Tom O’Sullivan unravels one of the most complex transactions in UK corporate history, the breaking up and selling off of Cable & Wireless Communications to US cable group NTLThe Timescale 22 February Graham Wallace appointed as Cable & Wireless chief executive. Wallace opens internal talks about selling off some of the group’s interests including the […]

Veteran libel law guru, Peter Carter-Ruck has called for an overhaul of the way defamation cases are run. Speaking at a seminar in Disneyland where the senior consultant at Peter Carter-Ruck and Partners went head-to-head with Private Eye editor, Ian Hislop, he said: “I think it is scandalous there is no legal aid for defamation. […]

DENTON Hall has secured a victory for the FA Premier League (FAPL) over the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) in a case estimated to have cost u30m in legal fees. The director of the OFT brought proceedings against the FAPL after claims that it was operating as an unlawful cartel by negotiating exclusive collective TV […]