Way open for £700m Buncefield payout by Total

Oil company admits in High Court that explosion and ensuing fire at Hertfordshire premises could have been predicted

Ofgem says 'unfair' market needs reform

Customers in remote areas, on pre-payment meters or those who pay by cheque are short-changed, says energy watchdog

French elite in dock over £450m Angola arms trial

Son of late President Mitterrand and 41 other prominent French figures in court for start of 'Angolagate' case in Paris

Buncefield victims set for £700m payout

Total, the French oil giant, backs down on a key pillar of its defence against a lawsuit over the 2005 fuel depot blast

Balfour Beatty gives up £2.25m after SFO probe

Serious Fraud Office orders construction group to forfeit £2.25m over inaccurate accounting at joint venture

£130 phone to come with unlimited music library

A pay-as-you-go phone costing £129.95 will let owners download practically any song they want on their computer for a year

Analysis: Deminor, creditor committee or class action?

42-day detention bill dropped as unworkable

Government set for an humiliating climbdown over the proposal after being told that it will be defeated in the House of Lords

42-day detention legislation unravelled

No sooner had the measure reached the Lords than it met a considerable obstacle in the form of Baroness Manningham-Buller

No appeals for bus passengers

Bus passengers will have weaker rights than rail passengers, despite government pledge that they would be treated equally

UK decides against lower drink-driving limit

Britain to become only European country to allow motorists to have at least one alcoholic drink and be legally fit to drive

Suicide ban ‘breaches right to privacy’

Debbie Purdy is seeking a landmark ruling to clarify the law on assisted suicide, which is prohibited in Britain

Extradition bid raises fear of 'thought crimes'

The case involving an Australian doctor wanted in Germany is the latest example of the global reach of criminal laws

Swiss clinic has helped 100 Britons to die

Figure released by the Dignitas centre for assisted dying ahead of a High Court challenge to laws that ban aiding suicide