Nick Ephgrave – director of the UK’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) – recently spoke to the “enormous missed opportunity” to tackle high-level fraud due to the lack of ... read more

Iqbal Mohammed, barrister at St Philips Chambers, explores the unusual facts in the case of Pervaiz v Akhtar, decided by Her Honour Judge Truman in July 2024. ... read more

In this article, Christian Carr, Partner at Spencer West LLP and Tim Grey, Barrister at Old Square Chambers, explore the concept of stays for abuse of process and their application in ... read more

By Thomas Walford and Gerald Frost ... read more

Sometimes described as the “innocence tax”, companies acquitted of criminal charges, including charges under fire safety legislation, cannot claim for the costs of their defence from central funds.  ... read more

Obesity in western society has tripled over the last 40 years, and we know that more than 1.9 billion adults were estimated as overweight in 2016, of whom over 650 million were obese. ... read more

Section 57 of the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 compels the Court to dismiss a claim, even though the claimant would be entitled to damages, where the Court is satisfied that it is fundamentally dishonest. ... read more

By Ausaf Abbas Experienced Investment Banking Expert of Expert Evidence, International Limited. Previously Ausaf has worked for Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley. ... read more

Hello and welcome to our February issue, please download here. ... read more

by Barbara Goddard and Rory Holmes ... read more