3/14/2025 11:09:24 AM Devonshires - Winners of Dispute Resolution Team of the Year 2025 By Devonshires News On 13th March 2025, the awards ceremony for the LexisNexis Legal Awards 2025 took place at the Park Plaza Riverbank Hotel. We are...
2/26/2025 10:26:26 AM Buildings Insurance – the next flare up following Adam Kiziak’s expulsion? By Michael Wharfe Stephen Netherway The ongoing impact of Adam Kiziak’s suspension, and now expulsion, from the Institute of Fire Engineers (IFE) continues to have serious...
2/25/2025 2:42:15 PM Weinzierl -v- Government of the USA - AC-2023-LON-000066 and 67 – Extradition Barred By David Pack After initial defeat at first instance in the Westminster Magistrates, Mr. Weinzierl’s extradition is now barred following a High Court...
2/14/2025 1:35:09 PM 5 Key Takeaways - Tackling Fraud in Social Housing Conference By Nikki Bowker Victoria Smith Rachel Orgill-Harris Earlier this week, we held our Tackling Fraud in Social Housing Conference. Our in-house fraud experts and a number of external speakers...
1/22/2025 2:59:03 PM 12/02/2025 - The Dissolution and Restoration of Companies By Luke Hartnell While opening an English company can take a few minutes, the steps to dissolving that company (and then restoring it if it has been...
12/19/2024 11:25:14 AM 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...
12/11/2024 10:40:04 AM 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...
12/9/2024 5:11:08 PM 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...
12/4/2024 12:34:58 PM 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...
12/4/2024 9:35:34 AM 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...
12/2/2024 12:56:44 PM 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...
11/8/2024 2:01:35 PM 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...