19 Dec, 2024 Spotlight on reporting privilege By Pauline Lépissier On 13 December 2024, the Court of Appeal handed down a judgment in Iqbal v Geo TV [2024] EWCA Civ 1566 considering in some detail the...
11 Dec, 2024 Top Tips: handling negative press By Nikki Bowker It is easy to think of recent examples of people/organisations handling negative press poorly, in a way that has served only to worsen...
09 Dec, 2024 Extradition High Court Hearing – Peter Weinzierl -v- SSHD S108 Appeal – Incompatibility of UK-US Extradition Treaty 2003 By David Pack Background Peter Weinzierl, an Austrian Banker, is facing extradition to the U.S on money laundering charges relating to the Austrian...
04 Dec, 2024 Extradition High Court Hearing – Peter Weinzierl v The Government of the United States of America / The Secretary of State for the Home Department By David Pack This week Devonshires are representing Mr Peter Weinzierl in the Administrative Court, in his long overdue appeal of Senior District...
04 Dec, 2024 Litigation & Dispute Resolution Brief - December 2024 By Nikki Bowker The first issue of our Litigation & Dispute Resolution Brief is now live. There is a focus on both civil and criminal fraud, given the...
02 Dec, 2024 Fraud: the rise of "money mules" By Nikki Bowker The term “money mule” is used to describe someone whose bank account is used to channel proceeds of crime so as to make the cash harder...
08 Nov, 2024 Clock ticking on the "Failure to Prevent Fraud" Offence By Matthew Garbutt "Preparing "reasonable procedures" is now essential for businesses to mitigate risk under the new offence - proactive steps today will...
17 Oct, 2024 2024 Regulator of Social Housing Sector Risk Profile: Fraud and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) By Nikki Bowker Matthew Garbutt Victoria Smith Rachel Orgill-Harris +1 more... Show less The Sector Risk Profile (SRP) released today continues to highlight fraud as a key risk for the social housing sector. The SRP this year...
19 Sep, 2024 The Procurement Act 2023 – shining a spotlight on supplier poor performance By Nikki Bowker The new Act places a spotlight on supplier poor performance in a number of ways: Lower threshold in respect of poor performance to...
18 Sep, 2024 The road to compulsory mediation By Pauline Lépissier From 1st October 2024, a set of changes to the Civil Procedure Rules will expressly provide that, in appropriate cases, the court may...
12 Sep, 2024 The Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act By Pauline Lépissier The King's Speech on 17 July 2024 announced 40 bills in opening the new session of Parliament. One of these was that, “in consultation...
30 Aug, 2024 Arbitration Bill – progress so far and key takeaways By Pauline Lépissier Prateek Sharma Journey so far Last year, after a lengthy period of consultation, the Law Commission of England and Wales published its report positing...