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Libel case could relax defamation laws

Posted on February 06, 2010
A LIBEL case involving a group of wedding singers who fell out with their booking agent could pave the way for a significant relaxation in the UK?s draconian defamation laws.

My status as tax exile is no sham, says Guy Hands

Posted on February 05, 2010
Deciding whether to sue one of the world?s biggest banks and publicly criticise a trusted adviser is a tough call.

Measures to freeze assets of terror suspect to be lifted immediately

Posted on February 04, 2010
Ministers are preparing to rush through emergency legislation tomorrow to stop terror suspects salting away their funds after senior judges lifted an order freezing their assets.

John Gummer supports bail plea by Count Alfons Mensdorff-Pouilly on BAE charge

Posted on February 04, 2010
John Gummer, the former Conservative minister, yesterday supported a bail request by an Austrian aristocrat accused of funnelling millions of pounds in bribes to foreign officials on behalf of BAE Systems, the defence group.

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Australian hit Down Under 'ripped off' children's song

Posted on February 04, 2010
One was a smash hit in Britain and the US, propelled 30 million album sales worldwide, helped the band to win a Grammy Award and, with its cultural references to Vegemite sandwiches, combi-vans, beer and "chunder", became the unofficial anthem of Australians everywhere.

Banks face scrutiny on money-laundering reports

Posted on February 04, 2010
Bank customers who lose out when a transaction is delayed because of money-laundering suspicions have won the right to challenge banks' decisions after a landmark $300 million court case.$

Farmer loses battle to save castle built behind wall of straw

Posted on February 03, 2010
A farmer who built a castle behind hay bales to hide it from planners has lost his attempt to prevent it being knocked down.

�2.3m ruling in London Philharmonic Orchestra fraud case

Posted on February 03, 2010
The London Philharmonic Orchestra has won a High Court judgment for �2.3 million against a financial director who allegedly embezzled its funds.

Hedge fund manager banned and fined for inflating valuations

Posted on February 03, 2010
A senior hedge fund manager who inflated the value of his positions by pasting false figures over legitimate brokers? quotes was banned and fined �140,000 by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) yesterday.

Lawyer of the week: Ted Greeno

Posted on February 03, 2010
Ted Greeno, a litigation partner at Herbert Smith, acted for the satellite broadcaster BSkyB against the IT provider EDS in a landmark case in the Technology and Construction Court. The judge ruled that EDS had made fraudulent representations regarding a �48 million contract...

Supreme ambition, jealousy and outrage

Posted on February 03, 2010
Within weeks a new Supreme Court justice will be announced ? the first judge to be appointed to the UK?s new highest court since it opened for business last October.

Plugging the holes left by Copenhagen

Posted on February 03, 2010
The Copenhagen climate change summit was a classic adolescents? house party. Over-anticipation, chaos, gate-crashers and then the tears and disappointment when the grown-ups arrived to bring it all to an end.

Drugs companies face competition probe over 'pay for delay' deals

Posted on February 03, 2010
Moves by Europe's competition regulators to investigate so-called 'pay for delay' agreements between pharmaceutical companies and their generic competitors is a sign that change in the industry may now be inevitable.

Financier fined for �17m 'cut and paste' ploy

Posted on February 03, 2010
A former fund manager at BlueBay Asset Management has been fined �140,000 by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) for altering the figures on his positions to boost the value of his fund by �17 million.

Europe takes legal action over Greece's debt data

Posted on February 03, 2010
The European Commission (EC) today backed Greece?s plan to reduce its budget deficit but also began proceedings against the country for allegedly reporting faulty statistics.

OFT asks to control Orange and T-Mobile inquiry

Posted on February 03, 2010
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) today confirmed that it has asked the European Commission to refer the review of the merger between Orange and T-Mobile back to the British regulator.

Harriet Harman backs down over employment equality for churches

Posted on February 02, 2010
Harriet Harman has backed away from a confrontation with religious leaders over who they can employ, making clear that she will not force contentious amendments to the Equality Bill through Parliament.

Multimillion-pound payments at Credit Suisse will escape bonus tax

Posted on February 02, 2010
A group of senior executives at Credit Suisse in London will receive multimillion-pound payouts next month in a move that will lessen the blow of the UK bonus tax.

Tullett Prebon tried to ?intimidate? brokers into staying

Posted on February 02, 2010
Senior managers at Tullett Prebon, the interdealer broker, ?frightened? and "intimidated" staff in an attempt to stop them leaving for rival BGC Partners, it was alleged yesterday.

BA cabin crew sue over contract changes

Posted on February 02, 2010
British Airways (BA) acted illegally when it unilaterally cut the number of cabin crew posted on long haul flights, the High Court heard today at the start of a legal action by over BA 5,000 air stewards.

Bridging the divide between inner-city deprivation and the City

Posted on February 01, 2010
For the girls, it was the hand cream in the bathrooms that most impressed; for the boys, the size of the antique boardroom table. For all, it was a window into a world that they can see from their homes and schools but which, if some critics are to be believed, might as well be on a different planet.

Legal aid body ?costs �125 million a year to run?, says report

Posted on February 01, 2010
The organisation that runs the �2 billion-a-year legal aid scheme comes under fire again today for lax financial controls that led to lawyers being overpaid by �25 million.

BGC's Howard Lutnick 'sanctioned Tullett raids'

Posted on February 01, 2010
An illegal conspiracy by BGC Partners, the interdealer broker, to poach staff from the rival Tullett Prebon, was sanctioned by Howard Lutnick, BGC's chairman and chief executive, it was alleged today.

Heirs fight test case to appoint their own executors for will

Posted on January 31, 2010
A retired civil servant is bringing a High Court test case today over the fees charged to thousands of bereaved relatives each year by will-writing firms when they act as executor of a will. David Khan, 69, from Norwood, South London, is taking legal action against Will Drafters, the Croydon-based firm, claiming that it will charge twice as much as a competitive quote obtained elsewhere.

Chelsea backs John Terry as he loses privacy battle over 'affair'

Posted on January 30, 2010
Chelsea said it is standing behind John Terry as the footballer lost his battle to ban publication of an alleged affair with his former team-mate?s girlfriend.

John Terry: Playing away

Posted on January 30, 2010
As is allegedly his habit, John Terry scored away from home last night. This time he was helping Chelsea retain their place at the top of football?s Premier League with a late goal in a 2-1 win at Burnley.

Why the legal debates about Iraq will never end

Posted on January 30, 2010
What have we learnt so far from the Iraq inquiry with regard to international law? At one level, we have heard views that international law is uncertain, international lawyers dogmatic, and that lawyers who are not international lawyers are not international lawyers and thus cannot, by implication, deal with arguments in that field.

It's murder every day in the Old Bailey

Posted on January 30, 2010
There is a place in my heart for the Old Bailey. One afternoon, 18 years ago, I went along to the Central Criminal Court and took a seat at random. I thought I was going to research a satirical drama about the judiciary, and I suppose I was hoping to hear a judge comment on the fragrance of a Tory wife or ask who the Beatles were...

iSoft four in court on conspiracy charge

Posted on January 29, 2010
The founder and three former directors of iSoft Group, the software business, appeared in court today accused of the criminal offence of misleading the stock market.

SFO charges Austrian count in BAE bribery case

Posted on January 29, 2010
An Austrian count who is accused of paying government bribes on behalf of BAE Systems, the defence contractor, has been charged with corruption.

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