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Labour has accused the Tories of returning to their “disgraced, scandal-ridden past” after it emerged that Conservative former Cabinet minister and ex-prisoner Jonathan Aitken is being rehabilitated into the political fold. Mr Aitken will head a study on prison reform for think-tank the Centre for Social Justice (CSJ), which advises David Cameron on social issues. […]

The sacking of Heather Mills by her lawyers Mishcon de Reya means that her divorce wrangle with Sir Paul McCartney is now all but certain to go to trial. The loss of her lawyers means that Ms Mills may now have to act for herself in the complex negotiations unless she can find another law

Michael J. Garcia has been the United States attorney for the Southern District of New York since 2003, but has generally kept a far lower profile than, say, one of his predecessors, Rudolph W. Giuliani, who held the same job in the 1980s. But today Mr. Garcia stood in front of the television cameras for

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s battle with Peter Bloxham, a former partner who unsuccessfully sued for age discrimination, took a new twist this week when the firm said that they would pursue him for their legal costs. Freshfields, who won a unanimous victory last month, confirmed that they had written to the Employment Tribunal raising the issue

In a telephone address to lawyers in Pakistan’s capital, the ousted chief justice of the Supreme Court urged the lawyers today to continue to defy the state of emergency imposed by the president, Gen. Pervez Musharraf. In the second day of protests, police arrested 50 lawyers in the eastern city of Lahore and clashes broke

Following revelations that an adviser and top fundraiser to Fred Thompson’s presidential campaign had a history as a drug dealer, bookie and reluctant taxpayer, that adviser resigned, according to a statement released by the Thompson campaign. An e-mailed statement from the campaign to reporters quoted Philip Martin as saying he had decided to step down

The Pakistani leader, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, declared a state of emergency on Saturday night, suspending the country’s Constitution, firing the chief justice of the Supreme Court and filling the streets of the capital with police officers. The move appeared to be an effort by General Musharraf to reassert his fading power in the face of

Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy will vote against the nomination of Michael Mukasey as attorney general, a source close to the senator told CNN Friday. The Vermont Democrat, who is to make an announcement Friday afternoon, is the latest committee Democrat who will oppose Mukasey because of questions about his views on the