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Boys and Girls Alone forces review of children's employment laws
Posted on February 14, 2009Ministers have ordered a review of child employment laws as a public outcry grows over the Channel 4 series, Boys and Girls Alone, which follows a group aged 8-11 who are left without adult supervision in isolated cottages in Cornwall.
Northern Rock shareholders fail in compensation bid
Posted on February 13, 2009The former shareholders of Northern Rock are expected to go to the Court of Appeal after failing today in their challenge to the Government?s compensation scheme which saw their shares valued at almost nil.
Shareholders in Northern Rock set to keep fighting
Posted on February 13, 2009The former shareholders of Northern Rock are expected to go to the Court of Appeal after failing yesterday in their challenge to the Government?s compensation scheme, which saw their shares valued at almost nil.
Allen Stanford facing fresh questions over his empire
Posted on February 12, 2009Questions are being raised over the business operations of Allen Stanford, the billionaire cricket benefactor, after it emerged that his business empire is at the centre of an investigation by regulators in the United States.
Musicians celebrate victory as go-ahead given for copyright to be extended to 95 years
Posted on February 12, 2009British musicians were celebrating a major victory last night after a powerful European Parliament committee gave the go-ahead to extend the copyright term for music recordings to 95 years.
SFO to probe AIG's UK financial business
Posted on February 12, 2009The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) announced today that it has launched a "preliminary inquiry" into the UK operations of AIG Financial Products, which is owned by America's American International Group (AIG).
City trader Terry Freeman arrested over £40 million 'Ponzi' fraud
Posted on February 12, 2009A City trader has been arrested by police investigating a £40 million investment fraud believed to be Britain's first major credit-crunch case.
Judge: Shipman could happen again
Posted on February 12, 2009The judge who chaired the inquiry into the mass murders committed by Dr Harold Shipman has cast doubt on whether reforms to prevent another such scandal will work.
Skadden defies crisis to hold revenue above $2bn$
Posted on February 12, 2009Skadden, America's biggest law firm, defied the financial crisis to record a slight increase in revenue last year to $2.2 billion ($£1.55 billion).
SFO launches investigation into AIG?s British financial arm
Posted on February 12, 2009The Serious Fraud Office (SFO), which yesterday launched an inquiry into the British financial arm of AIG, the nationalised US insurer, said that it may follow it up with further investigations into Kaupthing and Landsbanki, the collapsed Icelandic banks.
Why Freshfields had to freeze pay
Posted on February 11, 2009Was Freshfields right to freeze pay? Post your comments at the bottom of this article
Trader who received £1.2m bonus can sue for extra £100,000, court rules
Posted on February 11, 2009A City trader who is suing his employer claiming that he was underpaid £100,000 after receiving a £1.2 million bonus has won the right to continue his case.
Why we have still not learnt the lessons from Harold Shipman
Posted on February 11, 2009Ten years ago Harold Shipman was making headlines after he was charged with the murder of 15 of his patients. A public inquiry found that Shipman had used loopholes in the systems in which he practised as a family doctor to kill more than 215 people and to avoid detection for many years.
Lawyer of the Week: Chris Thorne
Posted on February 11, 2009Chris Thorne, a partner in the Exeter office of Foot Anstey, acted for the six male cancer patients whose frozen sperm samples were destroyed when the freezer storing them broke down. In a landmark ruling the Court of Appeal ruled that they were entitled to claim damages for the loss.
Credit-crunch divorcés appeal over maintenance
Posted on February 11, 2009The courts are expected to rule soon in a series of test cases brought by once-wealthy City workers who want to renegotiate their hefty divorce settlements now that they are deprived of their large bonuses.
Why financiers who made their firms money do deserve bonuses
Posted on February 11, 2009?You don?t need a review to answer the simple question: should senior bankers receive bonuses? The answer is no.? (Nick Clegg). ?Any contractual or legal obligations on banks to pay bonuses at a time when they were making huge losses must be challenged...
Are bankers just like anybody else and do they deserve protection?
Posted on February 11, 2009In The English Constitution (1867), Walter Bagehot noted that it had been said that ?the cure for admiring the House of Lords was to go and look at it?. The reputation of the Upper House has been badly damaged in the past few weeks by the apparent venality of some rogue peers who (if the allegations are proved) should be expelled from Parliament...
Madoff's wife 'withdrew $15m' before husband's arrest$
Posted on February 11, 2009American prosecutors agreed on Wednesday to a 30-day extension in their investigation of Bernard Madoff, raising the possibility that the disgraced fund manager may escape a jury trial.
How the Government is helping the bereaved in its Coroners and Justice Bill
Posted on February 11, 2009The proposed reforms to the Inquest system, criticised by David Pannick, QC, in Times Law last month, are vital to ensure that we offer bereaved people the best possible information and support at what is likely to be one of the most traumatic periods of their life.
House of Lords rule against BBC on release of bias report
Posted on February 11, 2009A lawyer has won the backing of the House of Lords in his campaign to force the BBC to disclose an internal report on perceived bias in its coverage of the Middle East.
Payout victory for stranded air passengers
Posted on February 11, 2009Air passengers will be able to claim millions of pounds in compensation for cancelled flights after a secret deal between British Airways and a group of complainants, The Times has learnt.
City bank 'strip club' culture excluded woman, tribunal told
Posted on February 10, 2009A senior female executive at a City bank headed by the new Trade Minister was a victim of sexism in a department where meetings ended up in strip clubs, an employment tribunal was told yesterday.
Beware the consequences of a rash resignation
Posted on February 10, 2009Throwing a tantrum and telling the boss where to stick your job has never been a good idea, but it is especially dangerous in a recession.
DLA Piper to shed 140 in second round of job cuts
Posted on February 10, 2009DLA Piper is to make a further 140 job cuts in the UK as it launches a second round of redundancies.
Lawyers fear West Tankers ruling could harm London
Posted on February 10, 2009London's position as a leading centre for high-value commercial disputes was dealt a blow today by one of Europe's highest courts.
Avoiding complaints - keeping judges and solicitors up to the mark
Posted on February 10, 2009The wheels of justice famously grind slow - but these days there are limits even to judicial slowness. More than 2,000 judges in England and Wales have been issued with a deadline for delivering their judgments and if they are late, must explain why.
Moore Stephens faces $175m negligence claim$
Posted on February 10, 2009Moore Stephens, the accountancy firm, was accused of negligence today in a $174 million ($£117 million) claim against it before the UK's highest court.
Fund managers win libel damages over £1bn 'hoodwink' claim
Posted on February 10, 2009Fund managers accepted a public apology and "substantial" undisclosed libel damages today over newspaper allegations that they intended to keep £1 billion of their investors' money for themselves.
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