- Lawyers braced for surge in fraud cases
- Citigroup sued by Greek steelmaker over 'malicious' research
- PwC in spotlight over missing billion at Satyam, 'India's Enron'
- Watchdog exposes broadband speed rip-off
- Madoff ?asked UK arm for £100m? before arrest
- Clifford Chance: backed into a tight corner
- Aon is fined £5.25m as FSA launches crackdown
- Clifford Chance seeks £40m from partners
- SFO opens probe into Madoff's UK business
- Aon fined £5.25m for making 'suspicious' payments
- Clifford Chance to axe up to 80 London lawyers
- B. Ramalinga Raju, chairman of Satyam, admits £1bn fraud and quits
- Bernard Madoff puts skids under Santander?s profit hopes
- In the City
- Lawyer of the Week: Pete Weatherby
- Bruce Houlder, QC, the top criminal silk taking on the Armed Forces
- Fraud: the public are in a mood for show trials of guilty managers
- FSA could extend rule on short-selling disclosure to all public companies
- FSA fortifies campaign to stamp out insider deals
- Fusty image and poor pay put women off being judges
- FSA steps up insider dealing blitz
- FSA considers forcing disclosure of all short positions
- Simmons & Simmons named most gay-friendly law firm
- Nigel Boardman: law firms right to target underperforming partners
- Thousands bankrupted over unpaid council tax
- President Sarkozy to scrap ?super-sleuth? examining magistrates
- £6m of sick miners' awards went to Arthur Scargill's union
- Kaupthing Singer & Friedlander sues Britain over UK subsidiary
- Iceland brings legal action over Kaupthing UK demise
- Dow Chemical to sue Kuwait over 'contract breach'
- Clifford Chance hires senior FTC lawyer as head of US antitrust practice
- Threat to SEC as Madoff breaks bail by mailing $1m in jewellery$
- FSA calls end to ban on short-selling of financial stock
- Retirement funds at risk in HBOS deal, says trustee
- Hard times spark falling-out of partners in leading law firms
- EAT rules law firms can force partners to retire
- US regulator questioned over Madoff scandal
- Divorce lawyers braced for busiest week ever
- US banks drawn into Bernard Madoff scandal amid fear of more victims
- Jackpots and stakes doubled as gaming industry given boost by ministers
- City law firms prepare for painful year ahead
- Linklaters crowned king of global M&A
- Business faces year of intense regulatory scrutiny
- FSA under pressure to extend ban on short-selling
- Tell us your holiday plans, banks insist
- Accused troops will face more robust courts martial, says prosecutions chief
- Reforms are long overdue, but lawyer will be treading a very difficult path
- Henry Kaufman, aka Dr Doom, and Kevin Bacon join Madoff victims
- The Water Cooler
- Jog your memory in our annual legal quiz
- How to make the most out of losing your job
- Lawyer of the Week: Natasha Rees
- Knowles and Lewis knighted for services to law
- 'Honey laundering' beats US tariffs on Chinese food products
- Lawyers may call for publication of Madoff assets
- Gordon Brown rules out change in law on assisted dying
- Popeye the Sailor copyright free 70 years after Elzie Segar's death
- Council to sue former director Christine Laird for £750,000
- FBI steps up search for evidence in Bernard Madoff scandal
- Max Mosley raises the stakes over invasion of privacy
- University goes to court over $24m lost in Bernard Madoff scandal$
- It?s one pardon too many for George W Bush
- Bernard Madoff ?took SwFr1bn? from Credit Suisse customers
- Piracy insurance hinges on number of raiders
- Investors act against golden couple tarnished by Madoff fund scandal
- 300 victims of abuse to sue councils for neglect
- Compensation at last for a childhood betrayed
- Thacher Proffitt is latest US legal casualty
- Damages win for Tim and Gina Williams - falsely suspected of abusing their children
- Feeder funds drawn into spotlight in Madoff scandal
- Victims of the fall of Madoff
- City regulators probe Madoff?s London firm
- Independent panel accuses FSA of assault on the rights of consumers
- The Lehman executive, the betrayed wife, the Playboy model and the case of $5m shares
- FBI diverts anti-terror agents to Bernard Madoff $50 billion swindle$
- Bailiffs get power to use force on debtors
- Buy-to-let scandal spreads nationwide
- Stephen English, a straight man, was victim of gay gibes, court rules
- Heterosexual wins harrassment case over 'gay' taunts
- Banker 'betrayed golden goose wife' in trading ring
- Barack Obama lays into SEC for its lack of 'adult supervision'
- Iraqis await court's ruling over British soldiers' brutal murder
- Parmalat's founder is sentenced to ten years' jail
- In court
- Senior judges refuse to rule on pre-nuptial agreements
- Bernard Madoff: the ?most hated man in New York? seeks $3m for bail$
- In the City:
- No sex please. We're British and it's private
- Lawyer of the Week: Stephen Cragg
- Family courts: a free-for-all? No, we will still protect children
- Pollution, runways and protesters . . .
- Why only radical reform will regain the public's confidence
- MPs accuse courts of allowing libel tourism
- In court today: Robert Napper; Michael Bamford; Roger Pead
- Jack Straw given approval to pardon jailed fan Michael Shields
- Barristers' data lost in Bar Council break-in
- British opt-out from 48-hour working week defeated in Strasbourg
- Madonna blames spokeswoman for 'inaccurate and misleading' divorce statement
- ?Access all areas? for media so justice is seen to be done
- ?Access all areas? for media so justice is seen to be done
- How The Times helped to end an injustice
- A nose bleed, then children were in care
- PartyGaming close to US settlement
- French watchdog fines steel cartel ?575m
- We erode the coroner?s ancient powers at our peril
- Will the new Coroners Bill resurrect the controversial secret inquests?
- Time running out for one family caught by the family courts
- Family courts: case studies
- Family courts: what changed on the long walk to freedom
- The case against barristers and solicitors merging
- Family courts to be opened up as Jack Straw announces massive shake-up
- Madoff due in court to meet $10m bail terms$
- Guy Ritchie gets £50m from Madonna in divorce settlement
- French steel groups fined record ?575m for cartel
- The De Menezes verdict: will it give the family a sense of justice?
- You've been poked - now you're homeless. Lawyer serves repossession papers on Faceboo
- Job cuts in the recession: your rights
- PartyGaming co-founder Anurag Dikshit pleads guilty to US charge
- Tobacco giants can be sued over low-tar cigarettes
- British banks losing billions to ?one big lie? in biggest ever fraud
- Boom-time scam laid bare by bust
- ?Barrister? who bought wig and robes on eBay is jailed
- SFO pleads workers in City to turn whistleblower
- Siemens to pay ?1bn as corruption inquiry closes
- A chance to bite back for the bankers?
- Serious Fraud Office calls on employees to expose City wrongdoing
- Wall Street 'fraud' victims continue to rise
- Rainmakers: Diana Good
- RBS joins $50bn Wall Street 'fraud' victims$
- Extra judges drafted in to hear immigration appeals
- Forget the kids – now custody battles are switching to Fido
- Public in strong backing for right to assisted suicide
- My mother deserves dignity in life, not a way out
- More solicitors to face tribunal over coalminers? scandal
- Beresford solicitors struck off after being found guilty over sick miners scandal
- Children?s plight likely to be increasingly common
- Shamed solicitor Jim Beresford plans legal services ?supermarket?
- British surrogacy ruling saves baby twins from Ukraine orphanage
- The Water Cooler
- How The Times broke the story of Beresfords - the millionaire solicitors
- Beresford solicitors guilty of misconduct in sick miners compensation scandal
- Lloyd's forced to pay £35m to Kim Jong Il's regime after losing battle over 'fraud' c
- Josh Hartnett accepts £20,000 over sex allegations
- In the City: the best Christmas freebie ever
- Turning to India at break-neck speed
- Christmas law books: stocking thrillers, fillers and always a courtroom drama
- Lawyer of the Week: Sarah Webb
- Egg is fined £700,000 for mis-selling insurance cover for payment protection
- John Magnier pursues Laing O?Rourke in Irish courts
- Gordon Brown refuses to back law allowing assisted suicides
- Coroner records suicide verdict on Daniel James
- If it's in your contract, bonus season cometh
- Office of Fair Trading ticking-off over VAT cuts surprises retailers
- BAA faces fines for poor service at Stansted after airlines complain
- Why Daniel James's death in a Swiss clinic was not a case for the prosecution
- Right to die: will this encourage others?
- No charges to be brought in Daniel James assisted dying case
- Rainmakers: Anthony Ward
- Future Stars of the City 2008
- Judge 'devastated' as Heathrow robbery trial abandoned for third time, at cost of £22
- A new year overhaul for the Human Rights Act
- Sky to broadcast man dying at suicide clinic
- Bar chair: vulnerable children 'at risk' after legal cuts
- Labour MP Diane Abbott wins human rights award
- Managing partner convicted of money laundering
- Government 'ripped up' competition law to push through Lloyds merger with HBOS
- Madonna sues for £5m over 'stolen' wedding photographs
- Ask an employment lawyer
- Sandy Shandro steps down from UCL to join the Bar
- Setback for small businesses under new VAT dispute rules
- Need legal advice? Start here to find a lawyer
- Jack Straw preparing to 'rebalance' Human Rights Act
- Children and Adoption Act 2006: child-contact powers ?could worsen parent wars?
- Briefing: DNA Database
- Chief Justice Derek Schofield to be removed from office
- Barbie triumphs over Bratz in court battle
- Lawyers indulge love of high living despite credit crunch
- The weirdest legal cases of 2008
- Law firm bypasses banks to protect partners' payouts
- Police are ordered to destroy all DNA samples taken from innocent people
- Law must allow the use of data in fight against serious crime
- DNA: what happens after an arrest
- Football fan Michael Shields jailed for crime abroad seeks pardon from Britain
- Case studies: petty crimes betray big criminals
- Times Law Panel welcomes ruling on DNA samples
- Reed Smith set to cut 130 jobs as woes mount in legal sector
- In Depth: DNA is destroyed in Scotland
- DNA database 'breaches human rights'
- Mike Ashley under scrutiny from OFT over JJB Sports
- Costs, targets, paperwork: why the system fails children at risk
- The Water Cooler
- ?Privacy law is not new ? we?ve had it since Naomi?s case?
- In the City: putting the frighteners on whiteblowers
- Credit crisis: European Commission's dazzling moves keep businesses on track
- Lawyer of the Week: Adrian Budgen
- Recruitment, law, pubs and estate agents: four different industries, one common story
- Drug companies celebrate collapse of price-fixing case
- JJB shares dive as OFT probes rival's stake
- Tory grandee Sir Paul Judge?s former Lady seeks £5m more from divorce
- Barrister was going to resign if her mother won libel action
- RBS plans 'proactive' refund of overdraft fees
- Mother loses libel battle against 'Ugly' daughter
- Heavy handed tactics over Damian Green's arrest cause cross-party outrage
- Total faces criminal charges over Buncefield blast
- David Greene: 'Class actions alllow people access to the courts'
- Don't know who Tesco's chief executive is? Then you, too, can be a trainee City comme
- Rusal attacks Tajik Aluminium over 'fruitless' claim
- Ruling strengthens employment rights for carers
- EU says drug industry delay tactics cost us ?3bn
- Treasury faces £5bn bill as British American Tobacco wins dividends tax case
- Tajik Aluminium fraud claim settled
- Offenders on community work projects will have to wear orange bibs
- UBS may have to lift Swiss bank veil of secrecy
- 'Summary justice' soars as courts bypassed
- Intel ruling restricts legal protection for famous brands
- BAE raided in South Africa in connection with SFO corruption inquiry
- Tajik Aluminium settles $500m fraud claim$
- Should judges respond to criticism?
- There is evidence of a new judicial openness ? and not before time
- Lawyer of the Week: Julie Morris
- Can the law ever control discrimination?
- In the City: choppy waters
- In the public interest: speeding cases prove the case for the Crown Prosecution Servi
- Charging suspects - why it's a job for prosecutors
- Lesbian soldier Kerry Fletcher wins £187,000 harassment payout
- How the law protects victims and their families from 'jigsaw' identification
- SFO arrests five in Olympic ticket fraud probe
- Pubs and clubs told to bring an end to happy hours
- Lord Mandelson will force banks to open their coffers
- The Austrian way of justice seems better in such a case
- We're not just charity muggers
- Hammonds begins £1.5m battle with former partners
- Co-founder accuses Apax of 'unjustly' withholding profits
- Law firms look outside as market prepares for 'Big Bang'
- High price of fraud is not worth paying
- Cancer patients seek damages after frozen sperm is destroyed
- Defendants should not have to pay for being wrongly prosecuted - discuss
- Steve Davis: 'There were plenty of reasons to merge'
- UBS clients seek deals with US taxman
- Bernie Ecclestone turns to Charman divorce lawyer
- Linklaters growth flat despite prized role in Lehman Brothers liquidation
- UBS client challenges Swiss plan to end bank secrecy
- Michael Jackson avoids day in court as lawyers reach a deal with songwriting sheikh
- Craig Johnson, the gang leader with a stately home, must repay £26m
- Asbestos cancer victims win High Court fight for mesothelioma insurance payouts
- Isle of Man's Kaupthing Singer & Friedlander investors hire lawyers
- Mayer Brown and FFW cuts add to legal job woes
- Conrad Black asks George Bush for clemency
- Wife of billionaire F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone files for divorce
- Madonna and Guy Ritchie agree divorce settlement over £300million fortune