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Rio Tinto deal heralds huge changes
Posted on June 17, 2009In a ground-breaking move this week, Rio Tinto is announcing today that it is outsourcing its legal work to India - triggering what is predicted to be an irreversible trend in the legal sector. The international mining group has concluded a deal with CPA Global, a leading outsourcing provider of legal services, and expects savings on its legal costs of up to 20 per cent.
Lawyer of the Week: Neil Sampson
Posted on June 17, 2009Neil Sampson, a partner at Rosenblatt Solicitors, led the team that advised 1,000 ex-servicemen who took part in nuclear tests in the 1950s and have just won the right to sue the Government for compensation. The case is one of the biggest group actions to be brought in the UK.
Lawyers revolt over auction of legal aid work
Posted on June 17, 2009Ministers are facing a growing revolt over plans to hold a ?reverse auction? to award legal aid contracts to the lowest bidders. Nearly 2,500 lawyers who say the scheme will cause ?irreparable damage? to the quality of the justice system have already signed a Downing Street online petition urging the plans be scrapped.
A tasty piece of thinking puts potato snack in its place
Posted on June 17, 2009The potato has not before played a significant role in the jurisprudence of this country. There is a statutory definition, in the Potatoes Originating in Egypt Regulations 1998. But the ?tuber or true seed of Solanum tuberosum L or other tuber-forming species or hybrid of the genus Solanum L? has not been on the menu for our appellate courts...
Glitz, glamour and gruffness vanish with great names
Posted on June 17, 2009?There are two people to whom you must tell the truth ? your solicitor and your clap doctor.? Such was the advice of Lord Goodman, Harold Wilson?s solicitor and one of the most feared lawyers of his generation. But despite the reverence in which Goodman is still held by many in the legal community, it is a safe bet than none would risk so blunt an exhortation.
Rio Tinto deal heralds huge changes
Posted on June 17, 2009In a ground-breaking move this week, Rio Tinto is announcing today that it is outsourcing its legal work to India ? triggering what is predicted to be an irreversible trend in the legal sector. The international mining group has concluded a deal with CPA Global, a leading outsourcing provider of legal services, and expects savings on its legal costs of up to 20 per cent.
Rio Tinto?s legal switch puts pressure on London
Posted on June 17, 2009Rio Tinto has hired a team of lawyers in India to try to reduce its annual £60 million legal bill by 20 per cent. The move will send a shudder through Britain?s commercial legal market, which earns billions of pounds a year in fees from big banks and multinationals. The Anglo-Australian miner, with CPA Global, a legal outsourcing group, has recruited 12 lawyers in Delhi to work for it on tasks such as reviewing documents and drafting contracts.
Attorney-General rules Baby P sentences 'not too lenient'
Posted on June 16, 2009The sentences handed out to the three people convicted over the brutal death of Baby P will stand after the Attorney-General today ruled they were not too lenient.
Ruling on NightJack author Richard Horton kills blogger anonymity
Posted on June 16, 2009Thousands of bloggers who operate behind the cloak of anonymity have no right to keep their identities secret, the High Court ruled today.In a landmark decision, Mr Justice Eady refused to grant an order to protect the anonymity of a police officer who is the author of a blog called ?NightJack?.
Analysis: bloggers can no longer be sure on anonymity
Posted on June 16, 2009Thousands of bloggers churn out opinions daily - secure in the protection afforded to them by the cloak of anonymity.
Writer advised on how to evade long arm of the law
Posted on June 16, 2009"If the Police arrive to lock you up, say nothing. You are a decent person and you may think that reasoning with the Police will help. Wrong.? It is not quite the advice you would expect to receive from a serving police officer.
Judge calls for action to stop British 'epidemic' of family breakdown
Posted on June 16, 2009A national commission should be created to tackle Britain?s ?epidemic? of family breakdown, a senior judge said yesterday.
Sentences for knife killers to be reviewed after Ben Kinsella murder
Posted on June 16, 2009Longer minimum terms for knife killers could be introduced after a review announced after calls by the family of Ben Kinsella for a change in the law.
Jewish couple sue over lighting that makes them ?work? on sabbath
Posted on June 16, 2009A Jewish couple are suing neighbours over motion sensors that turn on the lights in their communal stairwell, which they claim make it impossible for them to leave their flat during the sabbath.
GCHQ man, Neil McLellan, faces jail sentence after lying under oath
Posted on June 15, 2009A former employee of the GCHQ spy centre is facing jail for perjury and possession of a .44 Magnum revolver after being caught lying under oath.
Beware rape myths, judges to tell jurors
Posted on June 14, 2009Juries are to be instructed to ignore myths surrounding rape in an attempt to raise Britain?s low conviction rate for the crime.
Social services cut dying mother?s time with her children
Posted on June 14, 2009A dying woman whose children are in foster care has been told that her contact with them will be cut to 90 minutes a fortnight because of her failing health.
Army chiefs in Afghanistan cannot be sued for death of their troops
Posted on June 14, 2009Commanding officers in Afghanistan have been offered indemnity from prosecution under human-rights laws if they make a decision that leads to the death of a soldier.
UK legal industry faces loss of 10,000 lawyers
Posted on June 14, 2009As many as 10,000 lawyers could be out of work in the UK in the next two years as the legal business faces its worst slump in decades.
Former pupil sues Oundle School over drunken fall from window
Posted on June 12, 2009A public school is being sued by a former pupil who was permanently disabled following a drunken fall from a window.
Divorce settlement granted after 22 years
Posted on June 12, 2009A woman has won £220,000 in a ground-breaking divorce settlement ? 22 years after separating from her husband.
Weird cases: 'you're telling me this isn't fruit?'
Posted on June 12, 2009?Cap?n Crunch with Crunchberries? is a breakfast cereal. On the front of the packet, the beaming Cap?n is depicted thrusting a spoonful of colourful little balls of cereal at the shopper. But Janine Sugawara recently organised a mutiny. In a putative class action, she sued the manufacturer for $5 billion for fraud, misrepresentation, and breach of warranty when she discovered the cereal balls were not fruity...
Disarray over terror control orders after law lords ruling on secret evidence
Posted on June 11, 2009Read the law report here
Judges order Abu Qatata assets to be unfrozen
Posted on June 11, 2009European judges today overturned an order freezing the assets of Abu Qatada, the radical Muslim cleric, on the ground that its implementation breached his fundamental rights.
Lindt bunny case bounces back into courts
Posted on June 11, 2009With its little red ribbon and golden bell, few would find a chocolate bunny a major threat. However, Lindt, the Swiss chocolate giant famous for the Easter special, has spent the past eight years pursuing smaller chocolatiers across Europe who it believes are burrowing in to its lucrative warren.
Journalist faces Real IRA death threat if she helps police
Posted on June 11, 2009A journalist who received the Real IRA?s claim of responsibility for the murder of two soldiers in March told a judge yesterday that the republican terrorist group was prepared to kill her if she helped the police investigation.
Curious case of Lindt's chocolate Easter bunny trademark
Posted on June 11, 2009It is a question that few intellectual property lawyers probably grappled with in law school: can a chocolate bunny be trademarked? Yet it is at the heart of a long-running legal battle between Switzerland?s Lindt & Sprüngli, maker of the luxury Lindt chocolate brand, and an Austrian competitor.
Disarray over terror control orders after law lords ruling on secret evidence
Posted on June 10, 2009Three men have won a unanimous ruling from Britain?s highest court that strikes a massive blow to the ?control orders? regime for detaining terror suspects.
Analysis: contol orders ruling - information or freedom
Posted on June 10, 2009Today?s ruling by the Law Lords is another blow to a system which has already been undermined by previous court judgements.
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