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KPMG director Andrew Wetherall stole £545,000 to fund wife's lifestyle
Posted on September 15, 2009A former finance director who stole over £500,000 to fund his wife's lavish lifestyle has been sentenced to four years in prison.
Brussels may force Lloyds to surrender Halifax
Posted on September 15, 2009The European Commission has warned Lloyds Banking Group that it may have to split off Halifax as punishment for the billions of pounds of state aid that it has received.
Price war looms as Ofcom frees shackles on BT
Posted on September 15, 2009Ofcom has abandoned 25 years of controls on BT?s consumer business and cleared the way for what could be a price war over phone and broadband costs.
Aviva accused of 'derisory' settlement in High Court
Posted on September 14, 2009Aviva, the UK's largest insurer, today faced a fresh challenge to its plans to make £500 million in cash windfall payments to its with-profits policyholders after Which?, the consumer group, said the settlement was "derisory" and called on a high court judge to ring-fence further funds.
Workers can claim back holidays ruined by illness
Posted on September 14, 2009Workers who are ill during their holidays can now claim the time back from their employers following a landmark ruling by the European Court of Justice.
Divorce: the Government wants talk, talk before war, war
Posted on September 14, 2009Should divorcing couples be compelled to consider mediation before they can go to court?
First look inside Britain's new Supreme Court
Posted on September 14, 2009The crest is on the wall, the television cables are in place and the ?chill-out? room has been created.
Regulators to pore over Magna?s GM Europe deal
Posted on September 14, 2009European competition regulators are to examine General Motors? deal to hand control of its Vauxhall and Opel plants in Europe to a consortium led by Magna International, the Canadian car parts supplier.
EU sanctions on Sri Lanka to hit 'cheap' clothing over human rights abuses
Posted on September 14, 2009They were billed as ?garments without guilt? ? cheap, good-quality lingerie, casual clothes and sportswear made in Sri Lanka and sold in stores such as Next, Tesco and Marks & Spencer.
Divorcing couples must consider mediation, says Bridget Prentice
Posted on September 13, 2009Divorcing and separating couples would be compelled to consider mediation before going to court, under plans being drawn up by ministers.
Stop giving ex-wives these undeserved millions, says Baroness Deech
Posted on September 13, 2009The divorce laws are unfair to men and multimillion-pound awards are degrading to women, an expert in family law believes.
Americans work to raise credit crunch legal float for London Stock Exchange
Posted on September 12, 2009Two top American lawyers are working on plans to raise a £200m fund on the London Stock Exchange to bankroll credit-crunch litigation.
French judge Eva Joly compares Iceland crisis to Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme
Posted on September 12, 2009The chief investigator probing Iceland?s financial collapse has compared the dramatic implosion of the banking system with the infamous Ponzi scheme run by convicted fraudster Bernard Madoff.
Jackpot for lawyers in trademark management CPA patent sale
Posted on September 12, 2009Hundreds of British patent lawyers are poised to land a multi-million-pound jackpot from a stake sale in Computer Patent Annuities (CPA), a trademark management company based in Jersey.
Telecoms tycoon Denis O'Brien faces Cable & Wireless lawsuit
Posted on September 12, 2009Cable & Wireless has opened a fresh offensive in its battle in the Caribbean with telecoms tycoon Denis O?Brien by launching a $44m ($£26m) lawsuit against his Digicel mobile-phone empire.
Analysis: How Mandelson intends to ban the Phoenix Four
Posted on September 11, 2009If Lord Mandelson is serious about disqualifying the Phoenix Four, he will need to convince a judge that they are ?unfit to be concerned in the management of a company?.
America’s not ready for losers to pay
Posted on September 10, 2009Is the British “loser pays” rule sweeping America? The idea is popular in polls, and already it is in effect in Alaska and some parts of Florida.
Lawyer of the Week: Geoffrey Robertson
Posted on September 10, 2009Geoffrey Robertson, QC, head of Doughty Street Chambers, acted for the author Sir Salman Rushdie, who received unreserved apologies from the publisher and ghost writer for allegations made in a book by Ron Evans who was his police protection officer...
Is it crunch time for the British criminal justice system?
Posted on September 10, 2009Peter Lodder, QC, paints a grim picture of the justice system as it faces its own credit crunch. Well-publicised criminal trials are in jeopardy because of a dispute over barristers’ fees, courts are hit by a cash crisis and the Bar risks becoming the enclave of the wealthy...
Justice needs to be blind to a judge's lawful sexual interests
Posted on September 10, 2009Is a judge's private life relevant to his court rulings? In a dissenting judgment in 2001, Judge Alex Kozinski, of the United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, stated that the private life of a judge was not relevant to the validity of a decision he had made in court...
In the City: who will be hanging around at the back door hoping to catch a few scraps?
Posted on September 10, 2009No such thing?
JJB Sports and Sports direct in fraud probe
Posted on September 10, 2009JJB Sports and Sports Direct are being investigated by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) in relation to an alleged cartel involving the sale of sports goods.
Former bank director guilty of insider dealing
Posted on September 10, 2009A former managing director at Morgan Stanley has been convicted in Hong Kong?s highest-profile insider dealing case ? a trial where the Wall Street investment bank?s compliance practices also came under fire from the judge.
Lord Phillips calls for senior judges to stay on until 75
Posted on September 10, 2009The head of the UK?s first Supreme Court has added his voice to calls by senior judiciary for Britain?s top judges to be able to stay in post until 75.
Lord Mandelson prepares to ban the ?Phoenix Four?
Posted on September 10, 2009Lord Mandelson, the Business Secretary, is understood to be preparing the way for the consortium of businessmen known as the ?Phoenix Four?, who ran Rover from 2000, to be disqualified as company directors.
Lord Phillips: I sympathise over assisted suicide
Posted on September 10, 2009Britain?s most senior judge has said that he sympathises with terminally ill people seeking to end their own lives.
SEC failings laid bare as Madoff tape comes to light
Posted on September 10, 2009The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said that it was humbled by its failure to catch Bernard Madoff as a 2005 audio tape emerged of the Ponzi schemer explaining how easy it was to fool America?s securities regulator.
The man who fuelled Lord Turner?s attack on the City
Posted on September 10, 2009Paul Woolley is an unlikely revolutionary. With sober suit, silk tie and measured, thoughtful delivery, he looks and sounds like a retired City gent. Which is exactly what he also is. He was a banker with Barings years before that bank?s implosion and then founded the London arm of GMO, the American fund management group.
Dawn raid by regulator after JJB blows whistle on Sports Direct
Posted on September 10, 2009JJB Sports, the sportswear retailer, has blown the whistle on Mike Ashley?s Sports Direct, reporting its bitter rival to regulators for alleged criminal price-rigging and fraud.
This could be the last time a politician takes mercy on a prisoner
Posted on September 09, 2009Jack Straw?s granting of a pardon to Michael Shields is the first exercise of the rare power exercised under the Royal Prerogative of Mercy for more than ten years.
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