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• The reckoning that wasn’t: how the largest US power firm avoided a trial for a deadly wildfire

  03-06-2023 19:00
  
  Families of victims who died in the 2020 Zogg fire hoped to hold PG&E accountable, but as it has done before, the company agreed to a settlementIt was supposed to be a public reckoning. On Tuesday, America’s largest utility was set to go on trial in an effort to hold it accountable for sparking a wildfire that claimed the lives of four people.Family members of the victims of the 2020 Zogg fire planned to face PG&E executives as the company stood trial in a northern California court
  
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• Why two luxury London homes are at the centre of Pakistan’s turmoil

  03-06-2023 17:00
  
  The unrest that engulfed the country after Imran Khan’s arrest is linked to valuable properties in the British capital. They have raised concerns about the UK’s status as a haven for political elites and their moneyWhen the former prime minister of Pakistan Imran Khan was arrested last month, it triggered uproar across the country, with days of protest and violence. The unrest was not limited to Islamabad: it also spilled over into the streets of London.Such was the disruption at one
  
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• ‘The judge went absolutely berserk’: my life as a barrister in badly behaved Britain

  03-06-2023 16:00
  
  Some friendly advice for anyone unused to appearing in court: don’t call his lordship ‘mate’; do put out your cigaretteI came to the end of my degree and thought: “Oh my goodness, I’ve got to get a job. What can I do?” It was a combination of enjoying drama, theatre and public speaking, as well as spending time looking at books, that led me to train as a barrister. There are certainly lots of theatrics in court.Traditionally, you never wash your wig. When you
  
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