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Virgin and Cathay accused of price fixing

Posted on April 22, 2010
The Office of Fair Trading has accused Virgin Atlantic and Cathay Pacific of breaching competition law by colluding to fix the price of passenger fares.

Owners of Marmite seek injunction against BNP after jar appears in video

Posted on April 22, 2010
The owners of Marmite sought an injunction against the British National Party today after it included images of the brand in a political broadcast.

Winterflood Securities fails in final appeal over Ł4m market abuse fine

Posted on April 22, 2010
Winterflood Securities has lost its final appeal against a Ł4 million fine for market abuse.

Dominic Carman: ?Why I?m standing against Nick Griffin?

Posted on April 22, 2010
Dominic Carman is furiously jabbing his finger at a crumpled magazine atop the large pile of paperwork on his kitchen table. Its contents are substantially faded, for it has been more than ten years since they formed the basis for a successful prosecution against the publication?s editor, Nick Griffin, for racial hatred offences.

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Sex offenders win right to challenge lifetime place on sex offenders register

Posted on April 21, 2010
Two sex offenders today won the right to challenge their lifetime inclusion on the sex offender register after complaining that it breached their human rights.

When partners face the crucial vote

Posted on April 21, 2010
?Every second before the election, you hate the idea of doing it. Every second after the election, you?re grateful as it?s given you so much more authority. And you need the mandate to do things and sometimes unpleasant things.? So said, no, not Gordon Brown, but Leslie Perrin, a former senior partner of the Bristol-based law firm Osborne Clarke about the way that many big law firms choose their leaders.

Lawyer of the week: Robert Dougans

Posted on April 21, 2010
Robert Dougans, an associate in the London office of the American firm Bryan Cave, acted for the science writer Simon Singh in the libel case brought against him by the British Chiropractic Association. In a landmark ruling from the Court of Appeal, England?s most senior judges held that Singh had the right to use the defence of ?fair comment?, which they renamed ?honest opinion?...

Law Society boss rejects members? decision over ?Tesco law?

Posted on April 21, 2010
Bitter divisions within the legal profession were laid bare last night when the President of the Law Society of Scotland (LSS) said he was ?unable to accept? the emphatic vote of his members to oppose reforms of the legal system.

The Times/Matrix debate on the Human Rights Act provokes rousing rhetoric

Posted on April 21, 2010
With an audience of lawyers, the result was probably never in doubt. But the Times/Matrix debate on Tuesday night (April 20) on the motion: ?The Human Rights Act should be scrapped and replaced by a British Bill of Rights? still managed to produce a sparky discussion and even a few fireworks.

Northern Rock finance boss leaves amid FSA inquiry

Posted on April 21, 2010
The third senior banker at Northern Rock to be investigated by the Financial Services Authority over the bank?s cover-up of almost 2,000 bad mortgages has stepped down.

Ryanair boss to challenge EU law on hotel bills

Posted on April 21, 2010
Tens of thousands of exhausted holidaymakers struggled home yesterday as the scramble for flights and ferries continued, despite airports reopening.

Mining giant BHP Billiton admits it may have bribed foreign officials

Posted on April 21, 2010
The world?s biggest miner admitted yesterday that it had uncovered possible corruption involving the bribery of foreign government officials at some of its exploration projects.

Law Society and Bar Council braced fight to maintain legal aid

Posted on April 21, 2010
The present Government is stuffed with lawyers; David Cameron?s brother is one and Nick Clegg is married to one. So whoever wins the general election, lawyers will have a hotline to ministers ? as well as, no doubt, filling a few seats.

Judge criticises social services over baby?s death by heater

Posted on April 21, 2010
A judge has criticised social services for a ?startling? lack of urgency in their handling of a vulnerable toddler who was found dead by paramedics strapped in a buggy in front of a heater, in a soiled nappy.

Lawyers 'made Ł80,000 on inside information'

Posted on April 20, 2010
Two City lawyers made almost Ł80,000 in illegal profits by trading in the shares of an obscure biotechnology company they knew was about to be taken over, a court was told yesterday.

Northern Rock inquiry turns to finance director

Posted on April 19, 2010
The City regulator is investigating whether Northern Rock?s former finance director was involved in the cover up of almost 2,000 bad mortgages.

You be the jury ? join our bribery poll

Posted on April 19, 2010
British companies are not doing enough to prepare for new laws that could lead to unlimited fines if their employees pay bribes, lawyers say.

Sex offender wins appeal against deportation on human rights grounds

Posted on April 19, 2010
A Pakistani man who abducted and had sex with underage girls is to be allowed to stay in the UK because deporting him would breach his human rights.

Supermarkets fined Ł225m for fixing tobacco prices

Posted on April 16, 2010
The competition watchdog has imposed fines totalling Ł225 million on retailers including Asda, Morrisons and The Co-operative for fixing the price of tobacco with manufacturers.

Executives held in French bossnapping

Posted on April 16, 2010
Two French executives spent a second night on their office floor after being detained by protesting workers in the latest case of bossnapping in France.

OFT faces challenge to Ł225m price-fixing ruling

Posted on April 16, 2010
Four companies have indicated that they will appeal against a finding of price fixing that resulted in a record Ł225 million fine by the Office of Fair Trading.

FSA bans two analysts after bets on leaks

Posted on April 16, 2010
The Financial Services Authority finished a frenetic week of punishing wrongdoing yesterday when it fined two former analysts a combined Ł276,000 and banned them for market abuse.

Fraudster jailed over Ł34m Ponzi scheme

Posted on April 16, 2010
A former black-cab driver who tricked more than 8,000 people into investing in a Ł34 million Ponzi fraud was jailed for ten years yesterday.

St Frances timeshare ?fraud? victims sue Barclays and GE Money

Posted on April 16, 2010
A group of 300 people who borrowed about Ł6 million to invest in an allegedly fraudulent timeshare scheme are suing Barclays Bank and GE Money because they refuse to cancel the loans.

Science writer Simon Singh wins bitter libel battle

Posted on April 15, 2010
Simon Singh, the science writer, today won his legal case against chiropractors who sued him for libel over his criticism of their medical claims.

FSA fines broker Ł235,000 for hard sell tactics

Posted on April 15, 2010
A stockbroking firm has been fined Ł235,000 by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) for using high-pressure techniques to sell penny shares.

The Times/Matrix Forum and Debate

Posted on April 14, 2010
Has the Human Rights Act tied the hands of the police and the Government, preventing them from taking proper measures against criminals and dangerous terrorist suspects? Do we need a modern British Bill of Rights that clearly sets out people?s rights and responsibilities for Britain in the 21st century?

Ryan St George wins Ł4.7m over prison fall that left him brain damaged

Posted on April 14, 2010
A young man left severely brain damaged after falling from a prison bunk bed has won Ł4.7 million in damages from the Home Office in an out-of-court settlement.

Businessman jailed for Greek bribery conspiracy

Posted on April 14, 2010
A British businessman has been jailed for his part in a three-year cospiracy to bribe Greek health officials.

Lawyer of the Week: Nigel Pleming, QC

Posted on April 14, 2010
Nigel Pleming, QC, of ThirtyNine Essex Street Chambers, acted with others for a coalition of residents, local authorities and green groups, including Greenpeace and the Campaign to Protect Rural England, in its successful challenge to the Government?s decision to build a third runway and sixth terminal at Heathrow.

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