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Energy Retail Association to disclose minutes after cartel claims

Posted on January 23, 2008
Britain’s biggest energy companies, which are facing scrutiny over recent price rises, have agreed to make the minutes of their lobby group meetings available to their regulator.

Soft target or a fair cop?

Posted on January 23, 2008
Today Ian Norris’s battle against extradition to the United States comes to a head in the House of Lords. In personal terms, the hearing is the climax of a nightmare that has dominated the lives of the former chief executive, his wife and family for five years.

Defence lawyers ready to seize on DNA doubts

Posted on January 23, 2008
Dozens of serious criminal cases, including prosecutions for murder, rape and terrorist offences, could be in jeopardy because of growing uncertainty over a controversial DNA technique. The Times has discovered that prosecuting authorities in different parts of Britain have adopted contradictory positions on the use of the Low Copy Number (LCN) method of DNA testing, which was heavily criticised by a judge in the Omagh bombing case last month.

The Law Explored: the law and Scientology

Posted on January 23, 2008
<a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article3197189.ece">Tom Cruise Scientology video tops Oprah moment</a>

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Judges win bigger role in court funding talks

Posted on January 23, 2008
Britain’s most senior judge will have direct access to the Chancellor of the Exchequer to ask for money for the court system under an unprecedented deal announced today.

Are Field Fisher Waterhouse kicking themselves for undercharging?

Posted on January 23, 2008
How large a premium can litigators charge for their services?

Bar Council hits back in legal aid row

Posted on January 23, 2008
The Bar Council has hit back over accusations that it is acting illegally by encouraging barristers to boycott new legal aid contracts for the most serious trials.

Revenue facing £1bn loss after losing landmark tax case

Posted on January 23, 2008
Revenue & Customs is facing a £1 billion loss after losing a landmark legal battle on VAT refunds brought by Condé Nast, the publisher of Vogue and Vanity Fair.

PDSA unfair dismissal claim dropped

Posted on January 22, 2008
GLASGOW One of three staff suspended at a PDSA clinic has reached an agreement with her former employers and will not be pursuing an unfair dismissal claim, an employment tribunal heard yesterday.

City watchdog pursues insider dealer case

Posted on January 22, 2008
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has begun its first criminal prosecution against a suspected insider dealer, bringing charges against the former general counsel at TTP Communications, the wireless technology company.

FSA targets price comparison sites

Posted on January 22, 2008
Shares in moneysupermarket.com fell 7.34 per cent after the Financial Services Authority (FSA) said that it would review price comparison sites over fears that customers may be buying unsuitable products.

3 loses quest for rivals' documents

Posted on January 22, 2008
Britain’s big four mobile phone operators have dealt a crushing legal blow to attempts by 3, the Hutchison Whampoa-backed rival, to land them with a £250 million competition claim.

Come on now, stiff upper lip

Posted on January 21, 2008
Thoughtful, decisive, pays attention to detail, an “achiever”. Does this sound like you? It probably does if you’ve chosen a career in law. The law has a habit of attracting certain personality types and rewarding their hard work with status and financial success...

QC appointments: list in full

Posted on January 21, 2008
Adam, Thomas Noble

Fewer women among new QC appointments

Posted on January 21, 2008
Women and ethnic minority lawyers making the elite professional rank of Queen’s Counsel have slumped in number according to new figures today.

‘I wanted something that would get the adrenalin flowing’

Posted on January 21, 2008
Its rivals BPP and the College of Law may have stolen all the headlines in months, but keep a watch this year for Nottingham Law School now that its dean is starting to flex his muscles. It’s just one year since Keith Gaines made the novel switch from corporate law to academia when he left Lovells, after 26 years as a prominent litigator, for the supposedly gentler climes of Nottingham Trent University’s law school...

Lawyer of the Week: Philippe Ruttley

Posted on January 21, 2008
In the first consumer group action against a cartel in Europe, Philippe Ruttley, head of European Commission competition law at Clyde & Co, acted for Which?, the consumer group, against JJB Sports for its role in a price-fixing cartel investigated by the Office of Fair Trading...

Briton's long fight against US extradition reaches Lords

Posted on January 21, 2008
It should have been a well-earned climax to 33 years as a hard-working chief executive in the international business world — but instead of days playing golf and leisurely holidays with his wife, Ian Norris’s retirement turned into a “living nightmare” and a ceaseless round of visits to lawyers’ offices.

In the City: January 22

Posted on January 21, 2008
‘Flew in from Miami Beach . . .’

Lawyer of the Week: Natalie Gamble

Posted on January 14, 2008
Natalie Gamble, an associate with Lester Aldridge, Bournemouth, advised Andy Bathie, who agreed, in a private arrangement, to donate sperm to a lesbian couple to have two children. He was pursued later by the Child Support Agency for financial support...

The Sopranos: when real life doesn’t follow the script

Posted on January 14, 2008
Fans of The Sopranos, HBO’s exceptional television drama about organised crime in New Jersey, were treated to a bonus episode in the United States District Court last month. David Chase, creator of the series, was being sued by Robert Baer, a former judge who claimed compensation for the help that he claimed to have given Chase...

When talk, talk is far better than war, war

Posted on January 14, 2008
To millions, the Red Cross symbol represents the deliverance of hope and comfort in desperate times. It is found on ambulances, first-aid kits and field hospitals in warzones and disaster areas, its universal message of care transcending national boundaries.

Legal Moves

Posted on January 14, 2008
* Gordon Armstrong, one of the most senior figures within the barristers’ clerk community, stands down this week as director of Quadrant Chambers.

In the City: January 15

Posted on January 14, 2008
Out and about

Oxford don cries foul after being left out of her football team

Posted on January 14, 2008
An economics lecturer at Balliol College, Oxford, is suing the university after she was repeatedly left out of the women’s staff football team.

Europe takes on Microsoft again after rivals’ attacks

Posted on January 14, 2008
The European Commission said yesterday that there would be two further investigations into Microsoft’s commercial practices, only weeks after the American software giant had conceded defeat in a battle with regulators in Brussels.

Trial may be abandoned if not held in secret, CPS says

Posted on January 14, 2008
The Crown gave warning yesterday that it may not go ahead with the trial of a man accused of the murder of a prize-winning author unless it can hold some of the case in secret.

Judge in murder case bail row

Posted on January 14, 2008
A judge who freed a policeman accused of murdering his wife, enabling him apparently to kill again, said yesterday that he could not remember why he had granted bail.

How to . . . succeed as an in-house lawyer

Posted on January 14, 2008
Be prepared to leave your comfort zone. As a junior partner of Carter-Ruck, I felt that my career was becoming very restricted. The profession had begun to move on from the “know a bit about everything” approach to expecting lawyers to specialise in a particular area at quite an early stage...

Broker fined £250,000 for aggressive sales tactics

Posted on January 14, 2008
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has fined a UK retail stockbroker £250,000 for persistently employing high-pressure sales tactics and misleading customers.

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