Facebook was recently forced to admit that it had hired public relations company Burston-Marstellar in the US to generate stories critical of Google’s approach to privacy. This latest sign of the increasing rivalry between the two companies has focused a …

Double congratulations to the Prisoners’ Advice Service… Earlier this month the great and the good and a few ex-cons (not to mention the odd great and good ex con) came out to celebrate their 20th anniversary and debate prisoners’ rights …

One year since the Deepwater Horizon rig blast which killed 11 workers and created an environmental disaster, BP has launched a $80 billion-plus lawsuit against Transocean and Halliburton. BP is seeking up to the full cost of the disaster which …

I’m told that lawyers tend to be a sober lot, but this week there may have been a collective cheer in wine bars up and down the land after Mr Justice Tugendhat upheld a defamation claim against the owner of …