Judges should be given powers to use their discretion when tackling the illegality defence where property ownership is concealed for criminal purposes.
A boost for the property sector, a four-year freeze on the inheritance tax threshold and a clampdown on tax avoidance were announced this week in what could be Chancellor Alistair Darling’s last budget.
Justice Secretary Jack Straw has set out proposed reforms to protect investigative journalism and tackle the perceived threat of libel tourism.
Recession prompts boost in enforced retirements
A 10-year legal battle has ended with the High Court quashing the Home Office decision to extradite businessman Mohammed Lodhi
Negative perceptions affect women’s careers
Boris Berezovsky, a Russian oligarch, has won a libel case at the High Court over allegations he was involved in the poisoning by polonium of former KGB officer Alexander Litvinenko in London in 2006.
The Supreme Court has ruled that a divorce settlement reached in a Nigerian court would have caused “real hardship” to the wife and ordered that she be awarded a more generous settlement by an English court.
The judicial balancing act required in cases involving competing human rights has created a “fundamental shift” in the way courts “do things”, Mr Justice Eady has said.
Law firms keen to raise non-partner finance
Commercial firm strengthens real estate disputes team with associate hire
Firm appoints three directors to board
Six promoted to partner and one to legal director across UK and Ireland offices