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Lafarge convictions: a landmark moment in corporate criminal accountability
Louise Hodges
15 April 2020
Civil Fraud Quarterly Round-Up: Q1 2020
A Civil Fraud quarterly round-up (1st quarter 2020)
15 April 2020
Liquidation and Fiduciary Duties: No Rest for (the Wicked?) Directors
In Hunt (as Liquidator of System Building Services Group Ltd) v Michie & Ors [2020] EWHC 54 (Ch), ICC Judge Barber has confirmed that directors of insolvent companies remain subject to fiduciary duties, even after those companies enter into an insolvency procedure.
15 April 2020
Land and property: Why inheritance promises can end in court
The courts have recently handed down two decisions in farming inheritance cases involving claims for proprietary estoppel. Laura Phillips, explains how such cases can arise and are tested.
9 April 2020
Remote mediation in civil litigation: Does it really work?
The legal profession is increasingly reliant on technology, and never more so than during the COVID-19 pandemic. Many clients are wondering what impact the restrictions on our movement will have on their upcoming mediations.
8 April 2020
US and UK cybersecurity agencies publish a joint statement warning of a rise in Covid-related cybercrime
On 8 April 2020, GCHQ’s National Cyber Security Centre and the US Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency published a joint advisory about a rise in cybercrime related to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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