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Ł100m heiress Katrin Radmacher in Supreme Court prenuptial battle

Posted on March 22, 2010
A former City banker turned biotechnology researcher faces financial ruin if his former wife wins her battle to bind him to a prenuptial contract, the Supreme Court was told yesterday.

Rio Tinto executives admit bribery charges

Posted on March 22, 2010
Four Rio Tinto executives pleaded guilty yesterday to taking bribes on the first day of a trial in Shanghai that is being scrutinised for how China metes out justice to foreign business.

Legal aid lawyers to be reduced as ten QCs exceed Ł500,000 earnings in year

Posted on March 22, 2010
The number of legal aid lawyers is to be cut heavily under plans outlined by ministers as they named the top ten QCs earning more than Ł500,000 from such work last year.

Supreme Court to decide on the validity of prenuptial agreements

Posted on March 21, 2010
Britain?s most senior judges will hear a landmark appeal this week over whether divorcing couples should be bound by pre-marriage agreements on how their assets will be split.

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Lawyers fall silent as Rio Four trial opens in Shanghai

Posted on March 21, 2010
Four executives of Rio Tinto will stand trial in Shanghai today after more than seven months in custody since their arrest in China, originally on suspicion of espionage.

Wrestling with the libel hydra

Posted on March 20, 2010
Now that everyone uses email it is rare to hear the whirr of a fax, so Jessica Asato was surprised when the ancient machine at the London offices of Progress, the left-wing think tank where she is acting director, came to life last October. She was even more surprised when she saw what was emerging ? a letter from Carter-Ruck, the libel lawyers.

Gagging law to protect Prince Charles

Posted on March 20, 2010
THE government is trying to change the law to protect the Prince of Wales from scrutiny when he intervenes in public affairs.

Former Anglo Irish chairman arrested in fraud investigation

Posted on March 19, 2010
Irish police yesterday arrested Sean FitzPatrick, the former chairman of Anglo Irish Bank, as part of a fraud inquiry that is seen as vital to Ireland?s efforts to win back investor confidence.

Police seize fake designer clothing worth Ł1m in north London raids

Posted on March 19, 2010
A British organised crime gang who made tens of millions of pounds selling fake designer clothing across the country has been smashed in an international police operation.

Tullett Prebon wins staff poaching claim against BGC Partners

Posted on March 18, 2010
Tullett Prebon, the interdealer broker, was the victim of an unlawful conspiracy by a rival to poach its senior staff, the High Court ruled today.

Court backs Ł400,000 payout for head teacher who was forced to quit

Posted on March 18, 2010
A headmistress forced from her job after a campaign by two Muslim governors to give Islam a greater presence in a state school is entitled to Ł400,000 damages, the Court of Appeal has ruled.

Innospec admits corruption in UK first

Posted on March 18, 2010
The British arm of a chemical firm faces an Ł8 million fine after it admitted bribing public officials in Indonesia.

Bernard Madoff 'beaten up in jail'

Posted on March 18, 2010
The biggest swindler in the history of Wall Street has reportedly been beaten up in prison by a drug dealer with a black belt in judo in a dispute over money.

Mobile tapping to curb City cheats

Posted on March 18, 2010
The mobile phone ? the favourite tool of the City cheat ? could be subject to regulatory supervision to help to tackle insider dealing.

OFT rules Alexander Lebedev can buy Independent

Posted on March 17, 2010
Alexander Lebedev moved a step closer towards buying the Independent newspapers today after the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) ruled that the deal would raise no competition issues.

Catholic adoption society wins fight to be exempted over gay rights

Posted on March 17, 2010
A Catholic adoption society has won a High Court battle which could allow it to go against legislation forcing it to consider gay couples as adoptive parents.

'Proactive' FSA beefs up its workforce

Posted on March 17, 2010
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) plans to hire 460 new staff this year as part of an effort to toughen up its supervision of the financial sector.

Madoff sons claim: 'We're victims too'

Posted on March 17, 2010
The sons of Bernard Madoff, who has been jailed for 150 years for operating a $65 billion Ponzi scheme, claim that they are victims of their father's crimes, according to court papers filed in a lawsuit against the fraudster$?s relatives.

Rio Tinto executives to face court in Shanghai

Posted on March 17, 2010
Four executives of Rio Tinto, originally arrested in China last year on suspicion of espionage, are to face their long-awaited trial hearing next week after more than seven months in custody.

FSA changes: how much arm-twisting will there be?

Posted on March 17, 2010
The decision by Hector Sants, the chief executive of the Financial Services Authority, to use last week?s Lubbock Lecture at the University of Oxford to outline his plans for a new regulatory approach based on ?early detection and intervention through intensive supervision? marked a watershed in financial regulation in the City of London...

Sian Williams?s naked plea fails to convince taxman

Posted on March 17, 2010
The BBC presenter Sian Williams loves her job so much that she would do it naked. Or so she told the taxman.

Lawyer of the week: Jacqueline Perry

Posted on March 17, 2010
Jacqueline Perry, QC, of 2 Temple Gardens, has acted, more or less pro bono, for the thalidomide survivors since 1994. She has obtained substantial tranches of money for the Thalidomide Trust, culminating in a further Ł20 million support package from the Government, together with a formal apology.

Eversheds report looks at how 'perfect storm' will affect the legal profession

Posted on March 17, 2010
Is the recession just a blip for law firms and can we expect to return to business as usual once the Government has sorted out the public finances? Or are we on the verge of epochal change?

We tend to assume that our unwritten constitution could weather any crisis

Posted on March 17, 2010
We tend to assume that our unwritten constitution is fundamentally sound and could weather any crisis. But like the levees in New Orleans and Lehman Brothers in New York, we generally fail to take the risk of low-probability, high-impact events into consideration...

It is clear from existing jurisprudence that the highest court in the land has been self-confidently assertive for some time

Posted on March 17, 2010
In 1873, when the Appellate Committee of the House of Lords was reinstated as the final court of appeal for the United Kingdom, Joseph Bazalgette was busy overseeing the final stages of his monumental project to eradicate "The Great Stink" by providing Central London with 83 miles of underground brick sewers.

Big-money divorces: should prenups be binding?

Posted on March 17, 2010
On Monday the doors of the newly rebranded Supreme Court will open to the latest big-money divorce appeal; the fourth in under ten years.

The Times Law Awards 2010: the winners, pictures and essays

Posted on March 17, 2010
A history graduate who hopes to be a human rights barrister scooped the top prize of Ł3,500 in this year?s Times Law Awards essay competition held with One Essex Court.

New café, jaunty carpet with Supreme Court attached

Posted on March 17, 2010
There are three things you may have gathered from the media coverage of the new UK Supreme Court; the court has a new café, a jaunty carpet and the Welsh are annoyed because the new crest contains only the leaves of the leek, rather then the whole of the noble bulb.

The porn maker and the chamber of law

Posted on March 17, 2010
Would a porn director make a good lawmaker? Clearly, if the new intake of MPs after the general election includes unconventional people they could hardly do worse than some of our present morally dubious, expensescandal stained, dishonourable members.

Investment banker loses claim against Cenkos

Posted on March 16, 2010
A freelance investment banker is facing bankruptcy after losing a High Court dispute with Cenkos, the City broker, over unpaid fees.

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