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Tribunal rejects financier's harassment claim

Posted on May 03, 2010
A high-flying financier who accused her boss of sexual harassment, bringing prostitutes to business meetings and trying to have her killed by Russian hitmen has had her Ł4 million compensation claim dismissed by an employment tribunal.

PwC partner Colin Tenner sues over redundancy

Posted on May 03, 2010
A former partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers is taking it to an employment tribunal this week, claiming compensation for disability discrimination.

How coroners have become the public voice of grieving relatives

Posted on April 30, 2010
The hearing for two soldiers killed in Afghanistan will provide some comfort for bereaved relatives.

Baker & Mackenzie becomes biggest US law firm

Posted on April 29, 2010
Baker & McKenzie has overtaken Skadden as America?s biggest law firm by revenue, according to figures published today.

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NHS pays Ł10,000 to family of psychiatric patient who committed suicide

Posted on April 29, 2010
The family of a psychiatric patient who committed suicide by jumping in front of a train has won Ł10,000 compensation from the NHS Trust on the grounds that it failed to protect her.

Senior judge says 'torrent of legislation' made legal system incomprehensible

Posted on April 29, 2010
A new government should call a halt to the ?torrent? of legislation that has made the legal system incomprehensible to judges and the public alike, a senior judge has said.

Special legal protection of Christianity 'divisive, capricious and arbitrary'

Posted on April 29, 2010
Christianity deserves no protection in law above other faiths and to do so would be ?irrational? , ?divisive, capricious and arbitrary?, a senior judge said today, as he rejected a marriage guidance counsellor?s attempt to challenge his sacking for refusing to give sex therapy to gay couples.

Terror suspects? wives win European court ruling on state handouts

Posted on April 29, 2010
Curbs on state handouts to wives of terrorist suspects were ruled illegal yesterday by European judges and may have to be relaxed.

Scottish government to push on with ?Tesco Law? reforms

Posted on April 28, 2010
The Scottish government has signalled its intention to push through radical changes to the legal system that will enable banks, supermarkets and other investors to buy into solicitors firms, despite strong opposition from within the legal profession.

Virgin ?blew the whistle over price-fixing cartel with BA? to win race for immunity

Posted on April 28, 2010
Virgin Atlantic was so scared of American regulators that it admitted running a cartel with British Airways without being sure it had committed an offence, a court was told yesterday.

Law and order policies: what do Britain?s judges think?

Posted on April 28, 2010
It?s election time ? so judges must watch out. Even more than usual, they cannot be political. ?I certainly don?t want to be seen as attacking the Government or any party,? Judge Charles Harris, QC, insists. That said, he is in a position to voice judicial concerns across a broad apolitical front.

In a hung Parliament, the Queen?s task is to endorse choices made by politicians

Posted on April 28, 2010
The British constitution, Lord Bryce once said, ?works by a body of understandings which no writer can formulate?. But these ?understandings?, insofar as they relate to a hung Parliament, have now been formulated in a Cabinet Office manual produced under the aegis of the Cabinet Secretary, Sir Gus O?Donnell...

After the Icelandic volcano: what the lawyers expect next

Posted on April 28, 2010
The stragglers among the stranded volcano victims may be arriving home but we are not out of the ash cloud yet. Indeed ? from a legal perspective ? the crisis has barely started. Only now, as people dust themselves down and turn to the paperwork, can we start to get a glimmer of what lies ahead...

Lawyer of the week: Jacqui Hayat

Posted on April 28, 2010
Jacqui Hayat, a partner at Hodge Jones and Allen, acted for Ryan St George, in a Ł4.7 million settlement for brain damage that he suffered as a result of negligence by HM Prison Brixton in November 1997. It is believed to be the highest amount of compensation paid by the Home Office, and the first to use periodical payments for payment of rent.

Sir Richard Branson asked executive to ?sound out? rival, price-fixing trial is told

Posted on April 27, 2010
Sir Richard Branson asked a senior Virgin Atlantic executive to ?sound out? his contact at British Airways over potential changes to fuel surcharges, a prosecutor told a court in Central London today.

Goldman trader vows to fight 'false charges'

Posted on April 27, 2010
Fabrice Tourre, the 31-year-old Goldman Sachs trader accused of securities fraud, has ?categorically? denied the allegations that he missold a complex mortgage investment, causing the bank?s clients to lose $1 billion.$

Birmingham council women win up to Ł600m payout for discrimination

Posted on April 27, 2010
About 5,000 women council workers have won a sex discrimination case that could cost taxpayers Ł600 million in payouts.

Sir Richard Branson ?ordered? secret fare increase talks, court hears

Posted on April 27, 2010
Sir Richard Branson, the founder and president of Virgin Atlantic, ordered secret talks with arch rival British Airways about co-ordinating fare increases on long distance flights, a court heard yesterday.

Live: Goldman Sachs - Tourre and Blankfein face stiff questioning

Posted on April 26, 2010
Our correspondents report live as US investigators grill the chairman and chief executive of Goldman Sachs, Lloyd Blankfein, and the trader at the centre of a $1 billion fraud claim, Fabrice Tourre.$

Four BA executives ?agreed secret price-fixing deal with Virgin Atlantic?

Posted on April 26, 2010
Four British Airways executives fixed the price of fuel surcharges in a secret deal with Virgin Atlantic, a court was told today.

?My baby?s body was covered in blisters?

Posted on April 26, 2010
Rebecca Lloyd-Bennett?s son Archie was nine months old when first he lay down on the Ł650 sofa bought at Land of Leather in Birmingham.

Hundreds burnt by toxic sofas to share Ł20 million compensation

Posted on April 26, 2010
Hundreds of customers injured after buying ?toxic? sofas are to receive up to Ł20 million between them, the High Court was told yesterday.

The Times to challenge reporting ban on landmark expenses hearing

Posted on April 26, 2010
Media organisations are to challenge a reporting ban on a landmark hearing at which four politicians accused of fiddling their expenses will claim they cannot be brought to trial.

Politicians? legal fight in private to avoid trial over expenses

Posted on April 25, 2010
Four politicians accused of fiddling their expenses are to begin in private their landmark constitutional battle against being brought to trial, The Times has learnt.

Barclays boss Bob Diamond called to US court

Posted on April 25, 2010
The president of Barclays is among a cast list of senior bankers who will play starring roles in the next two weeks in a courtroom drama that will captivate Wall Street and beyond.

SNP in legal challenge to BBC televised debate

Posted on April 25, 2010
The Scottish National Party has said that it is confident of raising the Ł50,000 required to mount a legal challenge over this week?s televised party leaders? debate.

She?s not my daughter ? I want my money back

Posted on April 24, 2010
The test result was there in black and white but even so, James did not want to believe it: ?Based on the genetic testing results ... the alleged father is excluded as the biological father of the child. The probability of paternity is 0%.? In other words, his beloved 17-year-old daughter Ella wasn?t his after all.

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