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Expats lose appeal over index-linked pensions

Posted on March 16, 2010
A group of retired British citizens living abroad lost their test case in Strasbourg today for the right to have the same index-linked rises as pensioners living in the United Kingdom.

Man wins compensation for sex abuse ?not connected to Church?

Posted on March 16, 2010
A man who was abused by a Roman Catholic priest more than 30 years ago won £32,500 damages yesterday even though he was not a member of the church congregation.

Former Société Générale banker sues bank for ?10m

Posted on March 16, 2010
An investment banker who turned down a ?7.9 million severance offer when he was sacked from Société Générale is suing the bank for ?10 million.

Banker who turned down ?8m sues for more

Posted on March 16, 2010
An investment banker who turned down a ?7.9 million (£7.1 million) severance offer when he was dismissed from Société Générale is suing the bank for ?10 million.

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City trader banned over a $100 million lie$

Posted on March 16, 2010
A trader who mis-stated his positions by more than $100 million has been banned from the City for at least five years by the Financial Services Authority.$

Banker and wife charged with insider dealing

Posted on March 15, 2010
A senior investment banker and his wife have been charged with insider dealing in the latest prosecution brought by the Financial Services Authority (FSA), the City regulator.

'Misleading' rape conviction statistic will not be dropped, says solicitor general

Posted on March 15, 2010
Britain?s low conviction rate for rape should continue to be highlighted according to the solicitor general despite the recommendations made in a report by Baroness Stern today.

Shortfalls in CPS leads to hundreds of defendants avoiding trial

Posted on March 15, 2010
Failings in the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) in London have allowed hundreds of defendants to go free without facing trial, inspectors have found.

FSA seeks first extradition for insider dealing

Posted on March 15, 2010
A newly confident and aggressive Financial Services Authority is seeking its first extradition for insider dealing, hard on the heels of its highest-profile victory to date on such charges.

Law firms turn to banks, not partners, for cash

Posted on March 15, 2010
Leading law firms increased borrowing by 40 per cent in response to the financial crisis, despite the sector?s traditional aversion to taking on bank debt.

Soldiers fighting in the Crimean War may have had a case as well

Posted on March 14, 2010
When Mr Justice Collins upheld the conclusion of an Oxfordshire coroner, that sending a soldier into battle with defective equipment could breach his human rights, he referred to the Crimean War. ?The failures to provide adequate medical attention in the Crimean War would be regarded, whereas the Charge of the Light Brigade would not, as a possible breach of Article 2,? he said.

Corporal Dewi Pritchard was 'sent with a laurel leaf, not a gun'

Posted on March 14, 2010
Anthony Pritchard feels furious and forgotten. Like many military relatives who have lost loved ones in Iraq and Afghanistan, he has a lot of unanswered questions about the death of his son in Basra in August 2003.

Further Lehmans revelations blocked by Barclays

Posted on March 14, 2010
Further damaging revelations about the collapse of Lehman Brothers are being held up in the US courts by Barclays.

All rape victims ?should have specialist advice?, says Stern review

Posted on March 14, 2010
Nine out of ten rapes and attempted rapes are never reported to the police, according to a report published today.

Giving soldiers human rights in war zones ?will hamper battlefield commanders?

Posted on March 14, 2010
A mother?s battle to ensure that soldiers in war zones have their human rights protected will be challenged by the Government today as it argues that commanders will fear being sued for decisions made in the heat of battle.

Bulger judge Baroness Butler-Sloss rejects raising age of criminal responsibility

Posted on March 14, 2010
The judge who gave James Bulger?s killers lifelong anonymity believes that children involved in horrific crimes are not born evil and can be rehabilitated.

Ministry of Justice dismisses adviser's claim

Posted on March 13, 2010
The Government has rejected calls from their own adviser to raise the age of criminal responsibility from ten to twelve.

British law firm cleared way for Lehman cover-up

Posted on March 12, 2010
Linklaters, one of Britain?s leading law firms, approved controversial accounting practices that allowed Lehman Brothers to shift billions of dollars of debt off its balance sheet and mask the perilous state of the bank?s finances before its catastrophic collapse in 2008.

Supreme Court Nigeria ruling reinforces 'divorce capital' reputation

Posted on March 12, 2010
London?s reputation as the divorce payout capital of the world was reinforced by the Supreme Court when it overturned a Nigerian ruling that had left a wife penniless.

Ernst & Young faces legal action over Lehman collapse

Posted on March 12, 2010
Ernst & Young could face legal action after a damning report into the collapse of Lehman Brothers accused the British accountancy firm of professional negligence over a number of years before the catastrophic downfall of the 158-year-old American bank in 2008.

Lehman report: the names in the frame

Posted on March 12, 2010
In addition to Dick Fuld, a report by Anton Valukas, of Jenner & Block, who was appointed as examiner by the judge handling Lehman?s bankruptcy, implicated several of the Lehman Brothers' chief executive's closest lieutenants, saying there was a "colorable" (credible) legal case against them for their involvement in the accounts reporting scandal.

Children under 12 ?can?t be criminals?

Posted on March 12, 2010
The killers of James Bulger should not have been prosecuted for his murder, the new Children?s Commissioner says today in a call for the age of criminal responsibility to be raised from 10 to 12 years old.

Lords place themselves beyond reach of the law

Posted on March 12, 2010
Peers who have claimed hundreds of thousands of pounds for homes they rarely visit will escape prosecution through a House of Lords loophole.

Ex-Cazenove partner jailed for 21 months

Posted on March 11, 2010
Malcolm Calvert, a former partner in Cazenove, has been sentenced to 21 months imprisonment for insider dealing in the shares of three UK companies.

Lehman bosses ?used lazy gimmick?

Posted on March 11, 2010
Dick Fuld, the former chief executive of Lehman Brothers, and some of his closest lieutenants used a ?lazy accounting gimmick? to hide the fact that the bank was insolvent, an explosive report by a court-appointed legal examiner has found.

Insider dealer Calvert sentenced to 21 months in prison

Posted on March 11, 2010
A former Cazenove partner found guilty of insider dealing was behind bars last night after being sentenced to 21 months imprisonment.

Burberry sues American stores group

Posted on March 11, 2010
Burberry is suing a cut-price designer clothing chain in the United States for allegedly selling ?counterfeit? versions of the distinctive beige check pattern in its stores.

Ex-Cazenove partner found guilty of insider dealing

Posted on March 10, 2010
Malcolm Calvert, a former partner at Cazenove, the Queen?s stockbroker, has been convicted of insider dealing and faces up to seven years in prison.

Libel laws silenced me, says Francisco Lacerda critic of lie detector system

Posted on March 10, 2010
England?s libel laws will come under fresh pressure today as a researcher tells MPs that they have been used to silence his criticism of lie detection technology on which the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has spent £2.4 million.

Judges fear prisons will burst under new rules

Posted on March 10, 2010
Britain?s leading criminal judges warn that a shake-up of sentencing guidelines could push prison overcrowding to crisis levels.

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