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Lawyer of the week: Rhona Friedman

Posted on September 09, 2009
Rhona Friedman, an associate at Bindmans, in London, is acting for Samantha Orobator, 20, whose death sentence in Laos for drugs trafficking was commuted to life because she was pregnant. She has been repatriated to a UK prison, from where she is challenging her conviction.

Clubs face curbs on pursuit of youth

Posted on September 09, 2009
Sympathy for Chelsea is never easy to find, but it was arguably just bad timing that thrust the club?s signing of the French teenager Gaël Kakuta into the heart of a legal and moral storm thrown up by the interest of English clubs in the cream of foreign youth.

TV cameras to capture new era for law lords

Posted on September 09, 2009
The UK?s Supreme Court opens for business next month ? and for the first time in the highest court in the land, television cameras will be there to record its work.

Tolkiens win $150m Lord Of The Rings film settlement$

Posted on September 09, 2009
Time Warner has agreed to pay an estimated $150 million to the heirs of JRR Tolkien after a legal dispute over profits from the Lord Of The Rings films.$

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DNA database holds flawed data on ethnicity, claims Ethics Group

Posted on September 09, 2009
The DNA database holds flawed data on criminal suspects? ethnic groups and is ?not fit for purpose?, a government-appointed advisory group said. The independent Ethics Group, which reports to the Home Secretary, Alan Johnson, called on ministers to introduce an ethnicity classification system, warning of ?deficiencies? in the current method and describing these as ?unacceptable?.

Musicians hit out at plans to cut off internet for file sharers

Posted on September 09, 2009
Musicians from some of the world?s biggest bands are calling on the Government to abandon proposals to cut off the internet connections of people who illegally download music.

Dresdner sued for millions in withheld bonuses by 72 former traders

Posted on September 08, 2009
A group of 72 former Dresdner Kleinwort traders have sued the bank?s new owner Commerzbank claiming it reneged on tens of millions of pounds of guaranteed bonus payments.

Small law firms threatened by soaring insurance costs

Posted on September 08, 2009
Thousands of Britain?s high street solicitors are facing devastating increases of about 20 per cent in the cost of their annual insurance premiums because of the threat of negligence cases arising from the recession.

Brussels backs Portugal in Bwin online betting case

Posted on September 08, 2009
Moves to liberalise the online gambling market suffered a setback yesterday when Europe?s highest court ruled that governments could bar foreign online bookmakers if the intention was to combat fraud.

Former Dresdner Kleinwort traders sue for ?34m

Posted on September 08, 2009
A group of 72 former Dresdner Kleinwort traders are suing for millions of pounds in withheld bonuses in the biggest lawsuit of its kind to have emerged from the credit crunch.

McCurry Restaurant wins eight-year legal battle with McDonald?s

Posted on September 08, 2009
One is an international conglomerate, the other a small neighbourhood business ? and since 2001 they have been locked in battle over two letters of the English language. Yesterday McDonald?s Corporation, the American hamburger giant, was defeated finally in a Malaysian court by the McCurry Restaurant, of Ipoh Road, Kuala Lumpur.

Barclays fined £2.45m for reporting failure

Posted on September 08, 2009
Barclays, Britain?s second-biggest bank, has been fined £2.45 million by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) for ?serious? breaches in its reporting of trades.

Orange merger with T-Mobile to face tough competition hurdles

Posted on September 08, 2009
The planned merger of Orange and T-Mobile faces an uphill battle to convince competition authorities that the creation of Britain?s biggest mobile phone company should be allowed to proceed.

Google facing European challenge to digital library

Posted on September 07, 2009
Google was forced to offer concessions to European publishers yesterday as it came under pressure over its plans to digitise the world?s books.

BSA asks City regulator to delay stricter lending rules

Posted on September 07, 2009
Building society leaders have called on the City watchdog to suspend the imposition of its planned new mortgage lending restrictions. They say that the proposed new curbs are unfair because they will apply to them but not to banks.

Release of terror suspect expected to end secret evidence detentions

Posted on September 07, 2009
Britain?s most dangerous terrorist suspects are likely to be released from detention to avoid the disclosure of secret intelligence evidence, lawyers said.

RBS cuts overdraft penalties ahead of court ruling

Posted on September 07, 2009
Royal Bank of Scotland, the lender that is majority-owned by the taxpayer, has reduced its future overdraft charges before a decision is reached in the long-running court battle over the legality of the controversial fees levied by banks and building societies.

Sacked executives of Park Resorts win unfair dismissal tribunal

Posted on September 07, 2009
Three former executives of Park Resorts, the caravan park operator controlled by GI Partners (GIP), won their unfair dismissal case yesterday, although a tribunal rejected their claim that they were sacked after they blew the whistle on misleading financial estimates given by GIP to the banks.

Jurors find it hard to tell right from wrong, says study

Posted on September 06, 2009
The legal standard for dishonesty needs to be reviewed because jurors? widely different views may be affecting the outcome of trials, criminologists say.

Top terror suspect is freed over secrets fear

Posted on September 06, 2009
The Home Secretary has released a man regarded as one of Britain?s most dangerous terror suspects from virtual house arrest to avoid disclosing secret evidence against him, The Times has learnt.

Business big shot: Martin Grant, former chief executive of Park Resorts

Posted on September 06, 2009
Martin Grant, who was dismissed as chief executive of Park Resorts in December after 17 months in the job, will discover today at the London Central Employment Tribunal whether he has won his claim for wrongful dismissal from the caravan park operator.

M?learned friends make hay while City lawyers suffer

Posted on September 06, 2009
An increase in legal disputes arising from the credit crunch led to a record year for Britain?s top commercial barristers, with overall turnover increasing 14 per cent to £750 million, according to research published today.

BAE Systems and SFO discuss compromise deal after epic investigation into arms sales

Posted on September 06, 2009
BAE Systems is negotiating a possible settlement with the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) over bribery and corruption allegations that could see Europe?s largest defence company pay a fine but admit no guilt.

Buyers of Skype on course for a legal showdown with its founders

Posted on September 06, 2009
The founders of Skype last night were heading for a legal battle with the new owners of the internet telephony business over the technology that powers it.

Terror suspects' release: demise of control orders is inevitable

Posted on September 06, 2009
Four times each year a panel of Home Office officials, police counter-terrorism officers and agents from the intelligence services meets to discuss the individuals around the country who live subject to the terms of control orders.

Darling: bonuses must be 'earned not guaranteed'

Posted on September 04, 2009
Finance ministers from the G20 group of developed and emerging nations will meet in London today to try to reach agreement on a set of rules limiting the amount bankers can earn.

Transsexual killer wins battle to serve life sentence in a women's jail

Posted on September 04, 2009
A transsexual killer who was born a man has won a legal battle to be transferred to a women?s prison.

No buyer, no chef and a ?50 million legal wrangle for Hôtel de Crillon in Paris

Posted on September 04, 2009
It is the grandest hotel in France, with suites costing up to ?8,220 (£7,150) a night and a register signed by the likes of King George V, Sir Winston Churchill and Charlie Chaplin.

Google brought to book over digital library

Posted on September 04, 2009
A US district judge named Denny Chin is on the verge of becoming one of the most important men in the history of publishing. On October 7 in a New York courtroom he will preside over a ?fairness hearing? for a deal between Google and US publishers and authors to put millions of books online.

Partners at SJ Berwin feel pinch as cash is conserved

Posted on September 03, 2009
Partners in SJ Berwin are owed hundreds of thousands of pounds after the beleaguered City law firm delayed paying their share of profits for six months, it emerged yesterday.

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