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The lawyer for royals and the ultra-rich on the pandemic boom in break-ups — and why she still believes in marriage. The coronavirus pandemic has been hard on many businesses, and for the cities where they operate. But for one ...
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The story of Sheikha Latifa bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum is well-known. She is the daughter of the Ruler of Dubai and Vice President of the UAE, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, who attempted to escape the UAE ...
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The United Nations is being urged to take "decisive action" to protect "imprisoned" Princess Latifa of Dubai who lawyers believe is in "grave danger" at the hands of her billionaire father. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum "ordered and orchestrated" ...
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Kidnapped princesses, flown millions, threats and private jets… the divorce of the Emir of Dubai has everything a bad thriller. plunged into the heart of a reality as frozen as it is golden. On March 5, 2020, the comely Minister ...
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The ownership of a string of thoroughbreds is being jealously contested by the ruler of Dubai and his estranged wife. Many divorcing couples fight over the custody of their children. Some argue over their pet chihuahuas. But caught up in ...
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Fiona Shackleton left Exeter University with a third-class degree, then began working as a cook. How did she become the most feared divorce lawyer in Britain? On 17 March 2008, in London’s High Court, Heather Mills poured a jug of ...
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Should favourite win 2,000 Guineas behind closed doors, the sport is spared dilemma of how to react towards owner after alleged abductions. If the odds-on favourite Pinatubo wins this weekend’s 2,000 Guineas, coronavirus protocols will save racing from an awkward ...
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Appeal hearings in high-profile divorce and childcare cases are to be streamed live online as part of a move by the government to make the process more transparent. Ministers have put a statutory instrument before MPs that would allow such ...
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Charles Geekie, QC, at 1GC Family Law chambers, acts for Princess Haya bint al-Hussein, the former wife of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai. Following an unsuccessful appeal to the Supreme Court by Sheikh Mohammed, the High ...
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In a far cry from the usual dry legal ruling, the family division of Britain’s High Court upheld allegations about the abusive conduct of people acting for Dubai’s ruler. In doing so, it cast a spotlight on the United Arab ...
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Dubai princesses and sisters Sheikha Shamsa al-Maktoum and Princess Latifa bint Mohammed al-Maktoum have not been seen in public since their failed escapes from the palace. Fear is the true opposite of freedom, and two Dubai princesses were willing to ...
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Dubai’s ruler has been exposed in court as a tyrant who imprisoned his own daughters. For years, UK officials have resisted questioning his behaviour. In a hotel drawing room in west London last year, a stately Beiruti matriarch — dressed ...
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Revelation fuels calls for investigations into Cambridgeshire force and Foreign Office after high court bombshell. There are demands for independent inquiries into the roles of the Foreign Office and Cambridgeshire police after an investigation into the abduction of a princess ...
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Scotland Yard is being urged to open a criminal investigation into the billionaire ruler of Dubai after a court ruled last week that he had kidnapped two of his daughters. Lawyers for Princess Latifa, who was abducted by men working ...
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Sheikh Mohammed Al Maktoum has only nine months left to realise his dream of making the United Arab Emirates “one of the best countries in the world by 2021”. He has a way to go. Right now it is 195th ...
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The accusations against Sheikh Mohammed make uncomfortable reading for many, including the Queen and the Foreign Office. For many decades the British royals have acted as one of the UK’s most potent instruments of “soft power” in promoting close relations ...
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Indian officials say London court ruling came in a 'family dispute' that does not involve international governments, defence ministry has 'no information'. The government has chosen to keep mum over a United Kingdom court saying that Indian forces helped in ...
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Royal call for diversity in Commonwealth message to ‘worldwide family’ of nations. The Queen is to distance herself from the billionaire ruler of Dubai after a court ruled that he had kidnapped two of his daughters, The Times has learnt ...
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Court found Sheikh Mohammed al-Maktoum ordered abduction of two of his daughters. The British court judgment that found the billionaire ruler of Dubai had ordered the abduction of two of his daughters, mentions the controversial visit former president Mary Robinson ...
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UK Court Concludes They Were Abducted, Forced Back to Dubai United Arab Emirates (UAE) authorities should secure the freedom of two daughters of the ruler of Dubai, who a United Kingdom court found are being confined against their will, Human ...
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The billionaire ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, orchestrated the abductions, torture and imprisonment of two of his princess daughters, according to documents unsealed this week by a British judge. High Court Judge Andrew McFarlane's ruling was part ...
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She testified that about a threat to whisk her away to a desert prison, and a loaded gun on the bed. But the possibility of an arranged marriage of her 11-year-old daughter to MBS was only "hearsay," said the judge ...
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A police investigation into the kidnap of a teenage Arab princess is being reviewed for the second time after a judge found that the abduction was orchestrated by the powerful ruler of Dubai. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum was accused ...
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The regulatory body of British horseracing has been urged to review whether it allows the ruler of Dubai to race his horses in the UK after a senior judge found that he kidnapped two of his daughters and left one ...
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Accusations against Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum of Dubai were validated in a child custody case. A court in Britain has found that Dubai’s ruler kidnapped and confined two grown daughters, then threatened one of his many wives when she ...
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