Travel Notes July 24, 2011 ROMAN SAVINGS Rome in high summer is no fun if you aren’t doing it properly. You don’t want to slog miles across the city through the crowds; no, you want the Forum on your doorstep. The luxe Palazzo Manfredi, a 17th century palazzo in the heart of the historical centre of Rome, offers a rather [...]
Omega sued by ex-boss February 14, 2011 RICHARD Tolliday, the former Omega Insurance chief executive, could be entitled to £6m compensation after his forced departure from the firm, sources told City A.M. yesterday. Tolliday is suing Omega for compensation relating to his exit from the company last March, when a shareholder coup ousted chairman Walter Fiederowicz and the board. He has filed [...]
CASE STUDIES| NEWS FROM THE COURTS THIS WEEK February 22, 2011 SHARE-RAMPING BAN UPHELD The Upper Tribunal (Tax and Chancery) has upheld the decision of the FSA to fine and issue a prohibition notice to a stockbroker involved in a share-ramping scheme. Graham Betton had 30 years experience and was the managing director of his firm. The scheme involved unauthorised trading of his clients’ accounts and [...]
CASE STUDIES| NEWS FROM THE COURTS THIS WEEK February 22, 2011 SHARE-RAMPING BAN UPHELD The Upper Tribunal (Tax and Chancery) has upheld the decision of the FSA to fine and issue a prohibition notice to a stockbroker involved in a share-ramping scheme. Graham Betton had 30 years experience and was the managing director of his firm. The scheme involved unauthorised trading of his clients’ accounts and [...]
Personal injury claims rise 72pc January 24, 2011 THE number of high-value personal injury claims has soared 72 per cent over the last five years, according to new statistics obtained by Sweet & Maxwell. The legal information firm says the statistics refer to claims in the High Court, which have a value of £15,000 or more, which have jumped from 715 in 2005 [...]
Personal injury claims rise 72pc January 24, 2011 THE number of high-value personal injury claims has soared 72 per cent over the last five years, according to new statistics obtained by Sweet & Maxwell. The legal information firm says the statistics refer to claims in the High Court, which have a value of £15,000 or more, which have jumped from 715 in 2005 [...]
A weekend in Johannesburg November 20, 2011 THERE’S too much history in this town.” So says my tour guide Zac as we speed away from Johannesburg airport. He’s not wrong. Just 125 years old, South Africa’s largest city has developed as though on steroids. The often bloody events that mark its relatively short lifetime read like those of a much older city. [...]
A weekend in Johannesburg November 20, 2011 THERE’S too much history in this town.” So says my tour guide Zac as we speed away from Johannesburg airport. He’s not wrong. Just 125 years old, South Africa’s largest city has developed as though on steroids. The often bloody events that mark its relatively short lifetime read like those of a much older city. [...]
More firms use Human Rights Act February 13, 2011 THE number of businesses using the Human Rights Act to fight their legal disputes is rising, even as politicians debate replacing it with a British bill of rights. Research shows the number of reported court cases where businesses used the act as part of their legal case jumped 63 per cent from 19 to 31 [...]
More firms use Human Rights Act February 13, 2011 THE number of businesses using the Human Rights Act to fight their legal disputes is rising, even as politicians debate replacing it with a British bill of rights. Research shows the number of reported court cases where businesses used the act as part of their legal case jumped 63 per cent from 19 to 31 [...]