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Murder charge for boys would have made Edlington trial too problematic

Posted on September 03, 2009
The spectre of the trial of the two boys who killed the toddler James Bulger 16 years ago loomed large over Sheffield Crown Court yesterday ? with the result that there will be no repeat spectacle of two small boys in the dock for attempted murder.

British National Party forced to admit non-whites

Posted on September 03, 2009
The British National Party is poised to give up its whites-only membership policy after a legal challenge accusing it of racial discrimination.

WTO to rule on claims of state aid for Airbus

Posted on September 03, 2009
The World Trade Organisation (WTO) is expected to issue a ruling today on the long-running feud between the United States and Europe over state aid for Airbus, the aircraft manufacturer.

Michael Mansfield, QC, on lawyers, the law and becoming a hate figure

Posted on September 02, 2009
Michael Mansfield, QC, the best-known brief at the Bar, says in an extract in his autobiography in The Times that it was "utterly reasonable" for Diana, Princess of Wales, to fear for her safety and suppose that she was under surveillance.

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Broker fined �20,000 for allowing insider trading

Posted on September 02, 2009
A stockbroker who missed "clear warning signals" and allowed a client to trade on inside information has been fined �20,000 by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) but allowed to continue working in the City.

Michael Mansfield - the dangerous subversive?

Posted on September 02, 2009
The memoirs of Michael Mansfield, QC, were always going to be a rollicking good read. Britain?s best-known defence lawyer and probably only household name at the Bar has appeared in an unrivalled run of top cases ? from the Birmingham Six to the Bloody Sunday inquiry; Jean Charles de Menezes to the Diana and Dodi inquest.

Calling all women solicitors . . . if you want to join the Bench, now's your chance

Posted on September 02, 2009
It may be the 21st century, but too many women solicitors still lack the confidence to apply to join the Bench. However, help is at hand. The Association of Women Solicitors is actively campaigning to encourage women to apply for judicial and public appointments.

Lord Turner and the City: do lawyers have a voice in the regulation debate?

Posted on September 02, 2009
This week the Financial Services Authority organised a briefing for lawyers to discuss ?issues arising from the Turner review (and its associated discussion paper)?. David Strachan, director of financial stability at the FSA, lead the session backed up by Andrew Whitaker, general counsel to the FSA board.

Judges go back to school to learn the art of judging

Posted on September 02, 2009
The art of judging cannot be taught. It is acquired on the job, almost by osmosis. That, at least, was the prevailing view among most judges a couple of decades ago. Judicial training was in its infancy and for many judges, who resisted it, almost a dirty word.

Lawyer of the Week: Patrick Green

Posted on September 02, 2009
Patrick Green, a barrister at Henderson Chambers, acted for Alice Clarke, a law student who, after a four-year battle, successfully challenged Cardiff University?s marks given to her in the Bar Vocational Course. The High Court ruled that the revised results should be accepted as though she had passed first time.

Broker fined by Financial Services Authority over ?acts of omission? on illegal trading

Posted on September 02, 2009
A stockbroker who missed ?clear warning signals? and allowed a client to trade on inside information has been fined �20,000 by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) but allowed to continue working in the City.

London Mayor Boris Johnson goes into battle on behalf of City?s financiers

Posted on September 02, 2009
Boris Johnson encountered stiff opposition in Brussels yesterday as he set out to soften European regulations on hedge funds.

Double murderer Dennis Harland Roberts wins cosmetic-treatment case

Posted on September 02, 2009
A double murderer serving a life sentence has won a High Court victory in his long-running legal campaign for the right to undergo cosmetic surgery to remove a large facial birthmark.

Diana was right to be worried, says top QC, Michael Mansfield

Posted on September 01, 2009
The fears of Diana, Princess of Wales, for her safety and her preoccupation with surveillance were ?entirely justified?, Michael Mansfield says today.

Divorcing couples encouraged to search for the most favourable court

Posted on September 01, 2009
Divorcing couples encouraged to search for the most favourable court Divorcing couples search for the best court Divorcing couples can receive vastly different outcomes depending upon which part of the country their case is heard

Judges to be put on trial to test their courtroom skills

Posted on August 31, 2009
Judges will go back to school to have their skills tested, under a radical training programme.

Applicants pull out as FSA gets tough on top bank jobs

Posted on August 31, 2009
Almost one in ten candidates for senior jobs at banks and other financial services businesses have withdrawn their applications since the Financial Services Authority (FSA) began aggressively vetting senior staff.

City braces for Tories? new financial crime force

Posted on August 31, 2009
A new agency with beefed-up powers to tackle fraud and other financial crime could be created within the first year of a Conservative government, City lawyers believe.

Lehman faces $100bn claims following bankruptcy$

Posted on August 31, 2009
London units of Lehman Brothers are among those claiming up to $100 billion ($�67.1 billion) from the defunct bank as its winding-up gathers speed.

Law firms enjoy vintage year despite dip in profits

Posted on August 30, 2009
Britain?s biggest law firms suffered a dip in profits for the first time in a decade last year but still enjoyed one of their best years, earning more than �4 billion.

Stanford rushed to hospital with rapid heart beat

Posted on August 27, 2009
Allen Stanford, the accused swindler, was rushed to hospital from his prison cell in Texas at 5.50am, Dick DeGuerin, his lawyer, confirmed today.

Law student wins four-year case to have exam marks upgraded

Posted on August 27, 2009
A law student who refused to accept the results of her final examinations has won a four-year legal battle to have her marks upgraded.

Policing protests: would mediation help?

Posted on August 26, 2009
As the Camp for Climate Action 2009 pitched its tents in Blackheath, south east London, yesterday how will the police react to protesters after the publicity they received over their actions at the G20 demonstrations in London in April?

Retirement: it?s a great idea but will anyone ever afford it?

Posted on August 26, 2009
Life expectancy increases by 15 minutes every hour. Fit and healthy 65-year-old men can expect to live to 88 and women longer still. By the time a man now starting his career reaches 65, he might expect to live until almost 100.

The tail of legal aid cuts is wagging the dog of British justice

Posted on August 26, 2009
The task of ensuring quality at the Bar has far-reaching effects. The profession is the main training ground for the higher court judges. The recent departure of the law lords for the Supreme Court was an occasion for noting the international admiration for that best of all courts: its quality is and will be inextricably linked to the quality of the young barristers who join the profession...

Co-op steals a march on Tesco in the race for legal customers

Posted on August 26, 2009
Forget ?Tesco law? ? the label now ascribed to the Big Bang that will lead to the shake-up of the legal services market in the next two years ? it?s clearly going to be Co-op law.

Class actions: why are we waiting?

Posted on August 26, 2009
When is a class action not a class action? When it?s a collective redress scheme or a representative action or basically anything that does not sound like loony American litigation.

Lawyer of the Week: Iain Purvis

Posted on August 26, 2009
Iain Purvis, QC, of 11 South Square Chambers, acted for the musician Matthew Fisher, who composed the organ riff in 1967 for A Whiter Shade of Pale by Procul Harum.

Tycoon sues his ex-wife after discovering children were not his

Posted on August 26, 2009
A devoted father who discovered that two of his three children had been fathered by another man is suing his ex-wife for compensation.

I?m a contestant ? let me out of here I?m off to an employment tribunal

Posted on August 26, 2009
As the sixth series of The X Factor gets under way, the spotlight falls on the latest group of hopefuls attempting to win a recording contract. But there can be only one winner and the ordeal suffered by Susan Boyle, a contestant on Britain?s Got Talent, has intensified pressure on programme makers to offer better protection to those who take part.

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