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Jack Straw orders inquiry into repossessions

Posted on November 10, 2008
Jack Straw, the Justice Secretary, has ordered an investigation into a legal loophole that allows lenders to repossess a home without a court order.

Serious Fraud Office looks for clues in America as it sheds the Clouseau image

Posted on November 09, 2008
It takes a special kind of criminal to try to steal from the head of the Serious Fraud Office. Yet Richard Alderman, who has just been appointed to run the government agency that fights fraud in cases involving more than Ł1million, has been duped twice.

Lord Falconer: 'regulators will drive litigation'

Posted on November 07, 2008
A surge in litigation is likely to be driven by regulators as they seek to find blame for the financial crisis, a group of leading lawyers said last night.

Allen & Overy up 11% as financial crisis pays off for top law firms

Posted on November 07, 2008
Allen & Overy stunned the City's legal market today by announcing an increase of 11 per cent in first-half revenue driven by a rush of work arising from the financial crisis.

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Security firm fined Ł95,000 after criminals guard shops

Posted on November 07, 2008
A security firm was fined Ł95,000 today after sending out unlicensed guards and staff with criminal convictions to look after a string of high street stores.

Baroness Scotland hails 'fantastic' Obama

Posted on November 06, 2008
The Attorney-General last night hailed the election of Barack Obama as ?a really fantastic day just but for American but for the whole world?.

'Wave' of credit crunch cases set to emerge

Posted on November 06, 2008
Litigation departments at the City's leading law firms have grown significantly busier in recent weeks as investors turn to legal action to recover losses suffered as a result of the financial crisis.

The Jonathan Ross-Russell Brand affair stripped bare

Posted on November 06, 2008
With David Cameron surfing in on the wake of the Ross-Brand affair to raise questions about the BBC?s size, regulation and commercial activities, it is no wonder that the top ranks of the BBC are running scared about what the row means for the long-term future of the corporation.

Lawyer of the Week: Steven Heffer

Posted on November 06, 2008
Steven Heffer, a partner at Collyer Bristow, acted for Marco Materazzi, the Italian footballer, who was reported by the Daily Mail as using racist abuse against Zinedine Zidane, the French former midfield player, during the France v Italy World Cup Final in 2006...

In the City: how to say 'sorry'

Posted on November 06, 2008
Sorry again!

Why David must still be able to take on The Daily Goliath

Posted on November 06, 2008
Lawyers are not popular and never less so than when they demand their fees. But to be really despised, we must fight and win a ?no win, no fee? case and then have the temerity to request payment of our fees with 100 per cent uplift.

Why 'no win, no fee' is bringing access to justice

Posted on November 06, 2008
The slow squeezing of life out of the legal aid system over the past decade and the impact it has had on money available to fund group claims led to multiparty specialists concluding that ? with only rare exceptions ? such claims were doomed.

In court today

Posted on November 06, 2008
Old Bailey

Law lord criticises plan to scrap defence of provocation for men who kill wives

Posted on November 06, 2008
The judge who heads Britain?s highest court has criticised the Government?s plans to scrap the defence of provocation for men who kill unfaithful wives.

Lockerbie bomber, Abdul Baset Ali al-Megrahi?s plea for bail

Posted on November 06, 2008
Edinburgh The Lockerbie bomber should be freed on bail pending appeal because he has prostate cancer and does not have long to live, judges heard yesterday.

Lovells up 15% as litigation looks set to take off

Posted on November 06, 2008
Lovells, one of the City's biggest law firms, defied gloomy expectations for the UK legal market today by reporting a 15 per cent increase in first-half revenue.

Lord Chief Justice: internet generation could be unsuitable as jurors

Posted on November 05, 2008
The internet generation is not used to listening for long periods and so could be unsuitable as jurors, the Lord Chief Justice has said.

Lord Lester stands down as adviser to Jack Straw

Posted on November 05, 2008
The Prime Minister?s plans to introduce a ?Bill of Rights and Responsibilities? have been dealt a blow with the resignation of the Lord Lester of Herne Hill, the Liberal Democrat peer.

Broker sues client over unwritten Ł20m deal

Posted on November 05, 2008
Cenkos Securities, the corporate finance house, has instructed lawyers to chase what it claims is an unpaid bill resulting from a senior banker taking on a Ł20 million deal without asking the client to sign a contract.

Legal Services Commission to axe 600 jobs

Posted on November 05, 2008
Some 600 officials could lose their jobs as part of cost-cutting at the Legal Services Commission (LSC), the body which runs the Ł2 billion legal aid scheme.

Former Alfred McAlpine Slate executive charged with fraud

Posted on November 05, 2008
The former head of a subsidiary of Alfred McAlpine, the support services group, has been charged with fraud and forgery in relation to an accounting scandal over exaggerated sales figures.

Recession means survival of the fittest in legal market

Posted on November 04, 2008
Those of us who are old enough to have been through a recession before are preparing with the wearied wisdom of war veterans. They've survived before, no doubt they'll survive again. Those who haven?t been through it should take some tips from the old timers...

Elderly expats lose appeal over pensions

Posted on November 04, 2008
MORE than half a million British pensioners who have retired overseas have had their hopes of seeing an upgrade to their state pensions dashed.

The Water Cooler

Posted on November 04, 2008
* McCain or Obama? Lawyers have already voted with their wallets, contributing more campaign funds to this election than any other industry. According to OpenSecrets.org, lawyers and law firms have given $84.9 million overall, dwarfing that of the securities industry, which is second with contributions of $42...

Probe ordered into litigation costs

Posted on November 04, 2008
A senior judge has been appointed to conduct a root and branch review of civil litigation costs prompted by fears that they are spiralling out of control.

Law firms look to cut costs as financial crisis bites

Posted on November 04, 2008
Top City lawyers may be reaping over Ł1 million a year but law firms are starting to make penny-pinching savings as they feel the impact of the financial crisis.

Father who threw son from balcony wins right to challenge unlawful killing verdict

Posted on November 04, 2008
A father who threw his two children off a hotel balcony, killing his son, won permission yesterday to challenge the inquest verdict of unlawful killing. Two judges ruled that John Hogan?s case raised ?serious points that are plainly arguable? and gave him permission to seek a review in the High Court.

Activist Clive Kelly's London home ?sold without his knowledge?

Posted on November 04, 2008
London An environmental activist told the High Court that his flat in West Kensington, West London, was sold without his knowledge while he was campaigning in the Amazon rainforest. Clive Kelly, 68, told deputy judge Mark Pelling, QC, he had not seen a penny of the proceeds...

First half-year results show law firm growth slowing

Posted on November 04, 2008
Britain's top law firms began releasing their first-half results today and early signs suggested that the astonishing growth of recent years has come to an end.

Should MPs interview new supreme court judges?

Posted on November 04, 2008
One of Britain?s most senior judges has conceded that there may be a US-style role for Parliament to question judges when the supreme court is up and running ? because judges are increasingly active in creating law.

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