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Callum Parke

@CallumJParke

He/Him. Law Reporter @pa covering the High and Supreme Courts. Contact me at [email protected]. Views my own.

 London, United Kingdom
Joined October 2020
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Press Association@PA16 Apr 2025
Tommy Robinson has lost an appeal against his 18-month sentence for the civil offence of contempt of court at the Court of Appeal ✍️: @CallumJParke standard.co.uk/news/crime/to…
Tommy Robinson loses appeal against sentence for contempt of court

Tommy Robinson loses appeal against sentence for contempt of court

The 42-year-old was jailed in October last year after admitting 10 breaches of an injunction barring him from repeating libellous allegations

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A journalist who investigated allegations of sexual misconduct by Noel Clarke was told that sources were acting out of “moral obligation” to stop him “acting in an unacceptable way in the future”, the High Court has been told ✍️: @CallumJParke independent.co.uk/news/uk/cr…
Noel Clarke sources said they were acting out of ‘moral obligation’, court told

Noel Clarke sources said they were acting out of ‘moral obligation’, court told

The actor is suing The Guardian’s publisher, Guardian News and Media, over seven articles and a podcast.

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Tommy Robinson has lost a bid to bring a legal challenge against the Government over his segregation in prison. standard.co.uk/news/crime/to…
Tommy Robinson loses bid to bring legal challenge over prison segregation

Tommy Robinson loses bid to bring legal challenge over prison segregation

Robinson is currently in prison at HMP Woodhill in Milton Keynes.

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Press Association@PA31 Jan 2025
The three judges involved in proceedings concerning Sara Sharif in the years before her death can be named following a Court of Appeal ruling ✍️: @CallumJParke independent.co.uk/news/uk/cr…
Judges involved in Sara Sharif proceedings named after Court of Appeal ruling

Judges involved in Sara Sharif proceedings named after Court of Appeal ruling

Three appeal judges ruled a week ago that the judges involved in historic family court proceedings concerning Sara could be named.

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A victory for open justice today as the Court of Appeal rules that judges involved in historic proceedings concerning Sara Sharif CAN be named, following an appeal by media organisations including @PA and journalists @louisetickle and @hansummers . standard.co.uk/news/uk/sara-…

Sara Sharif family court judges to be named next week

Move comes after several media organisations challenged the ban on naming the judges

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Kate Vince, the ex-wife of green energy industrialist Dale Vince, has been awarded more than £40 million after their divorce by a High Court judge ✍️: @ninamasseyPA and @CallumJParke uk.news.yahoo.com/dale-vince…
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A really important case concerning open justice, transparency and media freedom in the Court of Appeal today related to the naming of judges in media reports. @PA has made submissions in support of the appeal, brought by @louisetickle and @hansummers. standard.co.uk/news/crime/sa…
Judges involved in Sara Sharif care cases should be named, Court of Appeal told

Judges involved in Sara Sharif care cases should be named, Court of Appeal told

Several media organisations are appealing against a High Court decision barring judges involved in historic proceedings being named.

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Tommy Robinson has been jailed for 18 months at Woolwich Crown Court. standard.co.uk/news/crime/to…
Tommy Robinson jailed for contempt of court

Tommy Robinson jailed for contempt of court

Tommy Robinson appeared in the dock at Woolwich crown court to admit repeated breaches of a High Court injunction

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Child serial killer Lucy Letby has lost a Court of Appeal bid to challenge her conviction for the attempted murder of a baby girl ✍️: @CallumJParke and @CliveKHammond uk.news.yahoo.com/lucy-letby…
Lucy Letby appeal bid dismissed by Court of Appeal

Lucy Letby appeal bid dismissed by Court of Appeal

Letby, 34, received 15 whole life orders for offences committed while working as a nurse between 2015 and 2016.

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Lucy Letby's appeal bid against her latest attempted murder conviction is continuing at the Court of Appeal. Her lawyers claim media coverage from the first trial caused 'overwhelming' prejudice which meant her retrial should not have gone ahead. standard.co.uk/news/crime/co…
Lucy Letby loses appeal against attempted murder conviction

Lucy Letby loses appeal against attempted murder conviction

Former nurse is serving a whole life prison sentence after she was convicted of seven murders and seven attempted murders against babies in her care

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Lucy Letby's appeal bid is set to be heard by the Court of Appeal today. Her lawyers will ask three senior judges for permission to appeal her conviction for the attempted murder of a baby girl known as Child K. standard.co.uk/news/crime/mc…

Letby challenge bid against latest conviction to be heard by Court of Appeal

Lucy Letby is seeking to challenge a conviction for the attempted murder of a newborn girl, known as Child K.

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I don't know how to describe this article. The most bizarre offending I have ever come across. standard.co.uk/news/crime/co…
Members of extreme body modification ring can challenge sentences, court rules

Members of extreme body modification ring can challenge sentences, court rules

Three senior judges ruled that the men’s challenges against their sentences were ‘arguable’.

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A legal challenge against a regulator’s report into the collapsed charity Keeping Kids Company should be allowed to continue following the death of its founder, Camila Batmanghelidjh, earlier this year, the High Court has heard. standard.co.uk/news/crime/ch…
Legal action over collapsed charity regulator report should continue, court told

Legal action over collapsed charity regulator report should continue, court told

Camila Batmanghelidjh, founder of Keeping Kids Company, was given the green light to challenge a Charity Commission report before her death.

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The fifth and final piece from three days of legal debate over costs, as the aftermath of the Wagatha Christie libel battle between Rebekah Vardy and Coleen Rooney continues. Story for @PA standard.co.uk/showbiz/rebek…
Rebekah Vardy ordered to pay Coleen Rooney another £100,000 in Wagatha costs battle

Rebekah Vardy ordered to pay Coleen Rooney another £100,000 in Wagatha costs battle

Lawyers for Rebekah Vardy and Coleen Rooney have been in court in London in a dispute over legal costs

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Not the story I envisaged being my first national front page… but here we are. A milestone nonetheless.
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Metro (England): "WAGATHA THRIFTY" @CallumJParke reports for @MetroUK. Millionaire wags at war COLEEN ROONEY and REBEKAH VARDY are battling in court over the cost of water bottles in a hotel minibar. #Metro #IBPapers #TomorrowsPapersToday
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Coleen Rooney's claimed legal bill from her Wagatha Christie libel battle with Rebekah Vardy totals more than £1.8 million, the High Court has been told. Story for @PA standard.co.uk/news/crime/co…
Coleen’s Wagatha lawyers accused of ‘trying to pick Rebekah Vardy’s pockets’

Coleen’s Wagatha lawyers accused of ‘trying to pick Rebekah Vardy’s pockets’

Lawyers for Wayne Rooney’s wife put stay at five-star Nobu hotel, food and mini-bar tab on bill, according to reports

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A union has won a Supreme Court battle against Tesco over so-called proposals to “fire and rehire” workers on less favourable terms ✍️: @CallumJParke and @TomPilgrimPA standard.co.uk/business/busi…
Union wins Supreme Court fight with Tesco over ‘fire and rehire’ plans

Union wins Supreme Court fight with Tesco over ‘fire and rehire’ plans

Five Supreme Court justices unanimously ruled that the supermarket chain should be blocked from dismissing staff and rehiring them on lower pay.

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The @UKSupremeCourt has unanimously ruled that Tesco cannot go ahead with plans to "fire and rehire" workers following a legal battle with @UsdawUnion. The union took legal action after the supermarket planned to end "retained pay" paid to some workers.
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Three judges ruled on Wednesday that Oliver Campbell’s conviction for the murder of Baldev Hoondle in Hackney in July 1990 was “unsafe” ✍️: @CallumJParke heraldscotland.com/news/nati…
Man jailed in 1991 for murder of London shopkeeper has conviction quashed

Man jailed in 1991 for murder of London shopkeeper has conviction quashed

Oliver Campbell was convicted of the murder of Baldev Hoondle in Hackney in July 1990.

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A judge in a preliminary hearing for disciplinary proceedings against barrister @DrProudman has refused entry for journalists. The Bar Standards Board has begun proceedings against Dr Proudman for professional misconduct. She has applied for the case to be thrown out.
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The strike-out application is being heard today. Four journos - myself, @louisetickle, @Haroon_Siddique and @legalhackette - were told that we would not be allowed in, and were then told we would not be allowed to make representations on why we should be let in.
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Directions hearings are normally heard in private, but Dr Proudman had applied for the hearing to be public. This means we cannot accurately report details from the hearing, or arguments from either side. Substantive misconduct hearings are typically held in public.
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