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Dubai sheikh kidnapped daughters and intimidated cheating wife, judge rules
The billionaire ruler of Dubai kidnapped two of his daughters and left the youngest of his six wives in fear of her life after discovering her affair with a bodyguard, a senior judge has ruled. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, a friend of the Queen, may have broken UK and international criminal law, according to…
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Attempts to investigate missing Dubai princess were blocked, UK court finds
Police chief investigating abduction from Cambridge in 2000 prevented from travelling to Dubai to interview witnesses. The police chief investigating the abduction of the ruler of Dubai’s teenage daughter from the streets of Cambridge in 2000 was prevented from travelling to Dubai to pursue his criminal inquiries, a judgment has found. DCI David Beck of…
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Dubai’s Sheikh Mohammed abducted daughters, threatened former wife: UK judge
Dubai’s ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum ordered the abduction of two of his daughters and orchestrated a campaign of intimidation against his former wife, a British judge has ruled. Judge Andrew McFarlane said he accepted as proved a series of allegations made by Mohammed’s former wife, Princess Haya bint al-Hussein, 45, half-sister of Jordan’s…
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Re: Al M handed down by Sir Andrew McFarlane, President of the Family Division
In the High Court of Justice Family Division Before: The Rt Hon Sir Andrew McFarlane President of the Family Division Re: Al M
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Dubai ruler whose wife fled to UK asks Supreme Court to grant him secrecy over custody battle
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum has applied for his two children with Princess Haya to be sent back to Dubai. The ruler of Dubai has launched a last-ditch bid at the Supreme Court to keep the details of his custody battle with his estranged wife, Princess Haya, secret. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum,…
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Dubai’s Sheikh Mohammed turns to UK Supreme Court in battle with ex-wife
Dubai’s ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum has applied to Britain’s top court to try to stop publication of two judgments given in a legal battle with his former wife over the wardship of their two children. Mohammed has been involved in a dispute with Princess Haya bint al-Hussein, half-sister of Jordan’s King Abdullah, over…
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Sheikh’s last chance for court secrecy
The ruler of Dubai is considering a last-ditch bid to keep secret details of a custody battle with his youngest wife. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, 70, lost an appeal yesterday against the decision of a senior judge to make public judgments of his case against Princess Haya bint al-Hussein, 45. The sheikh had applied…
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Dubai ruler ‘to make last-ditch attempt’ to keep child custody battle with Princess Haya secret
The princess fled Dubai to London with her two children last Summer apparently ‘in fear for her life’. The ruler of Dubai is expected to make a last-ditch attempt to try to keep his child custody battle with Princess Haya secret after losing a Court of Appeal ruling. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, 70,…
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Dubai’s Ruler Loses Appeal to Stop Publication of Judgments in UK Court Battle With Ex-Wife
London’s Court of Appeal ruled on Friday that two judgments in the legal battle between Dubai’s ruler, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, and his former wife over the wardship of their two children should be made public. Mohammed had said that the judgments of Andrew McFarlane, president of London’s High Court Family Division, in the…
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Court of Appeal hears battle between Dubai ruler and estranged wife
The ruler of Dubai is appealing against a decision to make two judgments public relating to his legal battle with his estranged wife, the Court of Appeal has announced. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, 70, who is also vice president and prime minister of the United Arab Emirates, has applied to the High Court…