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High drama expected in theatre hired for Lehman
Posted on November 13, 2008The O2?s Indigo room, usually the preserve of after-show parties for the likes of Prince, is set to host an extraordinary piece of corporate theatre.
Jim Beresford's firm made £16.7m in year handling miners? compensation claims
Posted on November 13, 2008Jim Beresford gained the dubious distinction of being the ?highest-earning solicitor in Britain? through the profits generated by his firm?s handling of miners? compensation claims.
Miners' compensation: third of solicitors now flout rules on secret payments to win work
Posted on November 13, 2008The legal profession faces a radical overhaul of a multimillion-pound trade in which thousands of solicitors fork out confidential payments or commission to obtain work.
Behind the story: How digging for details unearthed a scandal
Posted on November 13, 2008It was meant to give sick and dying men recompense for the irreparable damage to their health caused by years of mining coal. Yet the legacy of the world?s biggest private injury compensation scheme is the number of opulent houses, private jets and luxury cars purchased with the profits of the solicitors who handled their claims.
Russian banker jailed for murder of clean-up crusader
Posted on November 13, 2008A Russian financier was jailed for 19 years yesterday for ordering the assassination of the deputy head of the Central Bank.
Pre-nuptial agreements put to the test
Posted on November 12, 2008Five law lords will be asked in a test case tomorrow to uphold a pre-nuptial agreement signed by a wealthy American couple with five children who divorced after ten years of marriage.
BA executives appear in court to face price-fixing charges
Posted on November 12, 2008Four former and current British Airways executives appeared in court today in the first criminal prosecution for price-fixing against a major UK company.
White & Case cuts 160 jobs as storm clouds gather over legal market
Posted on November 12, 2008White & Case, the leading US law firm, is set to lay off around 70 lawyers in anticipation of worsening conditions for commercial lawyers over the next year, it said today.
Do inquiries waste public money?
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Lawyer of the Week: Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws
Posted on November 12, 2008Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws, QC, of Doughty Street Chambers, has been elected chairman of the governing council of Justice, the human rights and law reform charity. The appointment will be for three years.
Quirks, oddities and wit: a continuing saga of the common law
Posted on November 12, 2008Since 1991 I have been writing a fortnightly column in these pages about unpersuasive advocates, injudicious judges, legal entertainment and unusual litigation. A collection of those pieces, I Have to Move My Car, edited to remove repetition, inaccuracy and plain stupidity, has now been published.
Are high costs failing those looking for justice?
Posted on November 12, 2008The fundamental review of costs of litigation in the civil courts set up under Lord Justice Jackson was described as the biggest thing since the Woolf report, at the Civil Justice Council?s (CJC) costs forum last month ? which is appropriate, given that high costs are a particular failure of the former Lord Chief Justice?s reforms.
Eversheds begins second round of redundancy talks
Posted on November 12, 2008Eversheds, one of Britain?s largest law firms, has begun a second round of redundancy talks involving 45 staff, the firm said today.
Gill Switalski, lawyer in record £19m claim, 'took free advice' from employer's law firm
Posted on November 12, 2008A City lawyer claiming £19 million after sex discrimination, bullying and harassment forced her from her job took £18,000 worth of free legal advice from one of her company's preferred law firms, an appeal tribunal heard today.
Taxman rolls out guns for second offshore patrol
Posted on November 12, 2008HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has begun a fresh crackdown on tax evaders by targeting thousands of British-based savers who have failed to disclose offshore accounts.
Europe hits vehicle glass cartel with record fines
Posted on November 12, 2008The European Commission imposed a record fine of almost ?1.4 billion (£1.17 billion) on four car glass manufacturers yesterday for operating a cartel and sharing commercial secrets for five years.
Tough regulations will force credit rating agencies to register and be supervised
Posted on November 12, 2008Credit rating agencies will be subject to tough European regulations and supervision for the first time, under proposals put forward on Wednesday.
Americans accuse UBS fund boss of tax fraud conspiracy
Posted on November 12, 2008A senior member of the executive board of UBS was charged with tax evasion yesterday as an investigation continued in the United States into allegations that the Swiss bank helped clients to avoid taxes.
Free, gratis and for nothing: why pro bono has finally come of age
Posted on November 11, 2008Afghanistan is a long way, in every sense, from the elegant rooms of barristers within the ancient Inns of Court and London?s legal square mile.
QCs defend Justice Eady as newspapers accuse him of privacy law rulings
Posted on November 10, 2008Four leading Queen's Counsel have made an unprecedented defence of the judge accused by newspaper chiefs of singlehandedly creating a privacy law.
Consumers should retain right to refunds for dodgy goods, say watchdogs
Posted on November 10, 2008Shoppers should be entitled to reject faulty goods and claim their money back, two law reform watchdogs said today.
Tesco begins appeal against 'competition test' for planning approval
Posted on November 10, 2008Tesco will tomorrow begin a legal challenge to new planning rules that would prevent it opening stories in towns and cities where it already has a dominant share of the market.
Lord Falconer springs to defence of Mosley judge after privacy attack by Paul Dacre
Posted on November 10, 2008A former Lord Chancellor rode to the rescue today of the High Court judge accused by a leading newspaper editor of creating a privacy law by the back door.
Rae Lindsay: 'International law is never boring'
Posted on November 10, 2008Just about anything that our clients try to do now has a public international law aspect, particularly when they are working across so many different jurisdictions. International law impacts much more on the private sector than it used to ? you just have to look at the explosion of multilateral initiatives and the increasing prominence of inter-governmental organisations such as the World Bank and the World Trade Organisation.
The Water Cooler
Posted on November 10, 2008* A tougher line on sentencing is emerging from the new Lord Chief Justice - or at least a tougher tone. In a speech at the University of Hertfordshire, his first since becoming Britain's most senior criminal judge last month, Lord Judge of Draycote said: "The guilty defendant should always be frightened of going to court...
Judge has created privacy law by back door, says Mail editor Paul Dacre
Posted on November 10, 2008Paul Dacre, the Daily Mail editor-in-chief, has launched a scathing attack on a High Court judge whom he accused of bringing in a privacy law by the back door.
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