If there is a knock at the door, how can you ensure that the investigators will not exceed the scope of their powers? The short answer is that you must contact your lawyers as soon as possible. However, as there is no legal obligation for investigators to wait for your legal team to arrive before […]
Partner Anna Bradshaw tells The Times that the European Public Prosecutor’s Office was “a unique and entirely novel beast”. Anna noted that there is already disagreement over what offences should fall within its remit and uncertainty over whether they will remain limited to crimes affecting the EU’s budget, commenting: “there are already calls for its powers to […]
Associates Richard Clayman and Philip Gardner discuss the limits of international judicial comity in the recent case of ACL Netherlands B.V & Ors -v- Lynch & Ors [2019] EWHC 249 (Ch) Read more
Against the background of rapid growth and innovation in the sector, it is worth revisiting the key features of litigation funding that high net worth individuals and their advisers should take into account when considering this as a viable option for pursuing a legal claim. Read more
Regarding Julian Assange’s potential extradition, Partner Nick Vamos said that UK proceedings should not take more than 18 months. Considering Assange’s potential objections to extradition, Nick Vamos said that he did not think courts would accept the US case was politically motivated, but he said Assange may be able to argue that his likely treatment […]
Senior Associate, Rachel Cook, considers the findings of HMRC’s report, “Evaluation of corporate behaviour change in response to the corporate criminal offences” (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/evaluation-of-corporate-behaviour-change-in-response-to-the-corporate-criminal-offences) and explores the effectiveness of the Criminal Finances Act 2017 on changing corporate behaviour. Read more You can get more articles like this from Lexis Nexis www.lexisnexis.com/uk/lexispsl
Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks has been expelled from the Ecuadorean embassy in London, and has been arrested by the Metropolitan police on U.S charges. Partner Nick Vamos says, “ Assange will almost certainly be denied bail, given his previous flight to the Ecuadorean embassy. The chances of getting bail are less than zero”. […]
The Independent reports that WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange could be imprisoned in the UK for many years as his lawyers have vowed to fight his extradition to the US. Partner Anna Bradshaw said the US had so far launched a provisional extradition request and the full details would have to be received before any hearing. […]
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Vijay Mallya’s application for leave to appeal his extradition to India has been rejected by the High Court. Partner Nick Vamos says, “The high court’s dismissal of his written application to appeal is a real setback… It is unusual for leave to be granted when it has already been refused in writing.” He further adds, […]
