International and UK Law: Legal News

Home -> Law Blog Directory -> Legal News Blogs

OR PHONE (866) 635-1838 for Bankruptcy Help, (866) 635-6190 for Divorce,
(866) 635-2689 for Personal Injury or (866) 635-9402 for Criminal Defense

Find a Local Lawyer

Bankruptcy (866) 635-1838
Divorce (866) 635-6190
Personal Injury (866) 635-2689
Criminal Defense (866) 635-9402

Legal News

International and UK Law

The latest UK and international law news. Public, business and corporate law news, legal columnists, student advice and comment from a panel of law experts

Post Frequency: 23.4/day

Last Entry: June 15, 2010 at 11:08:00

Murder law shake-up ends ‘crime of passion’

Posted on July 28, 2008
The traditional crime of passion is to be swept away in the most radical overhaul of the murder laws in 50 years.

Telecom Italia loses bid to freeze $50m in Bolivian dispute$

Posted on July 28, 2008
Telecom Italia, Europe’s fifth-largest telecommunications company, has lost an attempt to freeze $50 million in a London bank account belonging to the Bolivian government.$

Appeals court outlaws hitting children in custody

Posted on July 28, 2008
Controversial methods of disciplining young people in custody have been abolished by the Court of Appeal today, only a year after they were introduced by the Government.

Former Siemens executive convicted in bribery case

Posted on July 28, 2008
A former sales manager at Siemens was convicted of corruption this morning and given a two-year suspended jail sentence and a €108,000 (£85,000) fine.

To access this complete feed in the blog feed reader login or register for free.

San Marino bank sues Barclays for £134m

Posted on July 28, 2008
Barclays was last night hit with a €170 million (£134 million) legal action from a bank in the tiny republic of San Marino that claimed it had suffered losses on its investment in highly geared credit securities put together by the UK's number three bank.

China's cartel law to fine foreign offenders

Posted on July 27, 2008
Foreign companies accused of operating cartels in China could be fined at least 1 per cent of global turnover under new competition laws to be introduced there this week.

In court today: New trial of Amir Abbas and Dashti Babaker

Posted on July 27, 2008
Appeal Court

After 21 years in a freezer, baby boy will be buried against his parents’ wishes

Posted on July 27, 2008
The body of a baby boy that has been lying in a mortuary freezer for 21 years is to be buried against his parents’ wishes after a council used new powers to formalise his death.

Human rights lawyer Keir Starmer named as new prosecution service chief

Posted on July 26, 2008
A barrister renowed for his ground-breaking human rights work was named yesterday as the next Director of Public Prosecutions.

Brodies in challenge to big four law firms

Posted on July 26, 2008
Law firm Brodies LLP is closing the gap on Scotland’s big four in the industry after another leap in profits.

Background: Max Mosley orgies and missing emails

Posted on July 25, 2008
The unsolved riddle at the heart of Max Mosley’s orgy trial is what he said to his S&M madam in a string of e-mails that remain missing.

British Airways executives face charges over collusion to fix prices

Posted on July 25, 2008
Four British Airways executives, past and present, could be charged with price-fixing and face up to five years in jail, according to a report last night.

US regulator targets British trader in oil probe

Posted on July 25, 2008
US regulators have accused a Dutch trading business and three senior employees including its British head trader of manipulating energy futures contracts on the New York Mercantile Exchange (Nymex.)

New York sues UBS over auction-rate securities

Posted on July 25, 2008
Senior bankers at UBS pulled $21 million of their own money out of the collapsed auction-rate securities market while continuing to tell clients their money was safe, according to charges from the New York Attorney-General.$

Ex-Morgan Crucible chief faces US extradition

Posted on July 25, 2008
Ian Norris, the former chief executive of Morgan Crucible, is facing extradition to the US on charges of obstruction of justice.

FSA to launch second insider trading case today

Posted on July 24, 2008
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) is set to launch its second criminal prosecution for insider trading this afternoon as the watchdog continues its fight to clean up the City of London.

Max Mosley judgment due this morning

Posted on July 24, 2008
The High Court will decide this morning on Max Mosley's privacy action against the News of the World, the newspaper which claimed that he took part in a Nazi orgy.

'Fake Facebook profile' victim awarded £22,000

Posted on July 24, 2008
A businessman who had his personal life laid bare in a fake profile on the social networking website Facebook has been awarded £22,000 in a libel case he brought against a former school friend.

Background: Mosley orgies and missing emails

Posted on July 24, 2008
The unsolved riddle at the heart of Max Mosley’s orgy trial is what he said to his S&M madam in a string of emails which remain missing to this day.

Max Mosley wins 'Nazi' sex case against the News of the World

Posted on July 24, 2008
Read the judgment in full

Anne Darwin: 'marital coercion' defence extremely rare

Posted on July 24, 2008
The defence of marital coercion used by Anne Darwin is extremely rare with only five reported cases in the last 75 years.

How red-top lawyer Mr Justice Eady became privacy judge

Posted on July 24, 2008
Mr Justice Eady has created almost single-handedly what is now a privacy law in Britain through a series of recent rulings that he sees as remedying a “glaring deficiency in our law”.

Max Mosley case is bad news for tabloid editors

Posted on July 24, 2008
Max Mosley's victory will force Sunday tabloid newspaper editors to ask increasingly demanding questions when they are faced with the kiss-and-tell stories that have long been a staple of Britain's bestselling titles.

In court today: Otis Ferry, Nicola Stapleton, Barry George

Posted on July 24, 2008
Gloucester Crown Court

Max Mosley case: a pariah, but in the driving seat

Posted on July 24, 2008
Formula One has endured and survived various scandals over the past 50 years – most of them concerned with allegations of cheating – but nothing like the Max Mosley affair, which continues to hang over this most image-conscious of sports like a black cloud.

Related Law Bulletins

Czech procedure for Hague Convention international child abduction cases
International child abduction cases in the Czech Republic will be ...

India: Safe Haven for International Child Abduction
For several reasons, India has become a safe haven for child abduc...

Hague Convention on the International Recovery of Child Support
Delegates from sixty-eight States and the European Community have ...

Lawsuits against airlines who allow international child abduction
The abduction of children from the United States is facilitated by...

New article on Japan and International Child Abduction
The current issue of Metropolis Tokyo has an update on Japan's pra...