Mediation flourishing in downturn June 16, 2009 LORD Woolf reported an intriguing statistic this month when he said that mediation delivered “a £1bn cost-saving” a year for business by diverting cases from the courts. The former Lord Chief Justice added that commercial litigation costs UK Plc £33bn per year. An average case going through the courts costs £1m and consumes three years [...]
Ofcom should stop persecuting BSkyB June 28, 2009 REWARDS for failure, we all agree, need to be eradicated. Everybody has had their fill of those – in the City, in government and elsewhere – who have pocketed a fortune while failing to deliver or even destroying institutions. But successful, entrepreneurial firms that have risked their owners’ capital, taken huge gambles and delivered vastly [...]
Ofcom should stop persecuting BSkyB June 28, 2009 REWARDS for failure, we all agree, need to be eradicated. Everybody has had their fill of those – in the City, in government and elsewhere – who have pocketed a fortune while failing to deliver or even destroying institutions. But successful, entrepreneurial firms that have risked their owners’ capital, taken huge gambles and delivered vastly [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING July 22, 2009 FINANCIAL TIMES PORSCHE CHIEF AT RISK IN RESCUEPorsche’s feuding family owners were last night locked in a board meeting trying to hammer out the terms of a rescue of the debt-ridden sports car maker and debating the future of Wendelin Wiedeking, the company’s chief executive. One person close to Porsche said that the prospect of [...]
Murray stretched as gutsy Kendrick gives Scot a scare June 23, 2009 IF Andy Murray had been under any illusion that his Wimbledon campaign would be a mere procession to the final then he was rudely snapped out of it yesterday by Robert Kendrick. World No3 Murray may have beaten his American opponent 7-5, 6-7 (3-7), 6-3, 6-4 to reach round two, but not before his title [...]
The FSA’s enforcement Queen says she will not stop fighting big cases July 21, 2009 IT is never easy to focus on the task at hand when the future of your organisation is in doubt – so even the Financial Services Authority’s (FSA) sternest critics should spare a thought for the beleaguered watchdog’s staff, who are all wondering what will happen to them over the next 12 months. But many [...]
The FSA’s enforcement Queen says she will not stop fighting big cases July 21, 2009 IT is never easy to focus on the task at hand when the future of your organisation is in doubt – so even the Financial Services Authority’s (FSA) sternest critics should spare a thought for the beleaguered watchdog’s staff, who are all wondering what will happen to them over the next 12 months. But many [...]
FOCUS ON: COLCHESTER, ESSEX June 11, 2009 FARTHINGS, GREAT HORKESLEY, CO6 4EQPrice: £1.25mThis imposing 1930s country house is just five miles north of Colchester, which is just under an hour from Liverpool Street. The accommodation is split over three floors and there are five bedrooms. From the first floor landing is a conservatory, leading out to a covered balcony. The drawing room [...]
Best beach reads July 22, 2009 MY SOUL TO TAKE by Yrsa SigurdardottirHodder, £11.99This Icelandic thriller is cooler than most from the get go. Where else could you find a ballsy Reykjavik lawyer with little time for nonsense called upon to investigate a haunting at a plush but doomed new age hotel on the wild Icelandic coast? A gruesome murder kicks [...]
Best beach reads July 22, 2009 MY SOUL TO TAKE by Yrsa SigurdardottirHodder, £11.99This Icelandic thriller is cooler than most from the get go. Where else could you find a ballsy Reykjavik lawyer with little time for nonsense called upon to investigate a haunting at a plush but doomed new age hotel on the wild Icelandic coast? A gruesome murder kicks [...]