Old Bailey

Trial of Noor Azura Mohd-Yusoff, 22, and Trach Lon Gian, 26, accused of murdering Xing Xing Xie, 23, a Chinese student whose headless body was found floating in the Thames. The body was found in a laundry bag at Rotherhithe, southeast London, in April last year. Her head was recovered later, but her hands are still missing.

High Court

Appeal by Timothy and Catherine Perry against a ruling that they must pay damages to Sam Harris, who was left brain-damaged after an accident on a bouncy castle that they had hired.

High Court

A London-based subsidiary of Iran’s largest bank, Bank Melli, challenges the legality of EU sanctions against Iran.

Hearings continue in . . .

— Appeal to the House of Lords by the Serious Fraud Office against a High Court ruling that it acted unlawfully in dropping an investigation into alleged bribery in an arms deal between BAE Systems and Saudi Arabia. Judgment will be reserved.

— A £22 million claim in the High Court by the private equity tycoon Guy Hands and other investors against tax advisers who, they claim, encouraged them to put money into the film industry on the promise of generous tax breaks that never bore fruit.

— Legal battle in the High Court to decide the extent of insurers’ liability to pay compensation to families of workers who died from mesothelioma, the asbestos-related lung disease.

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