Law and business: commercial news round-up 17.06.15
updated on 17 June 2015
In a week that has been dominated by a wealth of Magna Carta stories (as well as a variety of opinions on its significance), there have also been business and legal stories that you need to know about - here are just a few:
- Troubled Greece bailout talks rumble on, with dramatic news this week of the IMF negotiating team walking out, fears of default causing the markets to tumble, and Greece’s central bank warning that the country is headed for a painful exit from the EU and the Eurozone.
- Courtroom battle looms as plans for new runway for the Southeast, at either Gatwick or Heathrow, are due to be submitted by Airports Commission to the government.
- Faulty bolts that fell from London’s "cheesegrater" building will see their manufacturer, Severfield, facing a £6 million bill for the repair work.
- Former AG Dominic Grieve - a Tory himself - has said publicly that the government's plans to withdraw from the Strasbourg European Court of Human Rights will destroy human rights across Europe.
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