UBS closes US clients' Swiss accounts

Group caves in to US Government pressure and prepares to lift a veil of secrecy that has protected clients for centuries

SFO to allow company plea-bargains over fraud

New director wants 'radical re-think' over corporate fraud and corruption and adoption of American-style strategy

Good, but not great for carers

This important change will undoubtedly make life easier for millions of people juggling work with their responsibilities

Cliff pins hopes on EU law

Brussels announces plans to extend musicians’ entitlement to royalties from 50 to 95 years, guaranteeing lifetime royalties

Former Samsung chief spared jail in tax case

Lee Kun Hee, former Samsung chairman, has been fined £55m and given a three-year suspended sentence on tax evasion charges

OFT threatens banks with court action

Banks are in a fight over what constitutes fair overdraft charges and defeat could cost them £10 billion in compensation

Damning report raises Equitable payout hopes

Over a million people who lost savings should be compensated by the Government because of a 'decade of regulatory failure'

Senior judge hits back at 'ill-informed attacks'

Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, the Lord Chief Justice, says he is concerned that judges are being criticised unfairly

Jail text-messaging death drivers, judges told

Motorists who cause death when drunk, on drugs or texting at the wheel should face longer sentences, judges were told

Parents to be 'responsible' for child's sentence

Under government proposals to tackle youth crime, parents will legally have to ensure their children complete sentences

Sudan threat: we will turn Darfur into a graveyard

Furious reaction as international prosecutor accuses President al-Bashir of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes

Dads: paid maternity leave does us no favours

New legislation will be 'completely useless' unless fathers get more support to take time off work, says think-tank

'I was grateful, but the pendulum has swung'

Maternity leave makes employers 'bin the CVs of women of child-bearing age'. Understandable on the brink of a recession

Mosley ‘begged for more’ after 88 hits

Max Mosley begged a dominatrix at an alleged Nazi orgy for more punishment at their next encounter, the High Court hears