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Poole Council used terror law to spy on parents

Posted on May 30, 2008
One council that firmly believes in using surveillance powers to the fullest is Poole, on the South Coast.

Terror law turns thousands of council officials into spies

Posted on May 30, 2008
Thousands of middle managers in local councils are being authorised to spy on people suspected of petty offences using powers designed to prevent crime and terrorism.

Do we really need to use these powers to tackle dog fouling?

Posted on May 30, 2008
Human rights lawyers are increasingly alarmed that a piece of legislation that put state snooping on a legal basis has resulted in a huge expansion of the public sector’s ability to pry into private lives.

Ex-UBS banker to admit tax evasion charges

Posted on May 30, 2008
A former UBS private banker charged with helping a US client evade millions of dollars in taxes is set to plead guilty at a court hearing next month.

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Clifford Chance revenue rises to record £1.3bn

Posted on May 29, 2008
Revenue at Clifford Chance, the international law firm, climbed 11 per cent to hit a record £1.33 billion in the last financial year.

Clifford Chance makes record £1.3bn as credit crunch provides more legal work

Posted on May 29, 2008
Clifford Chance has retained its position as the world's biggest law firm after announcing revenue of £1.33 billion for the past financial year, in defiance of predictions of a downturn in the legal sector.

Former E&Y partner in insider trading charge

Posted on May 29, 2008
A former partner at Ernst and Young (E&Y), the accountancy firm, and an investment banker have been charged with insider dealing on several takeovers including the Blackstone Group’s buyout of Freescale Semiconductor in 2006.

'Red' Adair Turner , the Government's trusty lieutenant

Posted on May 29, 2008
Adair Turner, the new chairman of the Financial Services Authority, has never quite matched his soubriquet of “Red Adair”, earned during his days as director general of the CBI.

Sportingbet managers detained in Turkey

Posted on May 29, 2008
Turkey has become the latest no-go area for internet gambling operators after two employees of Sportingbet were detained by the Turkish authorities while on holiday in the country.

Tempus analysis: Even Chance

Posted on May 29, 2008
Large law firms always claim to be recession-proof and preliminary figures from the world’s largest suggest they might be right.

Adair Turner confirmed in top FSA job

Posted on May 29, 2008
Adair Turner, former Director-General of the CBI, has been confirmed as the new chairman of the Financial Services Authority, the City's regulator.

Former EADS chief Noël Forgeard detained before questioning

Posted on May 29, 2008
Noël Forgeard, the former chief executive of EADS, was due to be questioned by a French magistrate last night as investigators signalled their determination to pursue senior figures in the European aerospace industry over insider-trading claims.

Lord Turner confirmed chairman of FSA in its hour of need

Posted on May 29, 2008
Lord Turner of Ecchinswell, the former Director-General of the CBI, was confirmed yesterday as chairman of the Financial Services Authority (FSA). He will take over as the regulator is under scrutiny after the collapse of Northern Rock and the turmoil in the financial markets.

The summer law quiz 2008

Posted on May 28, 2008
1. Of what “head-splitting” music did a judge say, “It makes a mockery of music, it replaces harmony with cacophony, tonality with discord, and peace with annoyance”

Ex-EADS chief held over insider trading claims

Posted on May 28, 2008
Noel Forgeard, once the most powerful man in Europe's aerospace industry, suffered a stinging humiliation today as he was detained by police in connection with the insider trading allegations that have rocked EADS, the aerospace and defence giant.

How to . . . be gay at a City law firm

Posted on May 27, 2008
Become a better lawyer: running a case, doing a deal, moving in-house and other tips from the top

JPMorgan defeats $700m claim for compensation$

Posted on May 27, 2008
JPMorgan Chase won a $700 million court case yesterday that has dealt a blow to investors claiming compensation for allegedly being mis-sold exotic investments.$

Striving for maturity without pain

Posted on May 27, 2008
Almost from birth, the service set up to represent the voice of children in the courts has been a target for attack from aggrieved parents – and has suffered a troubled history since. With this year’s first Ofsted reports, the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass) has been exposed to official and independent scrutiny and found wanting.

Estate agents lose out to vendors in appeal ruling

Posted on May 27, 2008
Estate agents have lost the right to commission if a buyer to whom they show a property then makes an offer through another joint agency.

Jail for solicitor's wife who stole £80,000 for gambling habit

Posted on May 27, 2008
A solicitor's wife who stole nearly £80,000 from her husband's law firm to spend up to £500 a night on bingo-hall fruit machines has been jailed for ten months.

Ayia Napa bar owner sues Cyprus-based British soldiers for £4m

Posted on May 27, 2008
A Cypriot pub owner is suing nine British soldiers and the Crown for €5million (£4million) after his bar in the Ayia Napa resort was ransacked.

Social workers’ failings ‘put children in divorce cases at risk of abuse’

Posted on May 27, 2008
Children in divorce and separation cases are being left at risk of abuse because of serious failings by social workers dealing with their cases, according to a watchdog.

Law shake-up in crackdown on rogue traders

Posted on May 26, 2008
A new legal weapon came into force over the weekend in a government crackdown on unscrupulous companies that mislead customers or use aggressive sales tactics.

In the City: May 27

Posted on May 26, 2008
Out of the woods?

Whatever revs Max Mosley's engines is none of our business

Posted on May 26, 2008
Max Mosley’s future as president of the FIA — the governing body of motor racing’s Formula One — will be decided next Tuesday when he comes before a meeting of its extraordinary general assembly.

Artists seek royalties for 70 years from grave

Posted on May 26, 2008
Britain's artistic community is battling against leading auction houses and dealers to bring in a law forcing the payment of a royalty on artists' works for 70 years after their deaths — in line with writers and musicians.

Legal Moves

Posted on May 26, 2008
* Alan Newton has been appointed head of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s finance practice.

The Water Cooler

Posted on May 26, 2008
* Derry Irvine kept his counsel when ousted as Lord Chancellor. Charlie Falconer has no such qualms. Last week he launched a scathing attack on Gordon Brown’s plans to reform the Constitution, dismissing his Bill as “trivial”, containing “nothing of significance” and “sometimes designed to meet problems that do not exist”...

It's an idea - but not a very good one

Posted on May 26, 2008
Gordon Brown has famously been compared with Mr Bean. But as a double act with Alistair Darling it’s more a case of Laurel and Hardy. The latest fine mess that the Chancellor has got the Government into is over the taxation of intellectual property (such as brands and patents) held offshore...

Avram Grant enlists Diana lawyer to fight Chelsea

Posted on May 26, 2008
The fallout from Avram Grant’s controversial sacking by Chelsea took an intriguing twist yesterday when it emerged that the Israeli has appointed Anthony Julius, one of the country’s most high-profile solicitors and best known for representing Diana, Princess of Wales, in her divorce from the Prince of Wales, to negotiate his severance terms.

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