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Family courts: now we can judge parents' stories for ourselves

Posted on April 22, 2009
The reforms to allow the media access to most family court hearings from next Monday will bring to an end a secret jurisdiction in which not only did outsiders have no right to know anything of the proceedings ? even the parties themselves could not discuss the detail or even outline of their cases without being at risk of contempt.

Lawyer of the Week: Paul Paxton

Posted on April 22, 2009
Paul Paxton, head of the personal injury department at Stewarts Law, acted for Callum Cross, 9, who was accidentally run over by his father on a family day out in 2002 when he was 2˝ years old. Callum was awarded a compensation package by Mrs Justice Swift in the High Court worth Ł8...

The media in divorce courts ? a blackmailers? charter

Posted on April 22, 2009
A revolution is afoot in the divorce courts. On Monday the media will have the right to attend all divorce court hearings whether they concern disputes about money or children. It?s not carte blanche for the media though. A successful application to exclude them, by one spouse alone, could deprive them entry...

When lawyers try to make the case for the other side disappear

Posted on April 22, 2009
Sit in any courtroom for a while and you will be amazed by the incredible things you see and hear. The prosecutor may cast a spell on the proceedings, the defence counsel may make incriminating evidence disappear or the judge may defy the laws of jurisprudential gravity...

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How can ethnic minorities reach the top of the profession?

Posted on April 22, 2009
Baroness Scotland of Asthal could be forgiven if she saw no problem. Britain?s first black, first woman holder of the post of Attorney-General is a living example of diversity in the legal profession. But, as with women political leaders, is she a one-off?

It is time to scrap lawyers? success fees?

Posted on April 22, 2009
Is it time to kill the golden goose? A bandwagon is rolling over the exorbitant charges racked up in some no-win, no-fee cases and lawyers? 100 per cent uplift that could ultimately lead to their demise.

Linklaters wins ?50m negligence claim

Posted on April 21, 2009
Linklaters, the ?magic circle? law firm, today ducked a multimillion-pound payout after defeating one of the largest negligence claims ever brought against a UK law firm.

Heiress Katrin Radmacher fights to enforce prenuptial against husband

Posted on April 21, 2009
The status of prenuptial contracts in England will be tested in a landmark appeal in London next week when a multimillionaire German heiress seeks to enforce an agreement that would leave her husband with nothing.

London arbitration court opens in India

Posted on April 20, 2009
Dignitaries representing the British and Indian legal professions gathered in New Delhi this weekend to mark the latest step in the opening of the prized Indian legal services market to foreign law firms.

Herbert Smith in talks to cut 84 jobs

Posted on April 20, 2009
Herbert Smith, the law firm, said today it would cut up to 84 jobs as even the City?s oldest and most prestigious legal advisers continue to struggle because of the economic downturn.

Europe puts airline alliances in the dock over transatlantic co-operation

Posted on April 20, 2009
Seven international airlines, including five national flag carriers, are under investigation by the European Commission over potential anti-competitive practices on transatlantic routes.

The Shift: Simon Tonking, resident judge at Stafford Crown Court

Posted on April 19, 2009
The text messages went on and on.

In the age of the internet, why restrict Sunday trading?

Posted on April 19, 2009
The argument over the right to stage two Premier League football matches on Easter Sunday was a stark reminder of the battles fought 15 years ago about the introduction of Sunday trading. Football chiefs have been accused by church leaders of disregarding the importance of religion in the name of profit.

Weird Cases: parrot custody

Posted on April 17, 2009
?Oh my God, that?s him!? So Angela Colicheski exclaimed as the young subject of her custody battle with Sarita Lytell was brought into court. Both women knew that only one of them would be leaving the court in Florida with the youngster each had, at different times, nurtured and doted on...

Pirate Bay founders defy year's jail sentence and order to pay Ł2.5 million

Posted on April 17, 2009
Four men behind the popular file-sharing website The Pirate Bay remained defiant today despite being sentenced to a year in jail each and ordered to pay Ł2.5 million in damages for helping internet users to download protected music, films and computer games.

Ł64,320 award for unfair dismissal

Posted on April 17, 2009
London A woman director who was sexually harassed by a City fund manager has been awarded Ł64,320 in compensation. Nadine Nassar, of Chelsea, was sacked from her Ł136,000-a-year-post at Notz Stucki, an asset management company, after spurning advances from Guy Oppenheim, 53, the chief executive...

Sad and unsatisfactory - but not destroyed

Posted on April 16, 2009
The article by Lawrence West, QC, in Law last week suggested that the procedural reforms of the Civil Produce Rules (CPR) had resulted in the ?virtual destruction of the very fine English civil legal system?.

Lincolnshire financial adviser Alan Richardson jailed for six years

Posted on April 16, 2009
A Lincolnshire financial advisor has been jailed for six years after he admitted his money lending business lost Ł1.2 million of investors? money through fraudulent trades.

BA and Virgin passengers set for price-fix refund

Posted on April 15, 2009
Thousands of long-haul passengers affected by price-fixing by British Airways and Virgin Atlantic are finally set for a refund after three individuals dropped a challenge to a Ł73.5 million settlement agreed by the airlines with class action lawyers.

Madoff brother sued for return of Aston Martin

Posted on April 15, 2009
Peter Madoff, the brother of fraudster Bernard Madoff, is being sued for the return of a vintage Aston Martin by the British liquidators of Madoff?s London operations.

Woolf reforms and cost-cutting have led to acute shortages and a ?deficient? system

Posted on April 15, 2009
If recent headlines have been about judges? concerns over sentencing criminals, District Judge David Oldham is determined to press the case for the other half of the justice system. The civil courts, he says, are woefully under-resourced ? a problem ever more acute in times of hardship.

In the City: all at sea over loopholes

Posted on April 15, 2009
Bricked up

Lawyer of the Week: Geraldine Proudler

Posted on April 15, 2009
Geraldine Proudler, a partner at Olswang, advised The Guardian, which was ordered by a judge to remove leaked memos from its website giving details of Barclays Bank alleged tax avoidance schemes.

Can?t afford to sue? Who do you call?

Posted on April 15, 2009
What good is the law to the business community if litigation becomes prohibitively expensive and risky? The crude answer is that, somehow, the market will find an answer. Either the costs will fall to meet demand or other means of funding litigation will be found.

Judges look to the lords over strict curb on sentencing powers

Posted on April 15, 2009
Circuit judges are in revolt. Last month they castigated government sentencing proposals as ?unnecessary, costly and unwelcome?. The Coroners and Justice Bill, they say, imposes mandatory sentencing guidelines that could result in ?injustice to both offenders and victims?.

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