasingly visible, but nobody wants to create a new rift which would end up favouring the opposition.

by Rosario Ayerdi

CORRUPTION & THE COURTS

Supreme Court set for key ruling on CFK graft probe

05-12-2020 09:41 Federal Cassation Court endorses validity of whistleblowers’ testimonies, but the attorneys for the defendants will take fight to the Supreme Court.

by Cecilia Devanna

PLANE CRASH TRAGEDY

Man denies charges in connection with Emiliano Sala plane crash

26-10-2020 17:28 Man appears in UK court in connection death of Argentine footballer Emiliano Sala in plane crash. David Henderson denies endangering the safety of an aircraft, and attempting to discharge a passenger without valid permission or authorisation.

PLANE CRASH TRAGEDY

Man charged over plane death of late footballer Emiliano Sala

15-10-2020 19:24 Britain's Civil Aviation Authority says it has charged man in connection with the death of Argentine footballer Emiliano Sala in a light aircraft crash last year.

POLITICS & THE PANDEMIC

Coalitions or collisions?

10-10-2020 09:27 It’s too early to tell if this stress will snowball into a breakdown leading to, say, a sweeping Cabinet reshuffle sponsored by the Kirchnerites, forcing out members of the president's inner circle.

by Martín Gambarotta

CRISIS IN VENEZUELA

Control of Venezuelan gold held in London cast into doubt

05-10-2020 17:07 British court throws in question who controls nearly US$2 billion in Venezuelan gold stowed in a London bank vault amid a power struggle between President Nicolás Maduro and US-backed opposition leader Juan Guaidó.