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Piracy insurance hinges on number of raiders

Posted on December 28, 2008
The surge in piracy off the coast of Somalia could trigger legal disputes between marine and war risk insurers, a leading QC has warned.

Bernard Madoff ?took SwFr1bn? from Credit Suisse customers

Posted on December 28, 2008
Clients of Credit Suisse could have lost as much as SwFr1 billion (Ł640 million) that they had invested with Bernard Madoff, according to internal forecasts.

Max Mosley raises the stakes over invasion of privacy

Posted on December 26, 2008
It is already shaping up to be one of the most sensitive court cases of 2009, opening up a close-to-the-bone debate about the use in Germany of Nazi or wartime symbols.

It?s one pardon too many for George W Bush

Posted on December 25, 2008
Some ill-chosen Christmas presents get put aside and forgotten. Others will be returned to the shops. Only a few are swiftly snatched back by those who have given them.

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University goes to court over $24m lost in Bernard Madoff scandal$

Posted on December 25, 2008
This is not how J. Ezra Merkin, the president of the wealthy Fifth Avenue Synagogue on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, would have wanted to end its jubilee year.

Investors act against golden couple tarnished by Madoff fund scandal

Posted on December 23, 2008
Investors who have lost their money in what is alleged to be the world?s biggest financial fraud may also be made to repay any profits that they made to US liquidators. Under a new bankruptcy ruling, any investors who withdrew cash from the hedge fund run by Bernard Madoff before the $50 billion ($Ł34 billion) fraud was discovered could be forced to return their original investment and any profits.

300 victims of abuse to sue councils for neglect

Posted on December 23, 2008
Hundreds of children who suffered neglect or abuse at the hands of their parents have been given the green light to sue councils for damages that could total millions of pounds.

Compensation at last for a childhood betrayed

Posted on December 23, 2008
Jake Pierce was beaten almost daily as a child. His parents left him naked outside for hours at a time and attacked him with cutlery, favoured by his mother for scratching his eyes. He was not allowed to mix with other children and was warned that, if he told people of the abuse, he ?would be killed?.

Thacher Proffitt is latest US legal casualty

Posted on December 23, 2008
Thacher Proffitt & Wood, a 160 year-old New York law firm, has become the fourth US firm to dissolve this year after more than half of its lawyers defected to a rival.

Heterosexual wins harrassment case over 'gay' taunts

Posted on December 19, 2008
A man who says he was driven out of his job by the constant torment of being called a ?faggot? by his workmates even though they knew he was not gay has won a court ruling that he was the victim of sexual harassment.

?Access all areas? for media so justice is seen to be done

Posted on December 17, 2008
Camilla Cavendish: what has changed | The first article in our campaign | From a nosebleed to care | Case studies: families ruined

How The Times helped to right a wrong

Posted on December 17, 2008
Some years ago when he was Home Secretary, Jack Straw wanted to visit a youth court. It was to prove a salutary lesson in the extent to which the family courts are closed, even to a government minister.

A nose bleed, then children were in care

Posted on December 17, 2008
They put the Christmas decorations up a couple of days ago but no one in the Smith family feels much like celebrating. Despite the tinsel over their sons? photographs, there are no excited children racing around the flat. Instead, Patrick, 6, and Donald, 2 ? not their real names ? will spend the holiday in foster care.

Time running out for one family caught by the family courts

Posted on December 16, 2008
They put the Christmas decorations up a couple of days ago but no one in the Smith family feels much like celebrating. Despite the tinsel draped over their sons' photographs, there are no excited children racing around the flat. Instead, Patrick, 6, and Donald, 2, will be spending the holiday in foster care.

Family courts: case studies

Posted on December 16, 2008
The opening up of the family courts will be welcome news for one couple whose case - currently before the Court of Appeal - has been highlighted by The Times after their baby daughter was placed into foster care earlier this year.

Family courts: what changed on the long walk to freedom

Posted on December 16, 2008
Some years ago when he was Home Secretary, Jack Straw wanted to visit a Youth Court in the South of England. It was to prove a salutary lesson in the extent to which the family courts are closed even to a government minister .

The case against barristers and solicitors merging

Posted on December 16, 2008
With legal-aid fees plummeting, the Crown Prosecution Service and defence solicitors are using more and more employed ?in-house? advocates instead of independent barristers. Judges are refusing to allocate serious cases to Queens Counsel. And the morale of the independent criminal Bar is at an all-time low because so many are not even earning a living.

Family courts to be opened up as Jack Straw announces massive shake-up

Posted on December 16, 2008
Camilla Cavendish: what has changed | The first article in our campaign | From a nosebleed to care | Case studies: families ruined

Bernard Madoff given until Wednesday to meet $10m bail terms$

Posted on December 16, 2008
Bernard Madoff will appear in court in New York tomorrow after being given an extra day to get three co-signers to guarantee $10 million ($Ł6.53 million) bail terms, in addition to his wife, who has already signed it.

French steel groups fined record ?575m for cartel

Posted on December 16, 2008
French competition authorities fined 11 steel trading groups, including three subsidiaries of AcelorMittal, a record ?575 million (Ł515 million) today for running a cartel that carved up the sector between its members over long lunches.

The De Menezes verdict: will it give the family a sense of justice?

Posted on December 16, 2008
The jury?s ?open verdict? last week at the inquest into the death of Jean Charles de Menezes appeared to be a mark of protest against the coroner?s decision to remove ?unlawful killing? from their range of options.

Job cuts in the recession: your rights

Posted on December 16, 2008
First it was financial services, then manufacturing and retail ? now no sector seems safe from widespread job losses. But as more and more companies prepare to wield the axe, what are your rights? How much protection do employees have under the law?

PartyGaming co-founder Anurag Dikshit faces prison term

Posted on December 16, 2008
The founder of PartyGaming, owner of the PartyPoker.com website, yesterday pleaded guilty to offering illegal gambling services in the United States and agreed to pay $300 million ($Ł192 million). He now faces up to two years in jail.

French watchdog fines steel cartel ?575m

Posted on December 16, 2008
French competition authorities fined 11 steel trading companies, including three subsidiaries of ArcelorMittal, a record ?575 million (Ł518 million) yesterday for running a cartel that carved up the sector between its members over long lunches.

We erode the coroner?s ancient powers at our peril

Posted on December 16, 2008
Governments of all stripes eventually come to resent the separation of powers, none more so than our present one, which has suffered several spectacular humiliations at the hands of the judiciary. But while lawyers (and we former lawyers) may cheer and congratulate ourselves on being guardians of eternal liberties, there is inevitably someone beavering away in Whitehall trying to come up with ways of remedying the situation.

Will the new Coroners Bill resurrect the controversial secret inquests?

Posted on December 16, 2008
Urgent reform has long been acknowledged by a government that has itself commissioned a raft of reports on the coroners' system.

Extra judges drafted in to hear immigration appeals

Posted on December 15, 2008
Extra judges are being drafted in to deal with more than 8,000 asylum and immigration appeals a year that threaten to overload the courts.

Rainmakers: Diana Good

Posted on December 15, 2008
I left Linklaters at the start of November. I'm hugely fond of the firm and it was touching to discover how many people felt the same way about me. I was given an amazing send-off. It was one of the nicest things to happen to me since getting married.

RBS joins $50bn Wall Street 'fraud' victims$

Posted on December 15, 2008
Biggest fraud in history? | Who is exposed? | SEC complaint against Madoff | What is a Ponzi scheme?

You've been poked - now you're homeless. Lawyer serves repossession papers on Facebook

Posted on December 15, 2008
It has been responsible for helping its members fall in love, getting them sacked, and destroying their relationships thanks to indiscreet behaviour broadcast to the world.

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