Portsmouth's immediate future was safeguarded Thursday after Britain's tax authority dropped its legal challenge against the Premier League club entering a form of bankruptcy protection. The customs and revenue service had been pursuing a winding-up order after questioning the validity of Andrew Andronikou being appointed the administrator tasked with restructuring the club's finances.

Portsmouth's immediate future was safeguarded Thursday after Britain's tax authority dropped its legal challenge against the Premier League club entering a form of bankruptcy protection.

El grupo británico de rock Pink Floyd ganó el jueves una batalla legal contra EMI en un fallo que impide que la compañía discográfica venda descargas individuales de canciones en internet de los álbumes conceptuales de la banda.

Two separate legal cases brewing for about a decade have been dismissed because of the settlement.

A longstanding legal battle between an Englewood neighborhood group and an expanding synagogue has ended with a thus-far undisclosed settlement in state Superior Court.

IT IS still too early for a full verdict on legal sector liberalisation, but preliminary signs have been promising. The sector grew 4.2 per cent in 2008 and 4.3 per cent last year in contribution to gross domestic product, outperforming the rest of the economy as a whole, Law Minister K. Shanmugam said yesterday.

Australia cricket vice-captain Michael Clarke has sought legal advice to protect his fortune should he break-up with fiancee Lara Bingle, according to media reports this morning.

ANGLO Irish Bank has initiated legal action against controversial former chairman Sean FitzPatrick over unrecovered loans amounting to about €70 million.