ABC monthly circulation figures for paid-for newspapers, released on Friday, are set to be tough. The total market for existing titles is expected to be down around 5.5% in May against a year earlier - with little bounce from the Royal Wedding and death of Osama bin Laden... more
Club step up fight against rivals by applying for a judicial review of the decision to allow them to take Olympic Stadium after the 2012 Games
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More than 100 London bankers fighting Germany's Commerzbank over €50 million (£42 million) in unpaid bonuses are celebrating a significant victory in the Court of Appeal... more
Former partner at London law firm Mishcon de Reya appeared at Southwark crown court accused of plotting to cheat a bank out of more than £18 million... more
The age of austerity is seeing divorce lawyers report a surprise surge of new clients, and the capital is where many wives want to seal the split. Jonathan Prynn reports... more
Goldman fraud claims: Goldman Sachs case could trigger a wave of litigations related to collateralised debt obligation by banks and investors that lost billions on risky debts backed by subprime mortgages... more
The Financial Services Authority investigates the “circumstances” surrounding the fraud charges made against Goldman Sachs with a view to seeing if there any implications for its London arm... more
A cascade of credit crunch-related lawsuits lodged by or against banks are leading lawyers to complain of delays of up to three months to book a trial... more
Three more former big hitters at Dresdner Kleinwort in London have launched legal actions against the bank, demanding millions of pounds in unpaid bonuses and severance pay... more
Now is graduation time for universities and business schools around the country - a time not only to reward students but also distinguished public figures with honorary fellowships... more
The Government is getting itself into a right mess (again) with some ill-thought-through legislation that plays straight into Tory hands. "Save Our Saga" is the latest rallying cry among traditional Conservative supporters of, ahem, a certain age ... more
Quelle Surprise. Gordon Brown was unable to bring himself to tell to Barack Obama to his face that the global recession was the fault of America. Strange, as this was something he has been only too happy to trumpet up until now.... more
So Labour is to put up candidates for the City of London Corporation elections. Labour says it wants to "highlight what is wrong with the established governance of the City of London, and how its largely unaccountable leaders have brought Britain to recession"... more
Property: Plans to turn the celebrated former Midland Bank building, whose vaults starred as Fort Knox in the 1964 Bond film Goldfinger, into London's first six-star hotel have been thrown into disarray after the owner defaulted on a £72 million loan... more
Media analysis: As the recession begins to deepen, we can expect the courts to issue an increasing number of injunctions against independent financial advisers... more
Scandal: The SFO investigation will centre on who was selling the alleged Madoff hedge fund scam in the UK and what they knew, leading lawyers say.... more
While Alistair Darling’s interview for The Guardian was candid about the economy, his Budget speech in March — only four months ago, let us not forget — was decidedly less so... more
The formal Arsenal striker warned Claire Merry her reported demands for £10m were unrealistic and she should prepare for a tough time in court. ... more
Little Britain star Matt Lucas cut a sad figure yesterday as he was pictured without his wedding ring for the first time since his divorce from Kevin McGee was announced.... more
Heather Mills is to receive a divorce settlement of up to £46million from Sir Paul McCartney. The former model will get an immediate lump sum payment of £25million from the ex-Beatle and she also hopes to be given maintenance of up to £1.5million a year as the main carer of the couple's four-year-old daughter, Beatrice, until the girl turns 18... more
Exclusive: After high-profile allegations this season, Charlton's manager is pleased the issue is now being addressed but says the authorities still have plenty of work to do
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