UK High Court

Satsuma shareholders approved liquidating the company’s bitcoin treasury and delisting from the London Stock Exchange. The resolutions passed with over 90% support, leading to the sale of 668 BTC and a scheduled delisting by September 14.

The UK High Court ruled in favor of five major carmakers accused of using devices to cheat clean-air laws in diesel cars, rejecting most allegations but leaving a second trial for damages. The court found some specific strategies, like a coolant device in Mercedes cars, noncompliant. Over 1.6 million UK motorists initially filed claims against 14 carmakers.

Four Ugandans have filed a landmark lawsuit in the UK High Court seeking to stop the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) from becoming operational.

Prince Harry, Elton John, and other high-profile individuals lost a lawsuit against Associated Newspapers Limited (ANL), the publisher of the Daily Mail, over allegations of unlawful information gathering. A UK High Court judge dismissed all 97 claims, stating the evidence was insufficient. ANL denied the allegations and argued the information was presented too late.

Pro-Palestine protesters were arrested under counter-terrorism laws during a demonstration outside Woolwich Crown Court in London. Over 100 arrests occurred as part of a sit-in involving 200 people protesting the sentencing of four Palestine Action activists linked to a raid on an Elbit Systems UK factory.

The number of claimants in the Johnson & Johnson talcum powder case has risen to 7,000, originally involving 3,000 claimants, and is set to become the largest product liability case in UK history. The case opened in the High Court on Wednesday. This significant increase in claimants underscores the growing concern over the safety of talcum powder products.