Excess charges of €340,000 in solicitors’ work on €14m estate
Two solicitors overcharged by €340,000 for their work on administering the estate of a woman who left €14 million to the St Vincent de Paul charitable society, the High Court has been told. Gerard...
View ArticlePhil Shiner: Iraq human rights lawyer struck off over misconduct
The campaigning human rights lawyer Phil Shiner has been struck off as a solicitor after he was found guilty of multiple professional misconduct charges, including dishonesty and lack of integrity. The...
View ArticleBid to stop tribunal from placing sanctions on barrister dismissed
The High Court has dismissed a barrister’s action aimed at preventing an internal disciplinary tribunal from imposing sanctions on him. Lawyers for Alan Toal BL, who initiated the proceedings after an...
View ArticleLegal reform: Professions to retain key powers in plan
The representative bodies for barristers and solicitors will retain many of their major powers as the Government makes a late push to proceed with a long-delayed overhaul of the legal professions by...
View ArticleJudge refuses struck-off solicitor’s bid to resume practice
A solicitor struck off three years ago has lost his High Court bid to have his name restored to the Roll of Solicitors. The President of the High Court, Mr Justice Peter Kelly, found David Walsh, who...
View ArticleA New Model for SEC Enforcement: Producing Bold and Unrelenting Results (SEC...
(Source: SEC - The United States Securities and Exchange Commission) Chair Mary Jo White New York University School of Law Program on Corporate Compliance and Enforcement New York University School of...
View ArticleStephen Blake explains the benefit of specialist cartel enforcement...
(Source: CMA - Competition and Markets Authority) The case for specialist enforcement authorities from the perspective of the UK Competition and Markets Authority Introduction Good afternoon, ladies...
View ArticleExceptional lawyers recognized with Queen’s counsel designation (Government...
(Source: Government of British Columbia) Honourable Lance Sidney George Finch served as Chief Justice for the Court of Appeal of B. C. for 20 years and as a trial judge of the Supreme Court of B.C. for...
View ArticleAnnual Results for financial year 2016
BBGI SICAV S.A. 29 March 2017 BBGI SICAV S.A. ('BBGI' or the 'Company') Annual Results for financial year ended 31 December 2016 This announcement contains inside information COMPANY OVERVIEW Key...
View ArticlePreliminary Results to 31 March 2016 (Land Securities Group plc)
(Source: Land Securities Group plc) Forward-looking statements These annual results, the Annual Report and the Land Securities' website may contain certain 'forward-looking statements' with respect to...
View ArticleCompagnie Financière Richemont's (CFRUY) Management on Fiscal Q4 2017 Results...
Compagnie Financière Richemont AG ADR (OTCPK:CFRUY) Q4 2017 Results Earnings Conference Call May 12, 2017 3:30 AM ET Executives Sophie Cagnard - Group Corporate Communications Director Johann Rupert -...
View ArticleNew year honours 2015: the full list
The new knights, dames, MBEs and OBEs in the UK and overseas, plus military and police honours...
View Article“Special Measures”
Summary [We] have to become good at using… the rule of law to fight corruption, [and] to strengthen national anti-corruption legislation. –Chinese President Xi Jinping, addressing a major Central...
View ArticleRetail Finance round-up - 14 January 2016 (Eversheds LLP)
(Source: Eversheds LLP) Financial institutions - Retail finance 14-01-2016 Happy New Year and welcome to our first retail finance briefing of 2016 which is designed to keep you up to date with the...
View Article2015-2016 Insurer Annual Assessments (Arizona Department of Insurance)
(Source: Arizona Department of Insurance) NEWS: Insurer annual assessment statements were NOT mailed 7/9/2015 as previously planned. We expect statements will print 7/21/2015 and assessment payments...
View ArticleCelebrating Access Today: 25th Anniversary Year of the Americans with...
(Source: US Department of Justice) The Importance of Preserving Critical Funding for Community Policing Courtesy of Stuart F. Delery, Acting Associate Attorney General The Department of Justice's...
View ArticleCivil Legal Aid Research (US Department of Justice)
(Source: US Department of Justice) Celebrating the 61st Anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education Courtesy of Vanita Gupta, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division...
View ArticlePolice Week: Honoring Courage, Saluting Sacrifice (US Department of Justice)
(Source: US Department of Justice) Courtesy of Acting Associate Attorney General Stuart F. Delery On Memorial Day, we remember the men and women of the United States Armed Forces who gave their lives...
View ArticleEnsuring Access to Jobs for People with Disabilities (US Department of Justice)
(Source: US Department of Justice) Courtesy of Karen Lash, Access to Justice Initiative Deputy Director, U.S. Department of Justice Today, the U.S. Department of Justice National Institute of Justice...
View ArticleNorthern Ireland: when Britain fought terror with terror
When Martin McCauley was 19, he was shot by police as an IRA suspect. His best friend was killed. The RUC has always denied that it had a shoot to kill policy, but now fresh evidence is emerging...
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