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PROFILE: Jonathan Sumption
Posted on February 20, 2010The barrister Jonathan Sumption has been described as the cleverest man in Britain, with ?a brain the size of the planet? and fees to match. So when David Miliband hired this top legal banana to help to suppress evidence of MI5?s complicity in torturing a terrorist suspect, the foreign secretary did not envisage any slip-ups.
Tell us the truth about torture, watchdog insists
Posted on February 19, 2010Pressure is mounting on ministers to disclose what the Security Service knew about the alleged torture of Britons abroad.
UK called to account over torture allegations
Posted on February 19, 2010The Government?s own human rights watchdog has demanded a public inquiry into claims that British intelligence agencies were complicit in the torture of more than 20 detainees in the War on Terror, The Times has learnt.
FSA continues crackdown on penny share dealers
Posted on February 18, 2010The Financial Services Authority continued its crackdown on abusive sales practices by small-cap stockbrokers today, fining a Glasgow-based firm £101,500.
£1.75m Heathrow robbery suspect flees court during his fourth trial
Posted on February 18, 2010A ?dangerous? suspect said to have been involved in the Heathrow armed robbery has gone on the run after walking out of court during the first major trial to be held without a jury.
Media watchdog needs ?radical shake-up? but should not be abolished, MPs argue
Posted on February 18, 2010Tougher powers for the Press Complaints Commission and an end to the right of companies to sue for libel will be proposed next week in a longawaited report by MPs. But the much criticised press watchdog will escape calls for its abolition or for any form of state regulation of the press.
No-jury trial was set up to avoid intimidation of jurors
Posted on February 18, 2010The jury-less trial of Peter Blake and others is the first of its kind under the provisions contained in the Criminal Justice Act 2003 to prevent jury nobbling. The only other judge-only trials for serious cases, known as Diplock trials, have been in Northern Ireland.
Wills & Co censured in risk case follow-up
Posted on February 17, 2010Wills & Co, the private client stockbroker, has been censured by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) for failing to improve its sales practices and monitor its advisers after it was fined and ordered to take remedial action three years ago.
High-earning barrister Jeremy Rosenblatt denies wrongly claiming fees
Posted on February 17, 2010One of the country?s highest-paid civil barristers was accused today of trying to dramatically inflate his publicly funded legal aid fees by wrongly claiming for work.
Insider deal profit handed over in envelopes full of cash, court told
Posted on February 17, 2010A former partner at Cazenove, the Queen?s stockbroker, was given his share of the profits from an insider-dealing scam in envelopes full of cash at a racecourse, a court heard yesterday.
Final censure for broker that failed to act after giving clients bad advice
Posted on February 17, 2010Wills & Co, the private client stockbroker, was censured by the City regulator yesterday for failing to improve its sales practices and compliance procedures, even after it was fined and ordered to take action three years ago.
Summing up - a precis or a chance to show flair, bias and artistic temperament?
Posted on February 17, 2010News that research by the Ministry of Justice has shown that juries often fail to understand the judge?s legal directions has focused attention on the purpose of the summing up in criminal trials.
Lawyer of the Week: Rambert De Mello
Posted on February 17, 2010Rambert De Mello, a barrister at No5 Chambers, Birmingham, acted for Davender Ghai, who won the right in a landmark Court of Appeal case, to be cremated on a traditional Hindu open-air funeral pyre in Britain.
Repealing the Human Rights Act may not be as alarming as it seems
Posted on February 17, 2010The Human Rights Act came into force ten years ago, in 2000, yet already all three major parties propose to amend it. The Government proposes a Bill of Rights and Responsibilities, bringing together rights such as free healthcare, victims? rights and equality, which, in Jack Straw?s words, ?are scattered across the UK?s legal and political landscape?.
Should curious jurors force a change in the Contempt of Court Act?
Posted on February 17, 2010Is it time to revisit the Contempt of Court Act 1981? The first research findings into how much jurors are influenced by press coverage were published this week and show that jurors resort increasingly to the internet to read about their cases.
Drive a Toyota? Who did you call first, your solicitor or a mechanic?
Posted on February 17, 2010Your brakes are wonky and your accelerator is sticky ? so you must be driving a Toyota. Whom do you call first ? your lawyer or your garage?
Binyam Mohamed and MI5: lawyers told how to avoid a repeat fiasco
Posted on February 17, 2010Last week Jonathan Evans, the Director-General of M15, emerged from behind his veil to comment on the case of Binyam Mohamed. His emergence was surprising: he denied that MI5 has been trying to cover up its activities and that the material was ?not prized from us by some external process but willingly provided by us to the court in the normal way?.
Watchdog backs down in Semperian dispute
Posted on February 17, 2010The Financial Services Authority was left looking "heavy handed" yesterday, lawyers said, despite claiming victory in an unusual prosecution of a £1 billion property fund for change of control violations.
FSA issues record fine against Genel Enerji
Posted on February 16, 2010The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has fined the head of Genel Enerji, the Turkish oil group, almost £1 million for insider trading in shares of Heritage Oil.
Courts overhaul planned to help juries baffled by judges
Posted on February 16, 2010Two thirds of jurors do not understand what judges tell them about the law when they retire to consider their verdicts, according to a ground-breaking study into the secrets of the jury room. The findings will trigger an overhaul of the courts.
Entrepreneur faces £30m tax demand after residency ruling leaves thousands exposed
Posted on February 16, 2010Thousands of entrepreneurs and celebrities face huge tax bills after a British businessman based in the Seychelles lost a long-running court battle over his residency yesterday.
Ministry of Justice verdict on juries: confused, erratic - but not racist
Posted on February 16, 2010It took 18 months and 69,000 jury verdicts; 551,669 charges and nearly 800 jurors. Now, for the first time, the Ministry of Justice has painted a detailed picture of the inside of the jury room.
The Cazenove connection: ex-broker tried for ?inside deals?
Posted on February 16, 2010Cazenove, the Queen?s stockbroker, was embroiled in a criminal insider dealing scandal yesterday after it was alleged that a former partner made almost £300,000 trading on confidential leaks from within the 187-year-old company.
How to . . . make pro bono work for you
Posted on February 16, 20101 Get your strategy right. Your pro bono work has to be right for your business, Ash Coleman-Smith, managing director for EAME (Europe, Africa and the Middle East) at Ogilvy Public Relations, said. Anything to do with corporate reputation ? which is where pro bono usually sits ? should be linked to how the business makes money, not how it spends it...
Ex-Cazenove partner faces insider dealing charges
Posted on February 15, 2010The Financial Services Authority's (FSA) third and most ambitious insider dealing prosecution to date is due to open today when a former partner at Cazenove, the Queen's stockbroker, enters the dock at Southwark Crown Court.
Media asks court to reinstate criticism of MI5 in Binyam Mohamed case
Posted on February 15, 2010Britain?s senior judges will rethink this week their controversial decision to excise damning criticism of MI5 from a ruling published last week.
Number of court cases involving Human Rights Act rises by a third
Posted on February 14, 2010Terrorism and deportation cases have fuelled the first rise for seven years in court cases using the Human Rights Act, figures published today show.
Nine British companies in US bribery inquiry
Posted on February 14, 2010Nine British companies are being investigated by American authorities for allegedly paying bribes to win business in overseas markets, according to new research.
Professor in campus killings had shot brother 24 years ago
Posted on February 13, 2010A biology professor went on a killing spree, shooting three colleagues at a university campus after being told she had been turned down for a permanent job.
Doctor fears ruin by libel from NMT Medical
Posted on February 13, 2010A British doctor who is being sued for libel by an American medical company fears financial ruin even if he wins the case.
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