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Judge?s comments throw into doubt BAE?s Ł30m pact over fraud inquiry

Posted on March 26, 2010
A landmark settlement between the Serious Fraud Office and BAE Systems was thrown into doubt yesterday after a senior British judge said that the agency did not have legal authority to strike plea bargains with companies accused of corruption.

Heathrow third runway plan in tatters after ruling, claim opponents

Posted on March 26, 2010
Environmental campaigners and local authorities opposed to Heathrow expansion popped champagne corks on the steps of the High Court yesterday to celebrate a ruling that they said left plans to build a third runway at Europe?s busiest airport ?in tatters?.

?If I lose Ł1 million, it?s worth it for libel law reform, says Simon Singh

Posted on March 26, 2010
Simon Singh lifted his coffee cup off a Ministry of Justice press release. ?I?m a particle physicist,? he said. ?And libel law, I can tell you, is more complicated than particle physics.?

British lawyer Jeffrey Tesler faces extradition to US over corruption charges

Posted on March 25, 2010
A British solicitor accused of paying $132 million in bribes to Nigerian government officials to secure gas contracts on behalf of multinational energy firms should be extradited to the United States, a judge said today.$

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Serious Fraud Office makes fresh searches in Alstom bribery inquiry

Posted on March 25, 2010
The Serious Fraud Office has carried out two further searches in connection with suspected corruption by Alstom, the French transport and infrastructure group.

Verdict on Rio Tinto Four due on Monday

Posted on March 25, 2010
Four Rio Tinto executives charged with bribery and stealing commercial secrets by China will be given the verdict of their trial on Monday.

Ian Norris granted conditional bail in US

Posted on March 25, 2010
Ian Norris, the retired British businessman extradited to the United States on Tuesday, has been granted conditional bail and is confined to the Washington area.

Everybody change . . . BT, Thames Water and Microsoft move legal work

Posted on March 25, 2010
BT is transferring its in-house legal team in India to UnitedLex, an American legal process outsourcer (www.unitedlex.com).

Financial Services Authority: can it be saved after the election?

Posted on March 25, 2010
With the general election looming and its very existence under threat, this week's publicity created by the Financial Services Authority over its the insider dealing raids at the offices of three leading financial institutions will be welcomed by the much-maligned regulator.

We got it very wrong, admits Law Society boss as ?Tesco law? founders

Posted on March 25, 2010
The Law Society of Scotland was forced into a humiliating climbdown yesterday after nearly three of hours of passionate debate over the reform of the legal profession.

Seventh arrest in insider dealing inquiry

Posted on March 24, 2010
A seventh person was arrested today in the FSA's insider dealing investigation following dawn raids yesterday.

Disgraced chief bounces back at Samsung

Posted on March 24, 2010
Lee Kun-hee, the former chairman of Samsung Electronics and a convicted tax evader, has returned to the helm of the company, potentially triggering a restructure that would allow him to transfer control of the South Korean conglomerate to his son.

Three Alstom directors arrested in corruption raid

Posted on March 24, 2010
Three UK-based board directors of Alstom, the French rail engineering giant, were arrested this morning on suspicion of bribery and corruption, conspiracy to pay bribes, money laundering and false accounting.

Rio Four face month-long wait for verdict

Posted on March 24, 2010
The three-day trial in Shanghai of four executives employed by Rio Tinto, the mining giant, has ended with all pleading guilty to some charges of accepting bribes and one apparently admitting possessing commercial secrets.

Lawyer of the Week: Susie Uppal

Posted on March 24, 2010
Susie Uppal, the director of legal enforcement at the Equality and Human Rights Commission, led the case against the British National Party in the Central London County Court, which held, in what is believed to be the first such case against a political party, that key aspects of the BNP?s constitution are indirectly racist.

Lord Justice Jackson: will his costs review fail the 'mum and dad' test?

Posted on March 24, 2010
Chris Wait does not pull his punches. ?It?s despicable,? he says. ?If its provisions are implemented, the primary result will be that ordinary people are denied justice.?

It's time for a written constitution - and real power to the people

Posted on March 24, 2010
Our vaunted national autonomy seems precarious in the face of European diktat and global capitalism. Many of our politicians appear as ineffectual as they have demonstrated themselves to be self-interested. Time-honoured institutions such as the House of Lords, the banks and the police appear increasingly unfit for purpose.

Lord Justice Jackson: the weaker your case the greater the costs protection

Posted on March 24, 2010
The Jackson report headlines have been about banning referral fees and abolishing the recoverability of success fees and after-the-event insurance premiums.

Sir John Dyson: a good choice for the Supreme Court, at long last

Posted on March 24, 2010
This week the 12th Supreme Court justice was finally announced. After many months of behind the scenes wranglings Sir John Dyson has been appointed to the UK?s highest court.

Jonathan Sumption shouldn't feel alone . . . George Carman didn't do much better

Posted on March 24, 2010
In 1981, Lord Denning, then 81-year-old Master of the Rolls told my father: "George, I'm sure the Bench is yours for the asking, and the Court of Appeal will follow soon after."

Deutsche Bank, BNP Paribas and Moore Capital raided over 'insider dealing'

Posted on March 23, 2010
Six men arrested this morning on suspicion of involvement in a long-running insider-dealing scheme include an executive from Deutsche Bank, a senior employee of BNP Paribas, the French bank, and a trader at one of the City?s most blue-blooded hedge funds, Moore Capital.

UK boss extradited to US on criminal charges

Posted on March 23, 2010
Ian Norris, the retired British businessman wanted in the United States on criminal charges of obstruction of justice, has been extradited.

Google wins court victory over Louis Vuitton

Posted on March 23, 2010
Google today won the latest stage in a legal battle with luxury goods manufacturers after Europe?s highest court ruled that the search engine does not breach companies? rights by allowing online advertisers to buy key search words.

Six arrested in 'biggest' City insider dealing swoop

Posted on March 23, 2010
Six men, including three senior City professionals, were arrested today after a dawn raid on 16 addresses in the Financial Services Authority?s biggest swoop on insider dealing.

Serious Fraud Office ends inquiry into miners? union and claims over damages

Posted on March 23, 2010
The Serious Fraud Office has abandoned a long-running criminal inquiry into a miners? union and the world?s largest personal injury compensation scheme.

Accusations fly ahead of ?Tesco Law? referendum

Posted on March 23, 2010
Bitter divisions in the Scottish legal profession over the so-called Tesco Law burst into the open last night as the Law Society of Scotland (LSS) was accused of acting undemocratically ahead of a Special General Meeting (SGM) to determine contentious reforms to the legal profession.

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