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Anyone can apply for a warrant over allegations of a serious offence

Posted on December 20, 2009
A quirk of English law allows private individuals to seek warrants for the arrest of people they wish to prosecute for serious offences, including alleged war crimes.

Hamas using English law to demand arrest of Israeli leaders for war crimes

Posted on December 20, 2009
The Islamist group Hamas is masterminding efforts to have senior Israeli leaders arrested for alleged war crimes when they visit European countries including Britain, a top Hamas official involved in the effort has told The Times.

Law Society starts litigation over acquitted people getting costs

Posted on December 20, 2009
A ground-breaking legal action has been started by the Law Society over a change that has forced people found ?not guilty? in criminal trials to pay their own legal costs in full.

Libel gag on talk of 'medical hurricane'

Posted on December 19, 2009
Two years ago in a conference room in the Randolph hotel in Oxford, Henrik Thomsen gave his inside account of a medical ?nightmare?.

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Family of ?orgasm? doctor in plea for law reform

Posted on December 19, 2009
The family of a gynaecologist forced to defend himself in court against false allegations of sexual assault on a patient yesterday called for wholesale reform of the law to protect the reputations of innocent defendants.

Drug giant General Electric uses libel law to gag doctor

Posted on December 19, 2009
General Electric, one of the world?s biggest corporations, is using the London libel courts to gag a senior radiologist after he raised the alarm over the potentially fatal risks of one of its drugs.

?One-punch? killers to get longer jail sentences

Posted on December 18, 2009
Hefty jail terms are to be imposed when people die after a violent punch to the head, after a landmark ruling by a rare five-strong panel of senior judges yesterday.

French publishers toast triumph over Google

Posted on December 18, 2009
Gallic publishers hailed an historic victory over Google yesterday after a Paris court ruled that the internet giant had breached copyright by making hundreds of book extracts available online.

Trafigura accepts �25,000 damages from BBC over waste dumping allegations

Posted on December 17, 2009
The oil-trading company Trafigura accepted �25,000 libel damages and an apology today over a BBC Newsnight claim that its actions had caused deaths, miscarriages, serious injuries and long-term sickness.

Serious Fraud Office to reinterview BAE chiefs over alleged bribes

Posted on December 17, 2009
The Serious Fraud Office is preparing to re-interview BAE Systems executives under caution after being told that it has a strong case against the company, which is accused of paying bribes to win defence contracts.

Evolution of quirks and loopholes has skewed legal system

Posted on December 17, 2009
Laywers are quick to defend the practice of no-win, no-fee as the way that people without funds can get access to justice.

Lawyers growing rich on NHS negligence

Posted on December 17, 2009
Lawyers representing patients in clinical negligence claims frequently take more money from the NHS than their clients receive in damages.

British Airways and Unite to talk as lawyers battle over strike

Posted on December 16, 2009
Union leaders will meet the boss of British Airways this afternoon in an attempt to head off a cabin crew strike which threatens to disrupt travel for almost a million people over the Christmas holiday period.

New blow for easyJet over Gatwick charges

Posted on December 16, 2009
EasyJet, the budget airline, yesterday lost the latest round of its legal battle against increased charges at Gatwick airport.

Lovells' partners vote for US merger

Posted on December 16, 2009
Partners in Lovells, the City law firm, and Hogan & Hartson, a leading American firm, have approved plans for a merger that will create the world?s ninth-biggest legal group by revenue.

2009 legal review: wake up there - it's the last of the naughties

Posted on December 16, 2009
A spectator in an Illinois courtroom was sent to prison for 21 days by Judge Daniel Rozak for yawning in a loud and disruptive manner during the sentencing of his cousin for a drugs offence. But there were many other events in courtrooms in 2009 through which it was impossible to sleep.

E-disclosure: how good is your filing system?

Posted on December 16, 2009
Stuck in the photocopier ? the extraordinary excuse given by childcare inspectors for their failure to disclose pages of crucial evidence in Sharon Shoesmith?s judicial review of her dismissal as Haringey?s children?s services director after the death of Baby Peter Connolly.

Lawyer of the Week: Richard Hitchcock

Posted on December 16, 2009
Richard Hitchcock, a barrister at Outer Temple Chambers, acted for the members/employees in the case involving the IMG pension plan. The High Court ruled that the conversion of valuable defined benefits to less valuable defined contribution benefits was invalid.

Abu Dhabi demands compensation from Citigroup

Posted on December 16, 2009
Abu Dhabi?s biggest sovereign wealth fund has accused Citigroup of tricking it into agreeing to pay $7.5 billion ($�4.6 billion) for overpriced stock.

Goldman sued over multibillion pay pool

Posted on December 15, 2009
Goldman Sachs has been sued over its multibillion compensation pool in a case that pits America?s security guards against Wall Street?s best-paid bankers.

More great legal yarns for Christmas . . .

Posted on December 14, 2009
Treat yourself to a generous tumbler of eggnog, settle into a deep armchair before a roaring fire, and crack open one of several new legal yarns.

David Miliband attacks 'irresponsible' judges over Binyam Mohamed

Posted on December 14, 2009
Lawyers for the Foreign Secretary today mounted an extraordinary attack on High Court judges who want to disclose intelligence material relating to allegations of torture involving the CIA.

Team Tiger fights to bar 'nude photos'

Posted on December 13, 2009
LAWYERS acting for Tiger Woods have been accused of using a High Court injunction obtained in London in an attempt to stop possible nude photographs of him being published in America.

Citigroup puts on the gloves for fight with Terra Firma

Posted on December 13, 2009
The prospect of a legal showdown between Guy Hands?s private equity fund and Citigroup edged closer last night as lawyers for the investment bank prepared a response to the entrepreneur?s �1.5 billion lawsuit.

Advisers rake in �3bn from Lehman Brothers, Woolworths and other failed firms

Posted on December 12, 2009
Accountants and lawyers have been accused of ripping off creditors and taxpayers to rake in more than �3 billion from firms such as Woolworths that have collapsed in the recession.

Libel laws stifle jokes by Alexei Sayle and Ricky Gervais

Posted on December 12, 2009
Top comedians and wits, including Alexei Sayle, Ricky Gervais and Stephen Fry, say Britain is being turned into a ?global laughing stock? because of its draconian libel laws. They are the latest critics to call for reform of the legislation which is stifling free speech.

Two-year jail sentence for insider trader

Posted on December 10, 2009
A dentist who made nearly �110,000 by trading on secret share tips provided by his son, an aspiring stockbroker, was jailed for two years yesterday, while his son received a year in prison.

British parents to sue Maclaren over child finger amputations

Posted on December 09, 2009
At least 15 British families are to sue the pushchair manufacturer Maclaren after claiming its buggies severed their children?s fingertips.

HSBC whistleblower in hiding amid money-laundering investigation

Posted on December 09, 2009
Swiss authorities have opened a criminal inquiry after allegations that a former HSBC employee gave stolen data concerning client accounts at the bank?s Geneva branch to French tax authorities.

Lawyer of the week: Justine Spencer

Posted on December 09, 2009
Justine Spencer, an associate in the clinical negligence group at Penningtons Solicitors, acted for Liz Austin in a landmark clinical negligence case where she received substantial undisclosed compensation after the death of her civil partner, Tina Lane.

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