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Heiress wins battle to uphold pre-nuptial contract
Posted on July 02, 2009A wealthy German heiress worth £100 million today won a Court of Appeal case that will leave her former husband, now an impoverished student, with only maintenance money for his daughters.
US marshals begin seizure of Bernard Madoff penthouse
Posted on July 02, 2009US marshals began the seizure of the luxury $7 million Manhattan penthouse belonging to fraudster Bernard Madoff and his wife. It was in this apartment that Madoff was held under house arrest before his eventual imprisonment and sentencing to 150 years in prison for a multibillion-dollar Ponzi scheme...
Analysis: no longer the divorce capital of the world
Posted on July 02, 2009Pre-nuptial contracts have won the clear backing of the English courts after years of suspicion and even hostility.
Freshfields defies market to post 9% jump in revenue
Posted on July 02, 2009Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, one of the City's oldest law firms, today revealed a 9 per cent increase in full-year revenue to £1.29 billion despite the turmoil in the legal services market.
Family courts in crisis, says Sir Mark Potter
Posted on July 02, 2009Britain?s most senior family judge called last night for urgent action over a crisis in the family courts fuelled by increasing delays in child abuse cases and lack of funds.
Freshfields hits top spot in legal fees league
Posted on July 02, 2009Lucrative work on the bailout of the financial sector has helped Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer overtake Clifford Chance to become Britain?s highest grossing law firm.
Clifford Chance profits plunge 37 per cent
Posted on July 01, 2009Clifford Chance, once the world's biggest law firm, today revealed a 37 per cent plunge in full year profits after its key banking and corporate clients were hit by the impact of the financial crisis.
Lawyer of the Week: Mohammed Ayub
Posted on July 01, 2009Mohammed Ayub, the senior partner at Chambers Solicitors in Bradford, acts for AE, one of the three men subject to a control order in the landmark House of Lords case that ruled that controlled persons must be given sufficient disclosure of the case against them to meet the requirements of a fair trial under Article 6 of the Human Rights Act.
Sarcastic, rude: is this the way to question child witnesses?
Posted on July 01, 2009The cross-examination of the four- year-old girl in the Baby Peter-related rape trial raised uncomfortable questions about how the justice system treats child witnesses.
Eurojust, the EU fraud body, fails to fulfil its brief
Posted on July 01, 2009The Serious Fraud Office is embroiled in a fiasco that may inadvertently have settled the fate of José Sócrates, the Portuguese Prime Minister, and determined the outcome of that country?s elections in September.
Amending the law on the DNA database needs proper scrutiny
Posted on July 01, 2009Last December the European Court of Human Rights decided in S and Marper v The United Kingdom that the retention by the State of DNA profiles is a breach of Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights. That is because information about people arrested for, or charged with, an offence but not subsequently convicted, is kept on the national DNA database for an unlimited period of time...
Clifford Chance profits slump as clients are hit by financial crisis
Posted on July 01, 2009Clifford Chance, the London-based law firm, disclosed a plunge in profits yesterday as it absorbed the cost of a radical shake-up that will lead to about 100 partners losing their jobs. It also lost its spot as the world?s biggest law firm by revenue as turnover slid by 5 per cent to £1.26 billion.
Credit card companies face a ban on 'exploiting' debtors
Posted on July 01, 2009Credit card firms will be told today to stop luring customers into higher borrowing as part of an overhaul of consumer rights. Lenders will be banned from raising credit limits without asking the customer first and ordered to stop sending unsolicited credit card cheques through the post.
Bernard Madoff gets 150 years in prison
Posted on June 30, 2009A judge yesterday sentenced Bernard Madoff to the maximum term of 150 years in prison for the biggest swindle in the history of Wall Street.
Enter this year's Times/Herbert Smith advocacy competition
Posted on June 30, 2009This is the last chance to enter our £7,500-prize student advocacy competition sponsored by Herbert Smith. What can be done to break the class ceiling keeping out so many people from a legal career? Or, bluntly, is it irremovable and there for a good reason?
Sharia courts: are their rulings breaching British law?
Posted on June 30, 2009Sharia courts operate in Britain in the shadows. Little is known about them or their rulings or how extensive their network is or the reach of their jurisdiction.
Commons clerk raises legal obstacle to Westminster 'clean-up' Bill
Posted on June 29, 2009The Government's attempt to replace self-regulation of MPs' financial affairs by a new independent regulator faces an unexpected challenge. Ministers hope to push the Parliamentary Standards Bill through the Commons in three days this week. But they face the challenge of an outspoken memorandum by Malcolm Jack, Clerk of the Commons...
Live: Madoff sentencing in New York
Posted on June 29, 200917.15 BST Judge Chin told the court: ?I don?t get the sense that Bernard Madoff said all that he could or told all that he knows."He said there had not been a single letter from friends or family testifying to Madoff?s good deeds. ?The absence of such support is telling,? he said.
Engineer wounded in Iraq claims for damages
Posted on June 29, 2009An engineer wounded in Iraq brought a landmark claim for damages yesterday against the Ministry of Defence and a private consultancy in a move that could pave the way for other civilians injured in war zones to sue their employers.
Does the jury system still work?
Posted on June 29, 2009Jurors wept when shown the photograph of the emaciated body of a seven-year-old girl, taken after her death. Khyra Ishaq, of Birmingham, died of an infection after being deprived of food as part of a ?punishment regime?. The jury was discharged yesterday due to illness and ?personal reasons? and a retrial is planned...
Bernard Madoff victim claims: ?He robbed me. I?ll be unable to afford food'
Posted on June 29, 2009Many of Bernard Madoff?s victims have been forced to sell their homes or cancel retirement plans. But Miriam Siegman is now reduced to scavenging for food in skips.
Judge Gerald Price is suspended after claims by male prostitute
Posted on June 29, 2009A judge has been suspended after allegations that he had a nine-month relationship with a male prostitute.
Magic fades for Clifford Chance with Americans on brink of centre stage return
Posted on June 28, 2009Clifford Chance is at risk of being knocked off its pillar as the world?s biggest law firm by an American rival as the balance of power in global legal services shifts from London back to the United States.
Baroness Vadera likely to be appointed to European Commission
Posted on June 28, 2009Gordon Brown is considering handing Baroness Vadera ? one of his most forceful supporters ? Britain?s place on the next European Commission, The Times has learnt.
Bernard Madoff to face angry investors who fell victim to $65bn swindle$
Posted on June 28, 2009The biggest swindler in Wall Street history will face the wrath of his investors today as he is sentenced for a $65 billion pyramid scheme.
Lawyers slam EU skills ruling
Posted on June 27, 2009A GROUP of the City?s largest law firms are up in arms over government changes to employment law that prevents them hiring talent from outside the European Union.
Treasury keeps grip on banks in shake-up
Posted on June 27, 2009ALISTAIR DARLING?s proposed reforms of banking regulation, to be published next month, will retain a significant role for the Treasury in financial supervision. His proposals will be seen by some as a further sign of tension between the Treasury and the Bank of England.
Weird cases: possession of pie with unlawful intent
Posted on June 26, 2009The Supreme Court of Canada will soon hear a case about an arrest for ?possession of a pie with unlawful intent?. Surreally, the pie didn?t even exist but the case has now become one of major constitutional importance in Canada.
£1.8 million windfall husband escapes divorce renegotiation
Posted on June 25, 2009A divorced wife who tried to claim for more money from her former husband after his shares quadrupled in value was blocked by senior judges today.
Jewish school broke race laws by refusing boy whose mother had converted
Posted on June 25, 2009A leading Jewish state school broke race laws by refusing to take a boy whose mother had converted at a progressive synagogue rather than an orthodox one, the Court of Appeal ruled today.
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