Early payout for Buncefield victims

Around 270 families will share an interim payout of £320,000 as the case against the plant's operators continues

Broker escapes jail over forged FSA applications

Former mortgage broker Simon Gray is given a suspended sentence after pleading guilty to forging his FSA application

Judges back plan to give lawyers cut of damages

Report seen by The Times supports US-style contingency deals in which lawyers take their fees out of damages won for clients

Buncefield victims set for 'generous' payout

A High Court judge has ordered Total, the French oil giant, to agree interim compensation for victims of the explosion

Former Yukos owners begin $50bn claim

A lawsuit brought against Russia, the largest ever filed, could affect the legal status of trillions of dollars of energy investments

Lovells reappoints Harris as managing partner

The UK's sixth-largest firm has rewarded its managing partner for standout half-year results with another term

Sentences cut for marine hose cartel executives

Three executives jailed for running a cartel that fixed the prices of specialsit oil hoses have had their sentences reduced on appeal

Orrick cuts 75 as legal job losses continue

Loss of 40 legal and 35 support staff positions will be concentrated in the US but also affect Orrick offices in Asia and Europe

The £60 million makeover: new building, new law lords, new postcode

The supreme court will be open and visible. Will it also change how judges work?

No more sniggering, sleazy tales about the sex lives of celebrities

Privacy law is the product of years of slow and careful change in response to intrusive tabloids

Lawyer of the Week: Nick Trenticosta

The lawyer who runs the Centre for Equal Justice in the US, a non-profit, post-conviction firm representing people on death row

Court action aims to save rare insects

Attempt begins to stop land described as one of the country’s top three insect homes being turned into a lorry park

Mother denies author's allegations of abuse

Carmen Briscoe-Mitchell says she was libelled by claims of physical and emotional abuse in her daughter's book, Ugly

Solicitor accused over 'bogus' feudal titles

A London lawyer is facing disciplinary action over his alleged role in selling titles over the internet to Americans

Miner 'didn't realise he was signing money away'

Former coalminer tells tribunal he was 'treated terribly' by solicitors' firm that sliced £2,330 fee from his compensation