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Concession with a heavy price on 42-day detention

The 10 most shocking jury indiscretions

Posted on June 11, 2008
The jury that said no to the judge

How the law deals with illegal matches

Posted on June 11, 2008
* A clear legal and ethical distinction exists between a forced marriage and an arranged marriage. In arranged marriages families of both spouses play a role in arranging the marriage but the final decision remains with the individuals. In forced marriages at least one party does not consent and there is some element of duress...

It’s all change – from prenuptials to level crossings

Posted on June 11, 2008
Heather Mills and Sir Paul McCartney famously did not have one, but prenuptial agreements between couples planning to wed could become commonplace with a review announced by the Law Commission yesterday that could lead to their greater legal status.

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In court today: Barry George trial; Appeal by Omar Khyam

Posted on June 11, 2008
Old Bailey

TNK-BP conflict deepens as Russians plan to sue

Posted on June 11, 2008
Doubts over BP’s future in Russia were fuelled last night after four Russian billionaires launched a legal challenge to strip BP-nominated directors of their powers in TNK-BP, the Siberian oil joint venture.

Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond backs Lord Advocate over objections to 42 days detention

Posted on June 10, 2008
Alex Salmond has urged Gordon Brown to reconsider plans to extend the time limit for detaining terror suspects without charge after Scotland's most senior law officer said that there was no need for 42 days' detention.

Liberty head Shami Chakrabarti says 42-day detention case is ‘sexed up’

Posted on June 10, 2008
The power to invoke the 42-day limit for detaining terror suspects could be triggered by events well short of a genuine emergency, opponents insisted last night.

Ex-spies warn that voting ‘no’ will put lives at risk

Posted on June 10, 2008
MPs will make Britain more vulnerable to terrorist attack if they vote against the Government’s proposals to hold suspects without charge for 42 days, two of the country’s most senior former spies said last night.

Former Metropolitan Police chief Lord Stevens backs 42-day detention

Posted on June 10, 2008
Anti-terrorist police have come close in the cases of six suspects to needing more than 28 days to detain them, the former head of Scotland Yard said yesterday.

Gordon Brown victory on 42-day detention vote likely to depend on opposition

Posted on June 10, 2008
Gordon Brown appeared last night to be relying on opposition support to save himself from defeat in today’s cliffhanger vote on detaining terrorist suspects for 42 days.

Pre-nuptial agreements could become legally binding under Law Commission review

Posted on June 10, 2008
Pre-nuptial agreements between couples planning to marry could become legally binding under a review of the law being carried out by the Government's law reform body.

In court today: former Leicester City striker Steve Claridge to be sentenced

Posted on June 09, 2008
Coventry Crown Court

Attorney-General Lord Goldsmith hits out over 42-day terror plans

Posted on June 09, 2008
Tony Blair’s Attorney-General has given warning that ministers’ safeguards for detaining suspects for up to 42 days have failed to make the proposals acceptable.

Millionaire demands Government keeps promise over Lisbon treaty

Posted on June 09, 2008
The millionaire Stuart Wheeler launched a test constitutional challenge in the High Court yesterday over the Government’s refusal to hold a referendum on the Lisbon treaty. Mr Wheeler, 73, a Conservative Party donor who has made his fortune from his spread-betting firm, said that he had a “legitimate expectation” that there would be a public vote...

Solicitor Jim Beresford makes £30m from sick miners' compensation scheme

Posted on June 08, 2008
A solicitor who specialises in claiming compensation for sick coalminers has banked a personal profit of more than £30 million from the government-funded scheme.

World’s biggest injury payout leaves miners outraged

Posted on June 08, 2008
It was never supposed to turn out like this. In 1998 the High Court found British Coal negligent in respect of two mining-related conditions, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and vibration white finger. What followed this ruling would develop, at a cost of £7...

UBS may divulge client names in US tax inquiry

Posted on June 06, 2008
UBS is considering whether to reveal the names of up to 20,000 wealthy American clients as US authorities step up their investigation of alleged tax irregularities at the Swiss wealth manager, according to reports.

High Court pressed for early hearing on Rock shareholders' battle with Treasury

Posted on June 06, 2008
The Government has called for an early hearing of the court case in which Northern Rock shareholders are suing the Treasury over the nationalisation of the bank, The Times has learnt.

Signalwoman, Donna McAllister, wins damages over taunts

Posted on June 06, 2008
A signalwoman for Network Rail has won more than £100,000 damages after male colleagues put pornographic magazines in her in-tray. Donna McAllister, 44, said that she had a nervous breakdown after she complained about her treatment.

The 42 days that could last a parliamentary lifetime

Posted on June 05, 2008
One vote at a time. All the attention at present is on next week's Commons vote on extending the maximum period of pre-charge detention from 28 days to 42 days. Will Jacqui Smith's concessions be enough to win over sufficient numbers of Labour MPs? But even if, or rather especially if, the Government wins the vote, the story won't end there...

Barclays bank rejects customers to comply with US terror law

Posted on June 05, 2008
Barclays is using controversial American anti-terrorism laws to shut down the personal bank accounts of British citizens who are working for Iranian-owned businesses, The Times has learnt.

Police say 42-day detention plan is unworkable

Posted on June 05, 2008
Sean O’Neill Crime and Security Editor The plan to detain terror suspects for 42 days has become so convoluted and bureaucratic that police fear it will be almost unworkable, senior sources have told The Times.

42-day law will help terrorists, says Sir John Major

Posted on June 05, 2008
Gordon Brown’s case for holding terrorism suspects without charge for 42 days is bogus and little more than scaremongering, according to Sir John Major.

RBG Resources trader given nine years for £300m fraud

Posted on June 05, 2008
An executive who used a bogus metals trading business to con banks out of hundreds of millions of pounds was jailed for nearly ten years today.

High Court begins hearing asbestos test case

Posted on June 04, 2008
Families of workers who have died from the fatal asbestos-related disease, mesothelioma, launched a crucial High Court battle yesterday with insurers who say they are not liable to pay compensation.

Be prepared: it’s your patience that’ll be taxed

Posted on June 04, 2008
The Government constantly uses the competitiveness of our tax system as a means of attracting business to the UK. Its natural tendency is to focus on key policies and headline tax rates, but it is how the tax system operates in practice that is crucial both to competitiveness and, more parochially, to effective tax collection.

Bad news for lawyers, but good news for taxpayers

Posted on June 04, 2008
How much should big companies mitigate their tax liabilities — both legally and morally? The controversy over Tesco’s tax structuring techniques involving sale and leaseback arrangements with offshore companies highlights a practice increasingly common among large companies...

Treasury picks trio of QCs to fight Rock case

Posted on June 04, 2008
The Government has lined up three of the highest-paid QCs in the country after deciding to try to force an early High Court hearing with disgruntled Northern Rock shareholders who are suing the Treasury over the nationalisation of the bank, The Times has learnt.

Lady Justice Arden: not enough women judges

Posted on June 04, 2008
One of Britain’s handful of senior women judges last night launched a blistering attack over the continuing lack of women appointed as High Court judges.

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