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British company pleads guilty to corruption

Posted on July 10, 2009
A leading UK bridge-building company appeared in court today to say it will plead guilty to charges of overseas corruption and breaching United Nations sanctions.

Soldier's mother wins court fight over Snatch Land Rovers

Posted on July 10, 2009
The mother of a soldier killed by a roadside bomb in Iraq has won the first round of a legal battle for an investigation into the use of the lightly armoured Snatch Land Rovers.

Buy-to-let landlords can claim millions as Foxtons loses commissions case

Posted on July 10, 2009
Thousands of buy-to-let landlords could be in line to claim millions back from estate agents as a result of a landmark High Court ruling yesterday against Foxtons.

British company to plead guilty in first corruption prosecution

Posted on July 09, 2009
A British company will appear before magistrates tomorrow in the first Serious Fraud Office prosecution over overseas corruption.

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Partners? profits down by tenth at Allen & Overy law firm

Posted on July 09, 2009
A dramatic shake-up in Allen & Overy led to partners? profits falling by almost 10 per cent last year, Britain?s fourth-largest law firm discloses today.

Judges to work overtime as cuts and delays put justice at risk

Posted on July 09, 2009
Courts face having to sit for an extra two hours a day as they struggle with rising workloads coupled with an unprecedented drive to cut costs.

Case studies: The defendant and the solicitor

Posted on July 09, 2009
The defendant

Magistrates angry over cuts as on-the-spot fines replace court hearings

Posted on July 09, 2009
Magistrates are angry that they are being made to carry the brunt of cuts because their workload is being diverted away from the courts.

Jack Straw to close legal loophole used by fugitive war criminals

Posted on July 08, 2009
Suspects in the Rwandan and Yugoslavian genocides could be tried in British courts under proposals announced by Jack Straw yesterday to stop Britain becoming a ?safe haven? for war criminals.

Rio Tinto executives arrested in China

Posted on July 08, 2009
Rio Tinto's iron ore sales team has been arrested in Shanghai, threatening a diplomatic rift between Australia and China.

China arrests Rio Tinto executive for 'spying'

Posted on July 08, 2009
A Rio Tinto executive detained by Chinese authorities has been accused of spying and stealing state secrets.

Shadow minister calls for power to be given back to the people

Posted on July 08, 2009
Within a few months of taking office, Gordon Brown declared that ?the character of our country will be defined by how we write the next chapter of British liberty?.

East Coast debacle puts rail franchise rules in spotlight

Posted on July 08, 2009
We were back last week in that parallel universe whose jurisdiction is the ?court of public opinion?. A steady chorus demanded that National Express should be stripped of its two other rail franchises, East Anglia and c2c, in the event that it decided to walk away from the East Coast Main Line route despite having paid the due penalty.

End muddle over stem-cell patents or US will race ahead

Posted on July 08, 2009
The news that synthetic human sperm have been grown from embryonic stem cells for the first time raises the prospect of a breakthrough in male infertility treatment, but also highlights the legal and ethical hurdles that will need to be overcome before the full potential of stem-cell research will be realised.

Joint enterprise law means even bystanders can get life

Posted on July 08, 2009
Even bystanders can find themselves convicted of murder under a legal doctrine known as ?joint enterprise?. The centuries-old principle enables gang members to be prosecuted for a murder even when there is no evidence as to who inflicted the fatal blow.

Straw promises another increase in media scrutiny of family courts

Posted on July 08, 2009
Thousands of cases in the family courts will be exposed to increased public scrutiny under reforms to be announced today by Jack Straw.

Lawyer of the week: Ayesha Vardag

Posted on July 08, 2009
Ayesha Vardag, the founder of Ayesha Vardag Solicitors, acts for Katrin Radmacher, the German heiress who has won a landmark Court of Appeal case, where the judges ruled that prenuptial agreements should be taken into account by the courts in England and Wales when dividing assets in a divorce.

Jack Straw sticks to promises on family courts reporting reforms

Posted on July 08, 2009
Jack Straw is sticking to his guns and doing what he promised The Times he would, in response to our campaign to open up the family courts.

Tribunals Service creaks as claims soar by 50 per cent

Posted on July 07, 2009
The credit crunch has prompted a massive surge in claims lodged by employees against their bosses as people face redundancy or problems at work over contracts or working hours.

Jury discharged in Richard Desmond libel case

Posted on July 07, 2009
A jury hearing a libel action brought by Richard Desmond, owner of the Daily Express, against the author of a biography of Conrad Black was discharged today after "fundamental" evidence emerged.

Yorkshire lawyer Nigel Knowles took on the world and won

Posted on July 07, 2009
In 1988 Nigel Knowles was a lawyer working for Broomheads & Neals, a small Sheffield-based firm, when it merged with a Leeds-based practice, Dibb Lupton. In little more than two decades since, he has helped to turn the business ? DLA Piper ? into the world?s biggest law firm by revenue.

Amendment to relax law on assisted dying is thrown out by peers

Posted on July 07, 2009
A move to relax the law on assisted dying was thrown out by the Lords on Tuesday night.

Mandelson presses SFO to probe MG Rover collapse

Posted on July 06, 2009
Lord Mandelson, the Business Secretary, has asked the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) to investigate the collapse of MG Rover, the Midlands carmaker, four years ago.

Jack Straw to close legal loophole used by fugitive war criminals

Posted on July 06, 2009
Ministers will move today to close a loophole that enables war criminals to use Britain as a haven from justice.

For better, for worse. In pre-nup and in wealth

Posted on July 04, 2009
?This is an important victory for love,? says Katrin Radmacher, the beautiful German heiress who last week made legal history when her pre-nuptial agreement was recognised at the Court of Appeal in London.

Linklaters trounces rivals as UK's biggest firm

Posted on July 03, 2009
Linklaters today revealed a rise in full-year revenue, edging past rivals Clifford Chance and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer to become Britain's highest-grossing law firm.

Double jeopardy killer Mario Celaire gets minimum of 23 years jail

Posted on July 03, 2009
A footballer who killed his former girlfriend was given two life sentences today after becoming the first person in Britain to be convicted of a crime for which he had been previously found not guilty by a jury.

Evidence 'not enough' as terror suspect scores win

Posted on July 03, 2009
A terror suspect must be brought back to London from ?internal exile? in the Midlands despite convincing secret evidence that he intended to take part in terrorist-related activity, the High Court ruled today.

Express proprietor, Richard Desmond, in libel action against journalist

Posted on July 03, 2009
Richard Desmond, the owner of the Daily and Sunday Express,will become the first newspaper proprietor to take the stand in the High Court since Robert Maxwell, when he launches his libel action against the investigative journalist Tom Bower on Monday.

Downturn yields rich pickings for Linklaters

Posted on July 03, 2009
Linklaters revealed record full-year revenue of �1.29 billion on Friday, edging past Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer as Britain?s highest-grossing law firm. However, pre-tax profit fell by 9 per cent to �513.6 million as Linklaters absorbed millions in restructuring costs.

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