| Is this the end of the kiss-and-tell? |
Tue, 13 May 2008 19:31:59 BST
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Last week’s Court of Appeal decision in the case brought by J. K. Rowling has
stacked yet another building block in the creation of a privacy law. The
court upheld Rowling’s right to battle to ban publication of covert
long-lens pictures taken of her son in public when 18 months old. The Master
of the Rolls, Sir Anthony Clarke, said: “If a child of parents who are not
in the public eye could reasonably expect not to have photographs of him
published in the media, so too should the child of a famous parent.”
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| Jobs for junior lawyers dry up as boom ends |
Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:59 BST
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Britain’s largest law firms are reducing the number of junior lawyers they are
hiring amid concerns that debt finance and corporate takeover work both in
London and overseas has largely dried up.
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| Bribery: why things must change |
Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:40 BST
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Has the cost of doing business in countries such as China and India, and in
the Middle East and Africa just got higher? As well as paying bribes to
government officials to win export contracts in the first place, it looks as
if Western companies must also factor in paying off their own governments —
in the form of substantial fines — when caught in the act.
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| In the City: May 13 |
Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:24 BST
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The good book
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| Legal Moves |
Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:15 BST
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* Mandie Lavin, director of fitness to practise and legal affairs at
the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, is to join the Bar
Standards Board (BSB).
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| Victims of apartheid can sue multinationals |
Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:06 BST
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Thousands of South Africans who suffered under apartheid won the right
yesterday to sue a number of companies, including BP, Citigroup and Ford,
for allegedly helping to perpetrate human rights abuses.
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| Lawyer of the Week: Alexander Carter-Silk |
Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:05 BST
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Alexander Carter-Silk, a partner at Speechly Bircham, acts for the luxury shoe
brand Gina, which accepted £100,000 plus £150,000 court costs in settlement
from Moda in Pelle, which was selling copies of its shoes in retail and
internet outlets.
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| Consign libel tourism to the dustbin of history |
Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:03 BST
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Too many foreigners jet in to sue foreign publications, authors and
broadcasters before our claimant-friendly libel courts. Foreigners unable or
unwilling to take their chances before their own courts come to ours.
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| Lord Chief Justice and his funky new gown |
Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:00 BST
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For 300 years the wig and gown have symbolised the authority of the court. All
that will change in October, when judges in civil and family cases will
ditch their horsehair wigs and instead be dressed by a designer whose
trademark is “funky British clothes for aspiring funky British girls”.
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| Crime against authority? Case dismissed! |
Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:00 BST
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All rise, all rise, The Times fashion department hereby acquits the
Lord Chief Justice of all charges against judicial traditions. We are aware
of the 300 years of history contended in court today, but for crimes against
poodles, the wig must go and with it we also bid farewell to the bin-liner
gown and starched collars. In short, we like the new look.
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| Boris Johnson drops Ken Livingstone's lawsuit against water plant |
Mon, 12 May 2008 14:13:00 BST
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The new Mayor of London has dropped a legal challenge initiated by his
predecessor that claimed a proposed water plant in East London was
inefficient and bad for the environment.
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| Sir Paul McCartney and Heather Mills: after all that, it's finally over |
Mon, 12 May 2008 12:26:05 BST
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In contrast to the media circus that surrounded previous hearings, the
four-year divorce of Sir Paul McCartney and Heather Mills finally ended
today with a quick, uncontested pronouncement by a High Court judge.
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| HM Revenue sued over pension scheme tax |
Mon, 12 May 2008 11:58:51 BST
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The National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) has teamed up with a private
pension scheme that manages the retirement savings of Ford, Jaguar and Land
Rover workers to bring a £300 million legal challenge against the
Government’s policy of charging VAT on investment management fees.
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| Farepak liquidators to sue former directors |
Mon, 12 May 2008 11:47:18 BST
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The liquidators of Farepak are suing the company’s former directors over the
high-profile collapse of the Christmas savings club two years ago.
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| What experience should I get before university if I want to become a barrister? |
Mon, 12 May 2008 10:14:24 BST
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I am currently a 6th form student. I am an aspiring barrister but I am all
too aware of the excruciating competition that exists to get pupillage at
the top chambers. What should I do in order to bolster any future
application I may make? Please could you explain or give me some indication
of the type of experience that I could undertake after university.
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| Harry Potter copyright case: fair use or foul? |
Mon, 12 May 2008 09:49:26 BST
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The high level of media interest in the Harry Potter copyright case heard in
New York last month was perhaps inevitable given the popularity of anything
to do with the young wizard.
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| How to . . . manage a team |
Mon, 12 May 2008 09:45:04 BST
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Become
a better lawyer: running a case, doing a deal, moving in-house and other
tips from the top
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| British Gas fights Accenture over billing |
Mon, 12 May 2008 00:00:42 BST
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An IT system that was supposed to make British Gas the darling of consumers
nationwide has instead become the focus of a multimillion-pound legal
battle.
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| Councils consider legal action against building companies |
Mon, 12 May 2008 00:00:35 BST
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Local authorities are looking into the possibility of launching legal action
against building companies accused last month of cover-pricing and
bid-rigging by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT).
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| Sir Tom Hunter tries to block Dobbies rights issue |
Sat, 10 May 2008 00:00:32 BST
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Sir Tom Hunter's long-running battle with Tesco for control of Dobbies Garden
Centres took a new twist yesterday when the Scottish billionaire began legal
proceedings to thwart a proposed rights issue that threatens his position.
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