The property boss who can see the light at the end of the tunnel July 5, 2009 The airy offices of Knight Frank chairman Nick Thomlinson are as good a place as any to survey the wreckage of the property market over the last two years. So it can only be good news that the head of the UK’s largest privately-owned property business shows no sign of panic as he holds court [...]
Dixon the risk-taker changes his tactics to thrive in the recession May 19, 2009 You could almost be mistaken for thinking Mark Dixon, the founder and chief executive of office space provider Regus, is enjoying this recession. Perhaps it is because Regus’ share price has bounced 50 per cent since March. What is clear is that the short, fair-haired, serial entrepreneur who is sitting in one of his flagship [...]
UBS wins first step to stem staff exits August 5, 2008 UBS has won the first round of its legal battle to ban start-up wealth manager Vestra from poaching its staff and clients. High Court judge Mr Justice Openshaw granted an injunction preventing Vestra from making overtures to any UBS UK wealth management or stockbroking clients, or headhunting any more UBS employees. Seventy-five UBS employees have [...]
Chambers faces double trial July 10, 2008 Sprinter Dwain Chambers will discover his Olympic fate in the High Court next week – but only after he succeeds in a trial of a different kind in Birmingham tomorrow night. Chambers launched his bid to run in Beijing next month by formally challenging a British Olympic Association by-law which prevents athletes who have failed [...]
Fake Facebook entry banned July 25, 2008 A business whose personal details were falsely entered on Facebook, the social networking website, has won substantial libel damages at the High Court. Mathew Firsht won £22,000 in damages against an old school friend, Grant Raphael, who created the false entries. The judge ruled that Raphael’s defence – that the entry was created by people [...]
Chambers set to learn fate July 18, 2008 Dwain Chambers’ controversial and protracted fight to be allowed to run at this summer’s Beijing Olympics will finally be settled today when a High Court judge announces his verdict on the sprinter’s legal challenge to a lifetime ban. Chambers had expected to learn his fate yesterday, when the 100m runner attended court to hear his [...]
Madeleine suspect wins massive libel damages July 18, 2008 A suspect in the disappearance of schoolgirl Madeleine McCann in Portugal last year won £600,000 in libel damages yesterday for “the utter destruction” of his life. The 10 newspapers involved in the case had wrongly accused Robert Murat, who lived in the same resort where McCann vanished last May sparking an international search, of being [...]
Dwain court case delayed July 15, 2008 Great Britain’s squad for the Beijing Olympics was announced yesterday, but the sprinting line-up will not be named until Thursday, when Dwain Chambers’ case against a lifetime ban is heard in the High Court. Simeon Williamson was the only male 100m runner included in the draft squad, but Chambers and one other will join him [...]
Mosley to donate damages July 25, 2008 Max Mosley, the president of world governing body, the FIA, has pledged to give away the £60,000 he was awarded yesterday after winning his High Court battle with a national newspaper. The News of the World was ordered to pay damages after Mr Justice Eady ruled the paper had invaded his privacy by publishing details [...]
Chambers ban is death sentence, says Moses July 14, 2008 Drugs-cheat sprinter Dwain Chambers’ bid to overturn his lifetime Olympic ban has received support from an unlikely source – track legend and staunch anti-doping campaigner Ed Moses. The only barrier to Chambers competing in Beijing this summer is now the British Olympic Association’s suspension, after the 30-year-old won the 100m at the National Championships, which [...]