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Rank wins victory on a £36 million bingo tax
Posted on May 23, 2008Rank Group, the operator of Mecca Bingo clubs and Grosvenor casinos, is in line for a £36 million VAT rebate after winning a legal dispute with the tax authorities.
Polygamists win back their stolen children in Texas court case
Posted on May 23, 2008Members of a polygamist sect in Texas were overjoyed after an appeal court ordered the state authorities to return 440 children taken from a church compound during a raid.
Five survive the cut as doubts grow about Government's ID card scheme
Posted on May 23, 2008The credibility of the Government's tendering process for its £2 billion biometric identity card scheme was cast into doubt yesterday after all the remaining companies interested in the scheme's IT contracts advanced to a shortlist of qualified bidders.
Buncefield oil fire was result of negligence by Total, says High Court
Posted on May 23, 2008The Buncefield oil fire, Britain’s biggest peacetime explosion, was the result of negligence by Total, the French oil giant, a High Court judge ruled yesterday. Mr Justice David Steel made the ruling during a preliminary hearing of a case in which victims of the 2005 blast are suing Total and others for up to £1 billion in damages...
Total negligent over blast at Buncefield
Posted on May 23, 2008A High Court judge ruled today that oil giant Total UK was negligent over Britain's biggest peacetime explosion.
Is there any way around the UCAS requirement at some law firms?
Posted on May 23, 2008I am on course for a high 2:1 or 1st at a middle of the road “ex poly”. However, while searching through prospective employers I regularly come against the 300-360 UCAS points requirement of many law firms which I, like many other law students, do not satisfy...
Harry Redknapp wins High Court claim over police raid
Posted on May 23, 2008Harry Redknapp, the FA Cup-winning manager, today scored a major victory over police who staged a dawn raid on his home as the High Court made a landmark ruling that the search was unlawful.
Damning report concludes Crown Prosecution files are in disarray
Posted on May 22, 2008The shoddy state of most Crown Prosecution Service case files is highlighted in a report today which finds most are incomplete and missing data such as whether a defendant is on bail, or the outcome of a hearing.
Male solicitors £19,000-a-year better off than female colleagues
Posted on May 22, 2008A huge pay gap in the earnings of men and women lawyers is confirmed in a new survey to be published this week that shows male solicitors earn on average £19,000 more than their female counterparts.
Total UK to say negligence caused blast at Buncefield
Posted on May 22, 2008One of the world’s largest oil companies will admit at a court hearing today that Britain’s biggest peacetime explosion was the result of negligence.
BA pilots ditch right to strike over OpenSkies
Posted on May 22, 2008The British Airline Pilots’ Association (Balpa) today dropped its High Court bid to secure the right to take industrial action over the UK flagship carrier's proposed OpenSkies service.
Inquiry into Calyon over takeover dispute
Posted on May 22, 2008Calyon, the investment banking arm of French bank Credit Agricole, is reported to be under investigation for fraud in relation to a takeover dispute involving two European construction companies.
Analysis: mistakes at the CPS have gone beyond a joke
Posted on May 22, 2008When a hospital doctor picks up a patient's file, he needs to see the patient's medical history; what treatment is being given and what drugs have been prescribed. If the file is incomplete and can't be relied on, the system would collapse.
Family law cuts: putting children at even more risk?
Posted on May 22, 2008A furious war of words has erupted over the latest plans to cut barristers’ fees in family cases. The disclosure this week of an imminent government paper aimed at recouping £12 million through a 15 per cent cut in the gross legal aid fees barristers earn has prompted a predictable but still heartfelt outcry from the family bar.
City lawyers wait longer than ever to become partners
Posted on May 22, 2008Junior solicitors at the City’s top law firms are waiting longer than ever to become partners, with the average lawyer now working for almost nine years before promotion.
Chris Mort to step down as Newcastle United chairman
Posted on May 22, 2008Chris Mort is stepping down from his role as chairman of Newcastle United, less than a year after he replaced Freddy Shepherd in July 2007.
Fortune-tellers targetted in new Consumer Protection Regulations
Posted on May 22, 2008The fortune-tellers, at least, must have seen it coming. The biggest overhaul of consumer laws for 40 years takes effect on Monday, tightening controls on everything from door-to-door salesmen to children’s advertising.
Doubts over Bell Canada deal after court victory for bondholders
Posted on May 22, 2008Further doubt was cast over whether the world’s largest agreed leveraged buyout would be completed as Bell Canada bondholders unexpectedly won a courtroom appeal to block the deal.
Barclay brothers take Sark reform to High Court
Posted on May 21, 2008Sark Democratic reforms designed to drag the tiny Channel Island of Sark out of feudalism into the 21st century are still not good enough, a lawyer for the billionaire Barclay brothers told the High Court.
Banks set to challenge judgment on charges
Posted on May 21, 2008Britain's biggest banks will appeal against the findings of a High Court test case on penalty charges, in an attempt to stop an Office of Fair Trading (OFT) investigation that could cost them billions of pounds.
US Securities and Exchange Commission steps up international drive
Posted on May 21, 2008The leading financial regulator in the United States has signalled a renewed willingness to pursue foreign citizens beyond its borders by freezing the UK assets of a British citizen linked to an alleged American hedge fund fraud.
The Water Cooler
Posted on May 21, 2008* Plenty of lawyers are obsessed with The Apprentice, but one 46-year-old property lawyer (named only as Janet) couldn't bear missing an episode while on holiday on the French Riviera, so she downloaded it on her laptop using a wireless Vodafone 3G card...
The Law Explored: MPs' expenses
Posted on May 21, 2008The fact that MPs are lawmakers doesn’t license them as lawbreakers. So it’s reassuring that the High Court has just ruled against Parliament’s attempt to stop the full disclosure of MPs' second-home expenses.
US SEC freezes UK assets in hedge fund fraud probe
Posted on May 21, 2008The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), America’s chief financial regulator, has obtained a court order freezing the assets of a British citizen linked to an alleged US hedge fund fraud.
Lifetime ban for accountant and former head of TransTec, Richard Carr
Posted on May 21, 2008The former boss of TransTec has been expelled from the accountancy profession for his role in the collapse of the bankrupt motor parts business founded by Geoffrey Robinson, the Labour MP.
Securities and Exchange Commission to pursue Maurice Greenberg in AIG case
Posted on May 21, 2008The fraud saga at American International Group (AIG) has taken a new turn after the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) warned Maurice “Hank” Greenberg, the former chief executive of the insurer, that he may face civil charges in relation to an accounting scandal.
Cases to decide if police are liable for damages
Posted on May 21, 2008A test case being heard in the House of Lords this week will decide when the police should pay damages if they fail to protect a witness or others who are subsequently killed or harmed.
Police get new powers to wage war on gangs
Posted on May 21, 2008Witnesses who give evidence against gang members will be guaranteed their anonymity as soon as they come forward so they can be free from fear of reprisals, The Times has learnt. Ministers are also exploring ways of giving police wider powers to restrict with court orders the movements of gang members.
How laughter in court can end in tears
Posted on May 20, 2008Last month the Lord Chancellor and the Lord Chief Justice reprimanded Mr Justice Peter Smith, who famously inserted a code of his own when delivering judgment in the Da Vinci Code plagiarism case, for his misconduct in angrily refusing to recuse himself from a case involving a law firm that he had unsuccessfully negotiated to join.
A year on, how has the world's first listed law firm performed?
Posted on May 20, 2008A year ago today, on May 21, 2007, Australian personal injury specialists Slater & Gordon became the first fully listed law firm in the world. The listing was closely monitored by law firms in the UK, which, at the time, had one eye on the Legal Services Bill as it progressed through the legislative process...
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