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QC appointments: 104 barristers achieve elite rank

Posted on February 19, 2009
More than one hundred lawyers were today promoted to the coveted rank of Queen's Counsel, the elite cadre of the profession.

Judges award Abu Qatada Ł2,500 compensation for 'unfair' detention

Posted on February 19, 2009
European judges awarded the radical preacher Abu Qatada compensation of Ł2,500 after ruling that his detention without trial after the 9/11 attacks was a breach of his human rights.

Top judge holds out leniency to suicide helpers

Posted on February 19, 2009
The country's top judge indicated yesterday that the courts would throw out prosecutions of people who assisted in the suicide of terminally ill patients.

Allen Stanford lost money to Bernard Madoff and 'lied to cover it up'

Posted on February 18, 2009
Read SEC charges against Stanford

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Former US Attorney-General Mukasey joins Debevoise

Posted on February 18, 2009
Michael Mukasey, the former Attorney-General of the US, is to join Debevoise & Plimpton, the law firm, as a partner in its New York litigation practice.

Users force Facebook to withdraw controversial 'copyright' plan

Posted on February 18, 2009
Facebook has withdrawn controversial changes to its terms of service after receiving a storm of complaints from users of the social networking website.

Lawyer of the Week: Caroline Bassett

Posted on February 18, 2009
Caroline Bassett, head of litigation at Forsters LLP, the London firm, acted for her colleague Steven Sugar in his attempt under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to have the 2004 Balen Report on possible bias in the BBC?s Middle East coverage published.

Legal redundancies: could partners be to blame?

Posted on February 18, 2009
For the past month redundancy announcements by law firms have been coming thick and fast like casualty figures from a war zone. Almost none of the Top 100 firms is exempt. One day it?s Addleshaw Goddard revealing that 35 will go, the next that Dickinson Dees has upped its total to 154...

Why it was a happy anniversary for civil partnerships

Posted on February 18, 2009
Quietly, and without ceremony, the third anniversary of the introduction of the Civil Partnerships Act has come and gone. It excited little curiosity or comment, and perhaps that in itself is an indication as to how well the legislation has become part of the social fabric of Britain.

Michael Kirby: reformer, monarchist, blogger and dissenter

Posted on February 18, 2009
Michael Kirby, Australia?s longest serving, most controversial and internationally best-known judge, has stepped down from the High Court of Australia, the top appellate court. As he recently said, judges ?cannot escape assessment?. His own must include a singular international legacy in human rights and judicial communication, plus a fierce debate over the place of international law in Australian domestic courts.

Berlin cleared to seize control at Hypo Real Estate

Posted on February 18, 2009
The German Government has approved a draft law that allows the forced nationalisation of stricken banks, paving the way for Berlin to take control of Hypo Real Estate, the commercial property lender.

In the City: on the road to Damascus.

Posted on February 18, 2009
Eastern promise

Water Cooler

Posted on February 18, 2009
* Jonathan Sumption, QC, is on course to be the first supreme court justice to have jumped straight to the UK?s highest court without earning his colours on the judicial ladder. The selection for three posts is under way and five QCs have applied. Some might have been deterred by having to apply for a job but not Sumption...

UBS pays out $780m over tax avoidance allegations$

Posted on February 18, 2009
UBS will hand $780 million ($Ł550 million) and details of American account-holders to the US Government to settle allegations that the Swiss bank helped customers to avoid tax.

Sky-high returns that investors found hard to resist

Posted on February 18, 2009

Law firm Fox Hayes fined almost Ł1m for role in share scams

Posted on February 17, 2009
A defunct British law firm has been fined nearly Ł1 million for "recklessly" assisting Spanish boiler rooms to defraud British investors out of millions of pounds.

Allen Stanford, the Texan behind 20/20 cricket riches, charged over $9.2bn 'fraud'$

Posted on February 17, 2009

Secret papers on Iraq war stolen from Eversheds lawyer on train

Posted on February 17, 2009
Highly sensitive documents relating to the Iraq War have been stolen after being left unguarded on a train by a lawyer working for the Government, The Times has learnt.

Six lawyers at Raleys guilty of misconduct over Ł7m miners' awards

Posted on February 17, 2009
Three solicitors whose deal with Arthur Scargill led their firm to slice Ł7.7 million from compensation awards to sick coalminers were suspended yesterday for professional misconduct.

Legal briefing: Employee theft

Posted on February 17, 2009
Most people?s instinctive reaction on discovering a workplace fraud would be to call the police ? but waiting a few days or avoiding it altogether can often improve the chances of getting your company?s money back.

Lawyers from 21 countries tackle Madoff case

Posted on February 17, 2009
Three City law firms have joined a world alliance of legal firms representing claimants who lost out in the alleged $50 billion ($Ł34.8 billion) fraud by Bernard Madoff, the American broker.

Simmons & Simmons set to cut almost 70 jobs as it faces crunch

Posted on February 17, 2009
Simmons & Simmons today became the latest victim of the slowdown in the UK?s legal services market as it revealed that almost 70 staff could lose their jobs.

Corby council accused in first birth defects case since thalidomide

Posted on February 16, 2009
Eighteen people were born with deformities after their mothers were exposed to ?an atmospheric soup of toxic materials?, the High Court was told yesterday.

New war of words over family legal aid cuts

Posted on February 16, 2009
With widespread job cuts and a recession in full swing, the news is hardly front page ? but fresh hostilities have broken out over cuts to legal aid.

TV comic Lee Hurst in court tirade against the joke pirates

Posted on February 16, 2009
Lee Hurst, the television comedian, today admitted smashing an audience member?s mobile phone at one of his gigs but claimed he did so to stop thieves stealing his material.

Anti-foreign strikes branded baseless by Acas

Posted on February 16, 2009
Union claims that foreign construction workers had an unfair advantage over their British counterparts ? sparking unofficial strike action last month ? have been dismissed by the conciliation service Acas.

Richard Alderman keen to show off new model

Posted on February 16, 2009
Britain's fraud chief refrains from saying it - but the recession is good for the fraud-busting business.

Pirate Bay founders walk the plank over free downloads

Posted on February 15, 2009
Four men behind the hugely popular Pirate Bay filesharing website are to appear in court in Stockholm today for helping millions of internet users to make illegal downloads of music, films, games and software.

Alleged ?brains? of Ł360m fraud says he is victim

Posted on February 15, 2009
The alleged ?brains? behind a suspected Ł360 million fraud in Langbar International, an AIM-listed cash shell, has insisted that he was the victim of a ?great fraud?.

Former Belgo executive faces insider-dealing trial as wave of prosecutions reaches court

Posted on February 15, 2009
A former senior executive of Belgo Group, the restaurant operator, is to go on trial for insider dealing today in the first of an unprecedented series of criminal prosecutions.

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