Andy Coulson lost his case in the High Court last week to have his contract interpreted to mean that his former employer Newsgroup, which owns the New of the World, should pay his legal fees in the impending criminal proceedings about the allegations that he was involved in phone-hacking whilst editor of the paper. 

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All the headlines in Immigration and Employment, the Best of our Blog, and our favourite stories from the fringes.

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The Queen has opened the Rolls Building in London. It is the largest commercial court in the world encompassing the Chancery Division of the High Court, the  Admiralty and Commercial Court, and the Technology and Construction Court. It will be the foremost court in the world for resolving commercial disputes.

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The Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys (CIPA) is lobbying the government to make a bid for London to be the home town of the new European Patent Court. Expanding the intellectual property sector like this would be a significant boost to UK business, and generate huge amounts of revenue for the legal profession and the economy.

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