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Keeping the peace at Christmas – top tips for shared parenting over the festive season
Lauren Evans
22 June 2015
The credit crunch revisited: developments in the international courts
In the aftermath of the credit crunch, many commentators speculated as to whether any banks or credit agencies could be held responsible for the nosedive in the economy. Some sought to argue that traders who sold mortgaged-backed securities, a type of collateralised debt obligation, to investors could be held liable in civil law through the tort of deceit or fraudulent misrepresentation, and, in turn, the banks could be held vicariously liable.
12 June 2015
High Net Worth Individuals - Protecting Financial Information
There has been much debate over the past few years about the extent to which high net worth individuals have a right to keep their financial affairs private. This has been a particularly thorny issue in respect of alleged tax avoiders. It is a debate that is unlikely to go away any time soon.
10 June 2015
Protecting the financial information of high net worth individuals
There has been much debate over the past few years about the extent to which high net worth individuals have a right to keep their financial affairs private. This has been a particularly thorny issue in respect of alleged tax avoiders. It is a debate that is unlikely to go away any time soon.
22 May 2015
Legal update: boost for civil recovery abroad
Corporate Crime analysis: Will the recent decision of the Luxembourg District Court make it easier for the National Crime Agency (NCA) to recover criminal assets held overseas? Fiona Simpson, partner, and Sameena Munir, both of Kingsley Napley, comment on the landmark ruling that could strengthen international cooperation in the recovery of proceeds of crime.
19 May 2015
Unlikely beneficiary of a Will – Sharp v Hutchins
In the recent case of Sharp v Hutchins (2015) the High Court has upheld the 2013 will of elderly bachelor Ronald Butcher, leaving the beneficiaries of an earlier will who expected to receive a share of Mr Butcher’s estate disappointed.
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