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| What's Reporting Blair Impeachment Rabinder Singh and Connor Gearty, both at Cherie Blair's chambers Matrix, will draft motion calling for impeachment of her husband, Tony Blair Times, Legal War Links Abu Hamza Cleric arrested under Terrorism Act, 14 days to bring charges, already held in Belmarsh while US extradition order heard 27.08.04 BBC, Terror Links Blair Impeachment Coalition of Welsh, Scot and Tory MPs to table impeachment motion against Tony Blair, will force PM to appear in Commons to answer charges related to Iraq war 26.08.04 Guardian, Legal War Links Elections Court documents show significant bribery, fraud, intimidation in postal votes in European and local elections in June, Electoral Commission to publish recommended reforms today 26.08.04 Times Asylum Figures Applications for asylum fall, but so do removals of failed cases 25.08.04 Times, Home Office Press Release, Asylum Links Unfair Tenancies OFT has published guidelines on unfair terms in tenancy agreements 25.08.04 OFT Press Release, Landlord and Tenant Links, Property Law Links Crime Online Fraud in UK using indentity theft rose 44% to £30m in 2003, expected to continue to rise Ananova US to announce tomorrow series of major cases targeted at spam 25.08.04 NY Times, Cybercrime Links, Spam Links, Fraud Links Asylum Home Office figures today expected to show continuing fall in asylum applications, result of tougher border controls, critics say asylum seekers 'driven underground' 24.08.04 BBC, Asylum Links Immigration ONS asked Home Office for 'views' on delaying statistics showing record high immigration, civil servants told to track and counter MigrationWatch, revelations in files obtained under DPA subject access 22.08.04 Sunday Times, Immigration Links |
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& Issues £1.7m Mirror Payoff Ex Mirror editor Piers Morgan has accepted £1.7m payoff, sacked following fake Iraqi prisoner pics, 'reward for failure' increased due to poorly drafted contract 25.08.04 Guardian, Payoff Links, Media Law Links Cancer Insurance BUPA is only insurer to provide complete cover for cancer patients, many others obscure limits with 'opaque' terms, FSA says it will investigate when it begins regulation of general insurance next year 24.08.04 Times, Personal Injury Links, Insurance Links Human Rights Law Soc president Nally says Tories 'overplaying' in bid to review Human Rights Act, merely allows UK courts to deal with issues Guardian Compensation culture shown to be 'urban myth' 24.08.04 Times, Human Rights Links Mod Sued Mother of soldier killed in Iraq plans to sue MoD for breaching its duty of care, claims her son died as result of lack of proper equipment 23.08.04 Guardian, Legal War Links Met Race Bias Morris inquiry finds half of Met Police race discrimination hearings brought by white officers in respect of campaigns to promote ethnic minorities 23.08.04 Guardian, Race Discrimination Links Collins Stewart FSA and others have been sent anonymous dossier alleging insider dealing by James Middleweek, who is suing Collins Stewart for unfair dismissal 22.08.04 Telegraph, Employment Law Links, Collins Stewart Links 18
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Business Credit DTI has ruled out cap on interest rates as means of reining in over-aggressive credit providers, says caps would only help loansharks 27.08.04 Telegraph, Credit Links Microsoft EU is to probe proposed purchase of anti-piracy software developer ContentGuard BBC, Piracy Links, EU Competition Links ASA says Microsoft ad on Linux is misleading 27.08.04 BBC, Media Law Links, Microsoft Links Big Pay Executive pay rose 13% last year, taking average CEO renumeration to £1.7m 27.08.04 Guardian, Executive Pay Links Telemarketing How to keep up with business development while keeping within the rules of the Corporate Telephone Preference Service (CTPS) rules 27.08.04 Online Recruitment Tax on Trusts Revenue has confirmed that withdrawals from popular 'gift-and-loan trusts' will be subject to income tax, commonly used to keep family assets outside scope of inheritance tax 26.08.04 Telegraph, UK Tax Links, Wills and Probate Links Credit Card Fraud Survey shows credit card fraud fell 5% in 2003 to £402m, likely to continue to decline as use of pin numbers spreads 26.08.04 BBC, Fraud Links Porn at Work Hundreds of staff at DWP have been found to be accessing pornography on the internet 26.08.04 Times, Employment Law Links Shell FSA and SEC attack oil giant for 'gross misconduct' in misstating reserves, firm will be fined $120m in US and £17m in UK 25.08.04 Telegraph, FSA Press Release, Shell Links, Corporate Governance Links Employment Most small businesses unaware of changes in employment law due in Oct, sanctions at tribunals where there is no contract or where 13-step dispute procedure not followed 25.08.04 Telegraph, Employment Law Links Agency Workers Survey shows 97% of workers opting out of regulations, benefits too few to justify imposing new status, some insurer refusing cover due to unkown legal implications 25.08.04 Online Recruitment, Agency Workers Links, Employment Law Links Property Search OFT has rejected complaint from TM Property Services that its competitors in online search are abusing market dominance, but abuse by local authorities in 'market as a whole' to be investigated further 24.08.04 Telegraph, OFT Press Release, Competition Links, Residential Property Links HBOS 4 Abbey HBOS is to write to EU Competition Commission on cross-shareholding between Abbey bidder Santander and RBOS, alleges 'cosy club', move likely to prepare for counter bid for Abbey Financial Times Santander says it will maintain bid 24.08.04 Reuters, EU Competition Links Directory Enquiries NAO is to investigate process of opening directory enquiries to competition, including role of then regulator Oftel, new regulator says prices down but market 25% smaller 24.08.04 BBC, Competition Links, Telco Links MG Rover Firm looks forward to bid from Shanghai Automotive (SAIC), TGWU would seek pledges on UK manufacturing 24.08.04 Times Missold, Mistaxed Revenue is to pursue tens of thousands of individuals for tax on payments received as compensation for missold investment products 23.08.04 Telegraph, Financial Services Links, UK Tax Links Fake Goods Govt plans major crackdown this autumn on £10b counterfeit goods industry, research shows 50% of youth have bought pirated goods 23.08.04 Independent, Counterfeiting Links |
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News PI Referral Fees Liverpool lawyer Paul Higgins has written to hundreds of GPs offering £170 for every patient referred whose case is taken up 27.08.04 BBC, Solicitor Practice Links Complaints Law Society will be fined up to 1% of its revenue, to maximum of £1m, if its complaints handling is judged inadequate, not £5m as suggested by DCA in the spring 23.07.04 Law Gazette, Practice Links Lord Chancellor Lords vote down abolition of post, Falconer says it is about the name of the role, broad agreement on what the role should entail, opponents say change threatens judicial independence 14.07.04 BBC, Constitutional Reform Links Linklaters Japan Firm will announce today merger of Japanese practice with Mitsui Yasuda Wani & Maeda, Japan's first cross-broder merger in legal services 12.07.04 Financial Times, Solicitor Practice Links Missold Endowments Scottish Law Soc rules against less than 1% of solicitors, compared to 40% of insurers, complainants to consider approaches to Treasury and FSA 11.07.04 Sunday Herald, Oslo Links, Solicitor Practice Links Searches Credit RatingLegal Documents At a Glance Legal Books Company
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Audit of Auditors First report of Public Company Accounting Oversight Board finds 'significant audit and accounting issues' at each of the Big Four accountants 27.08.04 NY Times, US Governance Links, Sarbanes Oxley Links Paxil Settlement Spitzer agrees to drop charges related to Paxil (Seroxat in UK) in return for Glaxo promising to publish results of clinical trials for all its drugs, threat of further suits if other pharmas do not follow 27.08.04 NY Times, Paxil-Seroxat Links, Pharmaceutical Links Thatcher Mark Tatcher under house arrest, on bail of R2m, denies charges related to financing attempted coup in oil-rich Equatorial Guinea, prison letter from alleged plotter refers to 'Scratcher' 26.08.04 Guardian Piracy Latest MPAA is suing two DVD chip-makers, claims chips ignore copy protection rules ZNet RIAA to sue 900 file sharers, follows court warning not to supress P2P networks Register, Federal agents raid five homes, suspected 'hubs' 26.08.04 Washington Post, DVD Piracy Links, Internet Piracy Links Thatcher Arrest Mark Thatcher, son of former PM, was arrested in South Africa this morning on charges relating to attempted coup in Equatorial Guinea 25.08.04 Reuters Banking Japan The battle to consolidate Japan's largest banks intensified with $29b hostile bid by Sumitomo Mitsui for UJF, disrupts agreed deal between UJF and Mitusbishi Tokyo 25.08.04 NY Times, Capital Markets Links Workplace Racism Kodak faces employee class action seeking damages for race discrimination, some say management out of touch, but many African-American staff defend company with strong equality policies 28.08.04 NY Times, Racism Links Google Governance ISS has given Google 0.2 out of 100 for corporate governance, worst in S&P 500, identifies 21 faults, including control by founders and lack of rules on inside shareholding 24.08.04 Guardian, US Corporate Governance Links Art Fraud Finnish dealer suspected of using high quality photocopier to fake etchings and graphics attributed to Dali, Chagall, Piccaso, sold for €10k each 24.08.04 Guardian, Fraud Links Scream Armed robbers held up Munch Gallery and stole world's most reproduced painting, Edvard Munch's Scream, ransom demand expected 23.08.04 Gaurdian P2P Legal Federal Appeal Ct says P2P developers are not responsible for the use to which their software is put, Grokster and Morpheus legally free to operate in the US BBC Kazaa will make identical appeal 23.08.04 Inquirer, Internet Piracy Links Iraq Reconstruction There may be little to show 'on the ground', but power plants are opening by the week, thousands of schools, clinics and roads are planned, daily employment up from 5k to 88k, $17b still left to spend 23.08.04 LA Times, Iraq Reconstruction Links War Crimes Straw to issue one day ultimatum to Sudan, 30 names of alleged war criminals published and UN sanctions threatened Times Four of the most serious Abu Graib hearings begin today BBC Four Guantanamo detainees to be charged this week with war crimes 23.08.04 Reuters, Legal War Links
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