UBS activists stay until 2012 December 19, 2011 SWISS bank UBS came under further criticism from a senior judge yesterday as it lost the latest round of a lengthy battle to evict protesters who have taken over its disused City office. Lord Justice Lloyd said activists at the “Bank of Ideas” can remain in the block until January and gave them permission to [...]
RAPID RESPONSES December 18, 2011 Fire and ice Benny Peiser argues “the green agenda will remain firmly on ice for the rest of this decade”. [Durban’s climate conference puts green deal on ice, last Wednesday]. What’s true for inter-governmental climate treaties may also be coming true for the green energy movement, as governments realise they can’t afford the costly subsidies [...]
Airlines lose appeal over EU carbon tax December 21, 2011 US airlines have lost a legal fight to block the EU’s plans for carbon permits, which are due to come into force on 1 January. Industry group Airlines for America said it was considering an appeal after the European Court of Justice said the scheme to charge airlines for carbon emissions on flights to and [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING February 7, 2012 FINANCIAL TIMES BOMBARDIER JOBS BELIEVED SAFE Workers at the UK’s last train maker are expected to hear this week that their jobs are safe, ending months of uncertainty about the future of the factory in Derby. Its owner, Bombardier, put the future of the site under review in the middle of last year, after the [...]
Deutsche loss in high court battle March 22, 2011 DEUTSCHE Bank has been ordered to fork out €541,000 (£469,000) in compensation to a German paper company after the country’s highest court ruled that the bank had inadequately described the risks of a derivative it sold the firm in 2005. The case paves the way for dozens of potential losses in court for the bank, [...]
UBS activists hang on after court defeat December 7, 2011 PROTESTERS who took over an abandoned UBS building in the City are set to cling on for several more days despite losing a High Court battle yesterday. The Occupy group said it is taking its fight to the Court of Appeal after a judge threw out its attempt to overturn a possession order, granted to [...]
UBS activists hang on after court defeat December 7, 2011 PROTESTERS who took over an abandoned UBS building in the City are set to cling on for several more days despite losing a High Court battle yesterday. The Occupy group said it is taking its fight to the Court of Appeal after a judge threw out its attempt to overturn a possession order, granted to [...]
City legal row could run for nearly a year November 16, 2011 ST PAUL’S Cathedral could close to visitors for a second time, it has emerged, as the City of London demanded protesters clear their camp today or face High Court action. Yesterday officers from the City Corporation pinned eviction notices to activists’ tents asking them to leave by 6pm, the opening salvo in a legal battle [...]
BAT starts court fight over brand-free cigarette packets December 1, 2011 BRITISH American Tobacco (BAT) yesterday launched a High Court challenge against an Australian law that will require plain packaging of cigarettes from December 2012, saying it infringes intellectual property rights. This legal action comes just days after tobacco giant Phillip Morris sued the government over this plan, which will require all cigarettes to be sold [...]
BAT starts court fight over brand-free cigarette packets December 1, 2011 BRITISH American Tobacco (BAT) yesterday launched a High Court challenge against an Australian law that will require plain packaging of cigarettes from December 2012, saying it infringes intellectual property rights. This legal action comes just days after tobacco giant Phillip Morris sued the government over this plan, which will require all cigarettes to be sold [...]