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Outside the Supreme Court in central London. Photo by Niklas Halle'n/AFP via Getty Images

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Unfair car finance deals could see Brits owed £100s, says Martin Lewis

New and secondhand cars for sale on a dealership forecourt in Ellesmere Port in 2023 (Photo: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Supreme Court blocks car finance payouts for millions

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“The court can make decisions such as deciding where a person should reside and what care they should receive and authorising the deprivation of liberty consequent to this.”

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Kim McGuinness, Police and Crime Commissioner for Northumbria, took to social media as the decision came on Friday.

Kim McGuinness condemns decision to restrict abortion rights in the US

The Supreme Court has today thrown out a case which could have seen Google pay each UK iPhone owner £750 in compensation. (Pic: Getty)

A Supreme Court ruling means each UK iPhone user misses out on £750 in compensat...

Affected iPhone users could get £750 each if Google loses the case (Photo: Shutterstock)

iPhone users could get £750 payout from Google over claims it secretly tracked m...

Judicial review allows the public to challenge government decisions which they believe may be unlawful (Photo: Shutterstock)

Courts may soon be unable to challenge government decisions - here's why

Care workers will only be entitled to minimum wage while awake at work (Photo: shutterstock)

Court rules that carers who sleep over will only be paid while awake

Shamima Begum can’t return to the UK to fight for her British citizenship - what...

Uber accused of trying to avoid up to £100m owed to workers after Supreme Court ruling
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Uber accused of trying to avoid up to £100m owed to workers after Supreme Court ...

Taxi app company Uber must now class its drivers as employees, the Supreme Court has ruled (Photo: Shutterstock)

Supreme court rules Uber drivers must be classed as workers - what this means

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BID boss welcomes Covid lockdown pay-out ruling

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Could Donald Trump use the Supreme Court to dispute the election result?

Gina Miller speaks to the media outside the Supreme Court in London, where judges have ruled that Prime Minister Boris Johnson's advice to the Queen to suspend Parliament for five weeks was unlawful. Photo credit: Jonathan Brady/PA Wire

Sunderland Echo poll shows almost 65% think Boris Johnson shouldn't resign over ...

Gina Miller speaks to the media outside the Supreme Court in London, where judges have ruled that Prime Minister Boris Johnson's advice to the Queen to suspend Parliament for five weeks was unlawful. Photo credit: Jonathan Brady/PA Wire

'He should step down': North East MPs react as Boris Johnson's decision to suspe...

Gina Miller reacts outside the Supreme Court in London, where judges have ruled that Prime Minister Boris Johnson's advice to the Queen to suspend Parliament for five weeks was unlawful. Photo credit: Jonathan Brady/PA Wire

Judges rule Boris Johnson's decision to suspend Parliament was unlawful

All couples in England and Wales will now be able to apply for a Civil Partnership by the end of 2019 (Photo: Shutterstock)

Unmarried couples could save money this year thanks to a new law - here's who ca...

Pupils are missing lessons.

Number of parents fined doubles as 1,800 pupils miss school each day in Sunderla...

UK passports.

How Brexit could impact on renewing your UK passport

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The UK's highest court is to rule on a challenge over plans to use minimum pricing for alcohol to improve public health in Scotland.

Court to rule on minimum pricing plans challenge for alcohol

Jon Platt arrives at court with wife Sally. Picture: PA.

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Are MPs really going to vote against the Brexit wishes of their constituents? Hi...
There's nothing more certain to put a spring your step and a smile on your face than those three magical words: 'Further Brexit negotiations.'
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Washington and Sunderland West MP Sharon Hodgson.

Sunderland MPs welcome High Court Brexit ruling

Gina Miller outside The Supreme Court in London after Britain's most senior judges ruled that Prime Minister Theresa May does not have the power to trigger the formal process for the UK's exit from the European Union without Parliament having a say. Picture by PA

Labour promises not to 'frustrate' Brexit process

Is it fair that MPs will get to vote on Brexit?

Poll: Is it fair that MPs will get to vote on Brexit?

LEGAL EAGLE: Explaining joint enterprise change

Killer of Sunderland dad could appeal conviction under new joint enterprise ruli...

John Johnson with a picture of his son Kevin, who was stabbed to death.

New joint enterprise ruling could see Wearside killer appeal

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